Balotelli.

[Tripletta.]

I think there are some problems.
Raiola is a pain in the arse.
Please, buy Mario or we can't start our deals =(

RAIOLA SHUT UP and let Mario sign!

 

[Dillon]

Hmm, the flying back to Italy could be a GOOD thing.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2010/07/29/2047070/manchester-citys-negotiations-with-inter-for-mario-balotelli" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer ... -balotelli</a>

Mino Raiola, Balotelli's agent, and one of the player's lawyers have been speaking with City chiefs in Manchester throughout Thursday as they try to reach a rapid conclusion.

The presence of Balotelli's lawyer strongly suggests contracts could be rubber stamped by the end of play, and then Balotelli would have to put his own pen to paper.

Once an agreement is found over wages - previous reports suggested City were offering €3.8 million per annum - City directors will fly back to Milan with Raiola to close the deal on Inter's end, believed to be worth €30m plus bonuses.

Balotelli, City and Inter are all hoping the deal is closed soon, leaving Raiola to hasten the talks.

This is doing my head in.

 

[C_T_I_D]

I think there are some problems.
Raiola is a pain in the arse.
Please, buy Mario or we can't start our deals =(

RAIOLA SHUT UP and let Mario sign!

If he doesn't sign, you don't get Mascherano basically.

 

[oakiecokie]

Headline on football-italia:

Balo-City wages problem

Doesn't mean the wages are the problem though, just that the negotiations between the agent and City are the problem. So it could be wages/agents fee.

I would suspect that the agent is trying to screw us for additional money for his % cut.City have probably told him to fuck off in no uncertain terms.
This would mean in order too achieve a decent (for want of a better word) cut, that he would have to negotiate a higher salary and bonuses for Balo.
However is this one deal we should walk away from, or is is City who are cutting off their noses etc ??

 

[Tripletta.]

I think there are some problems.
Raiola is a pain in the arse.
Please, buy Mario or we can't start our deals =(

RAIOLA SHUT UP and let Mario sign!

If he doesn't sign, you don't get Mascherano basically.

I don't want Mascherano =(
But if he doesn't sign, we have no money to sign a player, no matter who. It's our new policy.

I hate Raiola.

 

[Pam]

Hmm, the flying back to Italy could be a GOOD thing.

Who said this twat of a agent is flying back to Italy. Has he said anything or is this media conjecture?

 

[Rammyblues]

Didn't we have this with Yayas agent?

 

[@BluePhil8]

Hmm, the flying back to Italy could be a GOOD thing.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2010/07/29/2047070/manchester-citys-negotiations-with-inter-for-mario-balotelli" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer ... -balotelli</a>

Mino Raiola, Balotelli's agent, and one of the player's lawyers have been speaking with City chiefs in Manchester throughout Thursday as they try to reach a rapid conclusion.

The presence of Balotelli's lawyer strongly suggests contracts could be rubber stamped by the end of play, and then Balotelli would have to put his own pen to paper.

Once an agreement is found over wages - previous reports suggested City were offering €3.8 million per annum - City directors will fly back to Milan with Raiola to close the deal on Inter's end, believed to be worth €30m plus bonuses.

Balotelli, City and Inter are all hoping the deal is closed soon, leaving Raiola to hasten the talks.

This is doing my head in.

I think this is most likely, his current club is Inter so every thing will be finalised in Inter's H.Q. baring the Medical.

 

[Kinky by name]

Didn't we have this with Yayas agent?

yup and he is definitely certifiable

 

[Smith_]

Goal don't have a clue me thinks

 

[Pam]

Didn't we have this with Yayas agent?

yup and he is definitely certifiable

I remember when he said City couldn't afford Yaya's wages. This was back in June, just before the player signed. These accursed agents are greedy, annoying, manipulative bastards.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Everything's gonna be alright folks, have faith in Cook and his band of men.

 

[zeven]

Goal don't have a clue me thinks

for your nick sake, we better hope so :)

 

[Kinky by name]

yup and he is definitely certifiable

I remember when he said City couldn't afford Yaya's wages. This was back in June, just before the player signed. These accursed agents. They greedy, annoying, manipulative bastards.

yup and the source of many tabloid stories, sadly

 

[C_T_I_D]

If I was City I would call Raiola's bluff. Walk away from the table, tell them the deal is off until they decide to do the deal on our terms or not at all and to get back in contact when they can do this in a professional manner, rather than milking us for every last petro-dollar we have and moving the goalposts constantly.

Leave Inter Milan with an unhappy player. The club will get aggitated with Mario's agent and tell him to do the deal, thus making the players position untenable and to the stage where it's past the point of no return practically. The agent of Balotelli needs to realise that we're the ones with the money, we're the ones in the driving seat because no other club is going to produce a superior or equal offer to the one we are making.

Walk away and pursue other targets Garry, Roberto and Brian. Don't stand for the messing about Raiola is doing and the trouble he is causing. Having to deal with his agent in the future is something I do not wish upon anybody.

 

[@BluePhil8]

Goal don't have a clue me thinks

You are gunna look like a donkey if he doesn't sign :) my old name was "kaka blue" and that was before we were even in for him! had to change after jan 08 though...

 

[citysix]

Hmm, the flying back to Italy could be a GOOD thing.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2010/07/29/2047070/manchester-citys-negotiations-with-inter-for-mario-balotelli" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer ... -balotelli</a>

Mino Raiola, Balotelli's agent, and one of the player's lawyers have been speaking with City chiefs in Manchester throughout Thursday as they try to reach a rapid conclusion.

The presence of Balotelli's lawyer strongly suggests contracts could be rubber stamped by the end of play, and then Balotelli would have to put his own pen to paper.

Once an agreement is found over wages - previous reports suggested City were offering €3.8 million per annum - City directors will fly back to Milan with Raiola to close the deal on Inter's end, believed to be worth €30m plus bonuses.

Balotelli, City and Inter are all hoping the deal is closed soon, leaving Raiola to hasten the talks.

This is doing my head in.

lets hope citys top brass are flying to milan tonight,take raiola for a a big fuck off bowl of pasta and shit load of red wine...job done

 

[Smith_]

Goal don't have a clue me thinks

You are gunna look like a donkey if he doesn't sign :) my old name was "kaka blue" and that was before we were even in for him! had to change after jan 08 though...

haha, i think i made a hasty decision in choosing that username, come on mario sign on the dotted line. please :)

 

[Rammyblues]

Walk away and pursue other targets Garry, Roberto and Brian. Don't stand for the messing about Raiola is doing and the trouble he is causing. Having to deal with his agent in the future is something I do not wish upon anybody.

Mans a twat according to various reports I have read, agree with above, walk away their loss not ours.

 

[Tripletta.]

News from sky Italy

Sky: "The City can stewed Balo and change objective
The report Luca Marchetti.
29/07/2010 19:10 Fabrizio Romano article read 208 times

Luca Marchetti Sky Sports about the situation Mario Balotelli Manchester City after the black smoke today, "Inter felt Balotelli wants to leave, but the situation is absolute balance, because none of the three parties has the knife from part of the handle. The competitors of the City now had pulled back because the deal was on, but now attezione: given that the City is the richest in Europe, could get angry and bored so go and get another striker, which can be Torres, Dzeko or whoever else wants. Sheik may come to this conclusion, has the money to do it. We better understand the real problem of this engagement: if the money base, bonus or otherwise. We make assumptions, but attention certain developments.