They could try but this time I feel HH and Khaldoon would give them a bloody nose.
From what Tolmie also told us,something to the effect of "just holding back" makes me wonder if this is the case,as you say.My feeling is that we are just holding out on announcing Sterling and Pogba till FFP "relaxations" are out on July 1. I really think these deals are already completed, Khaldoon just wants to be prepared this time around for a potential "pinch"!
You mean in the season they chocked in?Completely agree on all points.
I don't even really dislike Liverpool (my enemies enemy is my friend and all that), I'd rather them get top 4 at the expense of the shite. So I hope they spend the money that we (hopefully) give them for Sterling well. . . Not too well, though.
The thing is, though, is they have an annoying propensity for arrogance and a weird, cult-like media darling status. Especially in the season before last.
the main thing is we get the right players and we have learned from shopping at Lidl.if it takes time i dont care, its what team we put out in august that matters.i'll be honest i have no faith in Txiki whatsoever but i trust our chairman totally. thats why i am somewhat chilled.
If they have their minds set on £50 million then just pay them the sodding £50 million. If the £40 million bid is true I see them rejecting that one as well as that will barely cover their Firmino cost once QPR have had their slice of the pie. I have no idea why we are trying to haggle over what in football and especially to a club with owners like ours is a drop in the ocean.
Manchester City set to make final £40million bid for Raheem Sterling after Liverpool seal the signing of Brazil star Roberto Firmino
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
By Chris Wheeler for the Daily Mail
- Liverpool signed Roberto Firmino for £29million on Wednesday
- Manchester City have seen two bids for Raheem Sterling rejected
- Their owners have sanctioned a final offer of £40m plus bonuses
- Sterling turned down a £100,000-a-week contract offer at Anfield
Published: 22:30, 24 June 2015 | Updated: 22:30, 24 June 2015
Manchester City are set to make a third bid for Raheem Sterling following Liverpool’s £29million capture of Roberto Firmino.
City were also tracking Firmino but have made Sterling one of their top summer targets and are ready to try again after two unsuccessful bids of £25m and £35m plus add-ons.
It is understood that City’s Abu Dhabi owners have sanctioned a final offer of £40m in cash with bonuses that will push the deal closer to the £50m Liverpool are demanding for the unsettled England star.
Liverpool, who will pay an initial £22m to Hoffenheim for Firmino, do not need to sell Sterling to finance the deal for his Brazilian replacement and are unlikely to soften in their bargaining stance with City.
But managing director Ian Ayre, who is due back on Merseyside later on Thursday after negotiating the Firmino deal at the Copa America in Chile, still has other transfer business with Liverpool in the market for Southampton’s £15m-rated right-back Nathaniel Clyne as well as a striker
Because you would be stupid to pay money before pre season has even started when you might be able to pay less by haggling.If they have their minds set on £50 million then just pay them the sodding £50 million. If the £40 million bid is true I see them rejecting that one as well as that will barely cover their Firmino cost once QPR have had their slice of the pie. I have no idea why we are trying to haggle over what in football and especially to a club with owners like ours is a drop in the ocean.