Is City's transfer policy since Pep has arrived "naive?"
I posted a response in the Jorginho thread raising this question after I heard Ashan from 9320 ask this (he has before, I believe) and express it more strongly after the Jorgihno saga:
http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=53894&p=917472#p917472
Reportedly, City's transfer policy now is that an agreement is made with the player/agent and they won't go back and change it if another club comes in with a better offer. This played out, as we have heard from Sam Lee and is reported widely elsewhere -- with Alexis and Alves.
The 9320 Pod talked about this as being "naive" today where Ahsan raised the question I have -- despite understanding the reasoning for it -- about the concept of not being hosed in transfers as was our reputation since the takeover. I suspect this also has to do with profits -- aka FFP -- but Sam Lee also pointed to this being Pep's philosophy about wanting certain types of players who really want to be here.