We can't afford another two weeks of "will he won't he". Lets leave it (if we were ever in for him).
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Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Those reports quote the CEO of Lyon saying Mina "told" him that he preferred a club with UCL. Given that Mina is still on holiday I doubt they have spoken but I may be wrong.
That is one of the problems here, there are so many varying reports coming in from various sources who knows what to believe. I think it's fair to say that, at the moment, it appears to be between us and Lyon. We're more likely to be able to offer the sort of fee Barcelona will want. Even if the Fekir sale comes back on line, Lyon are a club that have a history of using player sales to help finance them. In recent years the E16m they paid for Memphis Depay 2 years ago is their highest outlay, and I doubt they would want to exceed the E15m they received from Valencia for Diakhaby in arranging his replacement. I really can't see them meeting Barcelona's asking price and I think the earlier reports that they are looking for a loan deal are actually closer to the mark.
As regards the players wants, Lyon can provide UCL football this season, or rather up until December I should say. We offer a higher standard (and more importantly a higher profile) league and I suspect wages at maybe 50% higher than Lyon would pay.
The Lyon CEO is talking things up but I think that's all it is. Talk. I do believe that as regards negotiations between the cubs we are still in the driving street and I think we need to pressurise Barca to speed things up, or threaten to pull out and go after other options. It would be a shame if that happened as Mina does seem to be a very good fit for the Premier league.
roydo
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No. Its not. We need immediate incomings. Then over time, the plan is for Brands to oversee a buy low/young, develop, and win/sell system.
If it's Bailly I won't be disappointed.
SixtyGrand
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Very difficult for PL sides to buy low in the current market and imo that system will only ever see us as a top 7/8 side at best who develops players to then sell them before they reach their peak. The top clubs also seem to have a monoply of the young starlets in places like South America which is why they often end up at Atletico, Barca, Real, Sevilla etc. Watford signing Richarlison was a relative coup in that regard.
I agree in that its the system that I think we will go down but its not one that will give us a real chance of pushing the top 6 consistently or winning a trophy.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Be very surprised if he lines up for anyone on 11th Aug, too soon
this is starting to turn into a real life episode of Yerry Springer
Seeing as the window closes on the 9th, if he wants to play in the PL, it will have to be before then.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Yeh he'll obviously have to have signed but he won't be in a starting 11 on 1st day of the season is what I'm saying
Blues Harp
Player Valuation: £60m
Dead in the water.....awaits a Manure reject
martial?
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
Got a feeling he won't come, seems to think he's the dogs danglies but has achieved very little. We'll end up with some unknown French CB or Ben Gibson.
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
Smalling
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