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As far as I'm aware he has no interest in recovering his investment. there is a limit to how much he is prepared to put into the club though. Several posters allude to the Covid losses as something we need to pay back. I'm not sure that's how things work. I assume Tony chalks it up to a bad...

I bet he regrets the transfer request even more now the fee was £63m rather than £35m (assuming his loyalty bonus was 5% of the fee)

..... Have a few successful season's in the UCL - Establish himself in the National team - Get his dream move back to Barcelona

I find it interesting that so many of our fans think that Cucurella was the difference for us last season. I was surprised his attacking stats were as good as they were, but ultimately they only delivered a single assist. He definitely was an outstanding player for us and strengthened us, but...

Agreed, but surely he's on some kind of percentage? I assumed a higher sale price would get him a higher cut?

Nope, no lack of ambition. To get where we want to get to, we need to be generating lots of revenue from player sales. It is the only way we can compete. Holding on to our (current) best players until they lose their value, means that in x years we have to rebuild from scratch (See Crystal...

Andone!

Particularly as even his own agent thought we were being "unrealistic" after we knocked back City's £35m offer. Great negotiation skills there, Aleix!!

All of this! It seems that Chelsea have earned the right to start serious negotiations, by coming to the table with £50m+ Tony is prepared to discuss what he might be after once there is some proper money on the table. I originally thought this one might be going awry, but there's been no...

Now you've done it!......

This. My guess is it's £50m + addons

I would assume so, but I doubt TB would enforce this. He always said the player was available at the asking price, so the Transfer request looks to be irrelevant.

Yeah I saw that. I guess it's whether Leicester are prepared to let Fofana go. They seemed to be even more determined to keep him, than we are with Cucu.

Yeah right! As if it's their decision. TB's got this. It would be hilarious if he pulls City into a bidding war now. Still funny if he sells to Chelsea and rubs Cucu's Agent and Romano's noses in "the only City" bullshit.

Seen a tweet that Chelsea made enquiries before we pulled the plug on negotiations with City. I'm guessing City will be given a couple of days to rethink their valuation, as Cucu's agent now has something to negotiate with on his client's behalf. Tony Bloom masterclass.

City's response is a PR exercise only. It's a little bit childish, wanting to have the last word after we have said only come back to us with an offer of £50m+ No one on our side (Cucu excepted) is the least bit perturbed at them looking at other options. If there was a better LB valued at...

The only advantage is when the clubs are close to a deal/price but won't budge. It enables the selling club to make a bit more by not paying the player a cut. Increasingly it's used to put pressure on the club to sell. The buying club will cover the player for any losses in any case. Just a...

I agree it's in real trouble. But where are the other targets? The ball is in City's court. The only thing stopping the deal, is them saving face. Unless their FFP position is totally ****ed after paying Haaland's wages. But then look at Barca.

Sorry but were are you seeing "insisting they won't be back" I've seen "looking elsewhere" and "unwilling to pay" in the athletic. Big difference between "Unwilling" and "Won't pay" Have there been further developments? Everything I've seen linked to City so far has not ruled out coming...

The simple fact is that there aren't any better Left sided fullbacks out there for £35m. When Tony says Cucu is better and rarer than Ben White, it is a statement of fact based on extensive data. Not just some negotiation bullshit. They will be back, with the money. But it will be at the last...