Reset? Haha, it's not FIFA mate. This is a mans life we're talking about. The only person who can retract his request is the player. The club can rebuff it, but until the player retracts it, it's still there.Interesting. I would have thought it reset after they declined chelsea. Appreciate the update. The only sensible thing for everton to do is hold out until the very end. How much is a month with Pep worth to the brass and how much will everton budge? I love this type of stuff. Very intrigued to see what this one ends up at considering all the great business Txiki has done this window.
Your last few words sum it all up, yet you and others still feel the need to post regularly that it is us who are holding things up without a scooby as to what is actually happening
I think we will have to pay the fee Everton want, can't see them reducing the asking price, may as well pay the fee now so Stones can have at least a few weeks training with us, instead of haggling intill the end of the window and then paying the asking price anyway.
Injuries are always possible, but I wonder if because we were away in China it suits us to wait until we get back so he has training and some minutes with Koeman rather than be hanging around at the CFA on his own.Cheers lads...big risk them putting him on the pitch...yes I know it's brinkmanship but if he had a bad tackle
Saying that...It didn't stop us with Gundogan
so Stones can have at least a few weeks training with us
About 30 mins i think
Beaten to it...
Reset? Haha, it's not FIFA mate. This is a mans life we're talking about. The only person who can retract his request is the player. The club can rebuff it, but until the player retracts it, it's still there.
Its a forum for fan opinions mate and those are mine, I just happy to acknowledge I could be wrong with that opinion. As there is no proof either way, both sides of the argument have as big a chance to be right than the other but I've never once said you are wrong, only that my opinion disagrees... as some have said, Everton likely hold all the cards and little reason for them to drop the price, so "I think" its up to us to decide how quick or how slow these negotiations take.
what is more beneficial the club saving money on the transfer or the player bonding with team mates and learning the managers system?
That's a fun dynamic to take a look at it. It's so dependent on the player, the price, and how badly he needs to be in the first 11 but it sounds like we're possibly 10m off, so maybe 3-6m? Will holding out even save us a couple million at all? Pay it! Screw it!
That's a fun dynamic to take a look at it. It's so dependent on the player, the price, and how badly he needs to be in the first 11 but it sounds like we're possibly 10m off, so maybe 3-6m? Will holding out even save us a couple million at all? Pay it! Screw it!
It is esp if you consider how much money the club has could an extra couple of weeks pre season training influence winning the league and repaying the outlay?
And then how much money it costs the club over the next ten transfer deals when we cave in. 100 mil perhaps ?
yeah very true it is a gamble
Well if 'pay it, screw it' is City's motto, why do you think the Sheikh & Khaldoon, plus Soriano, are not enforcing this attitude ?
Because quite clearly, they are not.
I'm saying pay it and screw the haggling over 1-2 million for the extra two weeks. Are you just being confrontational or would you rather tests wills and see how much resolve Everton has? Simply a hypothetical here that we're fooling with for fun. Would you pay a premium to get him in now or not? If so how much would you pay?
For what it's worth I've actually posted that we should hold out until they agree to what we believe is fair.