Marc Cucurella

[CityBluez]

Andy Naylor at it again. Saying nothing changed and Brighton won't be bullied . Doesn't mention anything about second offer , if sent








complete article https://theathletic.com/3441955/202...rce=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[richards30]

Andy Naylor at it again. Saying nothing changed and Brighton won't be bullied . Doesn't mention anything about second offer , if sent






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complete article https://theathletic.com/3441955/202...rce=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

thing is he is their mouthpiece so i would think this is a message from Brighton in public to either get serious or bugger off!

 

[Centurions]

thing is he is their mouthpiece so i would think this is a message from Brighton in public to either get serious or bugger off!

It's also a way to distance themselves from any negative press when they accept a much lower bid.

 

[SWP's back]

Because £40m plus add one looks better on the books for FFP than £45m-£50m right off the bat. Player bonuses don’t count towards FFP, you could assume a similar thing exists with payment bonuses?

Yes they do.

 

[deano ou812]

It's also a way to distance themselves from any negative press when they accept a much lower bid.

Indeed,we stood are ground but in the end the player wanted to go ..

 

[Calv_from_the_frog]

Yawn regarding everything to do with Cucurella & Brighton.

What will happen will happen. Lets get prepared for West Ham.

 

[DMA's]

Andy Naylor at it again. Saying nothing changed and Brighton won't be bullied . Doesn't mention anything about second offer , if sent






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complete article https://theathletic.com/3441955/202...rce=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Reading the article not sure why Andy naylor is so bitter about this whole thing. Like a fanzine writer rather than a professional journalist.

Disappointing to read we are no nearer striking a deal however, that opening bid really was stupid

 

[SWP's back]

Yawn regarding everything to do with Cucurella & Brighton.

What will happen will happen. Lets get prepared for West Ham.

Is you clicking into this thread likely to reduce our preparations for West Ham?

 

[CityBluez]

Reading the article not sure why Andy naylor is so bitter about this whole thing. Like a fanzine writer rather than a professional journalist.

Disappointing to read we are no nearer striking a deal however, that opening bid really was stupid

Exactly. Less journalist. More like a bitter fan.

 

[alexmcity]

thing is he is their mouthpiece so i would think this is a message from Brighton in public to either get serious or bugger off!

Agree. But the message was there 1-2 weeks ago. I guess we are weighing up our options now. We are not convinced Cucu would be good business at 50m. He is good, but is he really *that* good? Can we find a good squad player at 30m? Can we find a better player at 50m? And so on.

After having such a strong summer in terms of net spending, maybe we don't want to ruin the impression by overpaying for a FB who cost 15m a year ago and has only one international cap at nearly 24 y.o.

We have time, agents of good LBs are contacting Txiki every day, that's virtually certain. But it seems that we are not looking for a player who is going to displace Cancelo at LB with Walker still being quality at RB. Improving on Cancelo is very difficult. If, say, we think that Kabore is a great talent, then buying Cucu for 50m in order to displace Cancelo at LB will potentially block Kabore's future at RB till Walker's departure from the team. Many, many things, including JWE's future are being taken into account.