Are City really in the frame for Rice?
Unless Rodri is off, they have the best DM in the world.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Are City really in the frame for Rice?
Unless Rodri is off, they have the best DM in the world.
Oh come on; it's bogus as fuck.
Now this would be exciting!!
Him and a Guehi/Aderabio would be satisfactory
It may be bogus but it's not breaking any laws and it's certainly not money laundering ffs.
His agent was Deco, who just closed his agency after signing with Barca as sporting director.
Definitely sounds like the attempt has legs, especially with AG saying we want CBs that can play both sides.
Would we go past 50m for this guy?
Like I said; probably not now, but buying Kovacic suggests that they weren't purely interested in recruiting KDB-types to counter the loss of Gundogan & potentially SIlva.......... One of Rice, Kovacic or Rodri could easily adopt a #8 role.
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I know it, you know it, even the bloke posting it knows it. Everyone knows it.
We will at best "express interest" and make a bid that is approximately 1/3 of his actual value and move on to Lenglet.
It’s not human trafficking and rape either!
Who mentioned money laundering?
It is bad… not every bad thing.
The ONLY Clubs circumnavigating or blatantly cheating FFP are the Multi-Club models of a) City Football Group (currently under the biggest investigation for law-breaking the sport has ever known). Any Club with PIF financial backing, which has now come to light also now includes Chelsea, as well as Newcastle and x4 Clubs in Saudi Arabia (which will be interesting on how this is dealt with as the Saudi league is outside of UEFA jurisdiction) and the looming influence of Qatar who currently owns PSG but are pushing for Man U too.
Woolwich are owned by one single owner, who doesn't own any other football teams where he can do what Chavs are now doing by selling all their expensive transfer mistakes to a PIF-owned Clubs in Saudi Arabia. They have to sell to be compliant, without the '22 accounts I don't know how much, but on the back of a fag packet calc I'd say it's a substantial amount that needs to be raised.
Are you itk on this?
Do you think this would be a really good signing?
The post Initially responded to...go back and read the conversation.
Can anyone tell me how they've broken the law or broken any rules?
I know he's highly rated and would cost a lot of money. That's enough.
This is who we should be throwing big money at.
he checks all the boxes and would be a good complement to Romero
Looked back - you’re right.
They may not have broken any rules but as you yourself have said it’s bogus. PIF have stakes in two PL clubs and are using other clubs they own to get round FFP rules. It’s blatant corruption (use of money to subvert the law).
Enough for what?
I’m just interested why you’re keen to downplay this Romano news story so much. It almost seems like you’re managing your own expectations.
They frame it as diversifying but what they are actually doing is buying controlling interests in big clubs in different leagues, some openly and some hidden like the clearlake investment in Chelsea.
Also, the money they are using is profits from selling a natural resource of their country and cleaning it off into profits from other "diversified" investments.