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If Barber is conducting this negotiation sounds like he must be doing it from the Fans Forum:ohmy:

Maybe the club got angry because as soon as the deal becomes public then the price of the replacement goes up. Maybe we are already negotiating for a LB so we had to deny we had just trousered £52.5m

I think in Spain that release clauses are mandatory in player contracts hence the high sum

I was merely pointing out that it is easy to blame a player in these circumstances but we may not know all the facts :thumbsup:

And your point is?

However for all we know there was a promise made to him to encourage him to sign for us originally

Saw on Twitter earlier that Barca had joined the race but no sure how reliable that is. If they have this is getting proper tasty

A few of the Albion twitterati having to eat a large portion of humble pie methinks

Good write up https://themastermindsite.com/2022/06/29/why-marc-cucurella-is-perfect-for-manchester-city/

The DM role can be played in so many different ways depending on what the manager wants. Phillips may be an average midfielder, however, he is excellent at playing long range passes so if thats what you want then he is a good midfielder. If you want someone to protect the back four and win...

Unless of course he has a minimum release fee in his contract

I didnt even bother to read his recent Athletic article after seeing the headline about Brighton needing to keep Bissouma. No shit Sherlock

I’ll drive him there myself

To be fair I have just done a check and most teams have made very few signings apart from Villa and the newly promoted teams so maybe we are all slow out of the blocks this season

The problem is that if you dont sign players in time for the start of the season then you could drop points in the first few games. As we know relegation often hinges on a point or 2 or even goal difference. Other clubs seem to have made signings well in advance of the season so those players...