Marc Cucurella

[leo_city]

We might have the money available. It doesn't mean we should use it to pay more than we feel a player is worth though.

It's a good policy, and much as part of our fanbase will be unhappy at losing out on him, it's just how business works.

I hope we still get a left back.

 

[mosssideblue]

Buy the player. It’s been reported for months that Cucurella is City and Pep’s priority leftback target. Not coughing up the money needed when we’ve sold so many players with big profits this summer is completely beyond me. There aren’t many good options on the market. We’re likely looking at another Angelino situation. Instead of buying the top target, we settle on somebody less skillful, and because of what, pride? Because we got the money. This is on Txiki.

That simple eh?

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

We're the richest club in the world, in profit on the transfer window so far and were arguing over £10 million or so for a player who appears to solve a big problem area for us and apparently fits us like a glove?

Something doesn't quite add up.

Like backing a horse in a race, a range of prices, you fancy a few of them and have settled on one but his price drops to the point he isn’t value. Back another. Okay, maybe best to pass in that situation but we don’t have that option… I hope.

 

[Rammy Blue]

It’ll be interesting to see if we use Chelsea getting close on a fee to our advantage in knowing we can get it matched and do the deal quickly, IF we do choose. Only other day we were saying no one knew what fee Bloom wanted, however if suddenly we get to hear maybe via Cucu’s agent what the agreed fee is then we know what has to be done if we want to swoop in.

Not by any means convinced we will but there’s always the possibility.

 

[mosssideblue]

It's a good policy, and much as part of our fanbase will be unhappy at losing out on him, it's just how business works.

I hope we still get a left back.

Agreed. I suspect those moaning at Txiki not paying up are also saying we are the best run club in world football

 

[Blue Eyed Dick]

How football works......
Brighton value Cucurella at £50M.
We don't think he is worth £50M and will not pay it.
Another team thinks he is worth £50M and are willing to pay it.
Therefore, Brighton are right. Cucurella's value is £50M!
It's not rocket science. It's a market - demand/supply/price

Taking some moral high ground doesn't gain us anything - doesn't get us the target player that Pep wants.
After letting Sterling go to Chelsea, this feels like gifting them another top class player.
Our club is trying to raise its profile positively on the world stage. This sort of approach, like last summer with Kane, risks making us look like amateurs.

 

[richards30]

I think he’ll be saying we fine I have cancello Ake JWB and I can convert Ederson into a left back if desperate ;)

thats what he`ll say in public mate ;-) he was rumoured to be fuming we didnt sign Kane last summer!

 

[mattcity5]

The only key advantage we currently have over Chelsea is Pep. Who knows how long he will be here though.

Everything else we can offer so can Chelsea.

Chelsea are a bit more of an unknown. The previous owner used to change manager every season almost, so there was always a lot of change and upheavel. Your face fits one season, the next it doesn't. New owner may be different, but might not be. They've made a lot of changes this season and there's no guarantee they'll get top 4.

Theres no guarantee we'll get top 4, but when you look at how we do things, the club is a lot more stable. If he joins us, we're more likely to give him time to settle and keep faith in him. Also going off recent history, he's more likely to win things.

That said, they aren't a bad team. A decent fallback option for him I suppose.

 

[PragueBlue]

Let's say we were interested in 3 LBs, all of which we value at approximately 35M (for example).

We have a slight preference for player A as he has played in the PL and has nice hair. So we try and buy him for an amount that we think represents fair value for the player. We might even be willing to pay a couple of million more because of his silky curls. However, the selling club wants a great deal more than that and won't budge.

We didn't want player A that much more than players B and C and certainly don't think he's worth what the selling club want, so we now shift our focus onto bringing in one of the other 2.

 

[gazinho]

thats what he`ll say in public mate ;-) he was rumoured to be fuming we didnt sign Kane last summer!

Course he will and a load of idiots on here (and in the real world) will lap it up and argue black is blue that because Pep said it, we dont need an actual fucking left back!!