It's Quiet 16 - Txiki grinders

[wolviedinho]

If @tolmie's hairdoo is not in a room with Mino then he is not doing his job properly!

Haaland to city is crawling closer, unless Kane is back on the table. Come on TH stop messing about and give us a solid no nonsense video ;)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Then what are the unreasonable questions he has?

£500,000 a week?

or a pack of jelly babies in his locker every match day?

He is unreasonable by putting a timeline on stuff we have no real control over as yet.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

That sounds positive, I've always had a thousand Pep would extend once more, hopefully he does and Haaland comes.

What do you think the chances are we get him Tolm?

Too many spinning plates for anyone to claim they know how the crockery will fall.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

I think it’s fairly obvious, just look across the road at United. There’ll most likely be two lines of thinking here:

1. Pep is the greatest out there, possibly ever. What 21 year old striker wouldn’t want assurances that he’s going to get at least 2-3 years under him?

2. We saw what happened (and is still happening) with the rags post-Fergie. We are a well run club and we almost certainly won’t find ourselves in the mess they are, but will we be as rampantly dominant? Probably not. It’s a huge risk for a player like Haaland to sign himself up for what could realistically be a turbulent year or so post-Pep.

Completely agree mate - he’s clearly interested in coming to us, providing certain conditions are met.

A big one being who our Manager is going to be - and given Pep’s status in the game, in my opinion that’s a perfectly reasonable condition to push for.

Like you say - he’s arguably the greatest Manager of the modern era, so any player is going to want to know he’s not planning to jump at the end of their first season.

But that doesn’t tell us anything on whether he prefers us or Madrid - just the conditions he’s want in place if he was going to join us.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

So Tolmie has confirmed that's all done. :p

Who's the Full Back & Midfielder coming in?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Then what are the unreasonable questions he has?

£500,000 a week?

or a pack of jelly babies in his locker every match day?

He did ask for midget gems, but they have been taken off the shelves because midgets have complained it is discriminatory.

Fuck knows what we are gonna do when Erling asks for Jaffa Cakes and the infertile section of the population pipes up.

#leaveourhobnobs

 

[Vester]

Seriously mate - you can’t genuinely expect @tolmie's hairdoo to be able to answer that question, can you?

He’s not sat in a room with Raiola and Haaland right now, getting their unguarded take on precisely where his head is at on this one.

Haha some guys are expecting "a bit" too much! Not even Txiki knows exactly how and what Raiola & Håland thinks, even if he would only want to join us (which is unlikely since he is probably open to other clubs as well), it doesnt exactly strengthen their position when negotiating if they would tell us that. All Txiki know is what he is being told, and not all of it may be true since its a negotiation and you keep some cards close to your chest. All thats certain right now is that we are definitely an option, otherwise they would not be negotiating at all.

 

[lee_wsm]

Sounds like his team is working out which project is best for him. On one hand you have city and pep building a legacy which needs its first champions league win to meet its objectives. On other hand maybe joining Spain to rebuild la liga and make it a force again after the exodus of Messi and Ronaldo. Will Pep stay to carry on this work fantastic youth prospects and global domination. If so this could turn the decision.

 

[HelloCity]

We're on the clock for Haaland.

He wants to know by a set time line if Pep will sign a new deal if he agrees to come.

The good thing is, his people are asking how he will be utilised in the current set-up.

Which is fair enough, as we haven't played with a striker for two seasons.

People don’t need to worry about if Pep will stay. Whether it’s confirmed in time to help make this deal is another matter.

 

[bluesince76]

I've no issue with a player who's asking whether Pep is staying and if, not, who next manager will be. There's a team not far from Manchester who show what can happen following a managerial change if there's not a proper plan in place.

Same for a player asking how you'd expect the team to operate with them in the side. Weirdly, same team has shown that just buying the latest shiny because you can doesn't equal success.

I'd much rather have those sorts of questions from a prospective player than them pushing for more money regardless of whether they'll play or not .