£50m bid

[Ric]

With some of the stupidity & childish comments on here no wonder genuine folk with some knowledge decide to keep it to themselves

Just to clarify, Tolmie has said he'll carry on posting any info he has in the relevant player threads. Nothing has really changed. The fact he hasn't posted anything today most likely means he hasn't heard anything new.

 

[oakiecokie]

Just to clarify, Tolmie has said he'll carry on posting any info he has in the relevant player threads. Nothing has really changed. The fact he hasn't posted anything today most likely means he hasn't heard anything new.

Well thank fuck for that.Just glad he`s not seen his arse again,when most people love what little tit bits he can give us.

 

[FantasyIreland]

A) Didn't say I believed it, and explicitly said that it was an idealized version of what a conversation might be, just to demonstrate a point. The point being that clubs might have a little coordination in how a sale takes place, rather than the simplistic idea that we send them a fax with a number on it and they respond with a yes or a no. I think those days are probably long gone.

B) These things are -- at least on some occasions -- tied up well before anyone in the media or public get involved or hears about it. I had a co-worker who was involved in Soccer Aid 2014 last summer. He saw Mourinho and asked if Fabregas was coming to Chelsea, as media outlets we're starting to report. Mourinho laughed and replied that they'd completed a deal for him three months prior. The whole thing had been done and dusted.

Again, not saying what I posted was in any way representative of real life. Just trying to help someone on the forum explain their point by hyperbole: which is that if we're making a very large purchase of a player there's a chance it was either done, or not done, a very long time ago. A lot of what happens after that agreement can be better explained by someone who knows more than I do, but I certainly don't think it's out of the question to suggest that part of it can be attributed to the clubs making the most agreeable arrangements possible for everyone involved.

Cheers Tron,a well balanced and respectable post.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Hi Mancitybluemoon1......i don't know......

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

What a load of fucking bullshit.

I can tell you that we started discussions to land Sterling before Xmas. Whether those included official contact with Liverpool at that time I'm not sure but they certainly knew early this year that he was going and we were involved. We may not have had that sort of conversation with them but there's no doubt that this whole thing has been a PR pantomime.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I can tell you that we started discussions to land Sterling before Xmas. Whether those includedofficial contact with Liverpool at that time I'm not sure but they certainly knew early this year that he was going and we were involved. We may not have had that sort of conversation with them but there's no doubt that this whole thing has been a PR pantomime.

I agree. This too-ing and fro-ing has been a fucking charade. We don't make our bids to other clubs public as a matter of course, therefore Liverpool have been setting the narrative in the media for reasons which are manifest.

 

[Pam]

I can tell you that we started discussions to land Sterling before Xmas. Whether those included official contact with Liverpool at that time I'm not sure but they certainly knew early this year that he was going and we were involved. We may not have had that sort of conversation with them but there's no doubt that this whole thing has been a PR pantomime.

But that's not allowed. It is written. We must alert the Elders.

 

[blueinsa]

I can tell you that we started discussions to land Sterling before Xmas. Whether those included official contact with Liverpool at that time I'm not sure but they certainly knew early this year that he was going and we were involved. We may not have had that sort of conversation with them but there's no doubt that this whole thing has been a PR pantomime.

I wouldn't bother trying to explain mate as some are only here to wum.

Should be a laugh and fun this forum at times like this, instead it's a joke and not a funny one due to the small minded actions of a small minded few.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

With some of the stupidity & childish comments on here no wonder genuine folk with some knowledge decide to keep it to themselves

Just to clarify, Tolmie has said he'll carry on posting any info he has in the relevant player threads. Nothing has really changed. The fact he hasn't posted anything today most likely means he hasn't heard anything new.

thanks Ric!

 

[80s Shorts]

I can tell you that we started discussions to land Sterling before Xmas. Whether those included official contact with Liverpool at that time I'm not sure but they certainly knew early this year that he was going and we were involved. We may not have had that sort of conversation with them but there's no doubt that this whole thing has been a PR pantomime.

I have no reason to doubt that but to suggest it has been scripted in as detailed a manner as some suggest ?

I'm not having that at all.