Ilkay Gundogan - Done Deal

[Tugay One Cup]

With any other club, I'd say this is nailed on.

Barcelona need to lower their wage bill and, for whatever reason, want to maintain harmony in a squad content with failing to meet expectations. Gundogan is the obvious candidate because they're well stocked in his position and he's on high wages with no resale value.

They also don't need to save face in terms of recieving a transfer fee because they picked him up for nowt last summer. On paper, they're getting exactly what they want.

But they've been a complete circus for years now and I don't really know what they're going to do next.

 

[TheBlueCat]

We have skipped straight to imminent.

Is ‘imminent’ before or after ‘sitting with his bags packed?’

 

[malg]

Me too, but she’s a Glaswegian fruitcake who would bite my nose off if I didn’t.. :-)

Kaz is a Jock?

 

[Saddleworth2]

We have skipped straight to imminent.

110% nailed on.

 

[MCFC1993]

Ilkay made the scousers cry.

Let's get this one over the line, who doesnt love a reunion, get the treble winning band back together.

What's ffs doing?

 

[Gremlin]

Is ‘imminent’ before or after ‘sitting with his bags packed?’

The rough order is:
1) vague rumour
2) Fabrizio Romano tweets "here we go"
3) slightly less vague rumour
3) strong rumour
4) imminent
5) bags packed
6) plane tracking thread
7) signs for United/PSG at vastly inflated fee

Hopefully we skip point 7

 

[Phil1]

Kaz is a Jock?

No idea.

 

[Joe Donachie]

this is all very Ian bishop, comes back for an Indian summer

 

[Cellarite]

Do I need to pack some corned beef barms and get myself to the Aerodrome?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

The Catalan banks will always prop them up.

....on punitive rates of interest and what would the secure them against.

The banks are probably already up to their lips !!