Marvin said:No it wouldn't. We are the Champions. There are other players, and if we lose out, it's because we are prepared to lose out and judge that it's not in our interests to up our bid beyond a certain level.Jimfv1 said:I hope we can sign him,...losing out to Real Madrid over Di Maria, and Barca for Sanchez was expected by most fans,..but if we lost out to Chelsea or Utd it would be painful.
I can understand the agent asking for more,...City for the past two seasons have cut agents fees,...no stories in the press about City standing up to players and agents over fees. We have spent more money than all clubs in the Premier League over the past few seasons but our agent fees are lower pro rata to cash spent than any other club.
We have a value on a player. Have to accept that Utd's need for a creative midfielder is a lot higher than ours.
Jimfv1 said:Marvin said:No it wouldn't. We are the Champions. There are other players, and if we lose out, it's because we are prepared to lose out and judge that it's not in our interests to up our bid beyond a certain level.Jimfv1 said:I hope we can sign him,...losing out to Real Madrid over Di Maria, and Barca for Sanchez was expected by most fans,..but if we lost out to Chelsea or Utd it would be painful.
I can understand the agent asking for more,...City for the past two seasons have cut agents fees,...no stories in the press about City standing up to players and agents over fees. We have spent more money than all clubs in the Premier League over the past few seasons but our agent fees are lower pro rata to cash spent than any other club.
We have a value on a player. Have to accept that Utd's need for a creative midfielder is a lot higher than ours.
Yes there are other players,..but he is the main, big signing so far in the build up to this window. We have courted him publicly with Viera and others at City keeping tabs on him all season,..so to miss out to a rival for a third season running would be painful.
ElanJo said:Mad 4 It said:If we miss out then go for Gotze, he is even better than Hazard
Exactly. Like I said before, there's plenty of these types of players around. Mario Gotze is only 19 and looks every bit as good as Hazard.
His name isn't as cool tho and I think we can only handle one Mario at the club
Damocles said:Mancio said:Damocles said:You'd think that seven transfer windows of quality information would convince some...
so wasn't him the source of the "josè is coming" 3 years ago then 2 years ago then 1 year ago then 2 months ago ?
No.
kippaxwarrior said:So is he coming or not?
kippaxwarrior said:So is he coming or not?
cookster said:Jimfv1 said:Marvin said:No it wouldn't. We are the Champions. There are other players, and if we lose out, it's because we are prepared to lose out and judge that it's not in our interests to up our bid beyond a certain level.
We have a value on a player. Have to accept that Utd's need for a creative midfielder is a lot higher than ours.
Yes there are other players,..but he is the main, big signing so far in the build up to this window. We have courted him publicly with Viera and others at City keeping tabs on him all season,..so to miss out to a rival for a third season running would be painful.
We wanted Berbaflop and he ended up at the RAGS. You can't win them all but I'm still confident it will be us or Chelski.