List of Paratici/Levy mistakes in last 6 months

[Airfixx]

Firstly I want to say that I like you as a poster and despite our very different views on ENIC we haven’t clashed at all on this site.
However, you are taking the pro ENIC rumours as gospel, City offered a pathetic amount of money and we said no. What about Pep’s claims that Levy wouldn’t even pick up the phone to discuss a potential transfer? What about Kane’s gentleman’s agreement with Levy that wasn’t honoured? I’m not saying every rumour against ENIC is true, nor am I saying everything ENIC has ever done has been poor, but there is zero evidence to back up what I said is a “myth” . We should have said beginning of the window Kane is for sale for £120m, clubs have 2 weeks to reach an agreement or he is off the table. If we couldn’t reach a deal then so be it, not having this ordeal drag on into the season. I believe a deal could have been done that was reasonable for all parties.

I appreciate the respectful tone....

I don't honestly see where I'm peddling ANY rumour however; pro-ENIC or otherwise...

Pep said many things including pleading poverty on numerous occasions. The whole affair (Kane's skipping pre-season, the Neville interview, wedding-gate etc.) was clearly set up to destabilise him and get him out as cheap as possible as it was obvious we'd (rightfully) value him highly...... I actually think it was also quite telling that no other clubs names were seriously in the frame.

I can accept the suspicion that City had pushed as high as 100m, but anything beyond that is no different to the speculation/supposition you've just accused me of.

 

[Allejo10]

Buying Juventus rejects and helping them financing Vlahovic money?

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

Complaint number 6:

Why are we paying (if Kulu meets obligation conditions) more for Kulu and Bentancur than Juve did originally?
They have flopped at Juve, so surely we should get them at a discounted price?

Imagine if we were able to sell GLC or Ndombele at a greater fee than we bought them!

We just have with Ndombele. The option to buy is €65m, that's a profit of €5m on what we paid for him.

No numbers yet to be posted on Lo Celso deal which looks like is done, just waiting on Villareal to shift one player I think.

 

[To Dare Is To Do.]

We just have with Ndombele. The option to buy is €65m, that's a profit of €5m on what we paid for him.

That option 100% won’t be taken.

However it is possible that we buy Kulu for the quoted price; as there are conditions to make it obligatory (min appearances or top 4)

 

[To Dare Is To Do.]

You seem very adept at melting at stuff before it's actually happened.

Lyon are not going to pay 65 million euros for Ndombele- that is for sure.

I don't give a fuck how much we are paying for Kulusevski, why do you?

I would prefer ENIC invest in our club, but as they don't we have budget restrictions that mean overpaying for certain players will reduce our ability to spend money elsewhere.

 

[To Dare Is To Do.]

No, it's not for sure, you are guessing.

Unless Lyon get taken over by mega-rich owners by this summer; there is no chance Aulas pays 65 million euros for Ndombele. I would bet any amount of money I had on that.

You assume we've overpaid. You're setting the value here.

I am using the value that Juventus paid for him. We're paying more than they did- and he flopped at Juventus. That doesn't make much sense.

 

[Jaynola]

6 Letting the Vinnie and Bale loans go without covering them whatsoever leaving us an injury away from being totally fucked

7 letting the manager search go on for so long that we had little time for Nuno (bad as he was) to prepare for the start of the season

8 not trying to get Vlahovic last summer when he was more gettable before Juv and others wanted him

Pal, we could've tried for Vlahovic last summer, he still wouldn't have come to Spurs. Especially with Kane in front of him. And even if we'd let Kane go to City, I firmly believe Dusan would've stayed at Fio. He's never been keen on Spurs and why would he. I've read loads about him and he seems like a guy who really, really values himself as a world class striker, similar to Erling and Mbappe. So if them two aspire to play for City, Real, Liverpool...why would Vlahovic settle for Spurs

 

[TonySoprano]

10: Not selling Kane when it was clear that his heart was elsewhere. We will get barely any money for a rebuild when he leaves in the summer.

He won't leave because now Levy won't want to sell him for a lower fee and lose face.

He'll sign a new contract at some point and stay here.

 

[Igula]

Inter is killing it.

Dumfries is doing fine there off the back of a strong Euro 20.

He's started 9 of 19 Serie A matches for them, playing around half of their total Serie A minutes this season.

He's also a client of Mino Raiola.

Edit: A quick search shows that Dumfries is on £64K/wk @ Inter, while Emerson is on £41K/wk @ Spurs.

3 goals and an assist is good production for a WB and as you say he is part of a team that is having success so that might contribute to his own success.

He was one example of how we could have brought in a player to play at RWB that would have been easily affordable, available and an upgrade over Royal.

 

[Château NoHo]

I think we should be looking at players that are in the most expensive RWB's in the world category.

I think you may have unrealistic expectations.

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Hakimi is on nearly £175K/wk @ PSG.

That's not far off what we pay Kane.

 

[Igula]

I think you may have unrealistic expectations.

Achraf Hakimi Set To Double Wages Earned At Inter After Completing PSG Move, Italian Media Report

The details of Achraf Hakimi's deal with Paris Saint-Germain have been revealed, with the Moroccan set to earn twice his current wages at Inter when he

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Hakimi is on nearly £175K/wk @ PSG.

That's not far off what we pay Kane.

Well what is it? You said at 64k/wk that Dumfries is one of the highest and now say that 175k is the amongst the highest. That is a pretty big gap.

There is no reason we can't meet or beat the 64/wk that Dumfries is currently making.

 

[FightingIllini]

Why do people think everything needs a new thread?

This is one of the most disciplined message boards about not starting new threads for every stray thought I’ve ever seen tbf

 

[Airfixx]

10: Not selling Kane when it was clear that his heart was elsewhere. We will get barely any money for a rebuild when he leaves in the summer.

There was no Kane funded rebuild on offer..... Please let the myth die. As has been proven by what Juve just spent on Vlahovic it would have barely funded another ST and that's it.

It wouldn't have even funded the inferior Lukaku...... Or brought us Martinez.

 

[Airfixx]

Because Florentina would have liked the cash, worst that would have happened is being gazumped but Juv where not reported to be interested in him back then and I have never read him not liking us, he was lower profile back then.

If Florentina were so eager for cash last summer; why didn't they accept the bid from Atletico when they offered his supposed asking price?

 

[LeParisien]

1. Appointing Nuno

2. Pressurising Nuno to play 4-3-3 even though 3-4-3 suits our team better. Made even worse by the fact Paratici must have known that after Nuno, Conte/ Potter were two priority alternatives both of whom play 3 atb.

3. Buying players such as Emerson that suit 4 atb but not 3 atb. Now he has no use; we could have bought a RWB from the summer.

4. Finding money that NEARLY seals big deals such as Lautaro and Diaz. But then immediately forgetting about that cash when considering alternatives that we actually execute.

5. Bidding for players who don't start for their club, such as Kulusevski and Amarabat. This is nearly always a bad idea, unless there's special circumstances.

1. yes
2. Evidence? Or did you make this up?
3. Hang on you just said we were playing 4 atb so Emerson fits nicely. Or would you not have hired conte because we bought Emerson?
4. There’s always money for the right opportunity. Always has been.
5. Struggling to think of too many of those we’ve made tbf.

 

[Airfixx]

I think if we had planned for 3-4-3 since August, we could have built a good team .

The RWB options in transfer market are actually better than RB options.

Then why not shoot for one of those?

Why did so many people here get so caught up in the idea of Traore?

 

[Murphy]

Why do people think everything needs a new thread?

Why do people post in threads they have no interest in?

 

[jack sparrow]

Complaint number 6:

Why are we paying (if Kulu meets obligation conditions) more for Kulu and Bentancur than Juve did originally?
They have flopped at Juve, so surely we should get them at a discounted price?

Imagine if we were able to sell GLC or Ndombele at a greater fee than we bought them!

because without paying them so much you'd still have GLC and ndombelè right now in the squad
instead of them

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

That option 100% won’t be taken.

However it is possible that we buy Kulu for the quoted price; as there are conditions to make it obligatory (min appearances or top 4)

You seem very adept at melting at stuff before it's actually happened.

I don't give a fuck how much we are paying for Kulusevski, why do you?

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

Lyon are not going to pay 65 million euros for Ndombele- that is for sure.


I would prefer ENIC invest in our club, but as they don't we have budget restrictions that mean overpaying for certain players will reduce our ability to spend money elsewhere.

No, it's not for sure, you are guessing. There's no problem in taking a guess, we all have to speculate most of the time because we're not party to details, I've no issue with that but that's what it is, a guess. It's not for sure or a certainty.

You assume we've overpaid. You're setting the value here. Where is the value in Conte getting his man, what's that worth? If this was a big old sexy signing you would not doubt be screaming "just get it done" which I think is the stock phrase. You just don't like the singing, I think that's it.