waspish said:Blue Mooner said:Bottomless_Sailor said:Furthermore though if FFP did not exist do you guys really think Real Madrid would have had a chance at outbidding us for Isco?
This exactly. The club may want to run the club along more business lines but if we wanted a player, we would get him and never be outbid.
So you force a player to come to city who wants to go some where else? Also our owners want to make money not lose money
dom said:I'm no cynic said:MC ID said:Though I agree with you my problem with FFPR stretches beyond just us but football as a whole, I have no doubt we will get through these but it's a shame for nearly every other football team in europe that we might possibly be the last set of fans who get to behold their childhood dream become a reality.
It's especially true now the Premier league has got it's own FFPR which just locks in place the established rich big clubs, with the money divide now can you ever see another team rising up in the premier league to become a force? I'm eternally grateful we broke that barrier but it's a shame that no one else gets to taste it, just the same few clubs from now on. It saddens me really.
Don't be too sad. It was voted in by those with most to lose. A basic error that they may yet live to regret.
This^^
I really can't get my head around how some of the upper mid table clubs with aspirations (or any of the other one, for that matter) would have endorsed this cynical move
Ladder well and truly pulled up and it would seem that short-term jealousy might have clouded the judgement of others....
alky313 said:waspish said:Blue Mooner said:This exactly. The club may want to run the club along more business lines but if we wanted a player, we would get him and never be outbid.
So you force a player to come to city who wants to go some where else? Also our owners want to make money not lose money
Isco liked City, his father and the Malaga owner didn't.
JoeMercer'sWay said:alky313 said:waspish said:So you force a player to come to city who wants to go some where else? Also our owners want to make money not lose money
Isco liked City, his father and the Malaga owner didn't.
If Isco had really wanted it he'd have told his dad to back off, simple as.
adrianr said:JoeMercer'sWay said:alky313 said:Isco liked City, his father and the Malaga owner didn't.
If Isco had really wanted it he'd have told his dad to back off, simple as.
The family getting 10m in cold hard cash could swing it to be fair. An agent getting a big slice you can tell to get bent, your dad is a little harder.
NipHolmes said:We didn't sell Bridge, Kolo or RSC though, that's my gripe with that article. Small I know but for a professional such instances should not occur, should they Herbert?
ManCitizens. said:NipHolmes said:We didn't sell Bridge, Kolo or RSC though, that's my gripe with that article. Small I know but for a professional such instances should not occur, should they Herbert?
I'm sure we'll be saving quite a bit just with these 3 due to amortisation and wages. Aren't we 25-27m better off now Tevez has gone despite only getting about 10m for him?
JoeMercer'sWay said:adrianr said:JoeMercer'sWay said:If Isco had really wanted it he'd have told his dad to back off, simple as.
The family getting 10m in cold hard cash could swing it to be fair. An agent getting a big slice you can tell to get bent, your dad is a little harder.
true, but if your a professional footballer you have to question whether your dad has your best interests at heart and be your own man, seems to me that Isco is still daddy's little boy but to be fair the charm of Real Madrid is not one that is hard to resist, especially for a talented young Spaniard.
If they're willing to part with £10m to the lad's dad then I hope they enjoy sitting around the negotiating table with Napoli or Levy in the coming months, because they'll be taken to the cleaners.