Marc Cucurella

[Keeper!]

Thats the feeling I get. They/their owner, have looked at City and want to outdo us. I do hope we're spinning them like we did utd.

I said before and I will say again, the whole Chelsea deal stinks, how on earth is a club that was bankrolled to incredibly high levels by Roman , worth 3 billion when he was gone?

I would not trust that new ownership one inch.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

I said before and I will say again, the whole Chelsea deal stinks, how on earth is a club that was bankrolled to incredibly high levels by Roman , worth 3 billion when he was gone?

I would not trust that new ownership one inch.

Super league

 

[Keeper!]

Favourite part of the Sam Lee/Pol article is how even City acknowledged how pointless the opening bid would be - "Just an opener, just to register interest".

Why though, what's the point?

It would piss me off as the seller and in a negotiation is that not the last thing you want to do?

 

[hammocity]

There new owner will get a shock when they see the income coming in ain’t going cover the wage bill last owner had to continue put money into the club and why they did have debt of over a billion!

I still don’t get how Chelsea got away with that, FFP meant you can only spend what you earn, 1.5b in loans that was actually debt is surely not allowed, it’s baffling. We were investigated over related sponsorship, why didn’t we just put a couple of billion in as loans and save all the hassle we went through?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Anyone get the feeling Chelsea are just trying to piss us off ? Making big splashes by specifically targeting our own players plus anyone we show an interest in ? It seems like a tactic to me by the new owners

United been doing that last few seasons and signed crap :-D

Maybe its a blessing

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I said before and I will say again, the whole Chelsea deal stinks, how on earth is a club that was bankrolled to incredibly high levels by Roman , worth 3 billion when he was gone?

I would not trust that new ownership one inch.

Trust them in what way Keeper? Sorry - Keeper!

 

[crossbar]

With the shitshow this transfer has become, City should try one last bid of £45m.

 

[asahartford1]

I said before and I will say again, the whole Chelsea deal stinks, how on earth is a club that was bankrolled to incredibly high levels by Roman , worth 3 billion when he was gone?

I would not trust that new ownership one inch.

What Chelsea deal ?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

I still don’t get how Chelsea got away with that, FFP meant you can only spend what you earn, 1.5b in loans that was actually debt is surely not allowed, it’s baffling. We were investigated over related sponsorship, why didn’t we just put a couple of billion in as loans and save all the hassle we went through?

Seems only clubs with massive debts get away with FFP

 

[Keeper!]

This...
Chelsea are now owned by a private equity fund not a single owner/benefactor.
Am I right in thinking they dismantled their football technical/scouting organisation during the transition?

On the face of it it looks a bit like - "City are after that player so they must have done the homework and he must be good, lets get that player".

To be fair its probably what you would do until you've sorted out the technical staff again.

It a dangerous game though, Utd have done it for a few years and ended up with some right dross such as Sanchez, Maguire etc...

More simple to me, non football people thinking because they run other businesses they now everything about everything.

Football is a unique business and without the contacts it's a minefield of crooks and con artists.