It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Cheers for the info mate, also is there any chance at all of Kun staying?

Always a chance but it doesn't look good does it?

Pep has the final say and is ready to cut the cord.

He is a big earner but I don't think City as a club are making this the deciding factor, we don't do that to legends.

If he does leave, it will be purely for footballing reasons, but would hope he would get a 'present'.

At this stage, I don't want to see him stay. It's quite sad for me to watch him looking on from the outside and his game not suited at all to the evolution or new legs in the team.

I hope if he does go it is to Paris, or one of the big clubs in Italy or Spain.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

What about Messi
We need some good news Barca are battering our ladies

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

We seem to have a bargaining chip with most of our targets. Sancho sell on clause with Haaland. Douglas Luiz buy back with Grealish. Pedro Porro situation with Nuno Mendes. Txiki is making moves!

It's almost as if it's been gamed out, no?

The club certainly knew the contractual situation going into this summer with Sergio and Fern...

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Always a chance but it doesn't look good does it?

Pep has the final say and is ready to cut the chord.

He is a big earner but I don't think City as a club are making this the deciding factor, we don't do that to legends.

If he does leave, it will be purely for footballing reasons, but would hope he would get a 'present'.

At this stage, I don't want to see him stay. It's quite sad for me to watch him looking on from the outside and his game not suited at all to the evolution or new legs in the team.

I hope if he does go it is to Paris, or one of the big clubs in Italy or Spain.

I feel like that, too. He is the last of that group of players who propelled us to all this. I suppose Fernandinho could be put in that, but I go off that 2012 side mainly. In what seems like the blink of an eye, Aguero is the last of that group, and to see him looking on from the bench is sad. Injuries permitting, he could go to Italy and do it all over again. Same with Spain. I hope he gets the exact club and deal he wants, and goes with everyones well-wishes. He's a fucking legend.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Something is definitely afoot with regards Douglas Luiz at Villa.

I had heard we were inclined to bring him back at the £25m buyback clause which ends this summer.

Villa already value the player at £40m and I suspect we are just posturing about bringing him back and we are leveraging some of the difference against a discount for Grealish.

Similar to leveraging the sell on clause we have on Sancho, although we can let that ride if Haaland does have a buyout clause.

Dortmund can chum the waters but Haaland and his dad know the contract.

Laporte has piped down, thankfully.

txiki is playing 5D chess .

 

[blue oli]

You could ask the same question of Txiki and he would probably still say no more than 70 per cent at this stage.

Haaland knows where he wants to go but he would be foolish not to wait and see what all the clubs are offering in terms of wages.

If nothing else, his agent certainly will tell him to keep quiet until he can leverage the next wage.

I'm more optimistic, as I know someone who knows his old man very well and there is nothing I am hearing yet that makes me think we aren't the outstanding favourites.

It might be that, as you say, everyone might feel confident of something but anything can happen, from financial, to political change all the way to a medical problem - you could never be more than 70% sure till someone is sat pen in hand, asking which of the little day-glow arrows are for him to sign.

Even more so in the middle of world events currently - which I do actually think helps us out in terms of our stability when measured against other clubs.

 

[Cheeky Txiki]

Always a chance but it doesn't look good does it?

Pep has the final say and is ready to cut the chord.

He is a big earner but I don't think City as a club are making this the deciding factor, we don't do that to legends.

If he does leave, it will be purely for footballing reasons, but would hope he would get a 'present'.

At this stage, I don't want to see him stay. It's quite sad for me to watch him looking on from the outside and his game not suited at all to the evolution or new legs in the team.

I hope if he does go it is to Paris, or one of the big clubs in Italy or Spain.

If we can give him the trophy he wants (UCL), I think the best decision for all parties will be for Kun to leave to Barca followed by the MLS. Messi and Kun playing together at both Barca and in the US is something I can see happening.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

So you are saying Haaland is actually clear in his mind that he wants to come here? It’s not a case of “I’d be happy to go either x, y or z”, it’s literally “I want City”?

He seemingly does know where he wants to go, but a few clubs not shown their hand yet, including Madrid.

I never take it for granted what goes through the mind of a player when the enormity of a decision is laid bare.

We can be very hopeful. I'm sure the stuff will be ramped up to the max in terms of supposed inside track and leaks as our game against Dortmund approaches.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

It's only March. I MUST NOT get drawn in so early....

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

It's funny and quite fitting that a player from our then-average past, is potentially the key to us signing one of the most coveted players in the world - his own son! Love it.