Marc Cucurella

[oldius]

Why are people harping on about the Grealish fee when we are league champions, have a significantly positive net spend, the most valuable squad in world football, the fastest growing fanbase in the world game, and have just signed the most wanted striker in European football, the South American footballer of the year and the England player of the year? I swear that there is some kind of illness that pervades some City fans that they HAVE TO have something to moan about.

 

[mattcity5]

99% of the actual LBs are not good enough to play in a Pep system. Pep prefers midfielders at LB to most of the 'actual' LBs for a reason. And we broke numerous records with Delph and Zinch for a reason. We don't defend in traditional ways. Absolutely central to our way of defending is the ability to keep possession in dangerous zones under pressure. The much underrated on here Cancelo completed more passes than any player in the PL last season, it was probably a first for a FB in the top 5 leagues in history (to complete most passes).

Cucu is good for us, but maybe not at Brighton's asking price. Because the plan is not to bench Cancelo or Walker. We'll sign a new FB, maybe Sosa.

Absolutley. If we hadnt sold Zin and he'd played his whole career at City as a left back, you'd still get people saying "he's not a leftback".

He was - for us.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Explain it to me then pls, how have you arrived at 100m marketing value for Grealish. ?

Well, if 1,176,471 City fan's previously uninterested female relatives buy a Grealish shirt then we'll be about 10-15% of the way there.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Well, if 1,176,471 City fan's previously uninterested female relatives buy a Grealish shirt then we'll be about 10-15% of the way there.

Haha. That's quite precise

 

[Ethan23]

Hahaha so just to confirm, this is a thread specifically about City signing a LB and Grealish's price tag still dominates the conversation

 

[moh]

Well, if 1,176,471 City fan's previously uninterested female relatives buy a Grealish shirt then we'll be about 10-15% of the way there.

Oh please don’t

You have probably just started yet another round of “it goes to the club….no it goes to Puma…….when blah blah signed for the scum they blah blah”

Can’t be arsed with it today

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Haha. That's quite precise

Nobody will be brave enough to ever call my business acumen into question again.

 

[grim up north]

I really hate the school holidays

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Hahaha so just to confirm, this is a thread specifically about City signing a LB and Grealish's price tag still dominates the conversation

Someone else stared that Grealish was worth 100m in marketing to the club, I just questioned how they arrived at that figure.

 

[metalblue]

Really you think Grealish is worth 100m in marketing. Wow!

I very much doubt he is anywhere near our top shirt seller which would be Haaland by a mile then KDB I suspect the Bernie Mahrez etc.

I doubt many people are going to buy his shirts outside of the UK? and in the UK the only people that are going to buy his shirts are City fans.

My guess is his shirt sales and marketing value to City is somewhere south of 5-10m a year?

I imagine City control the marketing. I was in Disney Springs a couple of days ago and Foden was our poster boy in the “Pele soccer” shop there. Regardless of what any of us think that number might be, Grealish’s marketing value (both at time of transfer and once he was in a City shirt), would have factored in to what we were prepared to pay as well as what Villa wanted along with how much more it raises the clubs profile - both simply by signing him as well as our on field successes he may contribute to. I’m sure there are formulas to calculate all of this that clubs use.

When it comes to this lad from Brighton he’s only real value is his footballing ability right now. That’s why no one can say well player x went for £y and so player y is worth the same based on footballing ability alone.