Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[Sergio16]

This transfer is happening quick and it’s hard to keep up, however listen to the general feeling, no bid yet.

These guys are chancers, kept saying €120 mill, €100 mill for Gvardiol, it was £77 mill.

We offered £80 mill for Rice, this will be the max as well.

 

[skillman]

£88m. For Paqueta. How much would Frenkie de Jong cost

Double plus a shit load more in wages

 

[Skrastins]

This is what Santi said when we were negotiating for Gvardiol. Complete guesswork and inflation on the fee.

Maybe currency issue? Maybe that is in pesos?

 

[Keeper!]

Pep and Txiki must feel he is stifled by the system Moyes employs.

That has stifled my enthusiasm.

 

[decmancity]

£88m. For Paqueta. How much would Frenkie de Jong cost

Irrelevant. Doesn't want to be here otherwise we would have signed him years ago.

 

[TonyM]

4 goals and 3 assists in 28 PL matches… hardly ripping up trees

You want is one of these?

 

[CityPar]

Daily Express say we've had an £88m bid rejected and WHU want £95m. Not sure where they got the info from but it's utter madness for a player not remotely worth the fee. Just cannot see what he brings to the team if I'm honest and I'd rather we walked away from this.

 

[oldius]

I, like most here I suspect, have seen very little of this player. I couldn't tell you much about him whatsoever, but we are the biggest sports business success of the decade and the most successful sports team too. If the directors are prepared to stump up all of that money on a player I don't really know, how can I possibly argue against it? I'll look forward to watching him if he arrives. If he doesn't, I won't feel I have missed out as I don't know him anyway!

 

[Uglyassin]

The difference is between the bid and what they want is surely a years loan fee waived for Palmer (assuming he wants to go)

 

[PrezIke]

£50-70M is what I can see with add-ons as it reaches the higher range.

Important to consider that the style of play under Moyes is not going to show off his qualities as much as with us.

This significantly hurt Joao Felix because Simeone is not going to allow a player such as him when he was so highly rated.

Paquetta is 25 so of course, not the same but the point is you cannot shine in the same way under certain managers style of play or leadership.

I even heard someone make reference to how if we had signed Maguire his career path would be vastly different if he came to us.

We’ve seen plenty of examples of Guardiola helping mid or even late players improve.

Reference Henry’s comments on when he started playing under Guardiola