Falcao bid - Marca

[Matt Diablo]

Categorized | Possibly True

City bid for Falcao hints at change of mind over Van Persie

Posted on 21 July 2012. Tags: Arsenal, Falcao, Manchester City, Robin van Persie


It has been reported by Marca that Manchester City have had a €55m bid rejected for striker Radamel Falcao which could indicate that they are not confident of securing the signature of Robin van Persie.

Mancini has previously stated that he would not be selling either Dzeko or Tevez and a bid of this size for another striker would indicate that the Manchester club are, at the very least, shopping around for an additional striker.

While it is widely expected that van Persie will leave Arsenal this summer, his father has previously stated that the striker will not leave for Manchester City or any other English club.  Bob van Persie said:

It is impossible to go to another English team.

Of course, it is possible that City would see van Persie as a backup option should they fail to land another striker, or they could even bring him in as well as another striker however that would seem unlikely with both Tevez and Dzeko still on their books and Adebayor refusing to take a pay cut to join Spurs.

Manchester City recently had a bid for van Persie rejected by Arsenal and if the figures which have been reported are true their offer comes in at less than half of the valuation Arsenal have placed on their captain

 

[Inzi]

oh how i would love this

 

[CityForever45]

I've been on Marca site and didn't read anything about this.

 

[Anonymous]

would love him, but not at that price, also we already have the best strikers why do we need anyone upfront

 

[Football guy]

not heard much about this , is marca trustable?

If we are in for him , then it would be a dream signing , unbelievable player , will cost atleast £45m , maybe around £50m which might just be too much unless we sell tevez/dzeko which we will if we are to sign another striker , highly unlikely

Dream on !!!!!

 

[Tevez City]

No player will form better partnership with Aguero more than Tevez.

Lets enjoy them for a season or two, and then spend +30 mil on another WC Striker.

 

[Matt Diablo]

Well somewhere called Arse lady released it, for one I'm concerned the source is full of shit and two I better delete the link from my phone before my Mrs see's it;)

 

[LoveCity]

Ah my dream signing but it's not going to happen at that sort of price.

By the way here is the link: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/football/spanish_football/1342769788.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/foot ... 69788.html</a>

It's very speculative really, as if City and Chelsea would submit identical bids.

 

[Football guy]

Is it even on marca's site? I think this is pure BS from an arsenal fan trolling on twitter

 

[McFcMiKe7]

£50 million rejected? I was expecting them to accept anything over £35 million

 

[mancityscot]

Is it even on marca's site? I think this is pure BS from an arsenal fan trolling on twitter

nope i had a look 5 minutes ago. no sign of any story related to this

 

[LoveCity]

Is it even on marca's site? I think this is pure BS from an arsenal fan trolling on twitter

nope i had a look 5 minutes ago. no sign of any story related to this

It's on the English version of their official site. Here: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/football/spanish_football/1342769788.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/foot ... 69788.html</a>

 

[BlueGun]

£50 million rejected? I was expecting them to accept anything over £35 million

I doubt it, that's about the same price they paid to get him last year.

 

[Rammyblues]

This is a 50m transfer, we ain't going to do that. :-(

 

[Football guy]

Is it even on marca's site? I think this is pure BS from an arsenal fan trolling on twitter

nope i had a look 5 minutes ago. no sign of any story related to this

It's on the English version of their official site. Here: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/football/spanish_football/1342769788.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/foot ... 69788.html</a>

Is marca trustable ?

And how much is €55m ? Around £45m? £45m is least they will look for and he's a player worth going around £50m , I think we should put a tevez + £20m bid

 

[wahooblue]

That is a 43 million pound bid. I would be shocked if they actually rejected that amount...especially if they still owe 20+ million on him.

 

[McFcMiKe7]

£50 million rejected? I was expecting them to accept anything over £35 million

I doubt it, that's about the same price they paid to get him last year.

I know but they still haven't fully paid for him plus they are in s**t load of debt

 

[johnmc]

bollocks

 

[mancityscot]

That is a 43 million pound bid. I would be shocked if they actually rejected that amount...especially if they still owe 20+ million on him.

agree. that is an enormous amount of money

 

[i8rags]

Is it even on marca's site? I think this is pure BS from an arsenal fan trolling on twitter

nope i had a look 5 minutes ago. no sign of any story related to this

It's on the English version of their official site. Here: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/football/spanish_football/1342769788.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.marca.com/2012/07/20/en/foot ... 69788.html</a>

The way I read that is this, Chelsea and city have put 55 mill on the table, ie between them.