SWP's back said:
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We are in our strongest position yet in this whole sorry mess. We have an acceptable figure in mind and won't compromise any further.
Sadly for Tevez, the anticipated rush of clubs have not bitten. Kia has attempted to play the Italian clubs against one another to flush out a permanent deal.
He is still being paid, minus bonus and image related rights (this brings down his basic significantly)
He will be fined the maximum in January, whether upon a sale or not and don't expect anything official to be made public until then.
Unless we get written assurances of a guaranteed sale at a set price, after a loan agreement, there's no deal.
City will have clear presentable evidence that his actions have not only affected his original transfer value, but also the opportunity for any sale.
He's fucked and Kia knows the clock is ticking and actually has to work for his ten per cent this time.
So he doesn't have us over a barrell as some would laughably try and have it?
Shocked, I really am.
I love the way you've quoted Tolmie as the real deal on inside info... yet when I was being called daft for stating several days ago that Tevez WAS still being paid by the club, and Tolmie then backed me up on it... yet you didn't quote his post then!
Selective memory. The last recourse of the failing argument!
Let's just see how this plays out.
I'll stand by my view that Tevez is only leaving for relative pennies or not at all.
Tevez knows we're desperate to off-load and his advisers also know that they can sit on their arses and still pick up £10m a year from us.
I'd cancel his contract and take my chances through the courts... but the fact that City have allowed him three weeks absence from work without taking any disciplinary action suggests they know that they need to get him and his advisers onside if we want a transfer fee.
Like I say, let's wait and see how this plays out. But if we get a fee of £25m I will publicly admit I was wrong. Will you do the same if he ends up going for "relative pennies"?