Marc Cucurella

[Lord of the Ings]

Good luck with an unhappy player that doesn't wanna play for a mid table team

 

[Trickyblues]

Personally don’t think it’s over

 

[trueblue1972]

So we have no proper left back ( how many years is that), injured centre back ( just as well we didn’t sell Ake) . We do some things spectacularly then appear amateurish in others.

And dispite all that we win the league.

 

[Lord of the Ings]

Get both Sosa and raum for LB.
Walker and cancelo for RB

 

[Inter Me Nan]

What's Luke Shaw up to?

 

[Coatigan]

I think it’s more the principle than the actual amount. It could adversely affect us in future negotiations if selling clubs know we’ll fold eventually.

Which we regularly used to. We stopped at Koulibaly and haven't really gone back on it since.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Let's see how it plays out first shall we? over a month left to go.

I think it's fair to say we've not gone about it brilliantly so far. I won't be too arsed as long as we bring an alternative in but we've hardly been smooth operators this time around.

 

[DJ1]

Oh ffs. It is an employment contract, not a fucking oath or a Shakespearean tragedy. And nobody gets told to leave, the club doesn't make them leave etc
They accept another offer, and the club accept to let another club buy them out of the contract for a value they agrer. At which point that contract and everything with it ends. A transfer request forsakes any bonus due for that year. The contract ending itself forsakes everything else regardless, because the employment has ended.

No need for `FFS` when someone has a different opinion.

If you think nobody gets told to leave their club you're obviously not up to speed with the De Jong situation.

Anyway, I don't think anyone was questioning that the contract ends when it ends, we were merely pointing out that contracts end in different ways...to assume they all end the same is naive.....I work with a lot of contracts (not footballers) so I know they don't always end as planned. Just my two-penneth.

Enjoy the game later :-)

 

[BlueRhubarb]

It’s really no big deal. They have set a fee which we deem too much and they won’t negotiate. We move on to the next target. I have no doubt we will sign a more than adequate replacement at LB before the end of the window. Zinchenko leaving us for a more prominent role and more game time is irrelevant. He’s been fantastic for City and deserved his move if that’s what he wanted. Talk of us being amateurish in our transfer policies is frankly ridiculous.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

I think it’s more the principle than the actual amount. It could adversely affect us in future negotiations if selling clubs know we’ll fold eventually.

Exactly, clubs need to know that we will walk away

They will now be keeping their fingers crossed that we come back in for him

further down the line any player with potential will think twice before committing to them

a stepping stone club operates under the principal that they let you go if a bigger opportunity comes along