Official - City end interest in Eto'o [merged]

[johnmc]

Re: 13 MILLION BIG ONES!

And we're buying Tevez and Eto'o!

I hope so - good point

 

[squirtyflower]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I'm not too sure they have to pay the loyalty bonus if he stays to the end of the contract? Isn't it there because they are trying to sell him on?

 

[Project Rain]

Re: 13 MILLION BIG ONES!

I want eto'o but 38 mill is us breaking the british transfer record for a 28 year old who is in his last year of his contract. A bit too much if you ask me.

That matters not. Eto'o is a big big deal, if he comes then others follow very quickly.

No offence but we said that when Robinho joined

One superstar was never going to be enough. Two or Three and suddenly it becomes a piece of piss. I knew Robinho was never going to be enough on his own.

 

[Dobsy87]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Eto'o is a mercenary git and he can fook right off

I disagree. He's not asking City for extra money, it's just fans on here suggesting we should pay it. Barca put a clause in his contract saying 'if you stick with us for your whole contract, or we choose to sell you, we'll give you ten million quid for staying at Barcelona and not trying to get a transfer elsewhere.' It's an incentive to see out his contract, which worked in the club's favour when they weren't kings of europe and other teams might have been able to unsettle him.

Now, when they want to sell him, they're trying to back track and not give him that cash. Why should he let them treat him like that?

 

[Lomas has a lob on]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Well done backagain, you did your best, and certainly better than the idiots who are having a pop.

I wasn't having a pop I was joking. This transfer is really getting to people.

tell me about it since we've had money we seemed to have lost are sense of humour. FFS

Are you feckin havin ago, I'll feckin have you!!!!

you could fecking have me but only today tho, me fingers are killing doin all this typing, otherwise you'd be getting 1 on your michael vonk

 

[bluemoon1078]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Eto'o is a mercenary git and he can fook right off

Go and give your head a wobble!

 

[CityPar]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I'm not too sure they have to pay the loyalty bonus if he stays to the end of the contract? Isn't it there because they are trying to sell him on?

Correct. Because they are trying to move him on before the end of his contract they effectively have terminated it before it's time incurring a pyament due to Eto'o for doing so. That's if the clause exists in the first place lol !!

 

[thomo]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

spursmad 321 has started a new thread in it he says its still 100% ITS JUST ETO TRYIGN TO GET WAT HE DESERVES .

 

[dariusvassell=samueleto'o]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Spursmad321 just said its still 100%. I'm gonna believe him now as it's doing my head in on here!

How can it be 100% and then not?

My head and F5 finger are too tired to care anymore. If Spursmad321 says its 100%, that'll do for me until I do infact see Vassell on the teamsheet, and not Eto'o!!

Ey whats wrong with vassell? :-)

 

[bluemonkey71]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

me likey popcorn

Anyone think Hollywood would consider making a film out of the Eto'o or Tevez threads?

Maybe get Adam Sandler in and catch him powerwanking over Sky Sport news? There are some classic lines in the threads.

pmsl

 

[Mikeegrini]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I think this article from Club Call sums up the position from both sides in Spain.
Eto'o unsure of Barca offer

Manchester City, 14:15, June 30, 2009

Samuel Eto'o's agent says Barcelona told him the striker isn't wanted next season and that he'd join Man City if an offer was accepted.
The Cameroon hitman's agent called a press conference today to explain the situation and ramp up the pressure on Barcelona to accept City's £25 million offer.

Eto'o is ready to see out the final year of his Nou Camp contract and walk away for free next summer, but the Catalan club are trying to move him on now and lure Valencia's David Villa to replace him.

However, reports in Spain now claim Barcelona have offered Eto'o a new two-year deal, leaving his agent Josep Maria Mesalles to question the motives of the club.

He said:"On June 2, the club called a meeting and I was told by Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain and director of football Raul Sanllehi that due to a technical decision, Samuel does not feature in the club's plans next season.

"We then had another meeting and I was told once again that Samuel was not in their plans for next season. Guardiola said at the end of the season that he was delighted with Samuel, so I don't know what has changed.

"I don't know if everything changed in the space of an afternoon, I don't know if they really want Samuel to stay or if they just want to make money out of him.

"He would be delighted to stay if they want him and we will study their offer if it is serious, but if they don't want him we will do all we can to help Samuel find a new club.

"We have not sat down to speak to them Manchester City, but they have made Barcelona an offer. In theory he wanted to play in the Champions League, but if Manchester City have an offer accepted, we would be delighted to go there."


Plus, I don't know how precise the quotes are, but to see "delighted" in reference to playing at City makes me smile.

 

[Halfpenny]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

It might be a blessing in disguise in my opinion; I'm not saying we shouldn't have depth in the squad, but we wouldn't be able to play Eto'o, Tevez, RSC and Robinho in the same team. And considering that RSC's only just come he won't want to be sitting on the bench. So we'd have an unhappy player somewhere down the line.

 

[squirtyflower]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I'm not too sure they have to pay the loyalty bonus if he stays to the end of the contract? Isn't it there because they are trying to sell him on?

Correct. Because they are trying to move him on before the end of his contract they effectively have terminated it before it's time incurring a pyament due to Eto'o for doing so. That's if the clause exists in the first place lol !!

Yeah I'm not convinced the bonus payment exists either!

 

[tazmancblue]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I'm not too sure they have to pay the loyalty bonus if he stays to the end of the contract? Isn't it there because they are trying to sell him on?

Correct. Because they are trying to move him on before the end of his contract they effectively have terminated it before it's time incurring a pyament due to Eto'o for doing so. That's if the clause exists in the first place lol !!

If he holds out until the end of his contract, then Barca can not seek a transfer fee, he walks away, and he can then command a signing on fee from the new club of the equivalent to a transfer fee, hence why he is happy to wait another year if Barca do not pay him the termination fee...

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Eto'o is a mercenary git and he can fook right off

well said.

 

[Dobsy87]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

As far as I can see Barca have a choice between

- Sell, have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill or whatever, and end up with a profit of fifteen mill. (15 mill up)
- Don't sell, lose him for nothing in 12 months, and have to pay the loyalty bonus of ten mill. (ten mill down)

What would you do? I think eventually they will crack, they'd be idiots not to.

What they WANT is to be able to sell him and not pay the loyalty bonus. They can hold on to see if they can do that until August 31st, which is when I see this dragging to unless City impose a deadline.

I'm not too sure they have to pay the loyalty bonus if he stays to the end of the contract? Isn't it there because they are trying to sell him on?

As far as I can tell it's an incentive to keep him at the club for the whole length of his contract, and if he does so, then he gets the cash. For example, when we signed Robinho, I wouldn't be surprised if we said we'd give him an extra 5 mill if he stays for the whole contract, as an attempt to warn off the idea that he'll want to leave if we don't get CL football. It works in favour of the club while they've got the player in contract and want to keep him, but in this situation it's working in favour of eto'o because they want rid of him but he knows he can go for nothing in a short while. He's got them over a barrell. I don't think we should jump in and pay because Barca are in the weakest position. Like I say, they'd be idiots not to, cos it would cost them 25 million quid for one year of an unhappy alienated player that the fans now dislike.

 

[Taylor]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Eto'o is a mercenary git and he can fook right off

well said.

Tool

 

[bluetonium]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Just on tribalfootball, would not usually pay any attention but has quotes from his agent:

The agent of Samuel Eto'o says the Barcelona striker would consider a move to Manchester City - if he is unwanted at the Nou Camp.

"He would be delighted to stay if they want him and we will study their offer if it is serious, but if they don't want him we will do all we can to help Samuel find a new club," Josep Maria Mesalles said this morning.

Mesalles revealed that he has not spoken to Manchester City, who have reportedly made a 25.5million euro offer for Eto'o and put to him a contract described by Barca president Joan Laporta as "stratospheric".

"We have not sat down to speak to them (City), but they have made Barcelona an offer," he said.

Mesalles said Eto'o had wanted to play in the Champions League next season, but that he would be happy to join Mark Hughes' side if he cannot reach an agreement to remain in Catalonia.

"In theory he wanted to play in the Champions League, but if Manchester City have an offer accepted, we would be delighted to go there," he said.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

Eto'o is a mercenary git and he can fook right off

well said.

Tool

he's that aswell nobhead.

 

[nu774ll]

Re: Samuel Eto'o [merged]

whsy everyone under the impression he's not coming? all that needs to be sorted is his loyalty bonus then he is our player, the worst that will happen is we will pay half of that, which is £6m bringin the total for Eto'o to £31m which imo = still a top class bargain