De Bruyne?

[Champions2012!]

Rags join the race eh? Here we go again

 

[BucksBlue]

Fast catching up to the Pogba thread page count. Another 5 days should do it.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

You hadn't said it when I started typing though :-(

he! no prob's...I copied the report and press send too early...had to quickly amend with my own comments!;)

 

[Timce]

There is no way the Scum are getting involved in this.

From yesterday:"MANCHESTER UNITED have made no contact with Kevin De Bruyne's representatives."

 

[thereWasATime]

You hadn't said it when I started typing though :-(

Please dont mess with True Blue..

 

[ianw16]

But they can do things in the transfer market that other clubs can only dream off.

This is true. No other club would have let Fellatio's buy out clause expire, and then have to pay even more. Nobody else would have dreamed of doing that!

 

[domalino]

This is true. No other club would have let Fellatio's buy out clause expire, and then have to pay even more. Nobody else would have dreamed of doing that!

You do know we let Demichelis sign with Atletico Madrid for free and then bought him for 5m a few weeks later?

I love taking the piss out of the rags as much as anyone, but we've done some dumb things as well. There's no logical reason for them to be in for KDB anyway and I think the deal is far too far along with the player anyway.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Surely time for City to now politely move on from this transfer? What seems abundantly clear is that Wolfsburg are not keen to sell, definitely not to us and probably not to anyone. I imagine that the only thing which might cause them to sell is if he asks to leave, and we have to assume that if he was going to do then he would have done so by now. From our point of view it is clearly not an opportunistic signing, or one related to availability, such as Delph being available at a bargain price in a squad area where we had a vacancy - given the price we are apparently prepared to pay, and the length of time we have spent on the deal, then the club clearly see it as a key signing - BUT unless we are prepared to throw a shed load more money at Wolfsburg, and/or kdb is to ask for a move, then I cannot realistically see it happening, and if the club do see it as a priority signing, then presumably we do have a plan B, and must surely be ready to move to it very very soon?

 

[domalino]

Surely time for City to now politely move on from this transfer? What seems abundantly clear is that Wolfsburg are not keen to sell, definitely not to us and probably not to anyone. I imagine that the only thing which might cause them to sell is if he asks to leave, and we have to assume that if he was going to do then he would have done so by now. From our point of view it is clearly not an opportunistic signing, or one related to availability, such as Delph being available at a bargain price in a squad area where we had a vacancy - given the price we are apparently prepared to pay, and the length of time we have spent on the deal, then the club clearly see it as a key signing - BUT unless we are prepared to throw a shed load more money at Wolfsburg, and/or kdb is to ask for a move, then I cannot realistically see it happening, and if the club do see it as a priority signing, then presumably we do have a plan B, and must surely be ready to move to it very very soon?

We don't have a plan B because we don't need one. We just tore apart the champions a week ago, we don't need to add numbers for the sake of it, we are going after the 1% of footballers who can actually take the team to the next level.

And why would the club care if he signs yesterday or on deadline day? All that matters is he gets here, and they'll do everything they can until the deadline to make that happen.

 

[deano ou812]

Wonder what's changed in a few years,we had no problems signing dzeko from them,is this cnut aloffs a recent appointment..