Cook - They Bottled It

[zeusbheld]

The fact is Berlusconi is a liar and crook.

q. well then. why has he never been convicted?

a. he buys juries.

not kidding.

 

[zeusbheld]

I remember when Kenyon was the Chief Executive at the Rags and kept talking about them as a "brand".

My how I took the piss out of Rags with that term for them!

So how fucking disappointing is it that City are now known as "The Project"

How i hate that term.

We are City (Super City).. not a fucking project!!!

the project isn't the club, it's turning the club into a force. seems a reasonable use of the language to me.

 

[cerebum]

Appologies if already posted. Read this on sporting life and saw a couple of points I hadn't previously come across

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal.../09/01/20/SOCCER_Man_City_Kaka_Nightlead.html

 

[bluemoonmcfc4ever]

I tell you what the summer is goin to be interesting when real madrid start sniffin around him if we go back it could be a biddin war perhaps thats what the cronies came up with when our money was not enough. Madrid came out with there intrest to wait for summer after their elections could the crooks at milan put a hold on his move to start a biddin war cause our offer was not near as much as was reported any takers?

 

[CBlue]

Appologies if already posted. Read this on sporting life and saw a couple of points I hadn't previously come across

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal.../09/01/20/SOCCER_Man_City_Kaka_Nightlead.html

Very interesting! So the questions that were asked but couldn't be answered were about these contracts that were jointly tied in to AC Milan & Kaka. This would also explain why there were reps from Milan & Kaka discussing the deal at the same time. It was Milan that weren't prepared. We were doing the requisite due diligence on how these contracts could be terminated/assumed/renegotiated & they didn't have a fucking clue. This type of thing is right up Cook's street - AC Milan are fucking amateurs!

 

[Soulboy]

I remember when Kenyon was the Chief Executive at the Rags and kept talking about them as a "brand".

My how I took the piss out of Rags with that term for them!

So how fucking disappointing is it that City are now known as "The Project"

How i hate that term.

We are City (Super City).. not a fucking project!!!

the project isn't the club, it's turning the club into a force. seems a reasonable use of the language to me.

We are NOT a project... we are a football club.

I don't remember Chelsea being a "project" or any of the top 4... or ANY other team in the world!

Nope. Only us. Why in God's name why?

A project has a definite start and finish time... which means that at some point the owners are going to bail out.

THAT'S exactly what a "project means.

And you think that's an reasonable term for us?

 

[bizzbo]

Appologies if already posted. Read this on sporting life and saw a couple of points I hadn't previously come across

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal.../09/01/20/SOCCER_Man_City_Kaka_Nightlead.html

cracking read that and only strengthens my belief that there was never any realistic possibility of him joining, ac and bosco had other reasons for entertaining the bid

 

[PaulC1979]

Certainly a very interesting read with some good detail.

 

[ono]

"If we don't get Kaka it is not the end of the world. We got Craig Bellamy."

Fucking brilliant. I hope he's kidding!

But as for the article...yeah sounds like it was Milan's fault....and Bosco's.

Maybe Cook should have just told him a number...just to satisfy his curiousity. Sometimes you have to act at the level of the guy you are negotiating with.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

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Despite the tag of ‘the richest club in the world’, City's Executive Chairman Garry Cook, has explained it's not just the financial backing from Sheikh Mansour that is key to success for the Club.
People may think a 'money no object' position would make life easy for a side looking to build during the current transfer window, but it carries its own pit falls, as Garry said: "Contrary to many opinions it is harder for us to do business. That’s because the expectations are so high and people look at the finances resources as the ticket to success.

“That’s truly not the case – the ticket to success is being able to give football fans a return on the money that they invest in this Club.

“That’s going to involve putting great players out on the football pitch and giving them a great experience when they come to the games.

“We’ve also said it’s not just about getting great players here, obviously that’s a part of it, but it’s also about the Academy.

“I was at Portsmouth last week watching us in the FA Youth Cup and they put on a great performance. We’ve got some great lads in there and that’s nice.

“When you work that with sitting down trying to bring Kaka to the Club that’s a balance we’d like to see."

And with that in mind, Cook underlined the Club's stance to stick to its guns when it comes to transfers and negotiations, stating: "We are not anybody’s fool.

"We are finding it very difficult because the expectation that is set by the public space of who we are and what we represent is not truly who we are or what we represent. So we have to get to a point where we understand which players are required and we then have discussions.

"I’ve been in discussions that are completely ludicrous [during the transfer window] and I actually flew to another country to have a meeting which lasted seven minutes.

"And that seven minute meeting was because the demands were so ridiculously high, I just packed up my bags and walked out because he clearly was not coming to our football club for the right reasons."