Ashley Williams

[willjo]

Didn't we agree 6.5 for funes mori then have to pay 9.5?

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Hang on didn't they brake the news that it was on?

 

[BlueToff]

I think this is everyone too.

It's gone mad. They're John Stones'ing us.

we never agreed a deal with Chelsea though (in principle or otherwise).

I'm not shouting sour grapes or anything, btw. They most likely do not want to sell their captain and one of their best players on the 'eve' of the new season, so will make sure they get the best money they can do if it does go through.

We'll see now how important a signing Koeman/Walsh view this as. If they really want him, we'll have to up our offer (to Swansea)

 

[ToffeeTim]

not at all. if Swans have moved the goalposts (which they have, but left it open to another offer, btw, with a public statement) then it's not on us.

I don't just mean this. I mean in general all summer. We should be doing much better. It's a similar dynamic to that Moyes Woodward cock up summer.

Edit: in no way am I likening Koeman to Moyes. Just an observation that we are struggling in our transition to a wealthy club.

 

[n01efc]

They just want to play hard ball, they 'don't want to accept the offer currently on the table'. Well you ain't getting any more so we'll move on!!

 

[tirion]

Clever from their new owners like.

time to tell Swansea and Witsel to do one. any more than ten million is too much for a 32 year old, and Witsel can just stay in Russia and wait for Juve, or Inter or AC Milan, or Roma, or Napoli, or Torino to offer him his dream move. the massive tit

 

[BlueToff]

Hang on didn't they brake the news that it was on?

they did. they're just reporting a club statement on this occasion though.

edit: actually, no, I think it may have been the Mirror who broke the initial story.

I'm sure there'll be something from Hunter later on, btw.

 

[navidson]

So they initially accepted the offer - then rejected it?!

 

[moyes cardy]

we never agreed a deal with Chelsea though (in principle or otherwise).

I'm not shouting sour grapes or anything, btw. They most likely do not want to sell their captain and one of their best players on the 'eve' of the new season, so will make sure they get the best money they can do if it does go through.

We'll see now how important a signing Koeman/Walsh view this as. If they really want him, we'll have to up our offer (to Swansea)

Exactly this - All Swansea are doing is the same as we are with stones. It will happen.

 

[BlueToff]

They just want to play hard ball, they 'don't want to accept the offer currently on the table'. Well you ain't getting any more so we'll move on!!

depends mate.

if we really want him, we'll up our offer.

no different than we're doing with City really.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I think Bill is just using delaying tactics to cause fume so he can hear one last Goodison Boo-fest against Spurs before he formally hands over the reigns to our new overlords later in the month.

 

[BlueToff]

So they initially accepted the offer - then rejected it?!

'agreed in principle' was what was reported last night. Seems they went back on their principles.

The only difference between this and Stones with City is we've clearly set a valuation. If City agreed to pay that next week but we then said 'no, we want 60mil', we'd be kind of doing what Swansea are doing.

As somebody said, snide but in all fairness it's a seller's market.

 

[Brownie]

Who cares

 

[Efcjake]

'agreed in principle' was what was reported last night. Seems they went back on their principles.

The only difference between this and Stones with City is we've clearly set a valuation. If City agreed to pay that next week but we then said 'no, we want 60mil', we'd be kind of doing what Swansea are doing.

As somebody said, snide but in all fairness it's a seller's market.

Didn't we do exactly that with Chelsea?

 

[AaronTheBlue]

it'll end up being done over the weekend