That last bit is concerning
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That last bit is concerning
Cobwebcat
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Just for the record I didn’t assume you were stood next to Ake when the deal broke down ;-)The move fell through because Chelsea didn't want to pay what we valued him at. That's common knowledge.
Do you think Chelsea went through all those negotiations after spending the previous week or so working on personal details with Ake without knowing that Ake wanted to go there? Every journalist who covered the subject said that Ake was open to joining them.
It's got nothing to do with opinions or pompousness, it's common sense.
Fair enough if you didn't actually follow the reports but if you did and you're still going to say "how do you know Ake wanted to go" then you're being silly.
Calv_from_the_frog
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All of this is a message to Brighton, no-one else.
Agreed. Seems like a great guy and all but I'm wondering if I've been watching the same player that you all have? Zinchenko is fine, but the manager doesn't trust him and he doesn't play much as result. We'll be much better with an actual left back and that seems to be getting lost here.Personally think it’s time do Zinchenko to leave home and to go of the big wide world..
Why would we need to leak zinchenko is having second thoughts about his move to send a message to Brighton? Bloom has a price and if we don’t pay it we won’t get him it’s pretty simple.All of this is a message to Brighton, no-one else.
Agreed. Seems like a great guy and all but I'm wondering if I've been watching the same player that you all have? Zinchenko is fine, but the manager doesn't trust him and he doesn't play much as result. We'll be much better with an actual left back and that seems to be getting lost here.
I think it’s more to do now it’s about time we get a top left back who can who will play 50+ games Zinchenko won’t play that many think he started around 20 games last season!
Calv_from_the_frog
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The Martin Blackburn tweet might as well read 'City are weighing up whether to pull out of the Cucurella negotiations & keep a back-up LB who would be just as happy staying at City as going to Arsenal.'
On a separate note, its funny to see how things change from 'Its the end of the world because we're selling Oleks' to 'Shove off Oleks, we want to have the money to sign a proper LB'.
On a separate note, its funny to see how things change from 'Its the end of the world because we're selling Oleks' to 'Shove off Oleks, we want to have the money to sign a proper LB'.
Makes no sense, they're in no rush to sell him.All of this is a message to Brighton, no-one else.
What are we saving money for though?
Brighton are asking for roughly the same money for their player of the season as we have received for three players who didn't make our starting eleven, two of which had a year left on their contracts.
I will be over the moon if we keep Zinchenko but I really struggle to see why we wouldn't buy a left back.
If we really don't want to pay that much for Cucurella then that's cool but why wouldn't we sign another?
Neymar, obviously.
In fairness, we don't know what Brighton are asking, and where the negotiations are. One thing we do know, the club will push against paying over what they value a player. We also don't know where the Zinchenko transfer really is, could be all done and ready bar a bit of posturing or even last minute headline squeezing.
I agree though, would be nice to get a new LB even if Zinchenko stays, or a new RB as sone suggest. Think ultimately, best for Zinch to go now, hard to put that genie back in the bottle (twice). And I fully expect him to go.