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West Ham have agreed a deal to sign defender Jean-Clair Todibo from Nice.
The deal would mean the centre-back, 24, joining on a season-long loan, with an option to buy for about £27m.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footbal...NFThiuFEaYtJBxm-X8_aem_AHum-T5qgLXVFZZscgg-xA
Oh no.... I was hoping he can sign for us next year once Man Utd and Nice are not in the same competition.
Oh no.... I was hoping he can sign for us next year once Man Utd and Nice are not in the same competition.
Oh no.... I was hoping he can sign for us next year once Man Utd and Nice are not in the same competition.
The conflict of interest should only exist if we were unwilling to make a similar offer to other clubs that finalise a deal.Really frustrating we've missed out on him.
Doubly frustrating - and ironic - that Nice then sell him to the PL team who finished one place below Man United in the league! So much for our influence and conflict of interest. Now he's strengthened a direct PL rival instead. Very good signing for them.
Genius from INEOS. Get him PL experience for a season. He then refuses a permanent transfer to West Ham and we swoop in and sign him next summer.West Ham have agreed a deal to sign defender Jean-Clair Todibo from Nice.
The deal would mean the centre-back, 24, joining on a season-long loan, with an option to buy for about £27m.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footbal...NFThiuFEaYtJBxm-X8_aem_AHum-T5qgLXVFZZscgg-xA
We aren’t allowed to sign him till Sept 2025.Genius from INEOS. Get him PL experience for a season. He then refuses a permanent transfer to West Ham and we swoop in and sign him next summer.
Genius from INEOS. Get him PL experience for a season. He then refuses a permanent transfer to West Ham and we swoop in and sign him next summer.
The player has a choice he can say no.With option to buy means West Ham can convert it to permanent transfer at the end of next season. The fees are also agreed 27M.
Goddamit. How do city get away with it?We aren’t allowed to sign him till Sept 2025.
Westham can come for Maguire/Lindelof, we would give them a good deal.
Goddamit. How do city get away with it?
He only wants Juventus according to Fabrizio
I am curious how they arranged the Savio deal. Did they foresee the possibility that they would both end up in the CL and start arrangements for the deal ahead of time? When you end up in the same competition you are allowed to finish up deals you have already started between clubs, right?Goddamit. How do city get away with it?
I am curious how they arranged the Savio deal. Did they foresee the possibility that they would both end up in the CL and start arrangements for the deal ahead of time? When you end up in the same competition you are allowed to finish up deals you have already started between clubs, right?
Ahhhh ty.Savio was bought from Troyes, who will not be in any danger of landing a CL spot. He was on loan at Girona.
Savio was bought from Troyes, who will not be in any danger of landing a CL spot. He was on loan at Girona.
It’s West Ham, they’re not going to help us.I know I'm putting 2 and 2 together and getting 10 here, but I actually thought this deal might have been, spend a year at West Ham with the agreement of buying him next year, with a bit of profit on top, and we'd also be somewhat kinder on the Wan Bissaka fee.
Obviously not as he doesn't want to go there, so nevermind
It’s not even clever, it’s a blatant skirting of the rules and if UEFA wants to punish them, it won’t even be hard to prove.I guess the INEOS equivalent would be for Lausanne to buy Todibo, immediately loan him back to Nice (probably never setting foot in Lausanne) and then Utd swoop in a year later and buy him from Lausanne. Quite clever if not a bit stinky as usual from City.
Someone explain to me why City can buy a player from one of the other clubs they own, but we can't buy Tobido...
They circumvented the issue by placing him in Troyes, which isn't in any of the same competitions as Manchester City. He was only loaned from Troyes to Girona, so technically City is buying him from Troyes. All of the mentioned clubs are owned by the City group. They simply planned it out better and abused a loophole.Someone explain to me why City can buy a player from one of the other clubs they own, but we can't buy Tobido...