are we asset stripping?

[davymcfc]

I certainly think we let NDJ go too easily and now tevez. Not sure why we let two vital players slip away for well under their value.

 

[Jack74]

De Niro really , thought u a where tad weird and now u have proved it.

MCFC OK

tad weird?

your one to talk with your constant David Silva bashing.

Ha ha stop it otherwise I will for you .

I can't belive u actually follow me anyway David any chance when takin a corner can u just try if possible just not 2 gently place it in the goalkeepers gloves

 

[kun]

Indeed, 17 goals in all comps last season (according to Wikipedia) with the amount of chances we made last year? it's actually pretty poor.

Aguero scored the same amount.

He is a quality striker although there are better our there.

Aguero had a poor season also, I do not dispute that. I just think it's wise to get rid of the wages as well as make £10m on someone that is out of contract next year and likely to walk on a free. We'd have been in the same situation having to get a striker next year but without the money saved on wages and the transfer fee. So I'm pretty happy with that.

Yeah, that's 10/12m in fee (depending on who you believe) and around 15-18m pounds in wages. We have saved around 25-30m on this deal.

 

[dctid]

tevez, balo, nige, aj all gone. not ONE replacement for any of them. well not worth having anyway,

Tevez / AJ sold last year of their contract and would never sign a new onw
Balo / AJ lifestyle issues and on the pitch issues

 

[rastus]

Is this a cunning way to keep people off the Isco thread??

Our current front 5 is

Yaya Fernandinho

Navas Silva Nasri

Aguero


Is that so bad? Tevez isn't going to invade Silva's space anymore and Navas will offer width, which means teams can't defend as narrowly as last season against us.

This is before we bring in replacements!

Those front 3 will all be gone by January Silva, Nasri, Aguero along with Dzeko £120 million, now that's asset stripping :)

 

[SWP's back]

Would it not be wise to secure other assets before unloading the ones we have?

No.

Why not
Surely bargaining from a position of bereftness put pressure on us ?

Think it through, if we bought two strikers and then had to sell Tevez, we'd get even less as the buyer knows we have to sell.

If everyone bought before they sold then no transfers would ever go through.

Plus we used to stockpile before selling, did that get us a good price back in the day?

 

[jonmcity]

Indeed, 17 goals in all comps last season (according to Wikipedia) with the amount of chances we made last year? it's actually pretty poor.

Aguero scored the same amount.

He is a quality striker although there are better our there.

Aguero had a poor season also, I do not dispute that. I just think it's wise to get rid of the wages as well as make £10m on someone that is out of contract next year and likely to walk on a free. We'd have been in the same situation having to get a striker next year but without the money saved on wages and the transfer fee. So I'm pretty happy with that.

Don't mind him going, but it would have been better to bring the replacement in first. Now everyone knows we need at least one striker, and that will push up the price in a limited market. Unless we have a replacement ready to sign.

 

[dom]

No.

Why not
Surely bargaining from a position of bereftness put pressure on us ?

Works both ways. If we have a replacement, we need to sell and therefore get less.
Pay less in the first place for a replacement and sell for less as a result, or sell for as much as we can get and then pay slightly more for replacements.

Hmmm... I need to ponder that

 

[dctid]

I certainly think we let NDJ go too easily and now tevez. Not sure why we let two vital players slip away for well under their value.

Dont have an option really because both Tevez and NDJ would happily sit out the last 12 months and leave for a free the following months

Something is better than nothing and in todays financial climate very very few clubs let players worth any money go on a free no mater who they are

 

[rastus]

Aguero scored the same amount.

He is a quality striker although there are better our there.

Aguero had a poor season also, I do not dispute that. I just think it's wise to get rid of the wages as well as make £10m on someone that is out of contract next year and likely to walk on a free. We'd have been in the same situation having to get a striker next year but without the money saved on wages and the transfer fee. So I'm pretty happy with that.

Yeah, that's 10/12m in fee (depending on who you believe) and around 15-18m pounds in wages. We have saved around 25-30m on this deal.

That's only if you sign no one to replace