De Bruyne?

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

What are you basing that opinion on ? Is there some information suggesting that DeBruyne has not told Wolfsburg he wants to join us ?

Neville........just been reading "SWP's back" comments.....and they make alot of sense....would seem that Wolfsburg dont want to have to pay De Bruyne loyalty bonuses which is why they dont seem to want to drop below the 57mil asking.......if they didnt have the loyalty payment I would guess that the 50mil would have been agreed by now.....I guess Wolfsburg dont want to hand out millions in loyalty payment to De Bruyne and De Bruyne doesnt want to push to hard and miss out on that payment.....so might mean we fit the bill if this deal is going to be done.....I think its just frustrating when a player like Otamendi asks to be left out of the team to push his way out (even risking millions in loyalty payments) but De Bruyne would be "happy" to not push the deal and stay in Wolfsburg instead of missing out on a loyalty payment....I'm sure we would make sure the kid wasnt out of pocket if he did show support by putting in a transfer request!;)

 

[SWP's back]

Said this would happen after Sterling. Showed ourselves weak in negotiations for a player who desperately wanted out, relationship with his club collapsed, who wanted to come here, and we were the only club at the table - yet we still paid the overinflated asking priced after a month of posturing and a couple of 'take it or leave it' bids.

Wolfsburg obviously paid heed to that, and are now putting into practice the lessons learned. Which means we pay over the odds once more after weeks of acrimonious negotiations over a fee.

We still pay well over the odds for players, and we still get taken over a barrel selling players; Jovetic, Dzeko et al.

We put all our eggs in the Pogba basket, and now we look set to fail to adequately strengthen a key area of the side earmarked 6 months ago.

People can say what they like about any perceived 'negativity', but I'm not convinced by Txiki's work as DoF.

If he buys two of the best young players in Europe, from rich clubs that don't wish to sell their best player, there should be a statue of Txiki outside the Etihad.

There is a reason we are the only club bidding for KDB and the only team that bid for Sterling. Txiki did his work on both players six months ago and when the players were sounded out by other clubs, they were told not to bother.

If I fail to convince you, there's not much else I can say really.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I'm not parroting anything mate, that's my opinion.

Sterling's a very good signing, but we paid over the odds, however you try and rationalise it.

No we didn't

As for De Bruyne, I'm confident it will get sorted. I've not seen enough to make a comment on his qualities or if I think he'll fit in

 

[@BluePhil8]

I'm not parroting anything mate, that's my opinion.

Sterling's a very good signing, but we paid over the odds, however you try and rationalise it.

If Marouane Fellaini is worth £30m I don't know how anyone can say £44m for Sterling is over the odds. Pogba is being touted at £71m and him and Sterling are in the same bracket of quality.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Because he's not exactly going to Stoke. An upward move, to enhance his status, an incredible oppertunity to win things. He'll be well renumerated.

Same for every other player, why should he be different ?

 

[GaudinoMotors]

This is the grand finale here. From my understanding De Bruyne is taking a lower salary than originally offered so we can up the bid to keep Wolfsburg happy. They'll in turn still owe him a loyalty bonus so he'll get the cash, but get it from Wolfsburg via a loyalty bonus than in his wage.

I'm guessing Wolsfsburg are happy with this arrangement after his meeting with them last night, and that's why we've timed our bid for after said meeting.

If true - hallelujah!!

 

[SWP's back]

Is there any information to suggest that he has told them?

In the media? I don't think so.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Is there any information to suggest that he has told them?

Only the suggestion from Wolfsburg that he had & the people on here who have been tipped off. But why would we assume he hasn't ?

 

[Healdplace]

Maybe KDB genuinely wants to respect the team and their fans by not demanding to leave. If that were Aguero and Real Madrid were calling you would rightly respect him for declining to put in a transfer request. It might not be greed over money at all but appreciation for how they helped him turn his career around.

 

[K10&S21]

Maybe KDB genuinely wants to respect the team and their fans by not demanding to leave. If that were Aguero and Real Madrid were calling you would rightly respect him for declining to put in a transfer request. It might not be greed over money at all but appreciation for how they helped him turn his career around.

^THIS