04 Jun 2017 09:17:44
Reading through the banter and FaithinWorks has it spot on re Van Dijk.
Putting aside what Macca said about is changing out offer (I agree this is bad negotiating if true), VVD has gone to the highest bidder and at the rumoured price and salary, I think the club have made the right decision.
There is a BIG differenece between being tight and being sensible. We should not be held to ransom!
If City want to carry on massively overpaying year on year for substandard players (Stones, Sterling, Mangala, etc) then let them!
There is still value to be had in the transfer market!
04 Jun 2017 09:26:45
I am interested to see who City hires to manage their accounts. He must be a genius. Literally mocking every other club and UEFA.
04 Jun 2017 09:54:48
Sorry but you wrong VVD is one of the best CB in the league this is why Chelsea city and we are after him if city get him you can say bye to even trying to finish ahead of them.
04 Jun 2017 11:04:49
So we should be held to ransoms and play obscene prices which will then shatter our wage structure and mean we will need to soon offer all our players a wage hike?
No! You're wrong. I'm not saying he's a bad player, I'm saying we were right to walk away.
04 Jun 2017 11:11:04
Puzzled
I don't think we are the only club held randsom this summer. Arsenal has had an €90 mill bid turned down by Monaco over Mbappe and that's just one Example. They will also break their wage structure in order to keep Ozil and Sanchez.
04 Jun 2017 11:28:57
Subjectively, Mbappe is arguably worth that kind of expenditure. BUT the objective difference between that and our situation with VVD is that Arsenal actually pursued their target.
VIDs agent dangled him at us and spun a novel about him really wanting to come to drive the price up. I really struggle to see how others are missing the mercenary in all of this.
04 Jun 2017 11:24:16
Just to mock ourselves we'll end up selling Sakho to Southampton. Textbook us.
04 Jun 2017 12:24:31
I can understand the opposition by some, to buying overpriced players on ridiculous wages. But when come Xmas and Chelsea, Utd Spurs, City and Arsenal are above us, they will be on here saying why didn't we buy this player or that player in the transfer window.
04 Jun 2017 13:18:45
More no, the people saying that are more likely to be the ones who are complaining now. about everything.