It’s a lazy statement thrown out there by our more entitled fans, who seem to think negotiation is nothing more than asking a selling club how much money they want - and then paying it immediately.
There are plenty of examples over the years of Txiki negotiating very good deals with no RC - Phillips this very summer would be a great example - or convincing clubs to accept less than the RC, of which Dias is a recent example.
The fact is he walks away from deals which fans have got themselves very invested in, and that causes frustration - so they lash out and claim he’s incapable of closing a deal.
They were asking for more than we valued him at. That's all that is important.If Chelsea are willing to pay Brighton asking price which seems very likely then Brighton weren't asking for too much money quite obviously.
Has anybody said we are not getting a left back,give your fucking head a wobble.People on here suggesting we'll be fine heading into the season with Cancelo and walker with JWE & Ake as back ups give your heads a fucking wobble.
Clearly forgot how intense it gets towards the back end of the season when competing on all fronts for various trophies.
Last season we played Atletico twice & Liverpool twice all in the space of 11 days and only just got by. We've lost zinchenko and MUST replace him.
No, you miss the point. Value is about great deals. Paying 50 for a 21 year old is better than paying 150 for a 28 year old.One was a release clause, one wasn’t? This doesn’t come off as well as you thought.
I really don’t get us sometimes. A position we’re in no real need to fill? Sure we’ll throw the money around like it grows on trees.
A position that has been a problem for years? Now it’s time to be frugal about every penny and potentially lose them to a rival.
Fucking bizarre.
It's as simple as the powers that be at the club think Grealish is worth the £100m, but it seems they don't think Cucarella is worth the £50m.Do find it hard to fathom that we are the same club who spent £100 mil on grealish but won’t pay £50 mil for cucurella.
Yes I know grealish was a release clause but we didn’t have to target him. I said last summer I don’t think grealish is anywhere near worth £100 mil and I still don’t now. He doesn’t even get into our best starting line up
Where as £50 mil for a top quality lb seems a fair price to me. Especially as we have bought full backs for that price previously.
How is grealish easily worth 100 mil? He doesn’t start for city or England’s best eleven. Doesn’t score or assist. He is mahrez without the goal threat.this is why you do not run the club business. grealish is easily worth 100 mil while cucurella is not worth 50 mil
The transfer window is still open.And when they both get injured, as they both did last season, we now have only youngsters and and 3 centre half's (of the four we actually have) who can fill in at full back. Its an effing shambles.