***Transfer Rumours Thread*** [ALL RUMOUR TOPICS MERGED]

[ashton287]

Has he signed yet?

[ashton287]

How about now?

[ashton287]

How about now?

[ashton287]

God, has he still not signed?

[Beeks]

God, has he still not signed?

Well I saw him in Greggs in the Arndale this morning if it helps?

[Craig B]

God, has he still not signed?

Well I saw him in Greggs in the Arndale this morning if it helps?

What was he in for?

[Beeks]

God, has he still not signed?

Well I saw him in Greggs in the Arndale this morning if it helps?

What was he in for?

He had a steak bake and his agent had 3 sausage rolls for a quid

[Beeks]

Villa Talk is going mad...apparently their respected ITKs have said both Ireland to them and Milner to us is a done deal

[john@staustell]

Sport.es (Barca's mouthpiece), also carried now by MD, are saying that there are negotiations on the Ibrahimovic, Robinho, Barca, City front. Aimed at City giving Robson a value that will allow Barca to not lose on the amortization of Ibrahimovic. Apparently Cook and Sandro Rosell are old negotiating buddies from his Nike days.

http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpubli ... cio_PK=803

Cant be arsed to translate it all, but:

..........The strategy is the following: if the amortization of Ibrahimovic, who has 4 years left on his contract, between what is left to pay Inter and his annual salary is €55M, to put a figure as an example, we are talking about City giving Robinho a transfer value which, added to the salary the Brazilian will have in the next 4 years, will mean it turning out that FC Barcelona will not make a loss on Zlatanm, in fact quite the reverse.......

Clear as mud eh? Also all depends on the attitudes of Guardiola and Ibrahimovic himself.

[Kladze]

Clear as mud eh?

As soon as I saw the word "amortization" it became much less clear than mud ;-)

[Beefymcfc]

Does anyone have a valid reason why the Balotelli transfer is taking so long; is it his agent or something? I can understand Milner because of the O'Neill saga, but Inter want rid and all parties are happy. So what's the fucking score?

[paulh]

doing my head in to. are we signing them or are we not? both would be quality additions. if we are doing this to scupper rivals bidding for outgoing players fine but let us know

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

God, has he still not signed?

Well I saw him in Greggs in the Arndale this morning if it helps?

What was he in for?

He had a steak bake and his agent had 3 sausage rolls for a quid

sounds kosher.

The steak I mean.

[john@staustell]

It looks like the transfer saga concerning Mario Balotelli is about to come to an end. Corriere dello Sport reports that Mario Balotelli is now extremely close to joining MCFC in a deal believed to be around the €28million mark plus bonuses:

"The transfer of Mario Balotelli to Manchester City is imminent, perhaps it will take only a matter of hours. After days without much progress, the sides are considerably closer to a deal after last nights discussions."
It is claimed that Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola has been extremely busy and Benitez is now resigned to losing the striker and instead wants the deal to be concluded as quickly as possible so a replacement can bought. Therefore, it looks like finally, after weeks and weeks of speculation and difference in evaluations a deal is to be concluded on SuperMario's 20th birthday that could see the Italian make his City debut in London on Saturday

[Dronny]

doing my head in to. are we signing them or are we not? both would be quality additions. if we are doing this to scupper rivals bidding for outgoing players fine but let us know

Do you think that might be counter productive if we told everyone what we were doing especially if we were trying to fuck clubs over?

[dikdik]

Anyone counted how many times we have been "close to signing" this guy in the last couple of weeks?

[Fidel Castro]

Anyone counted how many times we have been "close to signing" this guy in the last couple of weeks?

'imminent' is the word they keep using

[Ted Hughes]

Does anyone have a valid reason why the Balotelli transfer is taking so long; is it his agent or something? I can understand Milner because of the O'Neill saga, but Inter want rid and all parties are happy. So what's the fucking score?

I should imagine Twenty Eight Million Pounds has got something to do with it. We've all got very casual about enormous sums of money but other clubs care about every penny they can get fom us, as do agents. Then think of all the possible clauses that could occur in a deal for a player predicted to become one of the world's best. It could amount to tens of millions in the future. Then look at image rights, now & in ayear or two's time if/when he's a world star. Then what happens if we don't want to pay the agent's fee? then how his sponsorship deals are affected & if they clash with ours. i'm sure there will be a few hundred more details all open to negotiation.

[paulh]

droony your spot on-serves me right for posting in work without giving it much thought

[Dronny]

droony your spot on-serves me right for posting in work without giving it much thought

All forgiven poolh, you still at work by any chance? ;-)