Valencia in for Negredo?

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FanchesterCity said:
My understanding is that we will be judged on our 'Net Transfer Position' which (in theory) means any transfer or commitment to transfer / payment - however far in the future, However, this isn't a transfer YET, it's a loan, and whilst Valencia might have committed to buy, we might not have committed to sell. If that's the case, there's no legal net transfer is there? That only happens when we actually commit to the transfer (regardless of when payment happens).

Of course, I'm not privvy to the contract so it's hard to know for sure.
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I'm no expert, but I don't see how UEFA can have their cake and eat it. If a loan deal with an obligation to buy counts as current expenditure for the buying club, then they surely can't say the selling club haven't received that money until it's paid. I'd have thought that legally that might leave them in a precarious position were somebody to challenge it.
 
Been tracking this thread all night (admittedly along with others), but I'm posting mainly to say thanks to Alf for the part he played last season. Scored my personal favourite goal last season with that exquisite turn and shot against Spurs at home. Even got his name plastered on last years home shirt (first I've bought since 08/09). what a dick move that was in hindsight eh?

About the transfer, I'm pretty chuffed at the fee we managed to get for him (and what we have been managing to get for all our other outgoings - credit txiki) considering he's 30. We say 'I'm sure the back room know what they are doing' as an insurance policy on most cases, but they've rarely been wrong and I'm sure they'll already be looking at possible targets to secure in Jan if we are looking like we are going to struggle in the latter half of the season.

Anyway, all the best Alf. Tear it up in Spain!
 
From an economic standpoint, this is one of the best sales in City history. £24m, a considerable profit, for a player who turns 30 next year. That's the same figure Van Persie went for at a younger age.

From a sporting standpoint, this weakens our squad. Absolutely no doubt about it. And that's unlike an ambitious club like City where it's all about improvement and evolution. This probably means Negredo has forced his way out because of unhappiness with life in Manchester, so not something the club could entirely control.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Apologies if already pointed out, but it's just occurred (and correct me if i'm wrong) but £24 million is a club record fir a player sale.

That's some going for a 30 year old, whose career has been on the (possibly temporary) decline for the last nine months.
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Ye good spot mate previous was 21m for SWP? Makes it sound much better.
 
citytill1die84 said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Apologies if already pointed out, but it's just occurred (and correct me if i'm wrong) but £24 million is a club record fir a player sale.

That's some going for a 30 year old, whose career has been on the (possibly temporary) decline for the last nine months.
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Ye good spot mate previous was 21m for SWP? Makes it sound much better.
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I think it was 22m for Robinho followed by 21m for Shaun, pal.
 
Does anybody have any idea on the add-ons that were in the deal last summer? Sure I saw that it was £16million raising to £24million.
 
Makes me wonder if txiki is banking that 24 mil for next summer transfer window to count against the penalties and buying a big get.
 
We just have to hope Jovetic finally shows what a player he is, and all the goals were scored by Negredo will be replaced by the ones Jovetic will score this season. He had a great pre season, looks fit, hopefully he wont break down and starts that injury-series again.

There were two Negredo, the one after and before January. He was unhappy at the lack of chances he got in the run in, also not settled well, his family was maybe crying everyday over English breakfast and weather...
Also bad injury in pre season with facing the chance of a CL squad miss for him and becoming a 4th striker.

For him this move made so much sense. We got a very good offer for sure. Even 18m would have been good.

Change to a 1 striker formation is very possible now, at home vs weaker teams we still will go with two but away from home vs teams that are not ready to really come at us its gonna be what we will try in CL too.
 
We aren't stupid, if we thought we were going to need him we'd have kept him.

I would guess we are going to be using a 4-5-1 more often this season.

In any case, £20m+ for an out -of-form 29 year old who wouldn't have made our CL squad is too good to turn down.
 
Wont happen
Dont know if I want it to happen
but man I would have a piss if we bought falcao out right at the end of the season.
 
Alvaro Negredo to Valencia for £24m (next summer) + £2m loan fee (now). Valencia have signed up to buy him next summer (An obligation according to the Valencia web site not an option)
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/37002/official-vcf-announcement---alvaro-negredo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/37002/offi ... gredo.html</a>

Spit on this.
Love the guy to bits but...
1. He is 29. So it's a damn good deal.
2. The stories have been circulating for yonks about his wife being extremely homesick. There is no smoke without fire - so I think it shows we do care about our players.

Good luck fella.
He scored my favourite goal against Spurs at home last season.
Beast...................................
 
John Wayne said:
Idontpullout said:
Maybe Pellegrini rates Kelechi Iheanacho more than we think. will be interesting to see when he comes in.
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Rated very highly by all accounts, but aren't there work permit issues?
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Not sure, i thought they were just waiting until his 18th birthday before he could officially sign.
 
Bottomless_Sailor said:
We aren't stupid, if we thought we were going to need him we'd have kept him.

I would guess we are going to be using a 4-5-1 more often this season.

In any case, £20m+ for an out -of-form 29 year old who wouldn't have made our CL squad is too good to turn down.
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We made a little profit on Negredo which is decent considering the circumstances you pointed out.

We played most of last season with 3 strikers and sometimes 2 when Aguero and Jovetic were both out, so we should be fine, hopefully!

They key to our season is keeping our spine fit for most of the season if not all of it and hope we get goals from the midfielders and defenders to match their tally from last season.

For all the quality we had up front last season it was Yaya who scored the most in the league for us, he needs to replicate last season to the best he can because in my opinion he is the key!
 
PNWBlue said:
Makes me wonder if txiki is banking that 24 mil for next summer transfer window to count against the penalties and buying a big get.
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Reckon it's nailed on.
 
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