Erling Haaland

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Gumzy97 said:
Media just don’t want Haaland at City. It would show a change in football that the next superstar has turned down “the amazing spanish clubs etc European royalty“ For a in the medias eyes a “ oil club/money club“ the Media meltdown is starting now and when he does sign it will be full blown panic stations.
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I hope so as it will be beautiful reading from the usual suspects venting their spleen and boiling piss about us again.
The whole of football journalism bar Martin Samuels will be on suicide watch if this kid signs for us.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
It's gross naivety or arrogance on your part.

Instead of taking magic beans, perhaps take a more humble view that there are always people who have access to information and readily share it whichever sphere they work in.

We get company takeovers discussed on the golf course FFS!

There are huge chains of departments across football.
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You’re right of course, that’s how we all knew about every football club that FSG bought long before the parties had agreed the deals and why we’ve never ever been surprised by a player purchase.

And, of course, why your predictions are never ever wrong.


As I said, matters that are commercially confidential are kept confidential and those matters where confidentiality doesn’t matter are allowed to a wider audience.
If the wider audience thinks it gets to hear everything then more fool the wider audience because that’s not how business works.

Gross naivety? Really? Well Google CFG and look at all the things you didn’t know were going to happen and then see where the hat fits.
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
You’re right of course, that’s how we all knew about every football club that FSG bought long before the parties had agreed the deals and why we’ve never ever been surprised by a player purchase.

And, of course, why your predictions are never ever wrong.


As I said, matters that are commercially confidential are kept confidential and those matters where confidentiality doesn’t matter are allowed to a wider audience.
If the wider audience thinks it gets to hear everything then more fool the wider audience because that’s not how business works.

Gross naivety? Really? Well Google CFG and look at all the things you didn’t know were going to happen and then see where the hat fits.
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If this is true what's your reason for being on the transfer forum? I'm confused.
 
Pep in a stinking mood in the press conference, let’s hope he’s not been given some bad news!
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
You’re right of course, that’s how we all knew about every football club that FSG bought long before the parties had agreed the deals and why we’ve never ever been surprised by a player purchase.

And, of course, why your predictions are never ever wrong.


As I said, matters that are commercially confidential are kept confidential and those matters where confidentiality doesn’t matter are allowed to a wider audience.
If the wider audience thinks it gets to hear everything then more fool the wider audience because that’s not how business works.

Gross naivety? Really? Well Google CFG and look at all the things you didn’t know were going to happen and then see where the hat fits.
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The supreme stupidity and ignorance in every single sentence of this post is genuinely shocking. Good Lord.
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
You’re right of course, that’s how we all knew about every football club that FSG bought long before the parties had agreed the deals and why we’ve never ever been surprised by a player purchase.

And, of course, why your predictions are never ever wrong.


As I said, matters that are commercially confidential are kept confidential and those matters where confidentiality doesn’t matter are allowed to a wider audience.
If the wider audience thinks it gets to hear everything then more fool the wider audience because that’s not how business works.
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FSG?

You seem prepared to die on a hill which does not exist, one which is dismissive of journalists, financial or sporting, who every day gain access to sensitive information from a wide variety of sources.

Commercial confidentially will pass through the hands of departments ranging from legal, HR, medical, family, team-mates.

Those doing the deals at the very top can only control what they can control and cannot legislate for leaks.

I can't speak from an Apple or Facebook perspective, but from a football and media one, a need to know basis does not preclude the flow of information, certainly when a journalist will protect their sources and ensure no blow back.

Players purchases can come out of nowhere, or they can be reported well in advance because an agent (someone with skin in the game) wants to push something over the line.

With regards my own predictions, they aren't such. They are bits of information which come through various channels and I wish to share, even when it is commercially sensitive for me personally.

You originally stated how business does not work like such at the highest level and your caveat is the wider public does not get to hear everything.

Nobody is stating they do, your assertion is that the wider public do not get to hear anything of a sensitive or private nature.

That's simply not the case and never has been, certainly in journalism.
 
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eversince 76 said:
Torres wasn’t brought in as a CF. Like others he played the false 9 but simply scored more and was less involved. So he looked more like a CF yet he wasn’t. He could become one maybe, but not with us.
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He played as a CF for us, in the majority of his limited appearences. He plays there for Spain. And now for Barcelona seemingly.

I'm not convinced Alvarez will play as a 'true' CF either, expect he will have to be a bit flexible too.

I too have high hopes for him btw. But it is still a body in for a body out.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
FSG?

You seem prepared to die on a hill which does not exist, one which is dismissive of journalists, financial or sporting, who every day gain access to sensitive information from a wide variety of sources.

Commercial confidentially will pass through the hands of departments ranging from legal, HR, medical, family, team-mates.

Those doing the deals at the very top can only control what they can control and cannot legislate for leaks.

I can't speak from an Apple or Facebook perspective, but from a football and media one, a need to know basis does not preclude the flow of information, certainly when a journalist will protect their sources and ensure no blow back.

Players purchases can come out of nowhere, or they can be reported well in advance because an agent (someone with skin in the game) wants to push something over the line.

With regards my own predictions, they aren't such. They are bits of information which come through various channels and I wish to share, even when it is commercially sensitive for me personally.
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In keeping with the great British tradition, is this the point at the end of a drunken Saturday night where the wife steps in to scream, "Leave it Terry. He's not worth it!". Frankly, he's not. I think Mr Occupied Palestine is in a minority of one.
 
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