Marc Cucurella

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Chopper2115 said:
They haven’t wasted months at the end of the season Brighton we’re telling us that he would cost us £30 million and then when we got round to talks they increased the price by £20m which is ridiculous tbf.
I’m in the same boat as in we should’ve have just paid the money and they might end up doing so, which is highly unlikely, but we have to trust the board as he’s not worth £50m.
I just find it weird why chelsea are in for him now I don’t understand I think Chilwell is the top 3 LB in the league so why are they paying £50m for a back up.
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Brighton were not saying £30m. They have said all along £50m. Please shiw me where you got the £30m from.
 
Being frugal and not being taken for a ride is one thing, assembling a great team but leaving it weak in a vital area is another.
Can't ride our luck and over rely on Pep's genius to bail us out every season.
 
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crossbar said:
How can we let this one slide? Cucurella is precisely what we need. He is the perfect leftback to solve a position that’s been problematic for us for so many years.
If Cancelo breaks mid season, who will play there? Aké is no leftback.

No other available leftbacks in world football makes me excited to sign. Cucurella would have been the last piece of the puzzle. I’m disappointed the club don’t offer more. He’s worth it.
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Pep thinks otherwise.
 
BlueRain said:
Wouldn't this just play out beautifully if Cucurella turned out to be a bit shit?

lets face it - 12 months ago he was "just" a £15m player signing for Brighton (no disrespect to Brighton) and now he's an amazing £50m LB? After one season???
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Pep was intrested in him last season so i doubt he is suddenly going to be shit.
 
Jwoody19 said:
There’s another month of the window available! Plenty of time to bring someone in. Cucurella would have been great but you can’t win ‘em all. Very confident that a LB will come in.
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It’s not about signing ”a” leftback. We’ve been fucking around too much on this position. Zinchenko was never a leftback, yet played there for years. Never been particularly solid in defence. Then we had a rapist with knee problems for two years. Then we signed Angelino who made zero difference for us. Now we have a perfect leftback, solid, quick and skillful, and we got the money for it, yet waste this perfect opportunity. I’m pissed.
 
BlueRain said:
Wouldn't this just play out beautifully if Cucurella turned out to be a bit shit?

lets face it - 12 months ago he was "just" a £15m player signing for Brighton (no disrespect to Brighton) and now he's an amazing £50m LB? After one season???
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Sounds a bit like 25m rated nunez Brighton was after last season but the tramps shelled out 85m for him.
 
We obviously have a valuation, probably based on his only successful season being as part of a back 5. Like Kane we won’t go beyond that valuation.

Txiki getting a lot of stick but I’d rather a bit of short term pain in line with a strategy. Not moving on our valuation is not a bad message to be reinforcing. The alternative is carnage.
 
Bluewonder said:
Don't agree, the season starts in 5 days, or started 2 days ago depending on your perspective.

Manchester City should have a left back at the start of the season.
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What if we get one before Saturday...does that make it better?
 
City Raider said:
We obviously have a valuation, probably based on his only successful season being as part of a back 5. Like Kane we won’t go beyond that valuation.

Txiki getting a lot of stick but I’d rather a bit of short term pain in line with a strategy. Not moving on our valuation is not a bad message to be reinforcing. The alternative is carnage.
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But maybe we should have moved on a week ago then mate?
 
Tony Bloom playing poker here, and at that he is better than Txiki.
they can easily say they rate Cucurella as much as White, especially if rivals do come up and offer the asking price 50m without much fuss. if that is the case he would have been an idiot to accept 40m from us weeks ago.
also Cucurella happily signed a 5 year deal to sign for Brighton without any release clause in his contract. that kind of tells me he was content with possibly spending that 5 years there or he has a shit agent. or just his Getafe salary was a fraction of whatever Brighton could afford...
 
Charliegull said:
Pep was intrested in him last season so i doubt he is suddenly going to be shit.
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You still here? Chelsea have a forum you know... (just kidding)

Pep may have been interested (I have no idea on that) but Pep being interested in a player doesn't mean they've suddenly turned world class after 12 months...

We know Brighton value him at £50m and fair do's - you can stick any price tag on any player you want but price is not the same as value - it would be a huge risk for us at £30m but an insane risk at £50m IMHO
 
City Raider said:
We obviously have a valuation, probably based on his only successful season being as part of a back 5. Like Kane we won’t go beyond that valuation.

Txiki getting a lot of stick but I’d rather a bit of short term pain in line with a strategy. Not moving on our valuation is not a bad message to be reinforcing. The alternative is carnage.
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Yeh that's showing them. In the meantime we'll be leakng goals down the left for fun . But at least we'll know we saved a few bob.
 
I assume pep and angelino didn’t get on? Just thinking his delivery now we have Haaland might be an option?
 
Jwoody19 said:
There’s another month of the window available! Plenty of time to bring someone in. Cucurella would have been great but you can’t win ‘em all. Very confident that a LB will come in.
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Maybe this is our new subterfuge transfer strategy. We now know full well anyone we appear to be SERIOUSLY after will get marked up and the selling club will dig their heals in. Seems we've seen this dance before- and maybe we have the Dias answer in an LB waiting in the wings to swoop in. I can only hope so since we sold Zinchenko pretty nonchalantly... unless that is Pep is drawing up a genius system of a "doubly deployed 2" or "false 3".
 
I see we are taking the Cucu situation well then -:)

1 game where the team was not up to speed and all hell has broken loose.

Let me guess:

The club is shit
Txiki useless
How could we sell Zin?
Pay the fucking money
Best window to worst window
Anyone now linked is inferior to a player we had never heard of not 1 year ago.

Why City? Fucking why?

As you were peeps!
 
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