It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[blue oli]

How can you build a long term relationship when they change Presidents every few years who may have a different agenda and opinion of CFG?

That’s like saying we can’t have an understanding between the USA and the UK because there are elections every four years.

Some things are longer than the man/men or woman/women at the top.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

If Bernardo wants to go, so be it; so long as we get suitable cash for him. Those names mentioned in connection with Barca are laughable. Sounds like this has be coming for some time and could explain all the noise about Grealish.

We Carnt keep getting rid of players we have great songs for like Bernardo and kun, and signing players like Dias that we havnt got a clue what to sing :+)

 

[WRicko]

Personally I think you are under estimating their desperation and financial position.

Won’t be city doing them any favours but our owners have interests in other lines of business that might.

The Gamper Trophy is PR and an option born out of safety as much as anything else you’re right I think but it shows almost a ‘courting attitude’ towards us or those around us as a club.

I still maintain that a CFG friendly Barca is a good thing long term.

It would be good if they are friendly but there is not much in it for us not enough for it to make sense for us to help them out with getting our players at a price they can currently afford

Friendlies with Barcelona won’t raise much

We are past our UEFA problems and they are now a bad club in the eyes of UEFA so won’t help

We cannot buy Barcelona and put them under CFG and have a team in Spain

Only thing in it for us is to raid their academy

 

[MeatHunterrr]

That’s like saying we can’t have an understanding between the USA and the UK because there are elections every four years.

Some things are longer than the man/men or woman/women at the top.

City have no benefit to relationship with Barca.

Zero, literally.

Let Barca sink in their debts and go bust. That would be extremely satisfying.

 

[SilverFox2]

Personally I think you are under estimating their desperation and financial position.

Won’t be city doing them any favours but our owners have interests in other lines of business that might.

The Gamper Trophy is PR and an option born out of safety as much as anything else you’re right I think but it shows almost a ‘courting attitude’ towards us or those around us as a club.

I still maintain that a CFG friendly Barca is a good thing long term.

Regarding their financial plight perhaps you could explain how such a currently wealthier club than City (according to KPMG) can be so financially stretched?

 

[blue oli]

Regarding their financial plight perhaps you could explain how such a currently wealthier club than City (according to KPMG) can be so financially stretched?

Much better people on here than me to do that and to show the reasons behind the challenges they have (and the figures) but it’s well known that they have long term loans, large scale short term loans due very soon, owe transfer fees going back up to three years & they they need a cash injection to stabilise even before looking at a squad rebuild.

Also I’m not as committed as those can can explain to go through it all with a fine tooth comb the way they have and it would be some what of a busmans holiday which doesn’t appeal.

But let’s just say it’s pretty obvious they are in no way as stable as CFG or city in any way you measure it. Might have had higher income in the last reports my KPMG but that’s not the full story now.

 

[SilverFox2]

Much better people on here than me to do that and to show the reasons behind the challenges they have (and the figures) but it’s well known that they have long term loans, large scale short term loans due very soon, owe transfer fees going back up to three years & they they need a cash injection to stabilise even before looking at a squad rebuild.

Also I’m not as committed as those can can explain to go through it all with a fine tooth comb the way they have and it would be some what of a busmans holiday which doesn’t appeal.

But let’s just say it’s pretty obvious they are in no way as stable as CFG or city in any way you measure it. Might have had higher income in the last reports my KPMG but that’s not the full story now.

Thanks, seems like Sheikh M could do business with them in his normal Barclay's Bank style role.
Nothing to do with City of course just money lending on a grand scale.

 

[blue oli]

Thanks, seems like Sheikh M could do business with them in his normal Barclay's Bank style role.
Nothing to do with City of course just money lending on a grand scale.

There are other vehicle available, indirectly linked to Sheikh Mansour that could potentially be used - some are too close for comfort due to personnel at the top of our organisation but others could be available if that route was taken by Barca and was agreeable with Sheik Mansours team.

 

[HaalandEffect]

If we dont get Harry Kane or Erling Braut Haaland, then we should try to get Jaime Vardy as short term replacement then Haaland next summer.

 

[skyblue92]

It would be good if they are friendly but there is not much in it for us not enough for it to make sense for us to help them out with getting our players at a price they can currently afford

Friendlies with Barcelona won’t raise much

We are past our UEFA problems and they are now a bad club in the eyes of UEFA so won’t help

We cannot buy Barcelona and put them under CFG and have a team in Spain

Only thing in it for us is to raid their academy

Then after 2 years they all get home sick and fuck off back to Barcelona . Fuck Barca wouldn’t piss on the cunts if they was on fire .