Erling Haaland

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

How come I have been dragged into this ?

Not by me mate. You were incorrectly linked. Its a different Ray. Chill

 

[Chippy_boy]

the club will know for a fact he’s going to cost around the £100m mark.

Of course they will, but have they (we) given any indication whatsoever that we might be interested in signing him or prepared to pay it? I haven't seen anything but maybe I missed it. So saying they know he'll cost £100m doesn't mean we're automatically OK to pay it.

 

[Chippy_boy]

No,i mean confident.

We require a new striker,and he ticks every box twice over.I cant see money preventing the signing,especially given our recent (relative) conservatism in that area.

Its not very often a player comes along who will almost guarantee we step up a level.

I hope you are right. I fear you may not be. We'll see.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Of course they will, but have they (we) given any indication whatsoever that we might be interested in signing him or prepared to pay it? I haven't seen anything but maybe I missed it. So saying they know he'll cost £100m doesn't mean we're automatically OK to pay it.

Well if rumours are to be believed then we’ve spoken to his camp and are interested. We’re not gonna do all that without knowing how much he’d likely cost. So if they’re still interested then it indicates we’d be happy to pay

 

[BillyShears]

Of course they will, but have they (we) given any indication whatsoever that we might be interested in signing him or prepared to pay it? I haven't seen anything but maybe I missed it. So saying they know he'll cost £100m doesn't mean we're automatically OK to pay it.

City know what he'll cost and are going to move heaven and earth to sign him. Very very very weird to say that we've given no indication that we're interested in him. We've literally told the press pack he's our number 1 transfer target this summer.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I've often wondered - if the loan were interest free? For FFP purposes would only the repayment of interest have to count?!!

No idea mate. I do know we have used the Silver Lake money this season to help towards operating costs.

 

[BlueBrain]

No idea mate. I do know we have used the Silver Lake money this season to help towards operating costs.

How does that work? I thought you can’t put owner money in to cover operating costs as it breaks FFP?

 

[grunge]

How does that work? I thought you can’t put owner money in to cover operating costs as it breaks FFP?

If its on facilities your OK from what I recall. so any stadium costs etc.

 

[FantasyIreland]

How come I have been dragged into this ?

Accidentally....my fault Ray,sorry x

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

How does that work? I thought you can’t put owner money in to cover operating costs as it breaks FFP?

It's not owner money, the investment by Silver Lake can be used across the whole of the CFG.

Sheikh Mansour did not get the money.

 

[grunge]

It's not owner money, the investment by Silver Lake can be used across the whole of the CFG.

Sheikh Mansour did not get the money.

To nit pick, our owner is now CFG rather than directly with Mansour, so that Silverlake money would be directly from our "owner" parent company so probably does fall into FFP.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Well if rumours are to be believed then we’ve spoken to his camp and are interested. We’re not gonna do all that without knowing how much he’d likely cost. So if they’re still interested then it indicates we’d be happy to pay

... if the rumours are true, then yes. I don't typically find rumours to be very reliable though tbh.

 

[Chippy_boy]

weird to say that we've given no indication that we're interested in him. We've literally told the press pack he's our number 1 transfer target this summer.

I said I may have missed it. When did we say that?

To be honest I am not even sure he's Pep's kind of player. We'll see soon enough.

 

[Holcombe bloo]

we can’t claim the silver lake investment as income for ffp. But can we claim the interest held in the company as an income?

 

[KennyG]

I fear an auction and at that stage City will bow out. We always do... :(

 

[Chippy_boy]

I fear an auction and at that stage City will bow out. We always do... :(

I tend to agree, sadly. I read earlier today that Abramovic had made it his personal mission to sign Haaland. Whether that is true who knows, but we can be sure there will be lots of bidders - some far less sensible than us - and given the uber-hype surrounding this player, I cannot see him going for anything less than silly money. And we are anything but silly.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

How does that work? I thought you can’t put owner money in to cover operating costs as it breaks FFP?

FFP Only looks at the profit and loss account not the balance sheet or cash flow which is where the silver lake investment will sit

 

[blueparrot]

I tend to agree, sadly. I read earlier today that Abramovic had made it his personal mission to sign Haaland. Whether that is true who knows, but we can be sure there will be lots of bidders - some far less sensible than us - and given the uber-hype surrounding this player, I cannot see him going for anything less than silly money. And we are anything but silly.

I read that on the BBC gossip page, then saw it was from the Star so promptly ignored it.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I tend to agree, sadly. I read earlier today that Abramovic had made it his personal mission to sign Haaland. Whether that is true who knows, but we can be sure there will be lots of bidders - some far less sensible than us - and given the uber-hype surrounding this player, I cannot see him going for anything less than silly money. And we are anything but silly.

Pretty much how I see it unless a deal has already been quietly done, but his agent is too much of a gob-shite/wideboy for that to be the case :-(

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

FFP Only looks at the profit and loss account not the balance sheet or cash flow which is where the silver lake investment will sit

Also it’s not owner investment its a sale of equity to an external investor