Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

They wont accept 60 not a chance. He has 85 mil release clause next year maybe theyd accept that now

i mean we already went in with 70, so i think 60 would take the piss now. but i like your thinking.

 

[waspish]

For what it's worth (probably very little)...

No formal bid and that fee we go in with is expected

 

[TonyM]

Anyone who's watched an episode of Wheeler Dealers all the way through knows what this is about.

65m + bonuses?

Hold out your hand...

 

[Gabriel]

I don't think Bielsa's input was the sole reason, but it certainly may have been a factor. It's no secret that we were looking for someone to take the heat off Rodri in something more like a Fernandinho mould. Pep did talk to Bielsa, and Bielsa did speak very highly of Phillips. No doubt Phillips was on a shortlist of many, but availability and affordability will of course have been key components. I just think Bielsa's input perhaps put Phillips higher up the shortlist than he otherwise would have been:

Guardiola details when he first heard of Man City summer signing Phillips

Manchester City summer signing Kalvin Phillips made his name under Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds United.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Perhaps. I still think there is a potential player in there, but he has done little to suggest that he can take the heat off Rodri, certainly not when asked to play that role. Maybe he’d be more comfortable in a midfield that includes Kovacic and Paqueta, should he come.

 

[TonyM]

I don’t usually make posts like this, but some of the posts on this thread since today and yesterday have been of an unusual degree of excremental purity. Even for BM.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

 

[ElMago_DSilva]

For what it's worth (probably very little)...

If Pep wants him, stick another 20m on the price.

They will definitely not sell him for 60m.

 

[John Wayne]

Perhaps. I still think there is a potential player in there, but he has done little to suggest that he can take the heat off Rodri, certainly not when asked to play that role. Maybe he’d be more comfortable in a midfield that includes Kovacic and Paqueta, should he come.

I'd agree with all of that. I just don't see us building a team around his inadequacies though, so I expect him to be sold this summer. You can change the way you play to accommodate the arrival of Haaland, but not Phillips. I'm not sure different personnel in the same system will help, but maybe he needs more time. I just don't know where and when he will get the opportunities.

 

[mosssideblue]

They wont accept 60 not a chance. He has 85 mil release clause next year maybe theyd accept that now

Don't believe what you read, especially from Sky

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

World FT : City verbally offer 70m for Paqueta
Sky (10 hours later) : No bid, city wont go over 60m

 

[Rammy Blue]

They wont accept 60 not a chance. He has 85 mil release clause next year maybe theyd accept that now

Not a prayer they’d accept £60mil when they paid £50mil this time last season, minimum £70mil.