Pigeonho
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Haha, i'm not doing any angry man act mate! All people ever go on about on here is nothing is concrete without quotes, but it seems to be that is only when it suits them. This is a case where some quotes would confirm that Isco only wanted to come here, and there aren't any so anything else is just rumours.stony said:Pigeonho said:Where are Isco's quotes which say he wanted to come here, and only here? If they exist then fair enough, but that still doesn't make us 'sloppy', it means we didn't want to pay over a price we thought he was worth. Where are the quotes?stony said:Isco wanted City but City weren't prepared to pay the price Malaga wanted. Bigger club or not, they were his second choice.
See now you're doing your angry man routine and trying to credit me with things I haven't said. I said "Isco wanted City" I didn't say "he wanted to come here and only here" You just made that bit up. I'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to claim a player only wanted one club when he's already signed for another.
He wanted City because of Pellegrini, it's well documented.
My own take on this if that Isco and Pelle both wanted him at City but City weren't as keen on having him here as they were. The price had to be right. We don't need him when we already have Silva and Nasri. I honestly think that Pelle will get the best out of Nasri, so why fork out millions on a player we don't need.
I've also spoken to people who I trust and they have very good contacts and they have confirmed that the price was the only sticking point. He wanted City but we wouldn't pay. It's as simple as that.
Nobody knows why we didn't sign him, but it isn't a big deal. Other areas need strengthening and it seems people only wanted him because it was A) an up and coming kid who gained popularity this last 3 weeks, and B) because it would be beating Madrid to a player. We didn't beat them, and it's not a problem. Isco has his reasons for joining Madrid, so good luck to him. There are more pressing positions we need to fill, and fill them we will, i'm sure.<br /><br />-- Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:30 pm --<br /><br />Bob, you going to answer my question about how we've been sloppy, something you raised about our targets to date?