Josko Gvardiol

[RayCTID]

Aren’t PSG in for him as well?

If so then that would be a bonus as it will keep their minds off Bernardo Silva for another season.

 

[Phil1]

Class of 23 giving the class of 22 a run for their money this window.

 

[CC1]

Nowhere in the post have I said the structure of the CFG or the blueprint that runs through the academy to the first team is anything but incredible. All I have said is we have a tough time negotiating deals for our big targets.

Not sure where the narrative of me criticising all aspects of the club is coming from.

But we don’t struggle to sign targets. Walking away when a club is trying to rinse us is the right thing to do

 

[vanchi]

So less than 100m. Which is what they are asking for now.

Apparently our offer is 86m + add ons.

i made a mistake while typing sorry, it’s between 110 and 115m euros. now they want 100m euros. if your offer is 86m pounds that is i believe 100m euros.

he will be more expensive next year

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

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.

Not the worst thing in the world. Laporte’s a class defender. Spain’s centre half. We’re lucky to have him

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Why we have wasted months chasing this player when we could have brought in a winger before Mahrez ended up leaving is beyond me.

It shouldn't be beyond you.

The Saudi situation has been a game changer in many respects. The club, until fairly recently, wouldn't have been aware of any Saudi interest in Mahrez and I guess Mahrez probably hasn't been either, but an offer has nonetheless came in which suits the player and the club so we now have to deal with it. The club may well be dealing with it by means of identifying transfer targets or using other squad players. I'm fine with either approach tbh.

Regardless, business surrounding Mahrez and Gvardiol AND potential replacements for Mahrez can all run simultaneously. Because we've been targeting one player for months it doesn't mean that we aren't doing other stuff in the background.

 

[CC1]

Nowhere in my post have I said Pep organises transfers or that everyone dances to his tune. Yes he works with the management and does overcome deficiencies they present to him.

The don’t present deficiencies to him. They work together to get quality AND value for money

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

But we don’t struggle to sign targets. Walking away when a club is trying to rinse us is the right thing to do

As has been proven on multiple occasions

 

[Blue and true]

Good riddance. Go buy a winger.

Good riddance? What the fuck? You do realise he's not our player, right?

 

[Withnail]

Not the worst thing in the world. Laporte’s a class defender. Spain’s centre half. We’re lucky to have him

Laporte is a good player, but Pep obviously doesn't rate him as was proven by his limited game time last season.

 

[JWCH-99]

RB are trying the typical rip-off tactic, if it gets silly we will walk away.

The price has been the same from the start. Selling clubs don’t need to sell for what our valuation is or what we want them to sell at. A transfer not happening doesn’t have to be someone’s fault. They want a few that they feel are justified and has been the same front the start. We have a valuation and don’t want to pay it (rightly), so we have tried to negotiate and will continue to try as we like the player. There doesn’t need to be conspiracies about agents either. id say it was likely Fabrizio was used as a pawn to put pressure on the deal. Our ITKs confidence is probably the same as what happened with cucurella and Kane- the club are confident they can negotiate the fee down and get the player- the selling club is resolute in the end and it doesn’t happen. No one needs to be the enemy or an idiot- it’s a negotiation over a major transfer with two clubs who know what they want

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

But we don’t struggle to sign targets. Walking away when a club is trying to rinse us is the right thing to do

When we are told the value the selling club puts on a player when we enter negotiations we have 2 options. Walk away immediately if it is over budget and move on to the next target or try and negotiate it down.

Trying to negotiate a fee for months knowing that the selling club isn't going to drop their valuation and then walking away is a waste of everybody's time.

 

[skillman]

At risk of sounding like I’m flapping - because I’m not - but I can’t see it happening if that Stoney update is true.

We’ve been here loads of times where the selling club (rightly) have their valuation and we have ours. It never ends in a compromise. And it usually works well in hindsight for us.

 

[Any1aBlue]

Catching up , and there is plenty of speculation still ..................

Off to watch the cricket and forget the drama queens.

The thing every club must surely know is that City never bluff anyone. Nowadays we always walk away when people start taking the piss and I support this strategy 100 per cent. The days of City begging other clubs are long gone. We always set a limit and don't step over it for anyone.
We will not wait for the start of the season either. We usually make an early decision as we did when Levy started playing games over Kane. As soon as Levy started briefing his pals in the media any deal was dead. Now we are the treble winners and Kane is still rotting at Spurs.

This is exactly right. It stops the sellers taking the piss in their strategy. The stance we have consistently taken should now bear fruit at the negotiating table. if they know we would walk away, it puts a little more pressure on them, especially if the player wants to go.

 

[ElMago_DSilva]

Barcola could be the one replacing Mahrez

No real concrete links.

If I'm a betting man, I'd bet that we don't bring a replacement in for Mahrez.

 

[Any1aBlue]

At risk of sounding like I’m flapping - because I’m not - but I can’t see it happening if that Stoney update is true.

We’ve been here loads of times where the selling club (rightly) have their valuation and we have ours. It never ends in a compromise. And it usually works well in hindsight for us.

Who is Stoney, what’s his update and how does it effect this please?

 

[decmancity]

Who is Stoney, what’s his update and how does it effect this please?

Rag KFA reporter at the BBC.

Not a chance he has an inside track on this ahead of other reporters.

 

[skillman]

Who is Stoney, what’s his update and how does it effect this please?

 

[vanchi]

Which is plenty

it is not only plenty, if it’s true it is exactly what leipzig wanted, 100m EUROS.

 

[waspish]

Doesn’t look like they going to budge on the fee wonder if we will budge on what we believe the fee should be!?