Riyad Mahrez

[robbieh]

Ridiculous public pursuit of a player if we were never going to go near their asking price why bother?

Pretty much this.

If we have been planning this since Sanchez surely we had some idea of the price. And if it was started yesterday then surely we have learnt that last ditch deals usually end in disappointment. Either way it looks poor work.

 

[citymantop]

I suppose now we can throw in a cheeky bid for JFE

 

[@BluePhil8]

95m was a piss take,we have to have our limit and stick to it

£65m with one day of the window is not enough for Mahrez in this market especially since we have no hand to deal as everyone knew we wanted a forward post Sanchez.

 

[vin]

Strange how we went so public but weren't prepared to meet their valuation - real strange one that.

Ah well, on to the West Brom pre-match thread!!!

 

[BlueDejong]

Antoine Griezmann buy-out 100m euro

Mahrez 95m pound ? lol fuck

 

[Bilboblue]

Christ, some of you need to grow up.

He's a Leicester City player, they don't HAVE to sell to us ffs.

Admirable from their point of view, even though it will probably cost them in the long run. They are not a poor club, so a few million here or there, doesn't matter to them.

 

[malg]

Ridiculous public pursuit of a player if we were never going to go near their asking price why bother?

That's my thoughts on it as well. Given the prices being paid recently, I never for a second thought we'd get him for £60m.

 

[cadds92]

We're starting to become a bit arsenal like in regards to our negotiations.

We can’t keep having the image of a club willling to to just pay what it takes.

Agents and clubs will rinse us for every penny.

We have to be more prudent going forward.

 

[Ajm1985]

This just really doesn't make sense

 

[01cravend]

So who's our Sinclair/Rodwell back-up?