De Bruyne?

jrb said:
Just got back from the Moon.

On a serious note, my mobile is broken.

Just logged on.

Has the story about Bayern and De Bruyne got legs, or is it just another........(fill in as appropriate)

Basically, what's the latest (no) news.

Thanks.
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Nothing new and a lot of panic on here about swamp rags and Munich rags.the window closing. Time for KDB to tell them to get it done. He seems decidedly unimpressed by us by the look of things.
 
Cobwebcat said:
Could be but what happens if they don't get one in time, do they still sell?
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Going by the way he's played in the first two games yes. And for anyone criticising him for not doing enough to force the move they need to go and watch those two games, he's done plenty imo. They still have Perisic and Kruse if they sell.
 
LoveCity said:
I don't think there is an alternative to KDB, just like there wasn't to Pogba. We're trying for very high level players now and they're not plentiful. People mention Isco, etc., but how do you get a player from Real Madrid who neither wants to leave and the club does not want to sell?

BTW in all this furor, the print version of Sky's KDB stories still says we're favourites. Bayern obviously counted on getting him next summer and don't have the means to match our offer right now. If they did convince Wolfsburg to do this though, it would present the Bundesliga as one of the biggest joke leagues in the world for competition when the (current) #2 team bows to the #1 team instead of selling the player to a club far away.

I still think he'll be ours because he's happy to join us and our offer is still the best. But we'll see...
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not if the two clubs fail to agree a suitable fee before september 2nd and the player is not willing to 'go to war'
 
aguero93:20 said:
Going by the way he's played in the first two games yes. And for anyone criticising him for not doing enough to force the move they need to go and watch those two games, he's done plenty imo. They still have Perisic and Kruse if they sell.
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Yes that's my point. If they are going to sell in the end, even without a replacement, and he is playing poorly when picked, what's the point of waiting? Logically it can't just be a replacement.
 
Cobwebcat said:
Yes that's my point. If they are going to sell in the end, even without a replacement, and he is playing poorly when picked, what's the point of waiting? Logically it can't just be a replacement.
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I think the logic goes that if they declare De Bruyne outgoing before tying up a replacement they negotiate from a position of weakness and get bent over by the selling club, if they tie up the replacement first they do so negotiating from a position of strength and can pay a lower fee. Either way they'll sell.
 
Is this thread for real?

No one knows what stage the negotiations are at. No one can question his attitude as no one knows wtf is going on!

But fuck it! Lets walk away from a deal we've been working on all summer for a player who could well be an important to us for the next 5,6,7 years because a dozen or so kids on bluemoon wanted this done yesterday!

Hopefully the club are not quite so shortsighted!



Or have I been mass clarkied!
 
aguero93:20 said:
I think the logic goes that if they declare De Bruyne outgoing before tying up a replacement they negotiate from a position of weakness and get bent over by the selling club, if they tie up the replacement first they do so negotiating from a position of strength and can pay a lower fee. Either way they'll sell.
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Fair point
 
jimmy blue shoes said:
Is this thread for real?

No one knows what stage the negotiations are at. No one can question his attitude as no one knows wtf is going on!

But fuck it! Lets walk away from a deal we've been working on all summer for a player who could well be an important to us for the next 5,6,7 years because a dozen or so kids on bluemoon wanted this done yesterday!

Hopefully the club are not quite so shortsighted!



Or have I been mass clarkied!
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Cobwebcat said:
Yes that's my point. If they are going to sell in the end, even without a replacement, and he is playing poorly when picked, what's the point of waiting? Logically it can't just be a replacement.
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Logically, what is happening is they are trying to induce us to panic, to believe that they genuinely are having second thoughts. They want to string it out to the very last day because every day this goes on we become more likely to dump another £5m into the transfer pot just to guarantee it goes through.

That, or they genuinely believe another club are preparing to get involved, and they want to play the clubs off against each other for more money.

Either way, basically what is happening here is Wolfsburg believes they can get a better deal by holding out - and they're probably right, honestly.
 
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