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Over the last 12 months there's been a lot of talk about how City as a club don't talk to the supporters about important matters and it makes it difficult from the outside to know what's going on. Personally I think this is a huge strength within the club and should be applauded.
One of the bonuses of having two Spaniards as CEO and DoF is that they have neither the relationships nor the interest in cultivating them, with the British media, and therefore the only stories the papers can write are highly speculative ones (as with FFP). Now some might argue that this is a bad thing and that City should in fact be doing more talking in the press but I fail to see how that does anything other than give them more words to hang you with.
Just to give an example ... if you contrast the manner in which our transfer business is being done in comparison to say United or Liverpool. The big difference is that both those clubs have got people feeding the British media stories regarding players they are talking to. For me that creates an undue pressure from all sides because you need to deliver the players otherwise you look a dick in front of the supporters, however you also need to deal with a selling club who won't like the fact that you're doing your bidding in public and will constantly be ramping the price up.
Similarly with FFP, the club have remained silent throughout the process. Although it's been frustrating by not commenting until after the sanctions were made official, and by commenting in the manner in which they have, they've shown their disdain for UEFA without turning it into a public slanging match and without seemingly alienating an organisation who whether we like it or not we have to deal with.
Now this Yaya situation which I've little doubt the club will make zero comment on publicly. Our silence will be the most powerful tool we have in dealing with him and his agent. They can kick, scream, make themselves look as ridiculous as they want. City's stance will remain "Yaya's not for sale" until such time as an offer comes in which they feel is good enough. Maybe in this case i'm being too optimistic considering how it's always about the money, but I envisage Txiki and co. feeling even more hardened in their stance that having given him a new contract last summer, they won't be giving him another one this summer.
Long term I think there's a method to the silence. Going back to what Khaldoon said about public relations and the image of the club, we are striving to get to a place where the only thing we're talked about for is our football. To do this though we will have to remain silent on certain other subjects. This might be frustrating to some, but it's worth it IMO for the friends and respect it will win us.
One of the bonuses of having two Spaniards as CEO and DoF is that they have neither the relationships nor the interest in cultivating them, with the British media, and therefore the only stories the papers can write are highly speculative ones (as with FFP). Now some might argue that this is a bad thing and that City should in fact be doing more talking in the press but I fail to see how that does anything other than give them more words to hang you with.
Just to give an example ... if you contrast the manner in which our transfer business is being done in comparison to say United or Liverpool. The big difference is that both those clubs have got people feeding the British media stories regarding players they are talking to. For me that creates an undue pressure from all sides because you need to deliver the players otherwise you look a dick in front of the supporters, however you also need to deal with a selling club who won't like the fact that you're doing your bidding in public and will constantly be ramping the price up.
Similarly with FFP, the club have remained silent throughout the process. Although it's been frustrating by not commenting until after the sanctions were made official, and by commenting in the manner in which they have, they've shown their disdain for UEFA without turning it into a public slanging match and without seemingly alienating an organisation who whether we like it or not we have to deal with.
Now this Yaya situation which I've little doubt the club will make zero comment on publicly. Our silence will be the most powerful tool we have in dealing with him and his agent. They can kick, scream, make themselves look as ridiculous as they want. City's stance will remain "Yaya's not for sale" until such time as an offer comes in which they feel is good enough. Maybe in this case i'm being too optimistic considering how it's always about the money, but I envisage Txiki and co. feeling even more hardened in their stance that having given him a new contract last summer, they won't be giving him another one this summer.
Long term I think there's a method to the silence. Going back to what Khaldoon said about public relations and the image of the club, we are striving to get to a place where the only thing we're talked about for is our football. To do this though we will have to remain silent on certain other subjects. This might be frustrating to some, but it's worth it IMO for the friends and respect it will win us.