De Bruyne?

ankitptrivedi said:
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I think it's highly likely that this sort of thing is discussed during negotiations with the player and his agent. For example, "what sort of an offer will we have to make to your club before you ask for a move?".

There must come a point, however loyal a player is to his club, where he feels that they have been sufficiently rewarded in terms of the transfer fee. If his club will not then offer similar contract terms to the club making the offer, loyalty begins to wear thin.
 
FanchesterCity said:
In another alleged interview, he claimed he could understand if KdB wanted to join Bayern, Barca or Real, but not City.
In that context, it's less about Bayern, just his own view of a 'big club', where he's essentially putting down City.
We aren't as big as those three, but we ARE in the PL which is still exciting for many players, and possibly KdB feels he'd like to prove Mourinho was wrong to let him go. We're also showing a real desire for him, which a number of current City stars say was a significant factor in wanting to join us.

Whilst we might not be Bayern, Barca or Real, we ARE bigger than Wolfsburg, and there's no real indication that those other three want him at all, let alone want him as much as we do. There's a firm offer on the table for him, and that Mr Aloffs is why KdB may well move to us. It's not like we are Stoke or anything. We're still one of Europe's top clubs!

Ultimately though, his audience is Wolfsburg fans, and he's going to say what those fans want to hear, and he has to be seen to put up a fight and have a dig at us.
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Why would Wolfsburg fans want to hear him reccomending their star player signs for Bayern Munich ? That's what he's done in January & that's what he's doing now. He knows full well that Real or Barca don't have a space for DeBruyne.
 
The slaughtered lamb said:
Allofs' suggestion that Bayern may be interested is for no other reason than to push the price up. In reality, the involvement of clubs like Bayern, Barca and Real in transfers usually has the opposite effect. I think clubs understand this and despite the protestations of the likes of Allofs, the people in charge of finances would rather do business with us.
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If you look at the piece I quoted a page or two back, he was doing this in January re Bayern. That wasn't to push up any price.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Why would Wolfsburg fans want to hear him reccomending their star player signs for Bayern Munich ? That's what he's done in January & that's what he's doing now. He knows full well that Real or Barca don't have a space for DeBruyne.
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You have to look at in in a wider context. He's been saying 'I'd understand it if he wanted to move to to a big club, but not City' - it's just another way of suggesting we're small, and making it look like KdB's the one making poor decisions. It's all about him 'fighting' to keep KdB, but at the same time, painting the picture that he can't understand why KdB would be making such a foolish decision to join little City. It's just posturing / hot air.
It's probably most of what our fans would say if a player wanted to move to PSG. We'd say 'could understand it if they wanted Bayern / Real / Barca - but PSG???'.
 
Neville Kneville said:
If you look at the piece I quoted a page or two back, he was doing this in January re Bayern. That wasn't to push up any price.
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No, but it's laying the groundwork to say he should be going to one of those clubs, IF he's going. It's framing him in that category of player which sort of frames his price range too.
It's also symptomatic of how most of football sees the world right now. The big three clubs dominating.
It's all just football claptrap - the sort of stuff Mourinho comes out with about everybody else trying to buy the title. It's stuff and nonsense really.
 
It must come as some sort of shock the way WFC officials are reported as being insulting to our Club.
Perhaps we are used to a more polite type of negotiation leakage such as the one conducted by LFC and its media representatives during the Raheem negotiations ?.
 
Cheeky feckers, Volkswagen United are bit like Wigan Athletic - not been around very long and only reached the top tier in the last 20 years - punching well above their weight - but being propped up by VAG - how can that be legal under FFPR?
 
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