30 million pound Sterling bid rejected - new bid made

[Rosco]

Manchester City are weighing up an improved second bid for Raheem Sterling after going in strategically low with their first attempt to persuade Liverpool to sell the England international, offering a £30m package that was immediately rejected by the Anfield club.

City’s first offer in what promises to be a protracted attempt to reach a compromise fee would have meant Liverpool receiving an initial £25m, with another £5m in potential add-ons, but the bid was never likely to succeed at a time when Sterling’s employers insist the player is not for sale.

 

[Halmeister]

Already a thread on this. LOCK.

Did I do it right?

 

[mom]

£30 mill my ass. We could keep him for two years on bargain wages and still get an ok fee at the end of it, so why sell now for that? They will come in hard with a daft bid at some point and we will sell, but not at £30 mill.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Rumour it will be a player exchange with Yaya Toure coming here

 

[Ryan]

Rumour it will be a player exchange with Yaya Toure coming here

I would highly highly doubt that.

 

[Ryan]

Again, this is where I'm certain I could do a better job than Ayre or whomever.

City: '$25M plus add-on's is our offer'
Me: 'Deal so long as the add-on is Aguero'
:handshake:

 

[Dreambeliever]

I would highly highly doubt that.

A couple of bookies have put us favourties for him. Can't see it happening but would a good signing if we managed it.

 

[Ryan]

A couple of bookies have put us favourties for him. Can't see it happening but would a good signing if we managed it.

He wouldn't come to us.
We couldn't afford his wages.

Apart from those two reasons, this is a go!

 

[Dreambeliever]

He wouldn't come to us.
We couldn't afford his wages.

Apart from those two reasons, this is a go!

We just need to just need you to renegotiate your deal

City: '$25M plus add-on's is our offer'
Me: 'Deal so long as the add-on is Aguero'
:handshake:

City: 'Sorry Ryan, Aguero's Mrs prefers Salford, anyone else you want?'
Ryan: 'How about Yaya, we make great birthday cakes and our fans would love to sing that song'
:handshake:

 

[Ryan]

And normality has been restored.

 

[Dreambeliever]

And normality has been restored.

Ha ha didn't want you hyperventilating on us!

Haven't you figured out over all these years that my SCM persona is all a ruse.

Think of me as the Keyser Soze of the forum if you will.

 

[LarryHagman]

Once they throw Michael Johnson into the mix, we'll accept it.

 

[Mors]

£25mill? What are they smoking over there

 

[Mors]

P.s, dreamy, I'm not sure what bookies you're looking at but the best price I can find on yaya joining us is 8/1, which as you know, means it's not happening.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

It seems we'll wait for someone to give us 50, or he'll be winning the league next year with us.

 

[HC]

I want to know what a 'strategically low bid' is.

Is it what Arsenal tried with Suarez?

 

[Rosco]

Already a thread on this. LOCK.

Did I do it right?

No.

There's no thread on this. The other one is about the time ages ago when Sterling was telling us he wanted to leave

 

[cloggypop]

Will we have a new thread for each bid?

 

[Oncy]

The good thing about this is a few clubs might want him. So we could end up with a bidding war.
If we had any wit we would be playing Real, Chelsea and City off against each other.
Once we get to 50m all day long sell.

Then spend that 50m PROPERLY.

 

[Hansern]

Yeah, as if that will happen. Would anyone trust Rodgers with 50 mill?

We'll spend 32 mill on Benteke...

 

[mark1975]

Yeah, as if that will happen. Would anyone trust Rodgers with 50 mill?

We'll spend 32 mill on Benteke...

I'll personally condone the use of the word "cunt" towards him if that's the case.

 

[Mors]

Seeing as City have unlimited money and dont care about FFP, we should just take the piss out of them and tell them we want Suarez money or they can do one.

 

[tony]

Do you think City would notice if we gave them Nicola Adams instead

 

[Hansern]

I'll personally condone the use of the word "cunt" towards him if that's the case.

We should tar and feather him if that happens

 

[Silver Sean]

Higher! higher!

 

[jexykrodic]

I'd prefer the player to the money, mainly because I prefer football to finance.

Weakening our team for a healthier bank balance seems daft to me.

 

[Judge Jules]

If it were simply a matter of that healthier bank balance I'd agree, but it isn't. For one thing there's a real question over whether letting a completely disaffected player leave - however good he may be - would actually amount to "weakening the team", and anyone who doubts it has only to look at Sterling's form over the last few weeks of last season. For another, at least in theory we could then use the fee to build a stronger squad/team overall, as we did when we sold Rushie and fetched Aldo, Digger and Beardsley in with the money we got for him. Granted our recent transfer dealings don't fill one with confidence that we'd be able to repeat that, but writing the possibility off altogether is going too far.

 

[gkmacca]

Do you think City would notice if we gave them Nicola Adams instead

She runs in too butch a manner.

 

[Silver Sean]

I'd prefer the player to the money, mainly because I prefer football to finance.

Weakening our team for a healthier bank balance seems daft to me.

Don't worry, we won't keep it in the bank. We'll spend it all on shit.

 

[Oncy]

I love the idea of just saying fuck you Raheem youre staying but his attitude and performances once he made the decision he wants to go will tell you all you need to know.
Hes exactly like Torres was, and people expecting a Suarez like attitude to knuckling down are kidding themselves. The kid has totally downed tools its plain to see, so at this stage its about doing whats right for the club.

For me that looks like 50m given that £10m of that will go to QPR we cant afford to value him at any less. Either that or negligible fee plus some top top talent to improve our first team.
Eg:Benzema from Madrid.
We hold the cards with 2 years left so we have absolutely no reason to get bent over.