John Stones

Status
Not open for further replies.
Marvin said:
I wa
but really this is not a phenomena that can be pinned on MCFC for once.

What will happen when City try to sell players? Are we going tm e o be able to command these fees? I think I know the answer to that. There'll be a whole clutch of clubs who have sensibly stayed out of this madness and will be looking at loans at best.
Click to expand...

The media will try to blame City however for the prices, I am sure of that.

City will have to off load many players one way or the other. Whether it it means loans or selling at a loss or paying players for doing nowt we will not get value for money.
 
Marvin said:
I was reading the Liverpool Echo to get some background and they were discussing chelsea's interest in Lukaku referencing a story in the Mail

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...valuation-former-Blues-ace.html#ixzz4FDQBZeiA

The transfer mkt was like house prices a fluid moving market, but this Summer I have no idea of value. I doubt clubs have or any of the participants.

How do yo judge the value of a player in the transfer mkt? By the irrationality of other moves? Perhaps you compare it to the income that is coming into these clubs. The transfer market doesn't seem real at the moment, but these transfers still have to be paid and the reality is the revenue generating ability of successful teams.

Is this Summer a blip which is going to settle down, or is £25m now the going rate for a Premiership transfer? We know what's fuelling this, the Sky TV deal and the enormous riches available for success, but I no longer know how to benchmark what is value in the transfer mkt. It has all gone crazy. We might be involved with Stones but really this is not a phenomena that can be pinned on MCFC for once.
Click to expand...

I know how you feel. But there must be bargains to be had. Klopp has picked up a CB for under five mill. Not that we know how good he will turn out. Can't be worse than the sixty mill plus we punted on CB's recently.

West Ham and Leicester have shown an eye for bargains. We got Nolito relatively cheap. I can't help but feel that we should also be looking for the sort of bargain Zabs turned out to be, as well as throwing money at clubs for star players.
 
Steve68 said:
I know how you feel. But there must be bargains to be had. Klopp has picked up a CB for under five mill. Not that we know how good he will turn out. Can't be worse than the sixty mill plus we punted on CB's recently.

West Ham and Leicester have shown an eye for bargains. We got Nolito relatively cheap. I can't help but feel that we should also be looking for the sort of bargain Zabs turned out to be, as well as throwing money at clubs for star players.
Click to expand...
Academies and scouting networks have become more valuable. Foreign clubs will be looking at the bubble of the English transfer mkt and wondering about the impact. In theory all the talent should gravitate in time to English football. It works at club level, and we see the equalisation and intense competition. How will it work out for City? Good or bad? i think good but the league is getting to get very difficult to win.
 
Pablo1 said:
It'll be £75 million by Monday.
Click to expand...

Ah, I see you've forgotten to include wages, incremental bonus payments for the number of appearances made, a summer house in the Dordogne for his agent's cousin, a personal groomer for the Stones' family cat and a permanent reservation at Can Sole (plus air fares - club class) should any member of the player's family suddenly develop a late night hankering for authentic Catalan paella. Anyway, the true cost will be closer to £110 million than £75m.......
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
✖
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.