Romey 1878 Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/29/manchester-city-everton-valuation-john-stones Kindly fuck off then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Kindly? Nah. Pay up or do one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Second that. 50 mil or no Stones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogs Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 As has already been said... they set the benchmark with Sterling, no way Stones will be as bad as he is in 12 months, therefore bidding starts at 50m... But let's face it, he's going. And to be fair Koeman needs the £125m he could raise from flogging Stones and Lukaku,the squad everyone was tipping as 'the best in 30 years' does not look clever at all right now, does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 What effect are they having on the squad? Have I missed something? Footballers are used to players coming and going, it happens in every club. A player wanting to leave is not unusual, but I'm not seeing it cause any problems with the rest of the squad personally. MikeO and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 What effect are they having on the squad? Have I missed something? Footballers are used to players coming and going, it happens in every club. A player wanting to leave is not unusual, but I'm not seeing it cause any problems with the rest of the squad personally. I'd disagree especially with it being two of the bigger names. Players will be looking to improve on last season and with no body of note coming in and the impending loss of two of the big names will surely be bad for moral Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Well Patto said they are starting to affect the whole squad, can you show any evidence of this? I don't see Stones causing any issue with the squad at all, even last year after the transfer request he was still hugely popular with the other players. Rom is close to only a handful of players in the squad anyway, he's been running his mouth since day one so why will it only become a problem now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead1 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Didn't Erwin come out yesterday and say Stones had been a fantastic professional thru all of this? Didn't see him mentioning Lukaku tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Erwin did indeed praise Stones and how he handles things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/hes-everton-player-pep-guardiola-11715345 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Pundits saying Stones is perfect for Pep. Comparing him to Pique. Thing with Pique is, whilst he's comfortable on the ball he doesn't mess about with it. Doesn't try to go past men 3/4/5 times. Non comparable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Pundits saying Stones is perfect for Pep. Comparing him to Pique. Thing with Pique is, whilst he's comfortable on the ball he doesn't mess about with it. Doesn't try to go past men 3/4/5 times. Non comparable to me. That's precisely why Pep would be perfect for him Lowensda and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 He's on city's squad list for their playoff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 He's on city's squad list for their playoff.. OMG this is true. I thought you were joking. http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-09/uefa-list-everton-defender-john-stones-in-man-city-squad/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Loan him out for silly money like Monaco done with Falcao. Considering they're desperate I'd try for £12m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 SSN reporting he's close to completing his move. Bye bye, John, we won't even know you're gone to be fair. It won't hurt us on the pitch, but it will hurt us watching you more than likely go on to be one of the best around. I just hope we stuck to our guns and got the £50m. Matt and Lowensda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiediow Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) If he has not been sold, surely this is blatant tapping up by Man City. I would increase the price, purely for them taking the mickey. Does this also mean, that they have in effect, made it impossible for another Champions League team to do a late bid as he can no longer register for another team? Edited August 9, 2016 by markiediow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 I'll be honest, i'm going to be quite upset about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 If they have put him in their CL squad they must already own his registration. Maybe they don't want to announce it quietly while all the focus is on the other half of Manchester. They'll make a fuss about it later in the week. On the plus side, Williams can have the number five shirt, that makes me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 If we now go on to spend, spend, spend its going to look suspiciously like sell to buy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yes it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) bye John, show me the money Edited August 9, 2016 by Hafnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Apparently it's £42m plus add-ons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Apparently it's £42m plus add-ons. so £50m ish.... would have liked more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 It's officially done. £47.5m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) If they have put him in their CL squad they must already own his registration. Maybe they don't want to announce it quietly while all the focus is on the other half of Manchester. They'll make a fuss about it later in the week. On the plus side, Williams can have the number five shirt, that makes me happy. Number 5 to fulfill his role as advanced sweeper left centre back? Edited August 9, 2016 by Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Anyway, good luck to him. He is going to prove so many people wrong. Lowensda and MikeO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 If we now go on to spend, spend, spend its going to look suspiciously like sell to buy . The cynic in me can't help but think this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethinO Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Fuck. Stones has actually gone. All happened too quick for my liking. There's a part of me that's absolutely gutted but then we need to be stronger defensively and I don't think he'll be that big of a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofanon Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Loads of potential but he was truly terrible last year. So £47.5m for a player last season that looked a £5m player is pretty good going. Totally agree with the sell to buy comments - it really does look this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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