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[Yates]

But it will be £40m plus £5m in add-ons so definitely the right price as far as I am concerned.

My negative point on the whole messy affair is that our opening bid was pathetic and embarrassing, why irritate them by making that I have no idea.

The opening bid was closer to Sterlings true valuation than what we are now paying so can't fault anyone but it probably did piss them off as they obviously wanted ridiculous money.

 

[Chevelle]

Rumour has the scum in for Benteke, not sure what I want but would piss mysides if dippers miss out coz they are pissing us about with sterling

Maybe we made the rumour to hurry Liverpool along? Haha

 

[ono]

Who is the Ono guy? He is mad.

Sterling will improve us and will be a 1st team player

That's not my point. Granted I don't think he's worth the money but I see the value in him as a signing given his age and upside.

My point was, we haven't signed him yet because we won't meet their valuation of him. I think long term, Sterling would improve us because he should improve.

However, if we don't sign him, whoever is our back up plan, probably won't be an upgrade on what we've got given we will probably still have to look at another homegrown player

 

[Chevelle]

That's not my point. Granted I don't think he's worth the money but I see the value in him as a signing given his age and upside.

My point was, we haven't signed him yet because we won't meet their valuation of him. I think long term, Sterling would improve us because he should improve.

However, if we don't sign him, whoever is our back up plan, probably won't be an upgrade on what we've got given we will probably still have to look at another homegrown player

And no Delph now either

 

[Marvin]

I think that's fair comment.

Having watched a lot of the French League, I think Sterling would have ripped it up there.

Whether he is AS good a player as Hazard we will have to wait & see, but he's at least got the potential for that I would imagine.

I know I tend to go from one extreme to another, but I've rated Sterling since almost his very first game. He's got that burst of acceleration that can take him past players, and we're a team that are often encamped around an opponents penalty area and go from side to side. He's exactly what we need, a player running at defenders on the edge of their penalty area.

The five best players in the world at that are Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Robben and Hazard. Sterling isn't far behind. There's no one at City who is as good at one on one dribbling

It will be a fantastic signing for MCFC. Just hope we can complete

 

[lancs blue]

But it will be £40m plus £5m in add-ons so definitely the right price as far as I am concerned.

My negative point on the whole messy affair is that our opening bid was pathetic and embarrassing, why irritate them by making that I have no idea.

£30m was about right but then there's the "English premium" of around £10m plus another £5m to make the dippers feel that they've driven a hard bargain. It's the way of the footballing world.

 

[gio's side step]

But it will be £40m plus £5m in add-ons so definitely the right price as far as I am concerned.

My negative point on the whole messy affair is that our opening bid was pathetic and embarrassing, why irritate them by making that I have no idea.

I agree wholeheartedly with that

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Because you said we had to strengthen last season, because Chelsea did. Now you are saying Chelsea don't need to strengthen this season, when we do.

You are on City's case & praising the transfer dealings of our enemies, moving from one thread to another doing so.

Why is it difficult to understand ?

Because you are supposed to be a City fan.

Get a grip mate.

City did need to strengthen last season because Chelsea did - we still need to strengthen just to catch up on what Chelsea did last season - it's not rocket science.

Why would he not criticise City's transfer dealings? They've been poor for a while now, and have been completely overshadowed by the rest of the top 4.

I suppose you would be one of the ones who would have thought that Delph is a better player than Schweinsteiger just because we signed him?

City need to strengthen a lot - Chelsea don't (barr possibly a striker, but their system means they only need to play one - and they obviously believe that Falcao - who was one of the top strikers in the world 18 months ago - will be able to regain his form)

Just because some people aren't deluded, and can notice that we do actually need to strengthen when possibly other teams don't, doesn't make them a bad City fan, it just means they're possibly more football savvy than you.

 

[Rammy Blue]

£30m was about right but then there's the "English premium" of around £10m plus another £5m to make the dippers feel that they've driven a hard bargain. It's the way of the footballing world.

The scum paid £30m for Depay, IMO I always had Sterling down as a £40mil signing, incl the english premium.

 

[somethingelse]

50 million would be a sensible price , its what being asked and would rescue Sterling from his personal hell
its lucky hes not what one of the elite clubs in Europe need right now, and they don't blow it of the water