Josko Gvardiol

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Del_Bosque said:
I mean it doesn't really matter because we've won the treble and it's always down from there

But make no mistake the club will have had some internal KPI's to make sure we go again for the lot

Extend Key Players Contract : No - Captain walked on a free
Bring in key transfer targets: No - Bellingham, Rice gone elsewhere, no fee agreed on Gvaridol
Settled backroom staff : No - 2 out of the door and no replacement announced yet
Settled first team squad: No - Walker, Mahrez, Bernardo want out
Sell unwanted players: No - Cancelo, Phillips and Laporte all on pre-season tour

They will be tearing their hair out in the CFG over it

Normally I'd be worried, but after last season it's more just a LOL, will be abit pissed off if we let someone else nick the league title over a daft summer but had enough highs last year to last a lifetime.

Pep will be most animated I'd imagine, he's the most driven bloke at the club
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this is accurate. It is unquestionable that this summer didn't go to plan (not even close, to be honest) - and it's good to acknowledge that.
 
Charlesfarsbar said:
Never made sense to sign a player for a record fee for a position we already have two players for in the squad already

with no concrete offers coming in for Laporte , its looking like we will have to give him away or send him on loan just to accommodate Gvardiol

makes no business sense to do that
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Pep obviously doesn't rate Laporte and I think Gvardiol is a better player. I can't see Laporte being at City next season, so if we don't sign Gvardiol we will look at alternatives.
 
ElMago_DSilva said:
This one isn't happening is it?

Can't see City budging from their valuation and I can't see Leipzig budging from their valuation.

Txiki is a very very stubborn operator. Once he sets a price, that's basically it.

Move on to the next target.

Why we have wasted months chasing this player when we could have brought in a winger before Mahrez ended up leaving is beyond me.
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Barcola could be the one replacing Mahrez
 
mattcity5 said:
I saw that too.

Don't feel like it quite makes sense. Usually release clauses come down (if anything) as the years remaining on the contract reduce. They only usually go up if the player signs a new contract. I've not known them to go up during a contract, but I guess it's possible that his contract says that at certain ages the clause will increase.

And I wondered if it meant the release clause is higher next season than it is now, but that wouldn't make sense as we'd just pay the release clause now probably. So it means next year the release clause is higher than what we are currently offering?

All just seems weird.

Anyway,at least Laporte looks happy in the tour photos I've seen so far.
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The release clause comes into play next season for 115mil euros. By all accounts Leipzig are looking for just over 100mil euros this summer.
 
mattcity5 said:
I saw that too.

Don't feel like it quite makes sense. Usually release clauses come down (if anything) as the years remaining on the contract reduce. They only usually go up if the player signs a new contract. I've not known them to go up during a contract, but I guess it's possible that his contract says that at certain ages the clause will increase.

And I wondered if it meant the release clause is higher next season than it is now, but that wouldn't make sense as we'd just pay the release clause now probably. So it means next year the release clause is higher than what we are currently offering?

All just seems weird.

Anyway,at least Laporte looks happy in the tour photos I've seen so far.
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The release clause starts from next year, there is no release clause this year. I guess the price they are willing to accept this year is less than next year’s release clause.
 
decmancity said:
So less than 100m. Which is what they are asking for now.

Apparently our offer is 86m + add ons.
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more stories still read like the structure is the issue over the value tbh. I think this gets done, just some minor niggles in haggling it out and who gets to report what fee.
 
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