I don't know why this is still being thrown around as the reason why we didn't sign Kane. We didn't refuse to pay what they wanted, Levy flat out refused to even entertain the idea of selling him. Pep himself has said we couldn't even open negotiations with him. Nothing to do with us not be willing to pay.It wouldn’t have mattered if we signed Grealish or not. We were never paying Spurs £150m for Kane.
It was being reported that Spurs were asking for £150m. Just because he wasn’t negotiating doesn’t mean there wasn’t a price.I don't know why this is still being thrown around as the reason why we didn't sign Kane. We didn't refuse to pay what they wanted, Levy flat out refused to even entertain the idea of selling him. Pep himself has said we couldn't even open negotiations with him. Nothing to do with us not be willing to pay.
Reported by the same people that said we had put in multiple bids and that Kane to city was done? Listen to Peps press conference we couldn't even talk with levy about a price because he had no intention of selling.It was being reported that Spurs were asking for £150m. Just because he wasn’t negotiating doesn’t mean there wasn’t a price.
This 100%. We are far, far too soft when it comes to transfers and don’t seem to want to compete with any of the other big boys! Pathetic.Either way we're pretty much screwed here. If Madrid and PSG come to an agreement for Mbappe, PSG will show more intent and be more aggressive than us for Haaland. If Madrid get Mbappe for free, they'll also show more intent and aggression than us. And if both do not happen, Bayern Munich will show more intent and aggression than us.
Yep. We aint getting top striker in any time soon.Either way we're pretty much screwed here. If Madrid and PSG come to an agreement for Mbappe, PSG will show more intent and be more aggressive than us for Haaland. If Madrid get Mbappe for free, they'll also show more intent and aggression than us. And if both do not happen, Bayern Munich will show more intent and aggression than us.
Either way we're pretty much screwed here. If Madrid and PSG come to an agreement for Mbappe, PSG will show more intent and be more aggressive than us for Haaland. If Madrid get Mbappe for free, they'll also show more intent and aggression than us. And if both do not happen, Bayern Munich will show more intent and aggression than us.
This 100%. We are far, far too soft when it comes to transfers and don’t seem to want to compete with any of the other big boys! Pathetic.
That’s the spiritAt this point, you'd be wise to lower expectations a whole lot. I'm expecting Bernardo and possibly Laporte to leave, to finish the season 3rd or 4th (and a long way off 1st in terms of points), for Pep to not take up the +1 year and to lose to Arsenal at the weekend.
How do the scum get away with amount of money they spend on transfers and wages?We lost £120 million last financial year reported.The year just gone we had no fans, covid you may have heard of it. So there’s that. We will spend what we can afford to spend because we are well run it is really that simple.
1. Dodgy offshore accountsHow do the scum get away with amount of money they spend on transfers and wages?
I get why rags think that but City fans...He hasn’t “pumped money in” since 2014. We made £230m in prize money alone last season
That’s exactly my point… I think some forget that though.He hasn’t “pumped money in” since 2014. We made £230m in prize money alone last season
We’d have paid 100m/120m though. So if we’d have got both you’re talking about 220m plus two lots of wages. For 140/150m we could have got the player we actually needed desperately out of the 2. Big fan of Grealish but should of been a cherry on the cake signing not the first and only bloody one.It wouldn’t have mattered if we signed Grealish or not. We were never paying Spurs £150m for Kane.
Preach, I have absolutely lost faith we can battle anyone for a world class player's signature for the foreseeable future. Hopefully Delap is a hidden gem that will shine with the opportunity he looks to be getting.I was one of those that was genuinely confident about Haaland. Everything was in our favour; a future Balon D'Or winner who had links to City in a position we desperately need. But the successive failures to bring any major star in highlights we lack what it takes. You constantly see these big clubs unsettle rival players, be aggressive in their pursuits and pretty much always land their man. We're seemingly obsessed with public perception when nobody will ever like us.