I Just wonder, at the start of our chase,how many would have picked KDB as worth 47 million or more. Honestly I would have expected to pay 30-35 million. He's a great player and I really want him but I'd want City to walk at double that and spend the money elsewhere. I'm getting the impression people think that because it's not their money 90 million is ok. Those same people will complain when we can't spend a similar amount on another player.
Considering we paid 38m for Ferna and 32m for Mangala, 30-35m is a very low estimate for the Bundesliga POTY.
Ok,so who would YOU buy if we walk away from this deal??
any movement with kdb?Fernandinho was £30m.
Ok,so who would YOU buy if we walk away from this deal??
We budgeted for Pogba, Sterling and KDB.It isn't our money so stop worrying has got nothing to do with anything. It's a stock answer that assumes we have no budget and do not care that some of the money paid may mean we miss out on another player and don't have as good a squad as we might have had.
Let's take City out of it to avoid blue spectacles.
What do you think he is worth?
You can lol all you like, the agent fees spiked when Chelsea won the CL and we walked away.
We were unwilling to pay the amount requested and it was a huge error.
Fernandinho was £30m.
And your source?thank you for my freedoms of lol's
We made our offer to Hazards reps and we left it for him to decide, we didn't walk away. He chose Chelsea.
You have a right to your opinion however the people running the club will have their own idea of value which may drastically differ from yoursNo idea but I'd have a limit on what I would like City to pay. I think he is worth £40 million tops and I would want City to walk if it got much above £50 million because the next player we went for, who might not be as good, could well cost the same amount.
The days of just paying it are gone we are supposed to be sustainable in my opinion
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ive said it for 2 years go out and pay what we have to pay for Francisco Suarez he is the player who would take us to that next level him and Dav together wowww.Ok,so who would YOU buy if we walk away from this deal??
I stand corrected, how much was deducted with his loyalty fee? £4-5m? Not saying we paid £34-35m but that's what he was valued at. The point being that anyone who thought KDB would have cost £30-35m hasn't paid attention to the current state of transfer fees
We budgeted for Pogba, Sterling and KDB.
No pogba alternative will cost even 2/3 of what we were prepared to pay for him.
If city pay 57m then he's worth that.
You have a right to your opinion however the people running the club will have their own idea of value which may drastically differ from yours
Real, Barca, Bayern, Chelsea, United, Arsenal and Inter (who were also in for him) could have afforded him. In his biography he says he was impressed with Mancini and City's desire to land him.Aguero was superb when he was at atletico there was only 2 teams that could afford him at the time,us and Madrid but there was no chance atletico would sell to there arch enemy's.
Torres and carrol being a perfect example.You have a right to your opinion however the people running the club will have their own idea of value which may drastically differ from yours
and anyone who thought wolfsburg would sell for anything less than 50m after the 49m we paid for sterling has also not being paying attention
POTY in a top league?Yeah ok I'm not making myself clear. Forget City and individual club's circumstances. I accept they vary.
What do you think KDB is worth?