It's Quiet - a new dawn

[FantasyIreland]

Bony 15 m ?
Lol

If we can convince him his future lies with Pellegrini we may get double that.

 

[domalino]

Seeing as Sterling cant even get a freekick If the opponent kills him, i Think neymar would get a 15 game suspension and 3 years in jail even before the ink had dried on the contract....

i think people greatly overestimate the difference in refereeing between Spain and England in 2017.

 

[domalino]

I reckon we could raise £140m from the sales of Aguero, Hart, Mangala, Fernando, Nolito, Delph, Bony, Mooy

Aguero £65m
Hart £15m
Mangala £15m
Fernando £10m
Delph £10m
Bony £15m
Mooy £10m

Neymar's buyout is £210m apparently but I reckon £150m would be hard to turn down if Neymar is up for the move.

Neymars buyout is £170m

 

[Yates]

I have no doubt in my mind that Neymar would be a bust in England.

On what basis?

 

[cadds92]

Neymars buyout is £170m

Interesting.

Even if we raise the funds I just cannot see us alllowing ourselves to have a £200m net spend.

Would we really spend £350m in one summer?

 

[kun]

Neymar vs mbappe who would we rather have

Neymar. I'd take Mbappé in a heartbeat though.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Interesting.

Even if we raise the funds I just cannot see us alllowing ourselves to have a £200m net spend.

Would we really spend £350m in one summer?

We had about £160m net spend last summer. £200m net is possible I think.

 

[cadds92]

We had about £160m net spend last summer. £200m net is possible I think.

As long as FFP doesn't bite us then let's go for it.

I would love a player like Neymar at City.

 

[johnmc]

So if Neymars buy out is £175m wouldn't it cost another 20%+ (£35m) on top as we would need to give him the money to pass onto Barca and he would pay tax on it? That's how I understood the Spanish clauses to work.

 

[Akiva]

Interesting.

Even if we raise the funds I just cannot see us alllowing ourselves to have a £200m net spend.

Would we really spend £350m in one summer?

I'm going to say no, if only because I think there's zero chance we'd actually get Neymar, but you'd have to imagine that in many respects he would pay for himself (sponsorships, shirt sales etc)

Like all potential world record transfers, such as Mbappe, either we have some secret money source (Sheikh or Messi fund etc) or the more likely scenario - Kun's off. You have to wonder though, if we are in on Sanchez, are we honestly going to be looking at Neymar too?

 

[pudge]

Are those talking about Neymar actually being serious or is it like when a thread turns into pages and pages of puns?

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

don't fancy Neymar.

 

[cadds92]

Are those talking about Neymar actually being serious or is it like when a thread turns into pages and pages of puns?

Zin and Tolmie hinted earlier on

 

[blueparrot]

Neymar. I'd take Mbappé in a heartbeat though.

I'm not sure those are the choices thogh, if we were in for Neymar, which I have my doubts we are, I'd guess that would be instead of going for Sanchez, and keep Aguero, where , Mbappe I would guess would be as well as Sanchez and a replacement for Aguero.

 

[pudge]

Zin and Tolmie hinted earlier on

That's a terrible pun, I don't get it.

 

[cadds92]

I'm going to say no, if only because I think there's zero chance we'd actually get Neymar, but you'd have to imagine that in many respects he would pay for himself (sponsorships, shirt sales etc)

Like all potential world record transfers, such as Mbappe, either we have some secret money source (Sheikh or Messi fund etc) or the more likely scenario - Kun's off. You have to wonder though, if we are in on Sanchez, are we honestly going to be looking at Neymar too?

I am not wholly convinced we will get Sanchez.

Bayern look like they are clearly in for him and I just honestly cannot see Wenger and the Arsenal board risking a huge fan revolt in selling their best player to us.

It would be a huge slap in the face, almost as if Arsenal are openly stating they didn't care about the fans.

 

[Chrper]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but spend may be linked in some way to a new kit deal.
There are rumors about Under Armour being in the pot, and thus the price for whoever wants the kit deal will go up significantly ( and may even allow us to buy out however long we have left with Nike if its UA)
So you are negotiating with UA/Nike and they offer a deal, and you slip them a list of star names names, and ask what the deal is if city sign one of these players?

In short a new kit deal could fund a megastar, say the deal goes upto £50m pa ( not ridiculous if you have Neymar or Messi), you can fund the buyout clause for Neymar or pretty much any megastar over a 5 year contract and it would have no impact on any other purchases.

Just a thought and yes its left field and a bit mad, but stranger things have happened, (you only have to look at how much Pogba cost!!!!!!)

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

I am not wholly convinced we will get Sanchez.

Bayern look like they are clearly in for him and I just honestly cannot see Wenger and the Arsenal board risking a huge fan revolt in selling their best player to us.

It would be a huge slap in the face, almost as if Arsenal are openly stating they didn't care about the fans.

But they couldn't give a shit about the fans

Wenger also needs money if as he states he stays

 

[cadds92]

But they couldn't give a shit about the fans

Wenger also needs money if as he states he stays

The board can't be that obvious even if they don't care.

I think Bayern will end up flogging Costa and replacing him with Sanchez.

Arsenal are absolutely wadded regardless, surely?

 

[MCFC ISRAEL]

Suarez for sure.

Suarez 30 years old, Neymar 25. Come on