Maybe. Some players are motivated by money and there's nothing wrong with that. He could be trying to maximize his income. But if the difference between what we're offering and what they're offering is somethjjng less than 50k a week, I know there's no chance of I'd leave.If he thinks he can get £300k a week elsewhere, he’s off. He’s only missing an FA Cup domestically, if someone like arsenal would pay that, he can easily win that there. Maybe he’s not arsed about European success if he thinks his bank account can get even bigger?
This is why I never was arsed what Milner ‘did’. Hired guns, out for the best deal.Maybe. Some players are motivated by money and there's nothing wrong with that. He could be trying to maximize his income. But if the difference between what we're offering and what they're offering is somethjjng less than 50k a week, I know there's no chance of I'd leave.
He could maximize his brand by being a part of a dominant team and more than Make up the difference in wages as time goes on.
Do the club not have the wherewithal to establish if the alleged interest from Madrid is legit?
We don't want another Milner scenario.
Was actually in support of what you said..First post was just an observation to the different reactions to the Sterling and Toure situations with their agents and the media and all that.Same scenarios but one was vilified by many while the other one,
many feel that it's the agent who is the poisonous one.
We wouldn't do that, certainly not at this stage. Madrid might actually want Raheem, so they are hardly going to tip their hand by admitting it either way.
A few people suggested at the start of the year that this was all bollocks but Aidy Ward was briefing interest from Spain back in early February.
I still think we will blink first, based on his age, what it will cost to replace him in the inflated market, and him being a home-based player.
If Raheem is dead-set on leaving, then the above won't matter for anything, we will sell next summer and wipe our eye.
If Real Madrid are actually interested, then it's not a stretch to imagine Ward and Raheem know they are asking for unrealistic terms, as he would certainly have his head turned.
We wouldn't do that, certainly not at this stage. Madrid might actually want Raheem, so they are hardly going to tip their hand by admitting it either way.
A few people suggested at the start of the year that this was all bollocks but Aidy Ward was briefing interest from Spain back in early February.
I still think we will blink first, based on his age, what it will cost to replace him in the inflated market, and him being a home-based player.
If Raheem is dead-set on leaving, then the above won't matter for anything, we will sell next summer and wipe our eye.
If Real Madrid are actually interested, then it's not a stretch to imagine Ward and Raheem know they are asking for unrealistic terms, as he would certainly have his head turned.
We wouldn't do that, certainly not at this stage. Madrid might actually want Raheem, so they are hardly going to tip their hand by admitting it either way.
A few people suggested at the start of the year that this was all bollocks but Aidy Ward was briefing interest from Spain back in early February.
I still think we will blink first, based on his age, what it will cost to replace him in the inflated market, and him being a home-based player.
If Raheem is dead-set on leaving, then the above won't matter for anything, we will sell next summer and wipe our eye.
If Real Madrid are actually interested, then it's not a stretch to imagine Ward and Raheem know they are asking for unrealistic terms, as he would certainly have his head turned.
This is why I never was arsed what Milner ‘did’. Hired guns, out for the best deal.
Real Madrid have several times this summer released official statements saying they aren't interested in a player when transfer rumours have gone big in Spain.
If Sterling-Madrid rumours get picked up by Marca and AS and they have genuinely got no interest, they might do the same again.