[Albion] Marc Cucurella *Signed For Chelsea 05/08/2022*

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I’ve never been. The large resort hotels often look alluring, at a decent price.

Did you ever get back to Prague, since the pandemic started?

Not yet but going to Krakow in early September. Lost money during pandemic as company went bust. After 6 months you cannot claim back on a credit card. So I would like to try again getting to Split for a break.

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Why “FACT”. Another one of my bug bears (instead of “in my opinion”).

You’re probably right though

FACT in capital letters on NSC actually means probably / maybe / imho etc.

 

[timbha]

FACT in capital letters on NSC actually means probably / maybe / imho etc.

Oh. Fair enough. I didn’t know that

 

[JBizzle]

Has he left yet?

No, but he has agreed personal terms 2,376 times since the end of the season and his arrival at City is imminently going to be imminently imminent

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

We've been few this a lot. The current Albion regime effectively manage the local press including Andy Naylor. It really is quite simple, I'm not sure how you can't see it by now unless you don't actually read- he and the Argus get quite a lot of exclusive access in return for largely towing the party line. The BHA Athletic feed is 80% lip service to the club.

How many big Albion stories are broken in the Argus or Athletic these days? Virtually none. They are given minor things like contract detail instead. It tends to be foreign press that leak transfer details first.

It's not that Naylor and co are in the know, it's that they are in the know when the club want them to be. And they would rarely report anything that might be incorrect for risk of a) getting in trouble with the club or b) lose any credibility with the fanbase for accuracy.

Presumably Fabrizio has a similar relationship with the agents feeding him.

I think the last major blunder Naylor made was reporting that Zamora wasn't coming back - the story at the time was that the board had originally dismissed the idea and then Darren Bloom and persuaded them otherwise much later in the transfer window when he was still available. Quite some time ago now!

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I'm glad I no longer have to invent - sorry, report - transfer stories as part of the way I earn a living. These days clubs are far more professional about keeping secrets than they used to be, while agents are even more desperate to plant stories suggesting that certain players are heading to various clubs, in order to get improved contracts for their players from their existing employers or to to create interest among potential buyers.

Why anyone thinks that clubs would reveal their transfer intentions to interns and work experience kids sitting on online desks is beyond me. As far as I can tell, there isn't a shred of hard evidence (or any other kind, for that matter) that City are interested in Cucurella at all. It's fairly logical that they would be, but that's about all anyone can say.

As for our local guys, Brian Owen seems to have decent contacts in South America, and both of them have an invaluable skill that many journalists seem to lack these days - the ability to use a telephone to check stories out.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'm glad I no longer have to invent - sorry, report - transfer stories as part of the way I earn a living. These days clubs are far more professional about keeping secrets than they used to be, while agents are even more desperate to plant stories suggesting that certain players are heading to various clubs, in order to get improved contracts for their players from their existing employers or to to create interest among potential buyers.

Why anyone thinks that clubs would reveal their transfer intentions to interns and work experience kids sitting on online desks is beyond me. As far as I can tell, there isn't a shred of hard evidence (or any other kind, for that matter) that City are interested in Cucurella at all. It's fairly logical that they would be, but that's about all anyone can say.

As for our local guys, Brian Owen seems to have decent contacts in South America, and both of them have an invaluable skill that many journalists seem to lack these days - the ability to use a telephone to check stories out.

Is there really any need to spoil a dormitory of tepid enuresis with your so-called facts?

 

[Stat Brother]

Oh. Fair enough. I didn’t know that

Yeah capitals FACT means you can guarantee one thing about the fact in question that is the fact isn't in fact a fact.


I hope that clears it up for you.

 

[timbha]

Yeah capitals FACT means you can guarantee one thing about the fact in question that is the fact isn't in fact a fact.


I hope that clears it up for you.

Thanks. I’m old school. I thought the poster was SHOUTING

 

[Stat Brother]

Thanks. I’m old school. I thought the poster was SHOUTING

They were, shouting the fact was anything but a fact.

 

[Mancgull]

Compare our club PR and local reporters to Leeds. They seem to have leaks everywhere with a demanding fan base desperate for news on transfers.
I’d much prefer our below the radar approach.

 

[albionite]

They can prepare as much as they like they are not getting him for that price.

https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/marc-cucurella.355308/page-247

 

[B-right-on]

They can prepare as much as they like they are not getting him for that price.

https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/marc-cucurella.355308/page-247

Some people are preparing for Aliens to arrive. More chance of them being right than Shitty getting Cucu for £25m. Delusional doesn't even come close to describing their mental state.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Some people are preparing for Aliens to arrive. More chance of them being right than Shitty getting Cucu for £25m. Delusional doesn't even come close to describing their mental state.

Exactly - what's to prepare? Loads of money plus either Delap or McAtee or both. End of. And forget any nonsense about a buyback - we lost any interest in Livramento when Chelsea insisted on a buyback clause.

 

[GT49er]

FACT in capital letters on NSC actually means probably / maybe / imho etc.

....... and there was me believing for years it was an acronym of Fanciful And Clueless Talk .......................

 

[GT49er]

Exactly - what's to prepare? Loads of money plus either Delap or McAtee or both. End of. And forget any nonsense about a buyback - we lost any interest in Livramento when Chelsea insisted on a buyback clause.

Trying to prepare a bid that we will accept that involves us being fobbed off with one or two over-valued makeweights on a loan or a buy back basis?

 

[jessiejames]

Exactly - what's to prepare? Loads of money plus either Delap or McAtee or both. End of. And forget any nonsense about a buyback - we lost any interest in Livramento when Chelsea insisted on a buyback clause.

Do we need need any of those players onloan or even to buy?)

 

[nwgull]

Exactly - what's to prepare? Loads of money plus either Delap or McAtee or both. End of. And forget any nonsense about a buyback - we lost any interest in Livramento when Chelsea insisted on a buyback clause.

Do cash-plus-player deals ever actually happen in the modern game? I can’t think of any examples, albeit that I don’t pay a huge amount of attention to the details of non-BHA deals.

 

[GT49er]

Do cash-plus-player deals ever actually happen in the modern game? I can’t think of any examples, albeit that I don’t pay a huge amount of attention to the details of non-BHA deals.

No. Make-weights in the deal are almost invariably over-valued - basically a face saving tactic for both sides of the negotiation

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Do we need need any of those players onloan or even to buy?)

We don't do inward loans at all, so that wouldn't happen. McAtee and Delap are major talents that I don't imagine City would want to include in any offer, but we should ask anyway, just to show that we'll only let Cucurella go if the deal is ridiculously good. Then it's down to how much they want him - if in fact they do.

 

[oldboyroy]

Liam Brodie on talk sport saying" I'd love it if we can get Cuca but it'll be a bit underwhelming compared to previous left backs".........let's hope you don't get him then!!