Marc Cucurella

[HalfwayUpTheKippax]

...box to box, then into Bernardo...

… hits the net, shot by Haalando

 

[Charliegull]

It is... you are right but Brighton valuing him in the elite bracket at £50m will have longer term consequences.

OK, this is crazy, but just consider this scenario for a second. Just bear with me.
City and Brighton have done all the work behind the scenes. It was kept watertight. Not Naylor, not Romano, not anybody, is in on it. The working price is already agreed on. Bloom asks — or City suggests — put in a really low bid in the first instance, publicly. We will of course reject it out of hand, very publicly. You will go up. We will reject again. Some hard negotiations appear to be going on. Another bid, we reject.
All of this a publicly played out piece of theatre.
When City get publicly to the price that was already agreed on privately, we, Brighton and Hove Albion, I, Tony Bloom, will grudgingly accept. Face has been saved all round. City get their man. Brighton get their wodge of money. Their fans are happy because they've been seen to be tough negotiators.
Just musing on that this afternoon as an alternative way of reading everything that's going on.

But anything less than £50m people will say Bloom gave in to city demands. That will work well whenever a player is wanted at Brighton just lowball an offer and we can say that you managed to get as much as possibke for him.

We know Pep is keen on Cucu and wants him however maybe your board are not convinced he is worth the price tag, no player is worth what they are sold for. Your board may have said ok Pep we will try but were not paying the full price, you low ball Bloom says no you come back with a slightly better offer thats rejected, you walk away and say sorry Pep we done our best.

Some on hear think its a done deal, i dont think so, i think Bloom will go down to £40 to £45 million plus addons to take it above 50.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking hell City just go out and buy a £50m left back, quickly, and ideally one that’s good on FIFA. There’s posters in this forum about to go on milk and cookie bedtime hunger strike if we don’t get one NOW

 

[Sunset]

I agree .
But my point how it's different from us keeping Bernardo. We aren't keeping Bernardo solely for money but because we don't have his replacement lined up yet. In our recent history if a half decent offer arrives and player wants to go it's not about money anymore.

Very true..

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

But anything less than £50m people will say Bloom gave in to city demands. That will work well whenever a player is wanted at Brighton just lowball an offer and we can say that you managed to get as much as possibke for him.

We know Pep is keen on Cucu and wants him however maybe your board are not convinced he is worth the price tag, no player is worth what they are sold for. Your board may have said ok Pep we will try but were not paying the full price, you low ball Bloom says no you come back with a slightly better offer thats rejected, you walk away and say sorry Pep we done our best.

Some on hear think its a done deal, i dont think so, i think Bloom will go down to £40 to £45 million plus addons to take it above 50.

Most transfers are done way before the press get wind of the deal/price
There could be many reasons for a delay
Price, replacements being negotiated ,et etc
I personally think it will get done and it will be a fair price all round

 

[taconinja]

Buy back Zinch for £100 mill

What are we? Chelsea?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Fucking hell City just go out and buy a £50m left back, quickly, and ideally one that’s good on FIFA. There’s posters in this forum about to go on milk and cookie bedtime hunger strike if we don’t get one NOW

Do you guys ever get bored of posting slight variations of the same comments again and again for years on end?

 

[Cobwebcat]

What are the realistic alternatives?

Not overly keen on Sosa from the little I've seen of him. Raum has looked good the couple of times I've watched him but neither of them look great defensively and that's something I was looking forward to with Cucurella.

Are there any other well rounded options out there?

I think Raum is the best of them. He was always my choice even before Cucurella. That’s if you don’t count the lad at Bayern who we can’t get!

I think he’s a good learner and Pep would sort him out where he could improve. He can’t have that many deficiencies if he plays for Germany sometimes.

 

[Charliegull]

Most transfers are done way before the press get wind of the deal/price
There could be many reasons for a delay
Price, replacements being negotiated ,et etc
I personally think it will get done and it will be a fair price all round

What is a fair price? No player goes for a fair price. Every club will will have a price that they put on a players head, so far Brighton want £50m. Overpriced yes can you get Bloom to lower i dont know.

 

[Cobwebcat]

What is a fair price? No player goes for a fair price. Every club will will have a price that they put on a players head, so far Brighton want £50m. Overpriced yes can you get Bloom to lower i dont know.

I think plenty of players go for a fair price…particularly as it’s subjective.

Are Bloom and Benham still enemies or have they made up?