Cavani Speculation/News (page 151 onwards)

[EricBrooksGhost]

Pick any of those players and find the thread. Seriously all that talk about Txiki's graded list? The best players in the world in their position, the best young players in the world in their position. Is that being swept under the rug already?

That's not answering the question when was it "assured" and who "assured" it?

clearly in his mind all of those threads were started by Txiki

really he should be banned for having multiple user names, or for wumming

Aye the cheeky wum

 

[sam-caddick]

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m

BOOM! What a news! Manchester City have contacted Milan for El Shaarawy and is ready to bid 40m €m, according to tomorrow Gazzetta edition

 

[Mrmcfc]

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m

BOOM! What a news! Manchester City have contacted Milan for El Shaarawy and is ready to bid 40m €m, according to tomorrow Gazzetta edition

£33 million
Hmm

 

[adrianr]

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m

BOOM! What a news! Manchester City have contacted Milan for El Shaarawy and is ready to bid 40m €m, according to tomorrow Gazzetta edition

Er, what?

 

[LoveCity]

That's only the 3rd of 4th time in 2013 we've supposedly been making a bid for SES.

SES has lost his goal scoring form, he wouldn't be the answer to what we need.

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[Ray78]

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m

BOOM! What a news! Manchester City have contacted Milan for El Shaarawy and is ready to bid 40m €m, according to tomorrow Gazzetta edition

Either Palmeri is on the wind up or City wants the fans to suffer when chasing another unobtainable target.

 

[Batman]

Is he any good this el shawareawyayaya

 

[ballinio]

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m

BOOM! What a news! Manchester City have contacted Milan for El Shaarawy and is ready to bid 40m €m, according to tomorrow Gazzetta edition

Clever city, very clever.

 

[Smithy34]

It's fairly obvious:

1) Cavani is going to be wanted by many clubs, but realistically only a few can afford him.

2) City and Chelsea are two clear candidates, but Real Madrid could be interested too... plus, it's not entirely impossible that a couple of other clubs might be lurking in the background.

3) Cavani fancies Spain. He's in no rush to choose now, as he and Napoli hold all the cards (so far).

4) It's now a game of poker... Napoli will want to hold out for the highest offer and hope a bidding war ensues. Their worst case scenario is that one or two of the clubs in the running pull out and buy their 'plan B' striker instead, in which case, Napoli just sell the the remaining bidder still at a very high 55M (give or take). Napoli can't really lose here.

The only safe way for City to handle this (safe in terms of not being hung out to dry) is by offering (say) 60M (or 40M + Dzeko) with a take it or leave it NOW ultimatum. If they don't take it - we move on. Otherwise, we'll be strung out all summer, and could end up not getting him anyway, with no options left (since plan B strikers have gone).

Of course, this means paying a little over the odds, but that then gives Napoli a decision to make... "twist or fold?"... once we pull out, they might not get a 60M offer thereafter, and other clubs will know City are out of the running.

The same goes for the player and his agent. 'Here's the deal, it's exceptional'... take it or leave it. Be honest with him... "it's a superb deal, you have 48 hrs to think about it. If you need more time than that, then you're not the player for us anyway".

He looks a fantastic player. But he's not Ronaldo. He's still a gamble (albeit only a slight one IMO).

I agree , this is the way to go.

I think you will find we have already done that regarding Cavani - Napoli & de laurentis already know what we have offered for the player.

If he wants more which it seems he does, we will not pay it.

 

[kippax81]

The thing with this deal, in my opinion, is even if we offer 50m plus Dzeko....if he doesn't want to go to Naples then there is nothing we can do about it. At the end of the day we can't actually force him to go there, he is under contract to play for City, and if he were to leave surely he'd want to have a say in where. I know I would in his shoes. We're dealing with human beings not livestock. Tbh I think we're going to have to stump up the cash on this one, which I think is what ADL wants, whether it's us, Chelsea or whoever.