2019 Summer Window - Whom do we Need ? - Whom will we Sign?

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I predict we won't be allowed to buy anyone.

It's the easiest sanction to enforce and deliberately set precedent by denying Chelsea the initial appeal, certainly with us in mind.

The biggest signings will probably be to ensure people like Delph and Gundogan can't walk away for free the following summer, simply from trying to protect our investment.

Sane will be in an even stronger bargaining position than he already was.

If we are indeed found guilty of anything, of course.

 

[richards30]

What about if we took FIFA further in a legal battle? Would that prolong anything? Depends how obvious any wrongdoings are I guess?

 

[BlueDejong]

I predict we won't be allowed to buy anyone.

It's the easiest sanction to enforce and deliberately set precedent by denying Chelsea the initial appeal, certainly with us in mind.

The biggest signings will probably be to ensure people like Delph and Gundogan can't walk away for free the following summer, simply from trying to protect our investment.

Sane will be in an even stronger bargaining position than he already was.

If we are indeed found guilty of anything, of course.

CAS could buy the City some time.

 

[FCBarca]

1. DM
2. LB
3. Striker

All predicated, obviously, on the elephant in the room

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

What about if we took FIFA further in a legal battle? Would that prolong anything? Depends how obvious any wrongdoings are I guess?

I don't know the legal timeline of such, it certainly seems Chelsea are in a rush, as they have Hazard into his final year and any appeal rejection would ultimately cost them upwards of £100m.

The sanction is double jeopardy in that respect, which surely should have legal grounding.

Same goes for us on Delph and Gundogan. Potentially costing us £40m if both just sit tight for another 12 months, knowing they are needed for the squad, regardless of whether offering them higher wages persuades them to sign new deals.

Same goes for Sane if he sits tight until next summer, he would only have a year left.

 

[richards30]

I don't know the legal timeline of such, it certainly seems Chelsea are in a rush, as they have Hazard into his final year and any appeal rejection would ultimately cost them upwards of £100m.

The sanction is double jeopardy in that respect, which surely should have legal grounding.

Same goes for us on Delph and Gundogan. Potentially costing us £40m if both just sit tight for another 12 months, knowing they are needed for the squad, regardless of whether offering them higher wages persuades them to sign new deals.

Same goes for Sane if he sits tight until next summer, he would only have a year left.

Sane should be on at least the same as Bernardo which I believe would double his money?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

1. DM
2. LB
3. Striker

All predicated, obviously, on the elephant in the room

It could be more than that I would argue, if City are somehow allowed to defer a transfer sanction until January 2021.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Sane should be on at least the same as Bernardo which I believe would double his money?

Nowhere near. Sane is now vastly underpaid. Bernardo was a much higher earner than Sane even when they both arrived, which you would expect.

Sane should be a £200k a week man now if we are comparing it to Rashford and Martial money.

Both, who aren't fit enough to wipe his arse.

 

[richards30]

It could be more than that I would argue, if City are somehow allowed to defer a transfer sanction until January 2021.

Anything in the Thomas Partey links tolm?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

In:

Ndombele
Thiago

Out:

Mangala
Bravo
Delph
Gundogan (due to not signing new contract)

Thiago is finished. Even the Bayern crowd were booing his decision-making and mistakes against Liverpool last week.