Tell The King said:RobbieBrewer said:Wow..this thread has gone a bit Pete Tong!
For what it's worth heard from an ITk'er tonight who says it's all bollocks from Eto's agent in an attempt to get even more money for himself.
The deal is apparently good as done.
Really wish I could say who it was but I'd blow my/his cover big time.
If it turns out to be bollocks so be it-add me to the list.And I'll twat him on behalf of us all when I see him next.
Good news then mate. Hopefully anyway!
I thought it was a 'loyalty payment', due to the fact he doesn't want to be sold, but barca are telling him to leave. SO, due to the 'inconvience', he requests more monies.Pam said:Perhaps it's the heat but I'm having confusion issues here. Is Eto demanding this £13 mill whether or not he goes or only if he doesn't go?
i suspect we'll pull out before it runs and runs.lloydie said:Does noone else find it rather strange that it was Laporta who revealed that we have offered Eto'o a "stratospheric" deal?
Why would he be privy to those details?
They're both playing a game.
It would suggest, to me at least, that the player/agent must have told him as part of their strategy, Laporta then responds by telling the fans, Eto'o then responds etc etc
Can't call the outcome yet and suspect we wont get him and wouldn't be surprised if a new party came into the equation.......it will run and run
Tell The King said:I thought it was a 'loyalty payment', due to the fact he doesn't want to be sold, but barca are telling him to leave. SO, due to the 'inconvience', he requests more monies.Pam said:Perhaps it's the heat but I'm having confusion issues here. Is Eto demanding this £13 mill whether or not he goes or only if he doesn't go?
Optimus Prime said:Seems like a game of public brinksmanship between Eto'o and Barca (played out whilst trying to save face in front of the fans) to me, leaving us sat in the middle with very little to do until they sort it out:
1. We make an offer, which Barca are desperate to push through as they need the money to spend elsewhere. They want to push Eto'o through the door, so go public with it saying its a ridiculous offer which he can't refuse even though he loves the club and wants to stay and all that crap - thinking its such a good offer he's surely going to go for it, thus forfeiting his loyalty bonus and handing Barca the whole transfer fee. Barca win
2. Eto'o thinks 'fook this, I want that loyalty bonus if I am going to go', so he states that despite the fantastic offer actually he wants to stay at Barca and see out his contract (entitling him to leave on a free next summer). He knows this is the worst possible outcome for Barca, and is something they'll never allow to happen. He knows they'll have to push him out if they want the deal that badly, therefore entitling him to the loyalty bonus for not asking to leave. Eto'o wins
3. Barca call his bluff in front of the fans, saying 'great - you want to stay - sign this contract extension then' - this would take him up to 30 on the same wage he's on now, which I can't see him going for. He would therefore be almost publically admitting he didn't want to stay at Barca by not signing. Barca win again
4. Next move Eto'o
This could go on and on, and City have to either jump in and come to an agreement about reimbursing Eto'o for his 'loyalty' to Barca, or fook em all off and walk away from the deal - can't see it being sorted any time soon, so we might as well stop getting stressed about it, sit back and see how it pans out!
Cobwebcat said:Optimus Prime said:Seems like a game of public brinksmanship between Eto'o and Barca (played out whilst trying to save face in front of the fans) to me, leaving us sat in the middle with very little to do until they sort it out:
1. We make an offer, which Barca are desperate to push through as they need the money to spend elsewhere. They want to push Eto'o through the door, so go public with it saying its a ridiculous offer which he can't refuse even though he loves the club and wants to stay and all that crap - thinking its such a good offer he's surely going to go for it, thus forfeiting his loyalty bonus and handing Barca the whole transfer fee. Barca win
2. Eto'o thinks 'fook this, I want that loyalty bonus if I am going to go', so he states that despite the fantastic offer actually he wants to stay at Barca and see out his contract (entitling him to leave on a free next summer). He knows this is the worst possible outcome for Barca, and is something they'll never allow to happen. He knows they'll have to push him out if they want the deal that badly, therefore entitling him to the loyalty bonus for not asking to leave. Eto'o wins
3. Barca call his bluff in front of the fans, saying 'great - you want to stay - sign this contract extension then' - this would take him up to 30 on the same wage he's on now, which I can't see him going for. He would therefore be almost publically admitting he didn't want to stay at Barca by not signing. Barca win again
4. Next move Eto'o
This could go on and on, and City have to either jump in and come to an agreement about reimbursing Eto'o for his 'loyalty' to Barca, or fook em all off and walk away from the deal - can't see it being sorted any time soon, so we might as well stop getting stressed about it, sit back and see how it pans out!
The above is spot on. It's just about money and this is where we are up to. Could go either way but the above is what has happened. You put all the press reports together and these are the facts of the story. Each paper then puts their own spin on the story.
When you get confused just go back to Optimus' post and read it again because it's the nearest you will get to the truth whatever subsequently comes out.
Now i'm confused...Pam said:Tell The King said:I thought it was a 'loyalty payment', due to the fact he doesn't want to be sold, but barca are telling him to leave. SO, due to the 'inconvience', he requests more monies.Pam said:Perhaps it's the heat but I'm having confusion issues here. Is Eto demanding this £13 mill whether or not he goes or only if he doesn't go?
I thought that but the Guardian seems to think he's demanding an up front payment of £13 mil as the condition under which he would stay. Either he is deluded or his relationship with Barca is better than it looks. What would make him think that his club are hell bent on letting him go but would pay £13 million if he agreed to stay? Does this make sense to anyone?
Suggests to me that he is forcing Eto'o out the door.lloydie said:Does noone else find it rather strange that it was Laporta who revealed that we have offered Eto'o a "stratospheric" deal?
Why would he be privy to those details?
They're both playing a game.
It would suggest, to me at least, that the player/agent must have told him as part of their strategy, Laporta then responds by telling the fans, Eto'o then responds etc etc
Can't call the outcome yet and suspect we wont get him and wouldn't be surprised if a new party came into the equation.......it will run and run