De Bruyne?

[Bluemanc100]

thank you for my freedoms of lol's

We made our offer to Hazards reps and we left it for him to decide, we didn't walk away. He chose Chelsea.

Not how I remember it.... Marwood refused to authorise the agent's fee (£6 million) therefore he went to Chelsea who did offer to pay it...

 

[Cobwebcat]

I stand corrected, how much was deducted with his loyalty fee? £4-5m? Not saying we paid £34-35m but that's what he was valued at. The point being that anyone who thought KDB would have cost £30-35m hasn't paid attention to the current state of transfer fees

You might not be happy with the valuation but your assumption isn't correct.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kevin-de-bruyne/profil/spieler/88755#ath

 

[i8rags]

POTY in a top league?

Well I couldn't see the same going in Spain or The PL for less than 50m these days. Hazard shines less for Belgium and would cost 70m plus

If he was 70 mill he'd be gone, way more imo.

 

[SWP's back]

Not how I remember it.... Marwood refused to authorise the agent's fee (£6 million) therefore he went to Chelsea who did offer to pay it...

You remember correctly.

 

[Mcfc03755]

Here's the simple way to assess the deal:

Is there any other player we could sign who would do more to improve the squad who we could get for 50 mill pounds?

If yes, then this is a bad deal. If the answer is no, well then you just told me that he was worth it. Because there's nobody else out there who is cheaper.

 

[SWP's back]

If he was 70 mill he'd be gone, way more imo.

Backs up KDB being value then

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

City Watch ‏@City_Watch 2m2 minutes ago
Wolfsburg director Klaus Allofs: "There are no official offers [for De Bruyne], because we have made our position clear." [Bild on Sunday]

his daily "we havent recieved the offer " yet slogan is back on
i missed that for couple of days

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Real, Barca, Bayern, Chelsea, United, Arsenal and Inter (who were also in for him) could have afforded him. In his biography he says he was impressed with Mancini and City's desire to land him.

Yes he'd done brilliantly well at Atletico, but lots of forwards have done well with Spanish clubs and flopped elsewhere. Since joining us, he's repeated (and bettered his record) and his status has skyrocketed. I seems like a bargain now, but then it was still a pretty big signing with fingers crossed that he could cut it in the PL. Thankfully he did.
Soldado had a higher scoring ratio than Aguero, and he didn't work out so well. I wouldn't like to say we got 'lucky' with Aguero, but I would say it panned out bloody well, and arguably better than anybody imagined.

Always like your responses mate,I'm just glad he chose to come to us what we know now what a fantastic player and charming man he is.

 

[Ric]

I'm sure some of those who don't think he is worth circa £50m will be amongst the first to berate Begiristain if we don't get the deal done.

It's all very well saying he's only worth £35m, as long as you accept that Wolfsburg will never sell at that price. You can't have it both ways.

 

[MillionDollarDream]

I ask those who always wonder what we think he's worth. If he had those stats with us already or stats that had him win POTY but was ready to leave for maybe a Bayern Madrid or Barca, how much would you want for him?