We've also offloaded Kranjcar and Corluka already this window so we've spent about £6.5 million net this window on Sigurdson and Vertonghen.
Adebayor to Spurs (permanent signing)?
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We've also offloaded Kranjcar and Corluka already this window so we've spent about £6.5 million net this window on Sigurdson and Vertonghen.
How much did Sigurdsson cost you guys?
£5million, what a fecking waste of money by City. Utter joke of a club.
Nothing to do with the club and more to do with the fact of how shit a manager Mark Hughes is. the club supported Hughes and paid big money for the likes of Adebayor, Bridge and Santa Cruz. Yes we needed them players to get us to the level above mid table obscurity, but not as the prices and wages we paid.
Adebayor is a good player, his problem was that he thought he was above playing for City and was doing us a favour playing for us. Once he seen that it was not going to be a holiday camp under Mancini, like it was under Hughes, then he did not want to know.
On a side note, Peter Storey do you think that you lot will be able to get Wilshere fit for the end of next season for us? He will fit in nicely where Barry plays. Thanks for being our feeder club. It really works, you lot get money, we get good players and the players win trophies. Thanks for that :-)
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fecking joke fans too.Everything to do with the club so...
In fairness to Hughes, he had to pay over-the-odds for players to go there as the team wasn't particularly good when the project began. They were never going to attract top class players despite the wages on offer. Didn't Hughes also buy your captain?
Glad we amuse you. You lot need some amusement as you seem an angry bunch.
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He did but he played him in midfield. Then Kompany got injured and once he got himself fit, Hughes did not play him. Hughes gets no credit what so ever for Kompany turning into a top class defender but we must be grateful he bought him
My problem with Hughes is that he spent hundreds of millions and actually finished one place lower than Sven did.
Mancini is a million times better than Hughes.
Back to Adebayor
Is anyone else picturing Dave as Bernie Ecclestone?
"I don't care if my 20 year old model wife is only shagging me for the money, at least she's shagging me."
"I don't care if my 20 year old model wife is only shagging me for the money, at least she's shagging me."
To be fair, I have always maintained we were just lucky when it came to being taken over.
After the couple of years I have had, having had something positive to look forward to with city has been an absolute godsend and helped me take my mind of things.
Good signing for spurs if they can keep adebayor
The stadium ghost is saying it's all done, so will be announced shortly I guess.
Could Moutinho be the next in line .... ?
Could Moutinho be the next in line .... ?
Guess that depends on what other clubs are in for him, if any. Reports from Portugal say United aren't interested. So, maybe...
This deal seems to have gone cold. Where is he going?
Nowhere hopefully. This is what happens when you sign players for huge amounts of money then try flog them, nobody else can afford to take them.
Still coming to Spurs. All is agreed by Spurs with both him and Man. City in terms of fee and wages, but the hold-up has been due to financial severance wrangling between him and Man. City ... all beyond our control and nowt to do with us.
It's kind of similar to what happened between Vertonghen and Ajax.
I think City saw an advantage in paying part of Adebayor's wages while he was on loan, mainly because he'd be there to take points off City's rivals but couldn't play against them. I suspect they're more concerned about strengthening someone who might take points from them than with the money they'd save by selling Adebayor.
I'm glad to see City suffering from those inflated wages, it's the only way they'll learn.
I'm glad to see City suffering from those inflated wages, it's the only way they'll learn.
If that was the concern, they wouldnt have accepted Spurs' bid.
Awkward for you. If it fell through at the last minute, you'd be left behind the 8 ball, with no time to sign anyone else.
In a year or so, Spurs fans will wish it had fallen through. Absolutely toxic.
Still better than all your strikers mind.
If this falls through, spurs are fecked. They have Defoe and after that they have to rely on Harry Kane, a youngster. Crazy how they are left with no forwards at all.
Indeed, they probably need three strikers to be optimistic about next season, two at least. I don't know how Villas Boas managed to get them into the middle of August with no new forward.
Should be announced today.
If you're referring to his attitude, that whole Togo bus attack seems to have had a marked impact on him. But personally I think Gooners have really overplayed his temperament issues anyway. Compared to someone like Tevez he's a saint.
They need him, thats for sure.
Any talk on what has changed to help make the deal go through
Wish they'd hurry up, so they can keep Arse out of the top 4.
None that I've heard so far.
The only delaying wrangle was between Adebayor and City over severance terms (nothing to do with Spurs), so this must have been sorted in some way.
Good signing for Spurs. Need another striker though, two isn't enough. Wide options also very limited if they want to play 4231 permanently. A creative midfielder needed too. Any idea if you're going to make some of these signings Glaston?
Unlikely with that clown at the helm.
I thought, I guess wrongly, that it was a joint issue between Spurs and City, he wasn't happy to take the wages you offered without more money from City and you obviously weren't willing to pay more
I think we will, but I'm not sure who
One or two from Moutinho, M'Vila, Damiao, Dembele or Llorente perhaps. These are all names floating about ... or maybe none of them and it'll be someone(s) from out of left field.
Given the choice I'd take Moutinho and Damiao.
Levy seems to be taking his usual down-to-the-wire approach, which could pay off (it often does, financially speaking) or could leave us in the lurch.
I think we will, but I'm not sure who
One or two from Moutinho, M'Vila, Damiao, Dembele or Llorente perhaps. These are all names floating about ... or maybe none of them and it'll be someone(s) from out of left field.
Given the choice I'd take Moutinho and Damiao.
Levy seems to be taking his usual down-to-the-wire approach, which could pay off (it often does, financially speaking) or could leave us in the lurch.
me wants it
I thought AVB had already said Moutinho wasn't possible
Wanting more money than you were getting for Modric and knowing the Porto way of operating
Wanting more money than you were getting for Modric and knowing the Porto way of operating
Them two would cost you big money though. Can't see Levy giving it the go ahead personally. Sporting would be looking twenty five million minimum for Moutinho and, off the top of my head, I can't remember Spurs spending that kind of money on a player too often (could be wrong, my memory fails me at times).
I think we will, but I'm not sure who
One or two from Moutinho, M'Vila, Damiao, Dembele or Llorente perhaps. These are all names floating about ... or maybe none of them and it'll be someone(s) from out of left field.
Given the choice I'd take Moutinho and Damiao.
Levy seems to be taking his usual down-to-the-wire approach, which could pay off (it often does, financially speaking) or could leave us in the lurch.
I'd say M'Vila is a more realistic target than Moutinho - you're looking at a €10m difference in price at least here and that's plenty of money. As for Damiao, his value must have skyrocketed this Summer after Olympics. You were rumoured to be keen on him at £10m earlier, he could cost £20m+ right now.
I think we will, but I'm not sure who
One or two from Moutinho, M'Vila, Damiao, Dembele or Llorente perhaps. These are all names floating about ... or maybe none of them and it'll be someone(s) from out of left field.
Given the choice I'd take Moutinho and Damiao.
Levy seems to be taking his usual down-to-the-wire approach, which could pay off (it often does, financially speaking) or could leave us in the lurch.
Berbatov?