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Well it's perfectly obvious to me who the alternative is.
I don’t think that makes sense.
It assumes that the asset Levy wants to sell in your scenario is worth more without the good players you’re talking about than it would be with them. But it doesn’t work like that does it?
Ultimately as I have felt for years now Levy and ENIC and uncle Joe are playing the end game now
New Stadium. Sell. Line their pockets. We hear the same stuff every single transfer window about how we are in for xyz , trust us etc and we rarely land a preferred target. This is a transfer that should have been a Levy special with a player that waited for us
Clearly ITk with superior knowledge to mine but saying trust Levy is a pretty bold ask when time and time again he has not delivered on transfer targets where there is genuine competition for the player
They have enough assets in the current squad plus stadium etc.....
Well it's perfectly obvious to me who the alternative is.
So this other target we’ve got wrapped up who’s loads better than RB must’ve only come to our attention in the last few weeks. Strange seeing as it’s meant to be a big name. Makes you think why we bothered stringing Barkley along when we really wanted this other guy or, like I said, we’ve only just become aware of him and he’s just told us he lives and breathes chicken badge.
If we’ve moved on fine. I just find it hard to believe that someone we’ve chased for over a year is now not on our radar. Very odd for the money on the table.
So this other target we’ve got wrapped up who’s loads better than RB must’ve only come to our attention in the last few weeks. Strange seeing as it’s meant to be a big name. Makes you think why we bothered stringing Barkley along when we really wanted this other guy or, like I said, we’ve only just become aware of him and he’s just told us he lives and breathes chicken badge.
So this other target we’ve got wrapped up who’s loads better than RB must’ve only come to our attention in the last few weeks. Strange seeing as it’s meant to be a big name. Makes you think why we bothered stringing Barkley along when we really wanted this other guy or, like I said, we’ve only just become aware of him and he’s just told us he lives and breathes chicken badge.
He wasn't injured when we started chasing him.
IMO we wanted Barkley because he was, prior to injury and surgery, cheap and EPL proven. Levy doesn't buy injury risk players, especially not to put them on 100k. Our hopes were that Barkley would be match fit by now but that obviously hasn't happened and we may have to move on to a different option, i.e. a quality player who would cost a sizable fee. My fingers are fully crossed for Kovacic (who I would have ahead of Barkley any day of the week). I'd also be very interested in Seri.
Has that been given as the reason?He wasn't injured when we started chasing him.
Please shareWell it's perfectly obvious to me who the alternative is.
So this other target we’ve got wrapped up who’s loads better than RB must’ve only come to our attention in the last few weeks. Strange seeing as it’s meant to be a big name. Makes you think why we bothered stringing Barkley along when we really wanted this other guy or, like I said, we’ve only just become aware of him and he’s just told us he lives and breathes chicken badge.
Maybe, but I'm sure Chelsea will entice him with a higher offeri am pretty sure as we have been chasing him for about a year we had an idea of what his wage demands were