De Bruyne?

[birchwoodgingerste]

A friend of mine here has less than 100 post, writes for one of the big newspapers and analyses football. Then there's "Dave, the handyman", has +10 000 posts.

I think that says it all.

Yeh dave the handyman is one hell of a writor!:))

 

[SWP's back]

We should just pay what is needed for this player. In future dealings, perhaps go after a player we are only half interested in, offer a stupid amount then walk away when the other team say no. That way, we can show that we are not going to ALWAYS pay over the odds. This one is worth it in my opinion.

Not a bad idea.

Maybe that's what we did with Hazard

 

[Stephenhakin]

Didn't Tolmie say ( and im old as fuck so if he didnt then excuse me ) that we would buy Sterling then break our transfer record again?

 

[Tez Tosterone]

d) The clubs are negotiating a fee, possibly with add ons, very close to what City have offered & it's complex.

As I've just posted, this exact thing happened (according to the media) just before we signed Sterling. Almost the exact figures ( claiming Liverpoool want 50 mil, Wolfsburg want 50 mil). They said City were 'awaiting a response' to our latest bid. It stayed like that for a while, then suddenly we heard that agreement was close, & it was suddenly done.

d) Seems like a) with a negative response and, as you say, they are, as in the Sterling saga, continuing negotiations. And assuming that De Bruyne is 100% open to the move back to the Premier league. Obviously the pay package would not be a problem.

 

[Neville Kneville]

We should just pay what is needed for this player. In future dealings, perhaps go after a player we are only half interested in, offer a stupid amount then walk away when the other team say no. That way, we can show that we are not going to ALWAYS pay over the odds. This one is worth it in my opinion.

Even if City agree with you & were willing to pay what it takes, even if it's stupidly overpaying, there's no chance they would just hand it over straight away, as that would prove they were mugs & everyone would expect the same. They would haggle like fuck, as it appears they are doing & did with Sterling.

 

[Jazzman]

The club are still confident a deal will be done from what I've heard, but looks like the price is being driven up. Told it's likely to be in excess of £50m now, which is more than they had budgeted for.

We should pay it to get one over Bayern. Seems a popular belief here in Germany that KDB stays with Wolfsburg 1 more year to go to Bayern next summer, "because it fits Bayerns squad planning better". Let's get the boy here.

 

[Ireland_for_pm]

Didn't Tolmie say ( and im old as fuck so if he didnt then excuse me ) that we would buy Sterling then break our transfer record again?

Kevin de bruyne is NOT worth breaking the bank for. Although I couldn't give a shit what we pay for any player.

 

[Neville Kneville]

d) Seems like a) with a negative response and, as you say, they are, as in the Sterling saga, continuing negotiations. And assuming that De Bruyne is 100% open to the move back to the Premier league. Obviously the pay package would not be a problem.

If DeBruyne wasn't happy to sign, we would have walked away weeks ago. Maybe though, were hoping he'd put in a transfer request, & that would have made the fee less expensive ?

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

The club are still confident a deal will be done from what I've heard, but looks like the price is being driven up. Told it's likely to be in excess of £50m now, which is more than they had budgeted for.

If the reports are true we had a £150-200M budget and we've spent £60M or so who are we counting pennies for now that Pogba doesn't look likely ?

 

[Stephenhakin]

Kevin de bruyne is NOT worth breaking the bank for. Although I couldn't give a shit what we pay for any player.

Says you. I believe he will challenge Hazard in the future for world player of the year so he IS worth it.