baldybouncer said:
Agreed. This bonus stuff makes no sense. Barca are obviously ready to sell. If he wants a new contract, making ridiulous bonus claims is not the way to get it.
This stuff makes me think we're better off without him.
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Agreed. This bonus stuff makes no sense. Barca are obviously ready to sell. If he wants a new contract, making ridiulous bonus claims is not the way to get it.
This stuff makes me think we're better off without him.
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abu13 said:Barca need the money for Villa.
Barca also want Eto out.
this makes our offer stratapheric.
if they wanted to keep him the offer would have kept quiet or described in some other term, STRATASPRERIC sounds like too good for us to decline and by the way Eto this is too good for you to turn down.
i still believe his so called agent is ry to take this piss, go back tonight and say here you go final offertake it or leave it, by all means think it over but any hint of a press conference and it's off
At the end of the day if Eto'o is entitled to a loyality payment then good on his agent for sticking to it, in all fairness he has played a blinding hand...it is Barca's interest to reach a quick compromise with Eto'o
Stop jumping to conclusions. Doesn't anybody realise that if this deal were dead, City would have said so. The club are mindful of the sensibilities of the fans and they'd be keen to put us out of our misery. I'm not saying their WON'T be such an announcement but I am encouraged by its absence so far.
Pam said:Stop jumping to conclusions. Doesn't anybody realise that if this deal were dead, City would have said so. The club are mindful of the sensibilities of the fans and they'd be keen to put us out of our misery. I'm not saying their WON'T be such an announcement but I am encouraged by its absence so far.
Yeah. GC announced pretty quickly that we ended our interest in Kaka.
I think everyone needs to calm down; we all don't know the facts.
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Things look to be heading towards Eto'o staying at Barca according to SSN just hope the Tevez deal goes through now!
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"Samuel Eto'o is demanding a "transfer bonus" of 15 million euros from Barcelona to sign for Manchester City, which could scupper any deal for the Cameroon striker, Spanish media said on Monday."
If this 10million bonus is the only problem then i think he will be a City player soon, cant see us walking away looking like cunts again for the sake of 10m when we are getting him cheap anyway at 25million, we where going to pay near 100m for Kaka ffs and this guy is on the same level as the worlds best striker, fuckin steal at 35million......sort it out cookie lad :-)
If this 10million bonus is the only problem then i think he will be a City player soon, cant see us walking away looking like cunts again for the sake of 10m when we are getting him cheap anyway at 25million, we where going to pay near 100m for Kaka ffs and this guy is on the same level as the worlds best striker, fuckin steal at 35million......sort it out cookie lad :-)
So what if we fail? At least we tried.
Because the more we fail with our bids, the more stupid we look, and the more shit the doubters have to throw at us. All we are doing is massaging big players egos. All this crap about how the story got out, confidenciality clauses, dont make me laugh.
ono
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So it comes to this...
Barca want to sell rather than risk losing him for nothing next year and they won't match his demands
Barca want to sell to fund their bid for Villa/Mascherano
Barca don't want to pay the £10m-£15m loyalty payments as it cuts into their transfer fee by around 50%
Eto'o is refusing to budge over the loyalty payment and his agent is calling Barca's bluff by arranging a press conference
Resolutions
Barca agree to pay the loyalty bonus or reach an agreement and Eto'o joins City.
City agree to help out with the fee
Eto'o and his agent realise they aren't getting the fee but still decide to jump ship
Eto'o and his agent play sill buggers and decide to fuck Barca and City off which pisses one of the only teams in the world who can afford him right off.
Hopefully common sense will prevail.
Barca want to sell rather than risk losing him for nothing next year and they won't match his demands
Barca want to sell to fund their bid for Villa/Mascherano
Barca don't want to pay the £10m-£15m loyalty payments as it cuts into their transfer fee by around 50%
Eto'o is refusing to budge over the loyalty payment and his agent is calling Barca's bluff by arranging a press conference
Resolutions
Barca agree to pay the loyalty bonus or reach an agreement and Eto'o joins City.
City agree to help out with the fee
Eto'o and his agent realise they aren't getting the fee but still decide to jump ship
Eto'o and his agent play sill buggers and decide to fuck Barca and City off which pisses one of the only teams in the world who can afford him right off.
Hopefully common sense will prevail.
How can he be due a Loyalty Bonus of 15 Million Euros?
A Million I could understand, but 15? That is a deal-breaker. With the transfer window closing at the end of august, I can't see any of the parties being too ready to compromise any time soon.
I think City will move on. We can't be seen to be mugs i.e. pay up on monies allegedly owed to Eto'o by Barca, because it will compromise us in future negotiations.
If we were talking £1 Million, a deal could be done, but I don't understand how a player could accrue a loyalty bonus of this size?
A Million I could understand, but 15? That is a deal-breaker. With the transfer window closing at the end of august, I can't see any of the parties being too ready to compromise any time soon.
I think City will move on. We can't be seen to be mugs i.e. pay up on monies allegedly owed to Eto'o by Barca, because it will compromise us in future negotiations.
If we were talking £1 Million, a deal could be done, but I don't understand how a player could accrue a loyalty bonus of this size?
Bonol said:So what if we fail? At least we tried.
Because the more we fail with our bids, the more stupid we look, and the more shit the doubters have to throw at us. All we are doing is massaging big players egos. All this crap about how the story got out, confidenciality clauses, dont make me laugh.
Can we not just cross that pissing bridge when we come to it and stop with the "all is lost" vibe? Because either way, all will not be lost. What's happening here is only to be expected.