Marc Cucurella

[cookster]

Just need to lose Bernardo now.

That's the spirit.

 

[Georgian Maestro]

I can't believe we let Zinchenko go before getting this boxed off.

 

[Holcombe bloo]

If cucurella deal is completely dead why don’t we try for gaya? Seems to be decent left back and his contract is up next summer so will be much easier to negotiate a decent deal. Would think £30m would be a goer

 

[blueparrot]

They are valued cheaper because they aren't as good.

Also for irony, the only way to do those deals quick is if we pay the asking price of the selling clubs, something we don't want to do here but would have to do there. So the entire point of not paying what the selling club wants will become even more strange.

Value depends on contract and the club they are at as much as ability. I'll say this though the player coached by Pep for a few months will probably turn out to be the better player, so I don't mind who we get

 

[kun]

They are valued cheaper because they aren't as good.

Also for irony, the only way to do those deals quick is if we pay the asking price of the selling clubs, something we don't want to do here but would have to do there. So the entire point of not paying what the selling club wants will become even more strange.

What the fuck are you on?

If a team asks £17m for a player worth £25m
and another team asks for £55m for a £35m player we should just pay the stupid price for the better player?

Paying the asking price for a reasonably priced player is not the same as paying the asking reprice for someone wildly overpriced.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I can't believe we let Zinchenko go before getting this boxed off.

I guess we tried to do the best for him and Arsenal couldn’t wait. It would be impossible to understand otherwise.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

If cucurella deal is completely dead why don’t we try for gaya? Seems to be decent left back and his contract is up next summer so will be much easier to negotiate a decent deal. Would think £30m would be a goer

Gaya is a great shout.

I haven’t kept up with his form over the last couple of years, but he used to be excellent.

Just turned 27 too, so still a good age.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I wouldn’t get your knickers in a knot until City comment you set of fannies.

Logging on to Bluemoon after that happens…

 

[Coatigan]

Being miserable is requirement around here don't you know?

Why the fuck are you here? Seriously.

90% of your posts are just judging comments on the forum itself, passing digs that are neither funny nor particularly clever. 5% are total shit. If it is such a burden on you, try a chirpier place.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

What the fuck are you on?

If a team asks £17m for a player worth £25m
and another team asks for £55m for a £35m player we should just pay the stupid price for the better player?

Paying the asking price for a reasonably priced player is not the same as paying the asking reprice for someone wildly overpriced.

That's all well and good but have you ever heard of the soft release clause?

 

[Bluewars]

Fans can't accept that Bernardo is replaecable, if City can let him go even this summer. I'm sure they already drafted his potential replacement, don't know if they will ever be as good as Bernardo but i'm sure with our world class scouting network system we know potential Bernardo replacement already.

City dont have a world-class scouting system.

 

[CityBluez]

Pep has already said he wouldn’t keep an unhappy player. If Bernardo puts in transfer request then let him go for as much as we can get. Probably not his worth to us though.

Correct

 

[SleepingBlueTiger]

What the fuck are you on?

If a team asks £17m for a player worth £25m
and another team asks for £55m for a £35m player we should just pay the stupid price for the better player?

Paying the asking price for a reasonably priced player is not the same as paying the asking reprice for someone wildly overpriced.

Where are those valuations coming from if I may ask? Because I look at our transfer history and other defenders moving to big clubs and 50M for Cucurella is not a "stupid high price". If it is then maybe you can explain why you think so.

We can start from the fact what we paid for Mendy, Walker, sold Zinchenko for and asking for Ake.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

City dont have a world-class scouting system.

 

[Perseus]

This transfer destroys Brighton’s business model. Young, promising players will no longer want to go there because they know, when a big club comes knocking, you won’t be allowed to leave.

Spurs (Bissouma), Arsenal (Ben White), Napoli (Østigård) was allowed after negotiations. Brighton don't seem very good a selling young players. Goldson to Rangers does not count,

 

[cookster]

They are valued cheaper because they aren't as good.

Or it could be the selling club has a realist valuation for their player.

 

[Cobwebcat]

City dont have a world-class scouting system.

They do

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

It wouldn't be a City summer without some kind of transfer saga. Roll on the next episode of this.

 

[SleepingBlueTiger]

Or it could be the selling club has a realist valuation for their player.

If City believed those alternative were as good and available for cheaper price we'd have moved on a long time ago.

 

[hihosilva]

Tiki & Bloom are both playing are hard game

No chance. If they didn't negotiate when the player has put transfer request, there is no chance they will negotiate later

Txiki & Bloom are both playing a hard game atm. Brighton are willing to sell at the right price so i expect a deal will be done eventually.