City are not daft, the people we employ are not daft. We don't throw out numbers for the shits and giggles. If we genuinely offered £35m than our data and research has shown his worth is £35m. We tend to play fair and don't fuck about, it does neither of us any good by doing so.
If we up our bid it’ll be because we number crunched and determined his future value based on performances, trophies, etc etc and deem it a worthy risk ponying up the additional funds now knowing the future return covers it. Don’t forget we’ll take in to account his off the field value too, shirt sales, sponsorship, his ability to represent and shine for his country. All these things go in to the valuation, as I say it’s not just a number plucked out of thin air to try our luck.