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Andreas Christensen not needed, we used to show interest in this defender quite a bit. Jhon Lucumi, just throwing a name out there.

Fucking disgusting sycophant.

To be fair, City are notorious for walking away from deals because they have their price. They didn't go near Wirtz when they heard the fee, which is looking like 120m... there's no way they go to 100m for a fullback. Fullbacks are historically the cheapest position on the pitch. They are signing a class left back for 35m from Wolves, I see no reason why they go even double that for a right back. From our point of view, we can't replace Tino and use the excess to advance our squad for even 70m IMO.

Only villa need to sell before June according to the reports.

https://x.com/pedrogva6/status/1931649740363485292?s=46 Seems unlikely as he'll be 30 this season and wages would be astronomical.

That’s journalism at its lowest ebb

Would be an insane window.

Well it depends how desperate they get this window. If they really really want him for the long term future i dont necessarily see £20-30m standing in the way. Him being homegrown in England is also something they need.

I really want us to progress. We can meet the glamour sides in the knockout rounds.

Think things will begin to pick up at the end of June. Clubs needs to sell, players return from holiday, etc.

Exactly. They’ll be offering £50-60m and we could get that or close next June. No sell.

Yeah i reckon they are lowballing us with 50/60 max. If they bid 100m he'd be gone.

Holt

Apparently also after Alfie Hutchinson from Rangers too, who’s a young winger who's done well at Rangers youth having signed to some fanfare from Hearts the season before. I didn’t realise Goodbrand was also youth captain for Scotland too suggesting agin it’s as much about character and leadership as ability we are targeting

Ok that's a fair point but let's say he's itching for a move in 12 months or 2 years, providing he's still got decent time on his deal, the likelihood is that we'd get most of whatever City are offering. And actually, City aren't offering 100m IMO because I can't see anyway in which we'd reject 100m for him. They clearly value him lower. I know he's class etc, but noone turns down 100m for a fullback, not even Eddie Howe. I absolutely want to keep him though.

Then they wont get him. Unless Tino himself pushes for it, which is hard to see happening.

They won’t pay £100m either. Not even close.

Aye he’s our fist choice RB and second choice LB. Was a minutes monster last season. We’ll not sell him imo. Even for PSR we can sell him next June.

Its a special situation this summer with City needing a RB and might be fearful of a transfer ban. Maybe only 1-2 other clubs that would ever consider buying a fullback near the £100m mark.

It's not that we wouldn't sell Tino, it's more that we have no reason to sell him now, whatever fee he's commanding now isn't going down any time soon. To be honest, I'm sure Manchester City's interest is real but given that it's Romano who keeps blabbing about it, it's got more than a whiff of an agent trying to get his client a nice juicy pay rise. The result from this will be Tino being rewarded a new contract and the reality is that he's probably being massively underpaid considering his huge development. Give it 12 months and Hall will be wanting a new deal too.

No thanks. A good RB for two seasons before we potentially bring Shahar through would be ideal. Giving Liverpool a hand out isn’t.

Delaney is a cunt. End of.

You can’t say that the owners think this way, all you can say is you think the owners will be thinking this. Every footballer in the game can be purchased end of. I love Livramento as we all do but fact is they offer up to three times more wages and you have a better chance of winning things and pretty much nailed on CL football every single year.

We should never sell Tino unless it’s a incredibly stupid fee.

I disagree - I think the club is so financially secure we don't have to sell our best players and some players are - atm - untouchable - unless someone offers a ridiculous offer. The club are trying to build a team to compete, we have CL football next season so we need to add quality not sell our best players. And the club/owners know that and Tino falls into that bracket. The lad was one of our most consistent performers last season and his versatility helped us win a cup and gain CL football. Players like him aren't that easy to replace. Yes Clubs like City sell but only players who tend not to be getting enough games or no longer part of their plans.