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3000 posts and not signed..damn!
Summary:
Salva is a relatively new president at Valencia and this stance is unusual as the club usual sell when a big offer comes in. He says he's told Spurs that he will not accept a payment structure which is less than the £26m buyout, even if it includes add-ons, but he is willing to negotiate a deal which means Spurs don't pay the full fee now, as long as it IS paid eventually. I didn't quite understand that as surely add-ons ultimately bridge this difference, but then I guess it depends on the add-ons.
So there's certainly scope for more haggling but he's adamant that Valencia receive £26m in full or Soldado will not leave the club this summer.
Hunter said if Spurs think this is the man who can get goals - which he clearly is - and fire them into the Champions League again, then they have to spend big and Soldado is certainly a striker who can offer that. So the ball is in Levy's court.
He also mentioned that Soldado told him last summer he was all set to sign for Spurs having been impressed by the club and our interest but decided to stay at Valencia for another year - so Spurs have that in their favour too.
Dempsey's will do just fine!Hopefully a donkey's head to the chairman of Valencia.
200 pages should do it...3000 posts and not signed..damn!
I think one other interesting thing to note was how close he was to joining last year as that didn't seem to be the case from our point of view.
I think one other interesting thing to note was how close he was to joining last year as that didn't seem to be the case from our point of view.
Anybody else's head hurting yet?
£35.2 million for VillaHe will want to show off his 'strength' then. Supposedly their last president was awful and pretty much gave players away. Damn it!
What was said?
I know we're all desperate for this to happen but let's not dress up the fact this could potentially be a long way off.
If we supposedly wouldn't pay anywhere near the amount Villa wanted for Benteke, who is 6 years Soldado's junior; I'm still struggling to fathom how Levy has been convinced into this one.
I think it all hangs on how desperate Valencia are behind closed doors for the finances... Surely Levy has got to want to keep the up-front fee south of £20 million.
Problem is, it sounds so simplistic to the average Joe to say "just pay the extra couple of million" but there are so many variables that need to be considered and the impact on the cash flow from our point of view in conjunction with all our other outgoings.The add ons won't be guaranteed - so that's the problem there. You would have to consider how realistic the add ons are as well.
I still don't think this will happen, Levy won't pay what they want.
But to those dating this us too much. Had it occurred to you that a huge signing is a double edged sword?
You get a top quality player AND you make a massive statement of intent.
You make the footballing world sit up and take notice.
Soldado told him last summer he was all set to sign for Spurs having been impressed by the club and our interest but decided to stay at Valencia for another year.
I agree but I don't think the up front fee matters too much to Levy (obviously it does to an extent).
I think the difference between a deal in instalments and a deal with a smaller up front fee and add ons is the former guarantees Valencia 30mil, even if that 30 mil takes 100 years to fully come through. A guaranteed payment of Spurs to Valencia of 30 mil over how ever many years is still 30mill spent and 30mill that has to be budgeted for.
A deal with add ons that adds up to 30mil however has a chance of never having to fully reach 30mil due to a variety of circumstances.
Anybody else's head hurting yet?
I know we're all desperate for this to happen but let's not dress up the fact this could potentially be a long way off.
If we supposedly wouldn't pay anywhere near the amount Villa wanted for Benteke, who is 6 years Soldado's junior; I'm still struggling to fathom how Levy has been convinced into this one.
I think it all hangs on how desperate Valencia are behind closed doors for the finances... Surely Levy has got to want to keep the up-front fee south of £20 million.
Anybody else's head hurting yet?