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GFBlue said:
So come on then who is going to try and post this on RAWK?
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I'm not liked very well over there. I also don't have an account there to do it. :)

pudge said:
I believe Sterling and his camp want to join City and additionally, obviously, we want to sign him.

That will only happen if we bid £50m. I believe we will bid that, and I'd rather it sooner rather than later.

We want him, he wants us, we all know what it will take to happen... simple. We've bid £30m and £40m, I think there's enough to suggest we are willing to go to £50m. Liverpool don't have to sell, they're also not refusing to sell. They have a valuation on their player, who is contracted to them for 2 more years, and if no one meets that valuation he doesn't leave. It's not a case of "Oh £40m is not enough? How about £45m?" No, it's £50m or go home.

I'd rather the player get settled in a new club, environment, city all sorts. Have a full and proper pre season with his new team mates instead of us sitting by the phone on deadline day expecting Liverpool to shit themselves, because they won't. All when we know what it will take to get him.
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I agree. I should have been clearer that I was only responding to the idea we're the only bidder. I think there have been clubs testing the waters, but are put off by Liverpool's valuation.
 
pudge said:
But when there's a set valuation; £50m, and we've already bid £30m and £40m with everything to suggest we are willing to bid again and be on course for said valuation going by previous bids.... why drag it out? I'm not saying we're stupid to try and negotiate a better deal but when we bid 30 then 40 and the valuation is at 50, what's the next logical step in our bidding process?
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Who said we're willing to pay £50m?
 
pudge said:
But when there's a set valuation; £50m, and we've already bid £30m and £40m with everything to suggest we are willing to bid again and be on course for said valuation going by previous bids.... why drag it out? I'm not saying we're stupid to try and negotiate a better deal but when we bid 30 then 40 and the valuation is at 50, what's the next logical step in our bidding process?

I'm not saying "Oh we haven't agreed a fee yet, he's not coming, Txiki out!". I just think, while the transfer is a give in at some point, who is it benefiting at this stage? Again, I just think Liverpool, Sterling and ourselves have gotten all we can get out of this "saga" by now.

Liverpool have been made to look resolute in the face of a want-away player and a rival-ish club wanting their player, they get the best deal possible for them.

We are seen to pay more than we wanted to but really what we're happy to and get the player we want.

Sterling gets his move and what he wants.

Call it impatience but I just think the deal has run it's course, all has been achieved by all parties and I don't see the need for any more hold ups.
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how do we know that a 50m bid will be excepted?
 
pudge said:
But when there's a set valuation; £50m, and we've already bid £30m and £40m with everything to suggest we are willing to bid again and be on course for said valuation going by previous bids.... why drag it out? I'm not saying we're stupid to try and negotiate a better deal but when we bid 30 then 40 and the valuation is at 50, what's the next logical step in our bidding process?

I'm not saying "Oh we haven't agreed a fee yet, he's not coming, Txiki out!". I just think, while the transfer is a give in at some point, who is it benefiting at this stage? Again, I just think Liverpool, Sterling and ourselves have gotten all we can get out of this "saga" by now.

Liverpool have been made to look resolute in the face of a want-away player and a rival-ish club wanting their player, they get the best deal possible for them.

We are seen to pay more than we wanted to but really what we're happy to and get the player we want.

Sterling gets his move and what he wants.

Call it impatience but I just think the deal has run it's course, all has been achieved by all parties and I don't see the need for any more hold ups.
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F that drag it out i've bet page 900 before he's announced..
I hear the hold up is something to do with Rogers being a **** and telling his x gaffer (Maureen)all about the deal..
 
aguero93:20 said:
Who said we're willing to pay £50m?
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Well not me, if you'd like to read that back.

I said going by reports we are willing to bid again, yes? Having bid £30m then £40m then going by that bidding pattern we are on course to offer the £50m, yes?

I said we're more than likely willing to bid again, what that bid will be I don't know but going by our previous bids it's fair to assume it will reach the magic £50m if we do so; more so than any other number higher than £40m. IF we bid £50m, however, obviously we are willing to do so.

But now I see some our being pedantic in saying "Liverpool will demand £60m if we bid £50m", no, stop it now.
 
pudge said:
Well not me, if you'd like to read that back.

I said going by reports we are willing to bid again, yes? Having bid £30m then £40m then going by that bidding pattern we are on course to offer the £50m, yes?

I said we're more than likely willing to bid again, what that bid will be I don't know but going by our previous bids it's fair to assume it will reach the magic £50m if we do so; more so than any other number higher than £40m. IF we bid £50m, however, obviously we are willing to do so.

But now I see some our being pedantic in saying "Liverpool will demand £60m if we bid £50m", no, stop it now.
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I'd bid £40,000,001 if it was me.
 
pudge said:
But when there's a set valuation; £50m, and we've already bid £30m and £40m with everything to suggest we are willing to bid again and be on course for said valuation going by previous bids.... why drag it out? I'm not saying we're stupid to try and negotiate a better deal but when we bid 30 then 40 and the valuation is at 50, what's the next logical step in our bidding process?
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Without knowing what has been said between the two teams, who knows? Maybe we think that with a bit of time, they might relax their stance a bit. They'll want a deal done as early as possible so they can get their signings for next season done.

I'm not saying "Oh we haven't agreed a fee yet, he's not coming, Txiki out!". I just think, while the transfer is a give in at some point, who is it benefiting at this stage? Again, I just think Liverpool, Sterling and ourselves have gotten all we can get out of this "saga" by now.
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No-one is winning, no-one is losing. Only thing is we're saving £100k a week and they're paying £35k a week for Sterling to enjoy his holidays the longer it goes on.
 
pudge said:
Well not me, if you'd like to read that back.

I said going by reports we are willing to bid again, yes? Having bid £30m then £40m then going by that bidding pattern we are on course to offer the £50m, yes?

I said we're more than likely willing to bid again, what that bid will be I don't know but going by our previous bids it's fair to assume it will reach the magic £50m if we do so; more so than any other number higher than £40m. IF we bid £50m, however, obviously we are willing to do so.

But now I see some our being pedantic in saying "Liverpool will demand £60m if we bid £50m", no, stop it now.
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No, you are deliberately misleading people about what was posted.

What was said is that if your opening bid was 50 mil, Liverpool will assume you will go to 60.

If you start lower, you may end at 50. Which is possibly what has happened. But nobody knows anything about it apart from those involved.
 
hihosilva said:
Are Liverpool still bracing themselves?
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Progress other deals first. We're the only serious bidder. Others may have been interested until they heard the price. So they're now not interested.

There is still time before pre-season begins so therefore we use this time to get everything in position and then offer our final bids, and get the players in for a full pre-season. Once the bid is accepted everything else will take very little time I'd imagine so we're doing the right thing.
 
Neville Kneville said:
No, you are deliberately misleading people about what was posted.

What was said is that if your opening bid was 50 mil, Liverpool will assume you will go to 60.

If you start lower, you may end at 50. Which is possibly what has happened. But nobody knows anything about it apart from those involved.
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I didn't say any of that.

I didn't say to just bid £50m straight away. If you read back, I doubt you will.

However, at this stage why drag it out any longer? We've bid £30m and £40m and their valuation is £50m. By all accounts we are willing to bid again so our next bid will be between 40-50m. Why not just bid the 50m now? Yes it's easy for me to say as it's not my money but I just think that the £10m difference won't throw a spanner into our other transfer plans; if we're willing to bid £40m for a player we knew was valued at £50m and possiblt bid again then for the sake of the difference I doubt it'll be a hinderance to us.

I in no way was misleading to anyone, that was a very odd way to look at this things. Not everything everyone does has a sinister motive, sometimes it can be taken at face value which was merely asking an a fair question with reasonable and fair reasoning. Although, I imagine you looked at who posted and not what was posted given your nonsensical response.
 
FantasyIreland said:
Are we not in the driving seat?

The player wants out
No other serious bidders
Dippers will need to balance the books
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Not overly, they don't have to bring in what they spend. They had the funds to go after Depay so I don't think at the moment they're using any possible Sterling cash.
 
i have a few friends who support liverpool and they are loving their transfer business so far this summer........im not..........we havent signed anybody yet :-(

i am being patient though honest! :-)
 
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