Marc Cucurella

[kun]

He was never a left back

I beg to differ.
Games at left back: 123
Total games in all other positions combined: 69 (including 14 at LM/LWB)

 

[JewelZee]

I don't agree it will put future targets off. Cucurella is 1 year into a 5 year contract. It's Brightons right to set a price and clubs decisions whether to pay the price. Chelsea clearly going to pay the fee so Brighton have been proven right not accepting £30m off City surely?

Don't be so sure about Chelsea there partner.

 

[Dribble]

Your user name is not a fair reflection of this post. Excellent squire

As I keep explaining, it's those who keep getting the meanings of drivel & Dribble mixed up who need to reflect on their command of the English language... :-)

 

[Kamaro011]

I beg to differ.
Games at left back: 123
Total games in all other positions combined: 69 (including 14 at LM/LWB)
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He never naturally born to be left back, he could play on there but he will never be enough to be world class and play regulary on there for us.

 

[Dribble]

Exactly. And while Cucurella has shown to be dynamite up the left flank this idea that he's not going there to compete with Chillwell but to play LCB in a 3 back set makes it even stranger. Ake may not be the LB Cucurella is, but Cucurella is 1000% not the LCB Ake is either. If Chelsea are actually looking for a replacement for Rudiger Ake is by far the better option. So we're supposed to believe 50 mil for Ake was too much for Chelsea, but possibly up to 65 mil for Cucurella to play out of position is OK with Chelsea. And I know Cucurella has played some at LCB, but without his ability to get up the field, run the line, and whip in crosses his value becomes much diminished. He is far from special as an inside back and IMO not even worth City's opening 30 mil pound bid in that position.

Agreed 100%. The twists & turns are very very strange indeed. However, the fact Chelsea's new owner believes he's at the level of an experienced European DoF, might explain why their interest in Cucurella seems more than a bit odd...

 

[Kalimantan]

Zinchenko was a young EDS prospect when we bought him. After 6 years at City, he left as Captain of the Ukraine national team & a multi-title winning player domestically & a CL regular. Cucurella has won nowt, never play CL football & has one cap for Spain.

Zinchenko was sold for £32m, so how do you justify a rumoured £50m plus £15m in add-on for Cucurella? Please explain? :-/

Foden is a Premier League Champions & England first team regular & rated in the top 5 young players in the world. Where's the comparison with Cucurella?

So again, who out of City & Brighton are bringing inflationary pressures into the game seeing as we also sold Brazil starter Jesus & England starter Sterling for a combined £92.5m as opposed to a rumoured £65m fee wanted for Cucurella?

Can't I just turn it round and ask what on earth would be the point of us selling Cucurella for £30m? That would be a 15m pound profit, all of it needed to be spent on a replacement as we don't have a back up there. What would be the point? We don't need the money and we'll be a better team with him in it.

The Foden comparison is simply that he is one of your best young players, equivalent to Cucu for us. What's he actually worth? 80m, maybe100? So by your logic you should be happy to accept that bid for him if it came in. But you wouldn't, you'd reject it out of hand. You want to keep him, unless the offer is too good to refuse. That's the logic of our valuation.

 

[Erling9]

Yeah, what a dick. It reminds me of that summer we walked away from Harry Maguire and ended up with Ruben fucking Dias.

Txiki disasterclass ;)

 

[kun]

He never naturally born to be left back, he could play on there but he will never be enough to be world class and play regulary on there for us.

No one is “naturally born” to play anywhere.
That’s a myth.

 

[not my fault!]

Can't I just turn it round and ask what on earth would be the point of us selling Cucurella for £30m? That would be a 15m pound profit, all of it needed to be spent on a replacement as we don't have a back up there. What would be the point? We don't need the money and we'll be a better team with him in it.

The Foden comparison is simply that he is one of your best young players, equivalent to Cucu for us. What's he actually worth? 80m, maybe100? So by your logic you should be happy to accept that bid for him if it came in. But you wouldn't, you'd reject it out of hand. You want to keep him, unless the offer is too good to refuse. That's the logic of our valuation.

Every, and i mean every player is for sale. That’s the difference between our clubs, if the offer was right we’d sell.
But the Grealish, Foden, Ake comparisons are daft as they are totally different players all with totally different circumstances. As has been pointed out to you, all are CL regulars, Multiple PL winners, multiple domestic cup winners, regular internationals as well as first team players in the first two instances.
As great as you all think Cucurella is, he’s not proven! Jesus, I remember Lee Bradbury having a good season once, a world beater he was not trust me. So what exactly bar one half decent, not outstanding, season in the PL does Cucurella actually offer us?

 

[MCFCFanTX]

£50M plus Colwill seems like a pretty hefty price for Cucu by Chelsea.