if City do pay it, it will be a hollow victory. He'll have to be replaced and you'll get done. if Moshiri is as wealthy and committed to EFC as claimed, why didn't you just sell the player for £40 million which is a good fee for him, and replace him with a player you had lined up with the 12 months notice you were given from this time last year?
I am not sure City will be prepared to go to £50m for him as there might be more to be gained by showing clubs that we wont just pay whatever is asked.
I don't quite understand what you're saying. If he leaves, it'll be for £50m. We'll get £10m more than you're offering and that will allow us to improve the squad further.
I don't. Good luck keeping Stones happy considering he's lost the chance of CL football and probably a £50-70k pay rise. Don't think he'll be extending that current contract after last summer and now this
We don't need luck to keep him happy. He'll be getting a £50k pay rise regardless of whether he stays or goes.
You should pay him commensurate to how you value you him then?
If he stays, we will be doing that with a new contract.