nmc said:
tolmie's hairdoo said:
A real sense City have played this just perfectly.
The fact Hazard's agent was forced to speak out yesterday and defend his client, insist interested clubs would not be asked for further monies, should tell us something.
In the space of a weekend in which Chelsea were taking part in a Champions League final, the subsequent celebrations, Hazard camp how somehow brokered in less than 18 hours what the likes of City and United have been working towards for three months.
An impossible feat. It would appear Chelsea are not at the table and the agent has backed both himself and his client into a corner.
He also knows that United won't and can't pay the ridiculous agent fees, so finally, it comes down to the boy.
Hazard has a lot of pressure on his shoulders at the mo, he should be cut some slack.
My only fear is the monetary compromise the camp are having to make allows United an opportunity to get him by default.
Especially if the agent wants to get back at City for calling his bluff, we don't know what the boy has been told.
Tolm, the Hazard camp seem to be working to a deadline (think it was the 2nd June) - I wonder if if we have set that deadline - to accept our offer or we move on to other targets? Have you heard anything?
I expect it has more to do with the upcoming internationals, not really a window for him to do what he has to do.
Hopefully, during this time, regardless of what Vinny might say, he will tip the scales, just as Zab did with Aguero at the South American championship last summer.
We don't need to set deadlines, we made our stance clear already when it came the wages on offer, which his agent obviously thought he could ramp up.
In the next week, we will see and read United, City, Chelsea and even Madrid, aree suddenly in pole.