Transfer rumours

[Bluemoon4610]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

[Nigels Tackle]

haaland’s goal and trophy bonuses took £200m of the £300m…

[Mase]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

We better keep winning then because if we don’t we’ll go under at £200+ million running costs a season.

All jokes aside if any club earmarks the majority of their winnings to go towards running costs regularly then their model is fucked. Luckily that’s not us.

[Outcast]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

We better keep winning then because if we don’t we’ll go under at £200+ million running costs a season.

All jokes aside if any club earmarks the majority of their winnings to go towards running costs then their model is fucked. Luckily that’s not us.

Tell me about it, we wasted £100m on Jack Grealish, we should have promoted our kids instead of wasting a large sum on an average overrated one trick pony showboating alcoholic party animal. What was the club thinking

[blues2win]

Pep defiant on Walker. Admits the Clubs are in touch but says we will fight for him and he will start the match against Bayern.

[blues2win]

Actually he said he would play, not necessarily start I suppose.

[john@staustell]

Tell me about it, we wasted £100m on Jack Grealish, we should have promoted our kids instead of wasting a large sum on an average overrated one trick pony showboating alcoholic party animal. What was the club thinking

Be great going back to the 90s. Never quite sure if we'd reach the 39 point mark. That's the fast track way to do it unless they are extremely exceptional (and we are getting 1 or 2 now)

Cole Palmer and not buy Haaland maybe?

[MIAMCFC]

When Mbappe does his 1 year sabbatical in SA and rocks up for nothing in Madrid!! Will Tebas cry WTAF. I don’t think so.

[john@staustell]

Cheers Cole

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leice ... y-starlet/

[blues2win]

https://twitter.com/skysportsnews/statu ... 9Awxy5lqVQ

This is Pep talking about Walker. He seems pretty resigned to the possibility of losing him.

[Bluemoon4610]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

We better keep winning then because if we don’t we’ll go under at £200+ million running costs a season.

All jokes aside if any club earmarks the majority of their winnings to go towards running costs regularly then their model is fucked. Luckily that’s not us.

All good businesses will have a cash flow plan, with best and worst case scenarios. Finishing last in the PL would have still netted us £100m! And group stage elimination from the CL would still have been worth at least €15.5m just on performance based payments. Then there's the extra for co-efficient payments (ours is on the higher end) plus broadcast payments. So before a ball was kicked, we'd have known about £150m of "winnings". So yes, this would have been part of the budget planning. The rest is a bonus!

[Nigels Tackle]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

We better keep winning then because if we don’t we’ll go under at £200+ million running costs a season.

All jokes aside if any club earmarks the majority of their winnings to go towards running costs regularly then their model is fucked. Luckily that’s not us.

All good businesses will have a cash flow plan, with best and worst case scenarios. Finishing last in the PL would have still netted us £100m! And group stage elimination from the CL would still have been worth at least €15.5m just on performance based payments. Then there's the extra for co-efficient payments (ours is on the higher end) plus broadcast payments. So before a ball was kicked, we'd have known about £150m of "winnings". So yes, this would have been part of the budget planning. The rest is a bonus!

some huge bonus payments would have gone to pep, his staff and the players for winning the treble. probably also triggered quite a few transfer fee add on clauses as well.

[Mase]

Nottingham Forest have signed Sweden forward Anthony Elanga from Manchester United on a five-year deal.

Thought he was the next Ronaldo?

[Bluemoon4610]

Nottingham Forest have signed Sweden forward Anthony Elanga from Manchester United on a five-year deal.

Thought he was the next Ronaldo?

The next Rolando, perhaps?

[Mase]

Nottingham Forest have signed Sweden forward Anthony Elanga from Manchester United on a five-year deal.

Thought he was the next Ronaldo?

The next Rolando, perhaps?

I still remember the hope I had with Bianchi after scoring against West Ham first game on the season. Breaks my heart he didn’t do well

[Outcast]

What's going on with this transfer window? It's been rather shambolic. We normally are astute and plan ahead. We seem obsessed with profitability, we're turning into Arsenal!

[johnny crossan]

Josko came on at half time - unusual on the brink of a £86m transfer

[CTID Hants]

Josko came on at half time - unusual on the brink of a £86m transfer

Came on at 46 mins for Kohler....

[Nigels Tackle]

Josko came on at half time - unusual on the brink of a £86m transfer

i'd rather he arrived here fit than needing minutes

[nottsblue]

Manchester City have reportedly received multiple offers from European clubs for young attacker Adedire Mebude.

We got nearly £300m in prize money last season, we’re selling academy kids left and right for what? We don’t need the money. I’d understand it if we were making moves in the transfer market. We’re sat still.

Most of that £300m - probably £200m+ - would have been expected and therefore budgeted for in the normal course of running expenses. It's not as if we've unexpectedly come into £300m. The kids we're selling would have been assessed very closely by our coaching team and been deemed surplus to requirements, either because they weren't good enough or had the wrong mental attitude/strength to make it at the very top. We're getting good money for them - with buy back clauses or sell on fees - whilst their stock is high after 3 consecutive PL2 titles. Great business, overall, IMHO.

Agree totally BM

The academy is now bearing fruit regularly and is fulfilling the purpose.

I do think we could give more chances from the subs bench to a couple more lads to broaden their experience and exposure but I'm not privy to what happens at the training ground. I suspect bringing on a first teamer with 10 minutes to go rather than a young lad has more to do with contractual obligations around appearances and thus bonuses for that player