De Bruyne?

[GaudinoMotors]

Wow...Pringing Voltaire into the thread. That's a bit "I've read a book"-cuntish way to say, "I think I'm smart".

Really.

Not that smart - even you've heard of him ;-)

 

[johnmc]

and btw the market is not the same now as it was 2010. much more money now in the game. as I said, sterling cost 49m, on that basis 57m is more than fair

Sterling cost £44m. He may end up costing £49m.

 

[Leech]

and btw the market is not the same now as it was 2010. much more money now in the game. as I said, sterling cost 49m, on that basis 57m is more than fair

Sterling is younger and homegrown.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Sterling is younger and homegrown.

but KDB is better player as of now.

 

[Champions2012!]

Well this is another club that we will never deal with again, that is a given.

I sure as fook hope so

 

[Leech]

but KDB is better player as of now.

And Toure is better than both but I doubt we'd get £57m for him.

 

[hgblue]

Nobody is having anybody's pants down FFS. This is what I mean by the arrogance of some people on here. If the money required to sign him makes the deal for us non beneficial, we won't sign him. But you're not in a position to say what he's worth and neither am I. As I said, the people who run our club know how to make money and how to avoid losing it, that's how they got to where they are. They're not just a bunch of fucking knuckle dragging mouth breathers from Salford who won the lottery and invest it in woollen condoms.

I didn't mention a figure, I said we will have a figure, and I'm saying we should and will walk away if Wolfsburg start taking the piss. I don't see anything remotely controversial about that.

 

[BenLlewellyn]

Tbf, this transfer has seemed to gain little attention in England outside of City fans. I still think the main pressure will be put on Sterling.

 

[richards30]

But say we offer £57m and that gets turned down? Remember wolfsburg dont need the money like other clubs! If we went to Real and offered £50m for isco we would have a chance imo.

 

[Leech]

But say we offer £57m and that gets turned down? Remember wolfsburg dont need the money like other clubs! If we went to Real and offered £50m for isco we would have a chance imo.

Yep, no way on earth should we offer £57m.

De Bruyne wants to leave, that's the only reason Wolfsburg are even giving us the time of day.

They also however realise we're desperate to sign him and so are jerking us around as much as humanly possible to push the price up because they know no matter what they do we'll keep coming back for more.

Stick £50m on the table for them to like or lump, and walk away.