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Chelsea according to Mail/ mirror lost interest when the fee topped £40million and if we balls this up I can see them nipping in personally I feel the deal we pulled off for Delph was at least £5 million less due to his realise clause might have thought we would have secured Sterling more comfortably
 
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K-Bo said:
I think arsenal and Chelsea will both come in for sterling next summer were we not to close the deal, as the price would come down with a year to go on his contract. Sterling wouldnt be happy with us for not closing the deal this summer, so reckon he would pick one of those sides over us in that scenario. To me we either get him in this window or we miss out. WHat I would say is surely Txiki wouldnt be able to survive another window without landing a world class player, even with the Pep connection
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Yep, I believe this scenario would happen too, Sterling would go elsewhere next year as we haggled over the price ( not saying those in charge are wrong to do so, they're right as he's not worth £50 mil ATM)
 
Tom_mcfc said:
I agree with what a lot of people have said both sides. People who think we should front the money and people who think we shouldn't. Has anyone stopped to consider on our targets this summer we may have to pay over what we want? We may have to pay more in agents fees than we should or what we value players at?

It's the progression, Bridge, Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Lescott, Milner etc we paid more than what these players were worth at the time and many more during that period. Why did we do that? To get to that next level. We had to overpay to get the players required to push us up the ladder. It worked and we are one more push away from being an outfit in Europe with our targets this summer. We overpay now for these players which puts City on the map and in a few years down the line we will be at the top table and not needing to negotiate like this or clubs/agents thinking they can rip us off. That's my opinion anyway and if we want to be at this level quick then anything and everything must be done.
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not having a go here Tom because that's a well thought out and considered post
we did overpay to get into the CL and to start winning trophies, then along came our bestest buddie Mr Platini with his new regulations that meant we now have to stick within a budget
our budget may be massive, but it's still a budget, and we have to bring home all the bacon without borrowing the money from Wonga
 
aguerooooo said:
Chelsea according to Mail/ mirror lost interest when the fee topped £40million and if we balls this up I can see them nipping in
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yep i can see that too

June: Stamford Bridge "£40m you say?, tell the scouse cunts to fuck off that's too rich for me"
July: Stamford Bridge "What the Sheikh has baulked at £45m? Tell the scouse cunts we'll pay £50m for him".

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at mad world
 
Tom_mcfc said:
If we you believe or think city felt they paid the going rate for players during that time then fine. We all know we went through a period of over paying and it was to progress that step higher
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All clubs strive to improve their squads.

City had the resources to do it and just like Man Utd or other such teams there's a big club premium.

If City or Utd have £100m in the bank, then they don't have to count every Penny. It's more important to get the players on the pitch, than leave a cash balance at the bank. Get the right players in and the finances look after themselves. And you must admit that City have succeeded.
 
We did over pay, and possibly still are to a lesser extent, but that's because our specific circumstances pushed the price up. We needed to invest rapidly before FFP came into play, and other clubs used that to their advantage - along with the fact we were flush with money in general.
The value of specific players to US was therefore higher than it was for other clubs. Our need for talent was so high, it was still worth paying over the odds (by other clubs standards), because our entire business plan depended on it.
We overpaid by normal market values, but we didn't necessarily overpay in terms of adhering to our own business plan.

Years later, that necessity isn't as great (if at all) and therefore the value of a player to City is much more comparable with other clubs. Not 100% the same, but similar.
We are, in all likelihood, already being charged a levy on Sterling purely because he's Home Grown, and quite possibly because we're money bags City, but we still have limits.

If we're going to establish our own reputation as firm negotiators, it will come at a price, and that price is being firm on negotiations! Missing out on some players will be part of that process, but in the long run it will also help us secure other deals.
 
Given Ric was right to say the Delph deal wasn't straight forward, it makes the apparent Sterling news looks good for those wanting a silver lining.
 
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