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I think you are spot on with Tony. It's about the sport, the challenge, even the responsibility. It makes the City scenario that more stark. An oil state versus a self made man. He takes that very seriously

Me too. Loved him while he was here. He gets CL football which he deserves, and we get 35m profit in a year

I suspect it wasn't your intention, but you're playing into Swanny's game here, which is to set things up as a battle between the 'groupies' of Romano and Naylor. I trust both of them who, while both journalists, have very different roles within that widening pool. The former has established...

Your vendetta against Naylor is ratcheting up. Yes, he's got a fairly easy job, but the reason why we like him is in a sea of clickbait about BHA, he and Owen are an oasis of reliability. The vast majority of fans welcome that. And, no, I'm really not a Naylor groupie. Are you a Romano groupie...

Agree completely.

Of course it's relevant, but relevant to what? I suggest you have a look at Bozza's post a few posts back, and start from there.

I'm not making a comparison between the players contract situations, nor their quality. I'm making a comparison between the expectations of posters on here. I would have thought that wasn't too difficult to grasp, but ho hum.

Well, I (still) disagree with the vast majority of contributions on this thread. If City come, and if City pay the right amount, he'll be off. Go back and have a look at the posts on the Bissouma thread, and the fees stipulated by numerous posters. We ended up with about £25m up front with...

Don't think adding sell-on clauses when selling to a CL/top club is that important. Add-ons, on the other hand.

Agree with this. I thought it'd happen either the week just gone or the next one. It's not just that we'll bump up the price for disrupting our plans, it's also that the big clubs virtually always get their transfer business done early. The fact that Zinchenko is going does indicate that they...

Agree completely about those three: a decade ago they were mesmeric, running rings around allcomers. PS I HATE Danny Mills

We got kicked in the first half, then a great run by Foden early in the second half, thereafter we kicked them again and again and again. Right up there with one of the best Amex experiences for me.

My hunch is that we'll sign Tagliafico and sell Cucurella in the next week or two. City got a big pile of cash coming in with the sales of Ake and Sterling. The big clubs like to get their transfer activity done early and this may well be what City have been waiting for. To reiterate what I've...

I disagree on this. I think he's softening us up. He didn't have to say anything. I do agree that he'll only sell him for the price he has in mind, but I suspect it'll come.

Yes, but he does it for most of the bigger clubs around Europe. If you don't find him useful, that's fine, ignore him. On the basis that he's proved himself to be reliable, he's about the only transfer specialist that I'll pay attention to. I also pay attention to Naylor and Owen, because...

This is where I am with him. Seems to be the most reliable on transfers. Obviously that reliability increases the closer you get to a sealed deal. Prior to such closure, the info he provides seems clearly to come from agents rather than clubs, and that info is obviously about a negotiation that...

Albion fans overvalue Albion player shocker. Bloom's got a tough decision to make on this one. He obviously wants a big fee for a top player with four years left on his contract. But he has also developed an image of the club being a conveyor belt for young talent around the world and a...

I suspect there's something in this, and two points related to it. First, Fabrizio Romano said City are looking to offload Ake before buying Cucurella. Second, Ajax have just signed a LB, and we've been linked with their incumbent, Tagliafico.

When Dunk and Maupay were doing some meeja together (maybe that 'I Have/Not' thing), they both agreed that Lallana was "teacher's pet".