Few things:What exactly are you basing that on?
Few things:
Txiki's comments to press which were widely picked up on - effectively a big difference between club's valuations.
Talk about other defensive options eg Fernandinho.
EFC playing him in pre-season. If they were planning for life after Stones, they'd give game time to another player
Basing it on the facts as I see it.So basing it upon your generally positive and upbeat gut instinct then Marv
Basing it on the facts as I see it.
Few things:
Txiki's comments to press which were widely picked up on - effectively a big difference between club's valuations.
Talk about other defensive options eg Fernandinho.
EFC playing him in pre-season. If they were planning for life after Stones, they'd give game time to another player
I am not fretting/flapping. it's all in your head ;Jon Stones is signing for us Marv...just a few details to iron out...It will happen...your fanny flapping doesn't help the other fretters on the board hahaha
That's the conundrum isn't it? The other side of the coin is that Everton are stuck with a player who doesn't want to be there and they've got to replace. So the longer they leave it, the more difficult that might be for them and, if it goes on until the end of the window, they risk getting ripped off or missing their primary target. So it's a question of who blinks first.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.
I absolutely love it. This is the type of thing I was waiting/hoping for with Pep. He's talking about using Fernandinho and Fernando at CB! The gambler in me really wants this deal to fall through so we can tell everton to fuck off and find out just how crazy and amazing Pep is. Obviously it was a mind game being played with everton but he's crazy enough to do it.
We probably will end up paying the asking price though, just like we did for KDB and Sterling and with Stones going to play a vital part in the way Pep likes his teams to play, it makes sense to get the deal done before the start of the season.
That's the conundrum isn't it? The other side of the coin is that Everton are stuck with a player who doesn't want to be there and they've got to replace. So the longer they leave it, the more difficult that might be for them and, if it goes on until the end of the window, they risk getting ripped off or missing their primary target. So it's a question of who blinks first.
Or maybe we've even pretty well agreed a deal but are publicly claiming we aren't close so they can get someone in quietly without everyone knowing they have £50m in their pocket.
That'll shut 'em upLeft back has been muted by several ITK's
I think we're in the better negotiating position personally. We have 4 CB's and pep's talking about playing the fern's too! He's crazy enough to do it. The player doesn't want to be there. His value could drop again. We've shown that we are paying only fair value and that's also a lot of money to turn down. I'll be disappointed if we cave and 'just pay it'.
It didn't drop when he had an awful 15/16 season, why assume it would be affected by another average season? Plus Koeman is a very good defensive coach who will undoubtedly get better performances out of Stones than Martinez could manage, and even if Stones wants to leave, he'll also want to play, and get in the England team, so he's not going to stay on the sidelines sulking all year.
At the end of the day we want a player they want to keep and have no financial need to sell. We're almost certainly going to pay what they want.