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If you’re playing at the elite level, with a bit of restraint on expenditure a player would only need 3 years income to be comfortably set up for life, and probably their kids lives too. And then you could think eff it, I’ll head off and play where I’m happy. Still gonna get paid, it just might...

Is it a team of under achieving superstars, or are they simply not good enough to gel? We don't have any superstars, but there is a cohesiveness about are team and how we play

This. We're a selling club. One of hundreds in order to remain financially sustainable. I suspect 1, 2 or even 3 of our players will have good seasons this year and more than likely they'll generate serious interest. It's the way things are. We just have to hope we can keep picking up players...

I’m actually a bit bored of the whole thing now..

Indeed this. It's what i've been thinking for a couple of days, although I suspect the agent has something to do with the info that is being 'leaked. But as of yet Cucurella himself doesn't appear to have 'said' anything

Naylor’s just added his 2 penneth on twitter

I read the other day that the 2 deals are separate, so no guarantee that Colwill will go through

Whilst it's not ideal, if we did need to move to a flat back 4 we know that Veltman can cover on the left. And what about Clarke, he is after all left footed?

It’s been well documented that Cucurella only wants to play for Guardilola, so even if Chelsea do pony up £50m+ it’s possible it might be in vain…. What happens if a fee is agreed but he suddenly decides to go all Elvis Costello

f u c k em

Man City simply need to pay up or piss off. I suspect they’ll pay up, but they dropped a bollock in letting Zinchenko go without actually securing a replacement. For Guardiola to say that Ake can play in that position, I nearly fell off my chair…..

I think the very best we can hope for here is that we agree a new contract that probably at least doubles his wages, with a clause that he can leave next year. Otherwise, take the +£50m and move on, and perhaps try and negotiate a first refusal buy back if it doesn’t work out

Despite being a bit of a target on here, I suspect Naylor has quite a lot of inside info but he has to tow the club line otherwise they will stop feeding him, I suspect it’s the same for Argus fella. If they started dropping ‘exclusives’ before the club gave them the nod, I doubt they’d even get...

Your point is? Yes they have an average higher wage, but they have some massive earners and this will skew the numbers

Without any ITK, I bet he's on less than our highest earners. Which begs the question, when will we pay our first £100k+ a week wage? If the figures bandied around for Lallana and Dunk wages are correct, we can't be that far away

I certainly don't want us to lose Cucurella, but if he goes should we not be looking at Zinchenko as a player plus cash option? Zinchenko is not happy at a lack of game time at City and apparently wants to play centre mid, but has predominantly operated as a left back/left mid for 'the sky...

The whole Cucurella story seems to be gathering a little bit of pace, with the broadsheets starting to report it. Bissouma going was pretty much a given, but this one worries me a bit. The club know what they’re doing, for that I’m sure. I just hope we have time and a list of players prepared...