Re: Craig Bellamy....no Berkovic repaeat
Agree with the comments on a lot of this thread. Here's my summary on the Bellamy issue plus the overall strategy:
1. Don't sell to rivals. But if we did sell to Spurs it has to be after the 14th and have no repeat of the scenario under Keegan where Berkovic was given away to Portsmouth days before we went to Fratton Park, only for him to line up against us. How Mr. Bung must have laughed!
2. If there is to be a sale we should not undersell. Quote top prices. We can afford to keep homebred players for the new rulings. Ireland, Richards, Bellamy, should alll be £12-£15m minimum, Onouha £10m before we should consider selling.
3. Mimimise the money distributed to our immediate rivals. Hughes gave Wenger nearly £40m last summer, before you even consider Lescott and Moyes.
4. By buying from Europe, it allows clubs like Barcelona, the funds to weaken our rivals, .....possible Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal with the Yaya money?
5. Keep putting in "approaches", for players we know are under scrutiny by our rivals, to inflate the price any potential competitor will have to play, because City were "interested". That way we maximise our financial muscle at the expense of our rival clubs.
I hope I'm right in thinking our owners and operatives now know how to maximise the spending power. The lack of spending by others at the moment just shows what a huge advantage we have even over the likes of Chelsea!
Agree with the comments on a lot of this thread. Here's my summary on the Bellamy issue plus the overall strategy:
1. Don't sell to rivals. But if we did sell to Spurs it has to be after the 14th and have no repeat of the scenario under Keegan where Berkovic was given away to Portsmouth days before we went to Fratton Park, only for him to line up against us. How Mr. Bung must have laughed!
2. If there is to be a sale we should not undersell. Quote top prices. We can afford to keep homebred players for the new rulings. Ireland, Richards, Bellamy, should alll be £12-£15m minimum, Onouha £10m before we should consider selling.
3. Mimimise the money distributed to our immediate rivals. Hughes gave Wenger nearly £40m last summer, before you even consider Lescott and Moyes.
4. By buying from Europe, it allows clubs like Barcelona, the funds to weaken our rivals, .....possible Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal with the Yaya money?
5. Keep putting in "approaches", for players we know are under scrutiny by our rivals, to inflate the price any potential competitor will have to play, because City were "interested". That way we maximise our financial muscle at the expense of our rival clubs.
I hope I'm right in thinking our owners and operatives now know how to maximise the spending power. The lack of spending by others at the moment just shows what a huge advantage we have even over the likes of Chelsea!