Marc Cucurella

[gaz76]

Replacing his left back minutes with Nathan Ake (who more times than not isn't available for selection with injuries anyway) will not win the title.

Are we talking about the same zinchenko that started 15 games for us last season?

 

[Woody135]

They are all good points but consider this. If a player is at a la liga side and his contract is only 1 or 2 years remaining there is the chance of a bargain....if the players character, professionalism, hunger, will to join City and fight for a place, work ethic, etc etc are up to scratch. Price is higher for Cucu because he has 4 years on his contract. Its possible to get an equally competant player for less as long as player standards are acceptable.

All true but 95% of the time you pay more for better quality

 

[not my fault!]

I’ve been saying this all last week, it’s easy for people to just say “pay the extra £10m ffs” but you’ve all completely missed the significant wording in any tweets or quotes… “Brighton are sticking firm on their valuation of £50m+” or “Brighton still want in excess of £50m+”.
£50m was never going to buy him, that’s their ok we’ll listen price, their starting point or rather the buying clubs starting point! They’ll have some daft figure of £60-70m and will accept somewhere in the middle. There’s a reason a contractor never wants to give you a ballpark figure, they could quote you £180-200+ for a job but when it’s finished they bill you £220. You’d kick off and quote the £180, it’s how our brains work, we only ever hear the lowest number and not the entire scenario.
I’ll ask again though as I’ve still not had an answer, what makes Cucurella one of the highest priced LB’s in the world were we HAVE to just throw another £10m at our valuation to start negotiating? I genuinely don’t see what it is. Any LB before that’s gone for similar amounts has won trophies, been an established international and deserved a high fee/wage based on achievements. So again, why does Cucurella command such a high fee?

 

[SWP's back]

Zinchenko was a dedicated left back for us.

Averaging 12 starts out of every 60 games we played over that time.

 

[Phil1]

Averaging 12 starts out of every 60 games we played over that time.

Yeah, but he was dedicated tbf… :-)

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I’ve been saying this all last week, it’s easy for people to just say “pay the extra £10m ffs” but you’ve all completely missed the significant wording in any tweets or quotes… “Brighton are sticking firm on their valuation of £50m+” or “Brighton still want in excess of £50m+”.
£50m was never going to buy him, that’s their ok we’ll listen price, their starting point or rather the buying clubs starting point! They’ll have some daft figure of £60-70m and will accept somewhere in the middle. There’s a reason a contractor never wants to give you a ballpark figure, they could quote you £180-200+ for a job but when it’s finished they bill you £220. You’d kick off and quote the £180, it’s how our brains work, we only ever hear the lowest number and not the entire scenario.
I’ll ask again though as I’ve still not had an answer, what makes Cucurella one of the highest priced LB’s in the world were we HAVE to just throw another £10m at our valuation to start negotiating? I genuinely don’t see what it is. Any LB before that’s gone for similar amounts has won trophies, been an established international and deserved a high fee/wage based on achievements. So again, why does Cucurella command such a high fee?

Supply and demand?

 

[not my fault!]

Supply and demand?

I’d get that if he was the only LB available but he’s not. He’s certainly not a £40m player let alone a £50-60m player regardless of his dizzying accolade of Brightons POTS award.

 

[waspish]

Sinclair was saying Bloom wants 50m + 15m in addons for him can see why we walked away

 

[not my fault!]

Sinclair was saying Bloom wants 50m + 15m in addons for him can see why we walked away

This is what I’m saying, it was crazy money and not realistic. Well done City for walking away.

 

[Charliegull]

You replied but have failed to answer the direct question posed without bring Villa & others into the equation. If my house is worth £750k but my asking price is £3.6m, that's my right to do so, but in reality it's only worth what someone's willing to pay for it. Villa wanted £100m & Pep & Txiki saw something that they thought was worth the asking price.

Now back to the question you're evidently trying to swerve & we all know why... :-|

1. Brighton bought Cucurella for £15m 12 months ago.

2. City were willing to more than double the amount Brighton paid for the player.

3. Brighton reportedly want nearly FOUR TIMES what they paid for him 12 months ago.

Q: Who's bringing inflationary pressure into football & ruining it so smaller clubs can't compete. City or Brighton? :-/

Who ever buys him at that price . Brighton want to keep him they can not compete with the top 6 sides so they try to put u off buying him by asking over the top.
Its no diffetent to Villa and J G.
Players are only worth what club will pay for them.
Im mot sure what answer u want from me.