Then there’s the reverse angle: in what world would City conspire to help their rival attain their main transfer target?
Honestly one of the dumbest things I’ve heard from a pundit in a while. And it’s a competitive field lol
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the only reason that I could think of, is to show even City would only bid 90m on Rice.
there IS NOT going to have a bidding war that WH wants to see.
Even that makes no sense whatsoever
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There’s no explanation for that shit take.
So they lodged a formal bid for a player they don’t want? What happens if Rice decides he does want to play for City and for whatever reason WHU feel better about selling to City? Do City send a follow up letter saying “Actually that bid wasn’t a real bid, sorry.”
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I was responding to @Sol, saying how City/Pep was helping us by placing a bid.
They don’t need to retrieve the bid (rejected by WH anyway), as long as we are bidding more, and City doesn’t place any bid, that would be it.
By doing this, is to cement the fact that, no team is willing to, going to pay 100m or more, even the rich City.
Probably that’s why United back off from Mount, and Chelsea not yet bid on Caicedo.
These selling teams are just insane to ask for crazy money, money that way much than player’s value.
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She was DoF as Aston Villa per wikipedia and worked for Angel City (which is in LA) as their executive. Still, it makes basically no sense.
@ronniec I gotcha. It’s still a very odd thing to say. If Pep really wanted to help us, he’d fuck off.
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He is not only helping us, he is helping himselves, and all other buying teams.
In a way, I sense that they are trying to force the selling team to mark down their price, and stop asking for crazy, unrealistic money.
Maybe Pep wants to help us and then beat us in the PL to show he is really the best…
Look at the state of those bananas. Flipping hate welldone bananas. Edu is very fit for his age. Respekt.
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Because they just want to force our price up/structure to be more up front.
I don’t even believe City want him. I hope we go and do the same to all their targets once Rice joins us.
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same here, don’t believe they really want Rice.
In a discount price, yes, or maybe.
In full price or overpriced, nope.
Where’s that imminent 3rd bid of ours?
This might be it
https://twitter.com/karthikadhaigal/status/1673736972358270979?s=46
Another 48 hours. Zzzzzzzzzzz.
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Yeah, boring.
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So we’re supposed to believe that City submitted a bid last night, had it turned down this morning, and within a couple hours rang back up and submitted a higher verbal offer? Doesn’t seem all that likely.
it’s not looking good brev
Just sign him or not. Don’t drag it out. This transfer saga is becoming a chore to follow and be interested in
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yes, I am surprised that we low ball our priority, our #1 target, and still low ball on our 2nd bid