Wilfried Bony

[Centurions]

Transfer News Live ‏@DeadlineDayLive 8h8 hours ago
Swansea paid Wilfried Bony £1m in November to remove a £19m release clause in his contract. They'll now sell him for £28m (Source: SunSport)

So they've made an additional £9m + £7m profit on what they paid for him = £16m..... -£3m to Vitesse, -£3m in performance related payments, -£1m release clause buy out.

As it stands they've made a £9m - £12m profit in 18 months, not bad for them at all. But taking away his near £6m in wages over that period it reduces it to £6m profit at best or looking at it another way, its cost us £10m extra for someone else to take the chance thay he might flop in the Premier League like Jo did.

The question is, will they be able to effectively replace him.

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

 

[Matty]

So they've made an additional £9m + £7m profit on what they paid for him = £16m..... -£3m to Vitesse, -£3m in performance related payments, -£1m release clause buy out.

As it stands they've made a £9m - £12m profit in 18 months, not bad for them at all. But taking away his near £6m in wages over that period it reduces it to £6m profit at best or looking at it another way, its cost us £10m extra for someone else to take the chance thay he might flop in the Premier League like Jo did.

The question is, will they be able to effectively replace him.

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

He couldn't sign for City until January, but you could agree a fee with Swansea and do the legal stuff surrounding it so as to activate the release clause. Can only assume that, prior to Swansea removing the clause, we hadn't made the decision that a 4th striker was needed so soon (i.e. that we couldn't wait for the summer) and/or we hadn't identified that Bony was definitely the guy we wanted.

 

[Dribble]

Transfer News Live ‏@DeadlineDayLive 8h8 hours ago
Swansea paid Wilfried Bony £1m in November to remove a £19m release clause in his contract. They'll now sell him for £28m (Source: SunSport)

So they've made an additional £9m + £7m profit on what they paid for him = £16m..... -£3m to Vitesse, -£3m in performance related payments, -£1m release clause buy out.

As it stands they've made a £9m - £12m profit in 18 months, not bad for them at all. But taking away his near £6m in wages over that period it reduces it to £6m profit at best or looking at it another way, its cost us £10m extra for someone else to take the chance thay he might flop in the Premier League like Jo did.

The question is, will they be able to effectively replace him.

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

To me it sounds like we made an inquiry in November and this resulted in him being paid £1m to remove the clause and an extra £9m being added to his value.

It's football innit..........

 

[blueparrot]

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

He couldn't sign for City until January, but you could agree a fee with Swansea and do the legal stuff surrounding it so as to activate the release clause. Can only assume that, prior to Swansea removing the clause, we hadn't made the decision that a 4th striker was needed so soon (i.e. that we couldn't wait for the summer) and/or we hadn't identified that Bony was definitely the guy we wanted.

Maybe we did approach Swansea in November, in fact it's quite likely, and that's when they did the deal with Bony to remove the clause before the window.

 

[pudge]

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

He couldn't sign for City until January, but you could agree a fee with Swansea and do the legal stuff surrounding it so as to activate the release clause. Can only assume that, prior to Swansea removing the clause, we hadn't made the decision that a 4th striker was needed so soon (i.e. that we couldn't wait for the summer) and/or we hadn't identified that Bony was definitely the guy we wanted.

Piece from the Mail (I know, I know..) last week

Each summer Manchester City’s football hierarchy sit down to map out transfer targets for the following 12 months. Back in August, the name of Wilfried Bony was not on the list.

That less than five months later the Barclays Premier League champions are now on the verge of signing the Swansea City centre forward says much about how the ebb and flow of a football season can change things but also the enduring financial might of the world’s richest club.
It is understood the decision by football director Txiki Begiristain and manager Manuel Pellegrini to pursue Bony was taken just 10 days ago and has been driven less by injury concerns over marquee centre forward Sergio Aguero and more by a growing feeling that third-choice striker Stevan Jovetic may be sold this month.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

He couldn't sign for City until January, but you could agree a fee with Swansea and do the legal stuff surrounding it so as to activate the release clause. Can only assume that, prior to Swansea removing the clause, we hadn't made the decision that a 4th striker was needed so soon (i.e. that we couldn't wait for the summer) and/or we hadn't identified that Bony was definitely the guy we wanted.

Maybe we did approach Swansea in November, in fact it's quite likely, and that's when they did the deal with Bony to remove the clause before the window.

That's the point though. We didn't need to approach Swansea at all. All we had to do is trigger the clause.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

So they've made an additional £9m + £7m profit on what they paid for him = £16m..... -£3m to Vitesse, -£3m in performance related payments, -£1m release clause buy out.

As it stands they've made a £9m - £12m profit in 18 months, not bad for them at all. But taking away his near £6m in wages over that period it reduces it to £6m profit at best or looking at it another way, its cost us £10m extra for someone else to take the chance thay he might flop in the Premier League like Jo did.

The question is, will they be able to effectively replace him.

Actually the question is why didn't we trigger the release clause in November?

Because it was outside the window.

Doh.

Come back when you understand transfers. Doh.

 

[blueparrot]

He couldn't sign for City until January, but you could agree a fee with Swansea and do the legal stuff surrounding it so as to activate the release clause. Can only assume that, prior to Swansea removing the clause, we hadn't made the decision that a 4th striker was needed so soon (i.e. that we couldn't wait for the summer) and/or we hadn't identified that Bony was definitely the guy we wanted.

Maybe we did approach Swansea in November, in fact it's quite likely, and that's when they did the deal with Bony to remove the clause before the window.

That's the point though. We didn't need to approach Swansea at all. All we had to do is trigger the clause.

It would still need the players agreement, because it's the player that triggers the release, not the buyer. Obviously Bony was happy to take a payment and allow Swansea to make a profit, There was nothing we could do to change that.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Why do people get so precious about transfer fees

Surely if the people actually paying the money aren't bothered then why should we be?

 

[BlueDeadHead]

Maybe we did approach Swansea in November, in fact it's quite likely, and that's when they did the deal with Bony to remove the clause before the window.

That's the point though. We didn't need to approach Swansea at all. All we had to do is trigger the clause.

It would still need the players agreement, because it's the player that triggers the release, not the buyer. Obviously Bony was happy to take a payment and allow Swansea to make a profit, There was nothing we could do to change that.

Huh? Thats because they offered it first. If we had triggered his clause and given him a 2 million pound signing bonus Bony AND City are better off.