Emmanuel Adebayor - Manchester City - ST (11 Viewers)

[Salvatore]

Well Africa is a way more bigger market than Bosnia for sure. And you have big faith in Dzeko if you compare him to greatest of these years.

That's why I made a big deal in putting "sort of" in italics. Those two players are special because of the way Barcelona and Real Madrid both sell themselves, on top of their talent.

I don't have faith in Adebayor and don't think he's capable of getting fans from all over the world to get interested into buying his shirt like Dzeko probably would.

 

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[pitbull]

Sweden and Bosnia aren't exactly "markets" but they produced Ibra...Jovetic from Montenegro, I mean you could easily list a lot of players from small markets as you call them that could nearly walk onto any team they want. I'd much rather search Europe than Africa.

I actually meant market not "market", I wasn't talking about producing players but selling shirts. But whatever, you seem confident that we should give away our last pennies for Dzeko, I don't rate him that high, we won't change our opinions, lets see what time shows us. Thanks for discussion both of you guys

 

[Alen]

I actually meant market not "market", I wasn't talking about producing players but selling shirts. But whatever, you seem confident that we should give away our last pennies for Dzeko, I don't rate him that high, we won't change our opinions, lets see what time shows us. Thanks for discussion both of you guys

I was under the impression, perhaps wrongly, that a potential Dzeko to Juve transfer will be financially helped a lot by Agnelli himself. I know for sure that Marotta said how we wanted both Dzeko and Krasic but the non-EU rule complicated things. Now, if we were indeed trying to buy them both, then it means that buying solely Dzeko, won't mean that 99% of our budget will be gone, right?

Perhaps the plan is/was to do something similar to Dinho to Milan in 2008. Milan made their transfers and the transfer budget didn't have any funds left to buy Dinho. This is where Berlusconi popped in and funded the transfer from his own pocket.

I'm pretty sure that I read something about Agnelli getting financially involved in the potential Dzeko transfer, but fuck me if I know where did I read it and how reliable it was.

 

[Hust]

I was under the impression that Agnelli will add more money to get him, but not buy him completely on his own. But yeah, Alen, I thought that we were going to try and buy both which means that after Dzeko we would have at the "minimum" another 15m or so to get Krasic which means we have more than we thought.

I think, that if we truly do fail to land Dzeko then Krasic is Plan B (from the EU-rule), then we get another striker, at least I hope so. If we get Dzeko then we have money left over that we would have used on Krasic that we can spend on whatever we need to fill, as long as it fits the "eu rule"

 

[Hust]

Personally, I think we should get Dzeko at whatever cost and get an agreement with Krasic that when (if) he were to walk away for free next season we would offer him a fat contract. And pray that Pepe/Lanza get us through the season

 

[BillyG]

Juventus are having second thoughts over Adebayor's €5.5m per annum salary

This would stop a lot of people's interest in Ade aspecially as i do not see him lowering his wage demands. City will soon find themselves in a similar situation to the one we now find ourselves in terms of players not wanting to move because other teams are unwilling to meet the over inflated wages that City dangled in front of players when they wanted to sign them.

Edit: Not that I want to see Ade here either!

 

[Suns]

I don't see the problem here. Adebayor is really talented and Man City really need to sell some players off really fast with the new rule and all. If we don't end up with Dzeko then a much cheaper Adebayor would be great. And if he has a French passport then we could also bring Krasic over here.

 

[Nicholas]

Alot of harsh critics on Adebayor on here.

He is better than all of our current Strikers and if we can get him for under 18 Million that would be great.

 

[BillyG]

The transfer fee is not the problem, it's his wages...

yes, but there is no way we are goin to sign him & make him highest earner which is what he would be if he wants the same wage he has at City! I cannot see him taking a wage cut based on his arrogant personality.

 

[CAPITANO]

2-3 Mil loan with option to buy for 16-18 Mil

 

[VladJuve]

But isn't he a non-EU player?

 

[Hust]

For the love of God...not unless he we pay him 3m or less...I doubt he will take a pay cut.

 

[Gabriel]

2-3 Mil loan with option to buy for 16-18 Mil

Can't we make city pay half his wages or something?

But isn't he a non-EU player?

He has french passport.

 

[Dostoevsky]

He bangs in goals - that's what counts. I don't give a fuck about players' attitude anymore. For all I care he can come in a package with Balotelli and Cassano.

 

[Lucky Luke]

for me,it's dzeko or none.
especially adeba with his enormous wages.

if we wont sign dzeko then i'll stick with trez,amauri,iaquinta,alex and diego.i'm grateful for what i have.

 

[Enron]

He bangs in goals - that's what counts. I don't give a fuck about players' attitude anymore. For all I care he can come in a package with Balotelli and Cassano.

Usually the bad attitude hinders the player's goal banging ability. That was Cassano's problem for a while.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I don't even know about his "attitude" but he scores many goals. Dunno, I did watch him but not so many times. His play was never impressive (neither is Trezeguet's but he's still a legend) but he does score a lot and it's what we need.

 

[Zé Tahir]

If we get him are we essentially funding Man City's purchase of Dzeko?

 

[David01]

that's all that really matters

 

[Dostoevsky]

If we get him are we essentially funding Man City's purchase of Dzeko?

I don't think they really need any financial help to get Dzeko. :tongue: Especially if they're willing to let him on loan, they basically want to get rid of him to get Dzeko.

If that's all true, of course.