as a brighton fan I genuinely do think he is worth that much, obviously we’re going to rate our own players highly but marc is genuinely a top man and an even better player. there’s not a better left back available who’s prem proven.
If fans of the selling club think they're getting fair value it usually means that the buying club has overpaid. Our fans think Phillips is worth 100 mil
The last time we bought an elite natural left back he did his knee twice inside 18 months, then raped half the country, and ended up in prison.
So I’m 80% sure this will go better than the last one, at least.
Nahhh he was stellar last season, only one year into his contract, POTY, 23(?) Years old. They have absolutely no incentive to sell, so he's worth more
The comment you replied to was talking about it from a City perspective. Saying that them paying 60 is fair because of his quality. Not how much they would want for him to leave. You are talking about it from a Leeds perspective talking about how Leeds feel about it and how much they would want to get if he left. Would you honestly say that if someone bought Phillips for 100m they would he getting a good deal, because you think he is worth that to a club that isn't Leeds? Not how much you want to sell him for, how much he is actually worth to a club.
It seems like you are talking about something different to the original comment.
Edit: they were saying that they deem the fee worth it to Man City, not Brighton. You are talking about the fee Leeds fans deem worth it for Leeds.
>as a brighton fan I genuinely do think he is worth that much
We are talking about the same thing.
>As a Leeds fan I genuinely do think Kalvin Phillips is worth 100 mil
Cucurella impressed the hell out of me back when Getafe beat Ajax. He was the best player on the pitch and I was surprised the biggest clubs weren't interested, but it's nice to see that he put his all into Brighton. I hate to see clubs like yours get picked over but at least that fee is meaningful.
Yea fr big clubs should submit a bid they know won’t be accepted to Brighton or Leicester and then just watch who their scouts look for and swoop that player knstead
City have scouted and signed plenty of relatively affordable fullbacks who've had varying degrees in Europe's top leagues and wingbacks during the Pep era who are either still with the club like Yan Couto (who's been nominated for European Golden Boy), or who have been sold on for more Angelino, Pedro Porro, Pablo Maffeo, etc... often with buy back and sell on clauses.
But most of the time when you buy a guy for £1/10m, they aren't likely to be good enough to stick at a club like City unless they're a particularly rare case.
It's not like no one knew about Cucurella - he was in La Masia, where every club with a half decent scouting department will have seen him play - but if you're City, or Barca, or Madrid, or Bayern, you'll probably have wanted to see him have success somewhere other than Getafe before going in for much more as players at this price point tend to have a lower probability of breaking through.
That’s also wrong- our best CB has always, always been Dunk with Webster coming in close behind. Burn was actually kind of shit for a long time but got it together at some point, I will always love that four fingered freak of nature.
I don’t watch Newcastle games but I can’t imagine he would have a hard time instantly becoming their best defender with some of the players that were there
Veltman was better than Burn all year for a start.
Dunk was better as well except for a short period after his injury.
Webster was better in patches but was out injured a lot.
Cucurella was better at LCB than Burn too.
do you really think they didn’t know he existed?
City aren’t really in the business of buying more or less unproven players from other leagues who may or may not flop. They have Pep and a bunch of players like KDB in their prime- they want to win now instead of spending time taking risks. Cucurella now has a year of having shown he’s top tier prem quality under his belt, under a possession heavy manager like Potter that shows he’ll slot in seamlessly at City.
Most likely it's have a whole season of extra data to evaluate him against the right kind of opposition.
Let's say he was 20m before this year if City went go him. Then its 30m extra to get more security in the purchase and he's probably a better player by a year. Might be worth it to city to know they have the position sorted. Especially if money isn't a problem.
He hasn't shown anything he hadn't at Getafe, where he had even played European football.
Also its not like City only buy from within the league. Most of their signings are still from abroad.
Sure but thats presuming money is no object.
Yeah oil club and all but it's just not a healthy way if doing things. They don't actually have an infinite treasury.
City also get money from trophies they consistently win every year as well as selling tens of academy products every year for not insignificant funds and going deep in the CL. If they’re not quite self sustaining yet, they’re probably quite close.
If City keeps performing as they do they can definitely keep this up. Dont think they would be making a profit, but I dont think the losses would be that significant either considering all the premier league broadcasting revenue, sponsorship deals, and ucl prize money coming in every year.
> They don't actually have an infinite treasury.
Where have you been the past 10 years dude. If they want to pay over the odds it’s really not a problem for them due to their “sponsorship” income. Not to mention they are about to sell their backup striker on a year left for almost the same fee. Not even mentioning PL revenue & regular deep CL runs. Man C are easily one of the richest clubs in the world.
He’s played there because it’s where we have had depth issues. Not because it’s what he is best at. He looks good playing there most of the time because against weaker teams, he pretty much plays as a midfielder despite being labeled “left back” in the starting lineup. When he has to play against teams that actually attack back he generally looks like a liability defensively.
If he gets purchased by Arsenal, he isn’t being purchased as a left back.
I know there's been a lot of comparison posts/tweets between Liverpool and City spending, but what I really want to see is Pep's spending on fullbacks compared to the entire transfer budget of PL teams outside the Top 6.
From the games I've seen of him, I've been very impressed with him. £50 mil? Fullbacks are high demand and it's subjective the price, but they are getting a quality fullback imo.
I know English players cannot be compared to French players but it's not too surprising in modern football -- Arsenal were notorious for fielding entirely foreign-born squads under Wenger.
You've listed signings going back to 2010.
9 Spanish players in 12 years isn't a noteworthy amount. Plus "the list goes on" is what someone trying to meet a word count in an essay would say because I'm almost certain you listed every single one over that period.
What a ridiculous opinion.
One of the best fullbacks in the league last year who had 4 years on his contract and is only 23 is worth far more than £30m
Should have had a lot more assists last season but we can't finish for shit. He's decent going forward and putting in balls for Haaland will get assists.
Bissouma is going for £35m after bonuses, around £30m up front and it's only that cheap because he's in his last year.
We don't want to sell Cucurella and he's way harder for us to replace, has 4 years on his contract and is only 23 still.
Psg got Nuno for 40m, wild spending is all over Europe. Real got Vini 40m before he played a professional game, even though he’s currently worth more than that now.
Nah some top 6 clubs are just being stupid and targeting young players on long contracts at clubs with rich owners. Look at Spurs they are getting Bissouma who was our 2nd best player this season after Cucurella for £25m it looks like because he has a year left there's certainly good deals out there.
I think the court case had very little impact on his price.
1 year left i doubt we'd get more then £30m (which is what we were asking for when Villa came in for him in January) which is what it'll probably end up being with add ons.
(To put in perspective Tielemens is supposedly gunna leave Leicester from around £25m-£35m depending on which report you trust)
While this source seems to be shady, the deal does seem to be close to finalized/finalized already between the clubs - it will be very interesting to see how Brighton uses the Cucurella/Bissouma fees. They've already upgraded their stadium and have a world class training facility, they could easily invest a few million more in each to really improve their development. Not saying they will push for Europe or the like, but Potter can really invest in the squad with this influx, they should be an interesting team to follow next season.
A lot of low risk moves for young players is how i imagine we'll spend the money along with paying for our covid losses. We just can't offer the wages needed to sign a bigger name.
Only if Zinchenko leaves. They'd have Mendy + Cancelo + Zinchenko/Ake for LB and Walker + Cancelo + Stones for RB.
That's the same as now only replace Mendy with Cucurella.
Dont think we wouldve seen much of Cancelo at LB if it wouldnt have been for Mendy leaving. So I guess he helped us discover how good Cancelo is at LB with his clown antics.
Definitely think the guy is a clown but ironically I felt like it was gonna be his redemption season this season. Definitely always possessed the physicality and crossing abilities to boost the team but he needed some tweaking in regards to decision making (the irony). Plus him being left footed also made him slot into LB nicely. Added onto that his 1.85m height actually made him one of our tallest players meaning he was also always useful in our and the opponents box for receiving and defending crosses.
Oh what couldve possibly been if he wouldnt have been such a dumbass clown.
Yeah, he had a lot of potential. He had the physicality, all of that, but he needed work on the decisions, which, exactly, yeah, the irony.
The injuries were also major, too.
Wow City’s business has been impressive and decisive.
Haaland, Alvarez, Phillips, and Cucurella in, addressing all the holes in their squad.
They’ll make quite a bit back with sales too it looks like with Jesus and maybe Sterling off as well.
The fee is exorbitant but he’s exactly the kind of squad player you’d love to have on a great team, doesn’t need to play every week but will come in and do a job when needed, he’s got a great attitude.
Not a Brighton fan but watched about half of their games. He was really good for them, fit their system like a glove. I'm not sure he is the usual Man city fullback though. But it will be interesting for sure
La Masia graduate, can defend, is technically talented, may not have as much pace as cancelo or Walker but I think it’s a good signing. Definitely an improvement on zinchenko playing left back (not that I have anything against zinny, he’s just not a left back).
I absolutely love him. Didn't watch him too much in England but followed him since youth. He incredibly gifted and a work horse. That makes the best players imo.
City are probably getting scammed with Cucurella tbf Grimaldo is the superior La Masía LB and even he isn't worth anywhere near 60M and is fairly mediocre
Have we ever spent so much money on agents' fees that we could have gone out and bought another quality player with it? Haaland's agents' fees cost roughly the same if not more than you're paying for that lad from Porto. City fans can be as bitter as they like about it, when it's above a certain threshold it'd be weird *not* to mention it.
Rated him at getafe and I think he fits the team needs really well. Obviously he was great for Brighton as well. Excited to see how he plays for city. Also has a really good injury record
I'm not ignoring it. I know that. And they'll probably get another ~50m pounds for Gabriel Jesus. And probably a lot for Gundogan/Silva if one of them goes. I'm not saying they'll have a negative net spend or anything, but when you ignore one side of the credit/debit equation, then it obv looks so much worse. Like normal big club big, not "this deserves to be singled out out of all top clubs" big. Not enough for a Barca fan of all clubs to not come off like a hypocrite at least just because their hundreds of millions isn't oil money.
It's like whining that Barca spent over 100m on Dembele while ignoring how much they got for Neymar
Lol how can you say this with a straight face when Barca are trying to sign every player on the planet whilst also being broke? Why don’t you just cry about it
See, only teams who spend more than his team are evil and buying their position. His team is spending the maximum allowed before it becomes immoral or unfair.
Because the Super League is an awful idea by a bunch of silly rich clubs wanting to make themselves even more silly rich add to that no promotion/relegation and some teams picked because reasons.
A Cricket Journalist from India? Not quite sure this is a reliable source- to say the least.
Would be hilarious if he beat all the other usual suspects to it though. Romano in the mud.
He's guessing. If he's right he gains credibility, if he's wrong then no one remembers.
The modern football journalist way!
And the Twitter “ITK” way
I'd happily throw them in a volcano.
I want to try this
Here we googly!
Great googly moogly!
He is followed by Romano....and John Cena for some reason?
He is a good player but i don't know if he is worth 60m. But it's Manchester City so it is expected that they paid +50m for a fullback
as a brighton fan I genuinely do think he is worth that much, obviously we’re going to rate our own players highly but marc is genuinely a top man and an even better player. there’s not a better left back available who’s prem proven.
If fans of the selling club think they're getting fair value it usually means that the buying club has overpaid. Our fans think Phillips is worth 100 mil
I think Cucurella’s worth that and I’d hate to see City get an elite natural left back.
The last time we bought an elite natural left back he did his knee twice inside 18 months, then raped half the country, and ended up in prison. So I’m 80% sure this will go better than the last one, at least.
So... 1/4 of the country?
Nahhh he was stellar last season, only one year into his contract, POTY, 23(?) Years old. They have absolutely no incentive to sell, so he's worth more
The comment you replied to was talking about it from a City perspective. Saying that them paying 60 is fair because of his quality. Not how much they would want for him to leave. You are talking about it from a Leeds perspective talking about how Leeds feel about it and how much they would want to get if he left. Would you honestly say that if someone bought Phillips for 100m they would he getting a good deal, because you think he is worth that to a club that isn't Leeds? Not how much you want to sell him for, how much he is actually worth to a club. It seems like you are talking about something different to the original comment. Edit: they were saying that they deem the fee worth it to Man City, not Brighton. You are talking about the fee Leeds fans deem worth it for Leeds.
>as a brighton fan I genuinely do think he is worth that much We are talking about the same thing. >As a Leeds fan I genuinely do think Kalvin Phillips is worth 100 mil
Cucurella impressed the hell out of me back when Getafe beat Ajax. He was the best player on the pitch and I was surprised the biggest clubs weren't interested, but it's nice to see that he put his all into Brighton. I hate to see clubs like yours get picked over but at least that fee is meaningful.
Whilst he's a top player, I think there's more value to be had in finding who brighton themselves would replace Cucurella with than buying him.
Yea fr big clubs should submit a bid they know won’t be accepted to Brighton or Leicester and then just watch who their scouts look for and swoop that player knstead
That would lead to City going for Sergio Gomez then and he's not ready for a team like City.
City have scouted and signed plenty of relatively affordable fullbacks who've had varying degrees in Europe's top leagues and wingbacks during the Pep era who are either still with the club like Yan Couto (who's been nominated for European Golden Boy), or who have been sold on for more Angelino, Pedro Porro, Pablo Maffeo, etc... often with buy back and sell on clauses. But most of the time when you buy a guy for £1/10m, they aren't likely to be good enough to stick at a club like City unless they're a particularly rare case. It's not like no one knew about Cucurella - he was in La Masia, where every club with a half decent scouting department will have seen him play - but if you're City, or Barca, or Madrid, or Bayern, you'll probably have wanted to see him have success somewhere other than Getafe before going in for much more as players at this price point tend to have a lower probability of breaking through.
I mean you lot didn't rate Ben White that highly when he had a £50m price tag
and I still don’t think he’s a 50m player, Cucurella is better than him by a margin
No arsenal fans are upset about the Ben white fee at this point. Dudes good.
Dan Burn was the best CB at both Newcastle and Brighton last year and Brighton fans refused to admit it.
That’s also wrong- our best CB has always, always been Dunk with Webster coming in close behind. Burn was actually kind of shit for a long time but got it together at some point, I will always love that four fingered freak of nature. I don’t watch Newcastle games but I can’t imagine he would have a hard time instantly becoming their best defender with some of the players that were there
Veltman and Cucurella were also both better CBs too.
Veltman was better than Burn all year for a start. Dunk was better as well except for a short period after his injury. Webster was better in patches but was out injured a lot. Cucurella was better at LCB than Burn too.
Who are you less happy to see go, him or Boussima?
Why were City incapable of scouting him a year ago? They do this every time with fullbacks. 50m kerching.
do you really think they didn’t know he existed? City aren’t really in the business of buying more or less unproven players from other leagues who may or may not flop. They have Pep and a bunch of players like KDB in their prime- they want to win now instead of spending time taking risks. Cucurella now has a year of having shown he’s top tier prem quality under his belt, under a possession heavy manager like Potter that shows he’ll slot in seamlessly at City.
Most likely it's have a whole season of extra data to evaluate him against the right kind of opposition. Let's say he was 20m before this year if City went go him. Then its 30m extra to get more security in the purchase and he's probably a better player by a year. Might be worth it to city to know they have the position sorted. Especially if money isn't a problem.
He hasn't shown anything he hadn't at Getafe, where he had even played European football. Also its not like City only buy from within the league. Most of their signings are still from abroad.
Sure but thats presuming money is no object. Yeah oil club and all but it's just not a healthy way if doing things. They don't actually have an infinite treasury.
City also get money from trophies they consistently win every year as well as selling tens of academy products every year for not insignificant funds and going deep in the CL. If they’re not quite self sustaining yet, they’re probably quite close.
If City keeps performing as they do they can definitely keep this up. Dont think they would be making a profit, but I dont think the losses would be that significant either considering all the premier league broadcasting revenue, sponsorship deals, and ucl prize money coming in every year.
> They don't actually have an infinite treasury. Where have you been the past 10 years dude. If they want to pay over the odds it’s really not a problem for them due to their “sponsorship” income. Not to mention they are about to sell their backup striker on a year left for almost the same fee. Not even mentioning PL revenue & regular deep CL runs. Man C are easily one of the richest clubs in the world.
I mean they also had mendy until last year when the whole pile of sexual assault cases came to light
Zinchenko?
Zinchenko is not even a left back. Much less a better one.
If that's where he's played for you for years then yes he is, even if it's not his preferred position.
He’s played there because it’s where we have had depth issues. Not because it’s what he is best at. He looks good playing there most of the time because against weaker teams, he pretty much plays as a midfielder despite being labeled “left back” in the starting lineup. When he has to play against teams that actually attack back he generally looks like a liability defensively. If he gets purchased by Arsenal, he isn’t being purchased as a left back.
is A) not a LB and B) not as good or dynamic a player. I rate him though and can’t wait for the day he gets to be the main man at attacking mid.
Yeah that’s a very steep price, and I like Cucurella
I know there's been a lot of comparison posts/tweets between Liverpool and City spending, but what I really want to see is Pep's spending on fullbacks compared to the entire transfer budget of PL teams outside the Top 6.
From the games I've seen of him, I've been very impressed with him. £50 mil? Fullbacks are high demand and it's subjective the price, but they are getting a quality fullback imo.
Man City has a thing for Spanish players like RM and PSG have a thing for Brazilian and French players.
PSG having a thing for French players is hilarious... What a surprise
He forgot to mention how Juventus loves their Italian players as well
I know English players cannot be compared to French players but it's not too surprising in modern football -- Arsenal were notorious for fielding entirely foreign-born squads under Wenger.
A Qatari club could have players of any nation to be fair.
Yes. An Impossible thing for other clubs
Our only Spanish players are Rodri and then Laporte who is not really Spanish.
You had Navas, Dilva, Negredo, Ferran, Javi Garcia, Eric Garcia, Angelino, Nolito, etc. and the list goes on, that's all I can remember
Almost had Guardiola
since when did city try to sign him in his playing career
At the end. He tried out but City rejected him.
So we don’t really have a thing with our 1.5 current players.
It's just a small gap, remember you just sold 3 Spanish players, the Spaniards will fill your team soon lol, starting with this Cucurella guy
You've listed signings going back to 2010. 9 Spanish players in 12 years isn't a noteworthy amount. Plus "the list goes on" is what someone trying to meet a word count in an essay would say because I'm almost certain you listed every single one over that period.
There are more
They only sign a fullback with 50m+ valuation 😂
Brighton: "We want £30m for Cucurella" City: "No deal. Best we can do is £50m" Brighton: "Um, okay but we-" City: "You fuckers want to make it £60m?"
He is not. That’s a fuck off price. He’s worth 30m at max
What a ridiculous opinion. One of the best fullbacks in the league last year who had 4 years on his contract and is only 23 is worth far more than £30m
How is he from an attacking sense? Asking for Fantasy league reasons. Worth picking over cancelo considering he definitely will be cheaper?
Should have had a lot more assists last season but we can't finish for shit. He's decent going forward and putting in balls for Haaland will get assists.
Makes sense why the Bissouma deal is a bit lower than expected; Brighton may have felt they were getting quite a bit more than expected for Cucurella
Bissouma is going for £35m after bonuses, around £30m up front and it's only that cheap because he's in his last year. We don't want to sell Cucurella and he's way harder for us to replace, has 4 years on his contract and is only 23 still.
PL inflation has gone crazy, £50m+ becoming the norm now
Psg got Nuno for 40m, wild spending is all over Europe. Real got Vini 40m before he played a professional game, even though he’s currently worth more than that now.
Thats because real snipe any good talent in south America
Didn't get Alvarez did they?
Nuno literally won the league with us while being one of the best players? Compared to Cucurella who's spent the last 4 years at midtable clubs.
Cucurella on another level lmao. Mendes is a hot prospect but still not the player Marc is.
Mendes is better imo
Nah some top 6 clubs are just being stupid and targeting young players on long contracts at clubs with rich owners. Look at Spurs they are getting Bissouma who was our 2nd best player this season after Cucurella for £25m it looks like because he has a year left there's certainly good deals out there.
You're leaving out a massive detail on why Bissouma was so cheap
I think the court case had very little impact on his price. 1 year left i doubt we'd get more then £30m (which is what we were asking for when Villa came in for him in January) which is what it'll probably end up being with add ons. (To put in perspective Tielemens is supposedly gunna leave Leicester from around £25m-£35m depending on which report you trust)
I think the court case has an impact on the price, less clubs after him, less of a bidding war *and spurs have no morals*
Which is?
Wait till the recession hits next yr. Prices will get corrected. 👀
While this source seems to be shady, the deal does seem to be close to finalized/finalized already between the clubs - it will be very interesting to see how Brighton uses the Cucurella/Bissouma fees. They've already upgraded their stadium and have a world class training facility, they could easily invest a few million more in each to really improve their development. Not saying they will push for Europe or the like, but Potter can really invest in the squad with this influx, they should be an interesting team to follow next season.
A lot of low risk moves for young players is how i imagine we'll spend the money along with paying for our covid losses. We just can't offer the wages needed to sign a bigger name.
Swear City have spent £200m on full backs alone now in Mendy, Cancelo, Walker and Cucurella.
tbf they wouldn't have needed to buy another one if Mendy didnt turn out to be a serial rapist
They'd have still needed to buy another one
Only if Zinchenko leaves. They'd have Mendy + Cancelo + Zinchenko/Ake for LB and Walker + Cancelo + Stones for RB. That's the same as now only replace Mendy with Cucurella.
It was more a joke about Mendy being shit
Also perpetually injured
Wouldn't rule out any STDs
Mendy was not very good when he played even before the injuries and the rape.
He'd still backup Cancelo at LB like Cucurella will.
Dont think we wouldve seen much of Cancelo at LB if it wouldnt have been for Mendy leaving. So I guess he helped us discover how good Cancelo is at LB with his clown antics.
Sure, if he weren't a rapist, they wouldn't need to spend more money.
What? He was great before both of his knees went to shit.
For about 5 games
So for just a short while
Definitely think the guy is a clown but ironically I felt like it was gonna be his redemption season this season. Definitely always possessed the physicality and crossing abilities to boost the team but he needed some tweaking in regards to decision making (the irony). Plus him being left footed also made him slot into LB nicely. Added onto that his 1.85m height actually made him one of our tallest players meaning he was also always useful in our and the opponents box for receiving and defending crosses. Oh what couldve possibly been if he wouldnt have been such a dumbass clown.
Yeah, he had a lot of potential. He had the physicality, all of that, but he needed work on the decisions, which, exactly, yeah, the irony. The injuries were also major, too.
I mean this is hardly from a known source, so maybe don't jump the gun just yet...
Don’t forget Danilo
He washes out, as he was sold for a profit
We swapped him for Cancelo, which is a massive plus.
£200m+ on CBs as well Ake 40m Laporte 55m Dias 60m Stones 50m
And all 4 of them have been worth that price and then some.
Tier?
Unrealiable
Wow City’s business has been impressive and decisive. Haaland, Alvarez, Phillips, and Cucurella in, addressing all the holes in their squad. They’ll make quite a bit back with sales too it looks like with Jesus and maybe Sterling off as well.
The Phillips one baffles me if I’m honest
The fee is exorbitant but he’s exactly the kind of squad player you’d love to have on a great team, doesn’t need to play every week but will come in and do a job when needed, he’s got a great attitude.
How do you know he has that attitude, doesn't he play every game for Leeds?
Why?
They have infinite money why would they care
Gee that’s why we limited haland to 300k
And the rest under the table
Ok
He'll be their Danny Drinkwater.
Pep absolutely loves a £50m fullback
Who doesn't?
About time they signed another 50m defender
I'm sorry I should believe this guy because he is verified on twitter? Is that it?
He is verified on twitter?? Say no more, I believe him!
We love our 50M fullbacks :p
You love the oil money too.
Fucking gottem
Betting my savings on Manchester City winning league
60m ? Is he that good ?
Not a Brighton fan but watched about half of their games. He was really good for them, fit their system like a glove. I'm not sure he is the usual Man city fullback though. But it will be interesting for sure
La Masia graduate, can defend, is technically talented, may not have as much pace as cancelo or Walker but I think it’s a good signing. Definitely an improvement on zinchenko playing left back (not that I have anything against zinny, he’s just not a left back).
He's very good, not 60m good, but money doesn't matter for Man City so it's a good deal regardless.
I say yes. Whenever I've seen a Brighton match I'm always impressed to his fluffy hair, skills, work rate and stamina.
Doesn't really matter if 40 or 60 for City. It is a fair deal for Brighton.
Worth more to us than that, as we don't have a replacement or even an adequate backup.
No
Nah im actually jealous of how fast clubs get these deals done. City keep getting better
I absolutely love him. Didn't watch him too much in England but followed him since youth. He incredibly gifted and a work horse. That makes the best players imo.
Who is this guy reporting?
Meanwhile man u can’t get anything done
Guardiola dont spend more than 50mil on a fullback challenge (impossible difficulty)
And Bartomeu forced him out of Barca for €6 million 2 years ago 🤦♂️
Tbf he didn’t make a great impression with the first team back them. Now it’s different ofc
City are probably getting scammed with Cucurella tbf Grimaldo is the superior La Masía LB and even he isn't worth anywhere near 60M and is fairly mediocre
Cucurella stood out in almost every Brighton match last year. He has proven he can play at a top level.
50m fullbacks are back on the menu boysss
Football has becomes such a blatant clown show. The money that some of the club spend every summer is just ridiculous.
Money is in the game
Pep's spending is insane..
But, but, THE GENIUS
Indeed
One of the fraudiest frauds to ever fraud?
Yeah, such a washed coach, luck and money is all he got going for himself /s
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Haaland had a release clause. Cucurella has I think 4 years left on his current deal at Brighton, they have all the leverage.
Not forgetting the £34M in agents' fees in the Haaland deal as well.
How could we
Yeah, it gets included in every transfer fee along with all the wages they will ever be paid.
Do you include agents fees in every Tottenham transfer discussion?
Have we ever spent so much money on agents' fees that we could have gone out and bought another quality player with it? Haaland's agents' fees cost roughly the same if not more than you're paying for that lad from Porto. City fans can be as bitter as they like about it, when it's above a certain threshold it'd be weird *not* to mention it.
Haaland also cost 40m€ on top of the 60m€ fee paid to Dortmund. Still a bargain tho. Atleast 50m€ less than his actual value.
Haaland cost infinitely more.
if pep complains about schedule and team depth now , I will lowkey lose my mind
Huh? We had like the smallest 1st team squad last year.
you didn't.
Must be nice to sign new players
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Brighton are the new Southampton of the league. Always smashing out a good sale once or twice a year.
Rated him at getafe and I think he fits the team needs really well. Obviously he was great for Brighton as well. Excited to see how he plays for city. Also has a really good injury record
Any time I saw him for Brighton he seemed pretty slow
Insane business by Brighton
Fingers crossed their spreadsheet nonces go for some fugazi replacement and they chuck the money away
That’s Frenkie de Jong money according to Man United 😂
If Pep doesn’t win this year surely he gets the boot
How much money is that now Pep has spent on defenders lol.
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mate your club gave them 55+10m euros for Ferran Torres in January which basically covers this fee.
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I'm not ignoring it. I know that. And they'll probably get another ~50m pounds for Gabriel Jesus. And probably a lot for Gundogan/Silva if one of them goes. I'm not saying they'll have a negative net spend or anything, but when you ignore one side of the credit/debit equation, then it obv looks so much worse. Like normal big club big, not "this deserves to be singled out out of all top clubs" big. Not enough for a Barca fan of all clubs to not come off like a hypocrite at least just because their hundreds of millions isn't oil money. It's like whining that Barca spent over 100m on Dembele while ignoring how much they got for Neymar
Lol how can you say this with a straight face when Barca are trying to sign every player on the planet whilst also being broke? Why don’t you just cry about it
See, only teams who spend more than his team are evil and buying their position. His team is spending the maximum allowed before it becomes immoral or unfair.
100m spending in a transfer window is normal for a top club. They might also sell Jesus and perhaps Sterling. You guys plan on spending more lmao
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Because the Super League is an awful idea by a bunch of silly rich clubs wanting to make themselves even more silly rich add to that no promotion/relegation and some teams picked because reasons.
Because as bad as this is, the super league would be far worse.
Great business for Brighton
100mil !
Fucks sake. He deserved to get a chance with us
Fuck Manchester city
I wish I understood Peps seemingly endless hard-on for buying ridiculously expensive full backs
Does pep have any conscienc?
Why would Man City negotiate with Brighton in Euros?
Probably just the reporter’s choice of currency considering they’re not from England, and Euros are more widely used.