De Bruyne?

[johnmc]

"Today is gonna be the day..."

Not cryptic enough. You are still learning this ITK lark.

 

[ox-blue]

@Ric you are the man

 

[worsleyweb]

Great news! Happy even if we don't get anyone else now.

 

[acess87]

Okay guys, we need patrols every 15 minutes at the hospital!

 

[crossie]

Who are you quoting?

Liam Gallagher?

 

[fairyfeet]

Then we look as though we have to pay what they want or do without. :-(

If the boot was on the other foot would we expect anything different? Sterling made his intentions quite clear, but de Bruyne has (allegedly) not. It's up to the player to force the move.

 

[JosMCFC]

"Today is gonna be the day..."

Yes get in

 

[andyhinch]

He would probably be flying out from Hannover given he plays at Wolfsburg....

He went back to Belgium yesterday, to the hospital :)

 

[Marvin]

Very good post, i must confess, mate but I need you to pay attention to this: we cannot deny that there's been some urgency about this move in the past few days and my question is why didn't we "push" (i use this word for want of another that would explain my point better) them to do the very things they are doing now: denying our bids, insisting that KDB is happy with them, etc earlier. Negotiations are done in private alright but time and again information somehow finds its way into the public domain and I'll butress this point by saying that all confirmed transfers in Europe to this day once started as rumours. To discount all rumour, hearsay, speculation, report etc is to shy away from reality. Many will be wrong but a fair amount will turn out correct. The point I'm making is if for some reason we are not able to pull this one, then we have to ask questions. Its easy to make excuses but the reason we brought Txixi on board was so we could levearge on his relationships to get deals (good ones of course) done and if he can't maybe someone else can. If we keep making these kinds of excuses for him, we'll end up not signing the better players in Europe and blaming it on some conspiracy against us by other clubs

I think the transfer window naturally brings matters to a head.

I am not sure that any official no matter how well connected or good at his job can force a move through by strength of will-power. If a club does not want to sell, or a player does not wish to rock the boat, then what can you do? Write a huge cheque? There are limits.

Maybe there will be developments. Hoping so as City have clearly identified the player as a top target. I was more excited about the Sterling deal and think that our forward line is already insanely strong. I'd rather look at midfield, but one of the few world class mifielders out there who you'd know would strengthen us is beyond reach so I guess you have to try and sign quality where you can find it. Try is all you can do.

 

[fairyfeet]