Am sure proper trophies as well is what he will be looking at? Leeds are going to be lucky if they stay up again next season let alone win anything?!
The key thing is it's not a club that Leeds will view as a 'rival'. I can see why they'd baulk at the idea of selling to Villa or even Everton. But City are in a different universe. It's hard to stand in the way of a player if they say they want to go and the buying club is in the position City are in to offer trophies, best coach in the world etc.
Can't see any reason he wouldn't be a good fit personality wise.
Can't see any reason he wouldn't be a good fit personality wise.
Brighton got £50m for Ben White. Phillips has more England caps and is a more important player to us than White was for Brighton.
L’Oréal as a new sponsor partner???Grealish, Haaland and Foden. Haircut FC.
Edit. And possibly Cucurella :-)
End of the day Leeds don’t need to sell so they won’t be lo-balled by us but if the lad wants to go and it is by no means certain he does then we will be a good fit for him and him for us . I do think this one needs to happen soon though .Mate - with respect, it doesn’t matter what you think he’s worth, and nor does it matter what a bunch of City fans on a forum think he’s worth either.
It’s a predictable phenomenon every summer when we’re trying to buy a player that fans of their current teams come on here making apparently hardline, inflexible valuation statements as if they’re somehow involved in the negotiations, and they’re trying to get us to agree with their position as if this has any bearing on the deal.
You’re always going to over-value the player, and we’re going to undervalue him. Because we see it solely from the position of our own clubs interests, and don’t really give a shit about the other side.
But none of it matters in the end.
Leeds will have their valuation, and City will also have their own valuation. If the two Clubs can find a meeting point somewhere in the middle they can both be relatively happy with - it’ll happen. And if they can’t - it won’t.
There really isn’t any point any of us lot bigging up our apparently inflexible positions on here. It means absolutely nothing to the final valuation.
The reality is there must be enough belief that a common ground can be reached for negotiations to at least be happening.
All the rest is nothing more than hyperbolic hot air!
Leeds will recruit well this summer infact they have already started and they will stay up easy .Am sure proper trophies as well is what he will be looking at? Leeds are going to be lucky if they stay up again next season let alone win anything?!