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No, I actually think we'll get him.Is anyone else not completely taken hook, line and sinker with Soldado? *prepares to be drenched in holy water and garlic*
No, I actually think we'll get him.Is anyone else not completely taken hook, line and sinker with Soldado? *prepares to be drenched in holy water and garlic*
I meant more I'm not entirely taken with him as a 20 million plus striker. Seems too much to me. But it's not my money so here's hoping if we get him I end up back peddling faster than Nick Clegg on a tuition policy!
Told Liverpool have made an imcreased bid for
Soldado around 27m. Was told were happy to pay release but went in with a low bid first for some reason?? Things are crazy mad ATM. So much info flying around it must be chaos for the clubs behind the scenes right now.
He's about as good as we can get and in a position where we desperately need to strengthen. Is £26m for a 28 year old too much? Only time will tell, but if we have the money then there is nothing else that money could buy that would help us more.
The only problem is does Levy agree? The hesitation in signing him so far makes me think he doesn't.
Part of the reason we'll go so high is because he's actually got quite low wages, we've offered about 60k/wk reportedly. Any other top striker would take nearly double that, so over a 5 year deal we save substantial money (~10-15 million).
Thanks for sharing.
You lads know the player has agreed terms with us and said we're the club he wants to join, as seems to be the case? Unlike Siggy last year, we clearly have more to offer, so I'm still confident that we'll close this one, but it'd be interesting to hear the Liverpool perception of what the player wants. I'm guessing you've accepted Suarez is off and this is spending his money? You'd hardly have Suarez, Sturridge, Borini AND Soldado, I'm guessing...?
Similar situation with Berbatov wasn't it? We accepted a higher bid from City but Berba only wanted United. Eventually United paid up (with a lovely contribution to the foundation) and all parties got what they wanted - except City. I do hope that Liverpool are the "City" in this case.
Utd were far more appealing than City at the time though. Are we that much more appealing than Liverpool?
Told Liverpool have made an imcreased bid for
Soldado around 27m. Was told were happy to pay release but went in with a low bid first for some reason?? Things are crazy mad ATM. So much info flying around it must be chaos for the clubs behind the scenes right now.
Why would you bid above his release clause?
Told Liverpool have made an imcreased bid for
Soldado around 27m. Was told were happy to pay release but went in with a low bid first for some reason?? Things are crazy mad ATM. So much info flying around it must be chaos for the clubs behind the scenes right now.
As BO, Stoof, and (apparently) Roger Morgan have said above, it's one thing to agree a fee with a club and another thing entirely for the player to agree to the move. Word is that Soldado wants to come here - which counts for quite a lot.And there you have it. Salt of course, but if this isn't done VERY soon now we're going to lose out.
Based on anything apart from how many European Cups they've won, I'd say so. Wouldn't you?Utd were far more appealing than City at the time though. Are we that much more appealing than Liverpool?
We are a lot more appealing than Liverpool
What are they gonna do? Show him a few DVDs and talk about their history
As BO, Stoof, and (apparently) Roger Morgan have said above, it's one thing to agree a fee with a club and another thing entirely for the player to agree to the move. Word is that Soldado wants to come here - which counts for quite a lot.
What it might do, however (although he probably doesn't need any encouragement on this score) is to harden the stance of the Valencia Chairman.