Blue2112
Well-Known Member
The topic title is a genuine question because I can't fathom it out.
We've bid for Bellamy and RSC and been knocked back, I presume therefore we must have had negotiations following that along the lines of how much more would persuade the clubs involved to sell these players and we've come back and tried it on a bit and offered slightly less in an attempt to tease the clubs into a sale somewhere between ours and their valuations. We all do it if we're selling a car or a house, put a valuation on it and play hard ball but knowing that a figure will be reached somewhere along the lines that both parties will accept.
What I can't fathom though is it seems we're not talking vast sums of money involved to reach an agreement with Bellamy and RSC. Yes in the past we'd have scratched around to raise the cash but these days whats the fucking problem. OK I'm not prepared to see City held to ransom over tens of millions for the likes of the players involved, but it's not tens of millions is it? Do City think that West Ham and Blackburn will suddenly become a force to be reckoned with if we pay a few million extra? Do City honestly think every club in the world is going to forget we're loaded and just accept any bids we offer, of course we're going to be expected to pay over the odds its a simple fact of life.
I don't want us to pay silly money but if we are hell bent on wanting the Bellamy's and RSC's of this world then we sure as hell are going to have to expect to pay a premium for it. Presuming we don't want to pay a few million over the odds then I'd like to know did we spend anytime between September and January looking at other prospects so we we're in a position to make one bid and one bid only and then move on to the next target?
It seems to me we've nailed our hat onto Bellamy and RSC and any other strikers we are interested in must be well down the line and possibly into the back end of January before bidding begins. Surely it's reasonable to assume we must have been aware of their respective clubs valuations, even considering Allardyce came in late to Blackburn, we've dealt with him before and so we knew of his history. The whole episode of the so called richest club in the world being constantly rejected just perpetuates the public image of the club being ridiculed as something of a joke.
I honestly expected for once things would be different this time around and we would at least appear to be a more proffessional outfit from the start, announcing signings or interested signings only once they had been completed. I'm sick of saying hopefully this time or hopefully next time we'll learn from this. We have some high earners paid to make this club tick and I want to see our image as a genuine club from a prospective players point of view becoming one to want to come and play for.
Sorry for the rant but I'm genuinely interested to know what it is City are scared of....is it success?
We've bid for Bellamy and RSC and been knocked back, I presume therefore we must have had negotiations following that along the lines of how much more would persuade the clubs involved to sell these players and we've come back and tried it on a bit and offered slightly less in an attempt to tease the clubs into a sale somewhere between ours and their valuations. We all do it if we're selling a car or a house, put a valuation on it and play hard ball but knowing that a figure will be reached somewhere along the lines that both parties will accept.
What I can't fathom though is it seems we're not talking vast sums of money involved to reach an agreement with Bellamy and RSC. Yes in the past we'd have scratched around to raise the cash but these days whats the fucking problem. OK I'm not prepared to see City held to ransom over tens of millions for the likes of the players involved, but it's not tens of millions is it? Do City think that West Ham and Blackburn will suddenly become a force to be reckoned with if we pay a few million extra? Do City honestly think every club in the world is going to forget we're loaded and just accept any bids we offer, of course we're going to be expected to pay over the odds its a simple fact of life.
I don't want us to pay silly money but if we are hell bent on wanting the Bellamy's and RSC's of this world then we sure as hell are going to have to expect to pay a premium for it. Presuming we don't want to pay a few million over the odds then I'd like to know did we spend anytime between September and January looking at other prospects so we we're in a position to make one bid and one bid only and then move on to the next target?
It seems to me we've nailed our hat onto Bellamy and RSC and any other strikers we are interested in must be well down the line and possibly into the back end of January before bidding begins. Surely it's reasonable to assume we must have been aware of their respective clubs valuations, even considering Allardyce came in late to Blackburn, we've dealt with him before and so we knew of his history. The whole episode of the so called richest club in the world being constantly rejected just perpetuates the public image of the club being ridiculed as something of a joke.
I honestly expected for once things would be different this time around and we would at least appear to be a more proffessional outfit from the start, announcing signings or interested signings only once they had been completed. I'm sick of saying hopefully this time or hopefully next time we'll learn from this. We have some high earners paid to make this club tick and I want to see our image as a genuine club from a prospective players point of view becoming one to want to come and play for.
Sorry for the rant but I'm genuinely interested to know what it is City are scared of....is it success?