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Linked with cajuste from Napoli today as an alternative Phillips will be staying put at that price

Trowel wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:48 am

Haha erm nah

£135k a week is probably not unreasonable for him to expect.

But for us it seems like too much of a risk in our financial predicament.

Wonder if he has a relegation clause in his contract - he might be cheaper if the EPL decide to charge Citeh

10 million?
Nice one city, nobody is paying that for the current version of this player, for a loan only. You’d have to have an owner that’s completely bonkers to agree to that………..,
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superpull wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:00 pm £135k a week is probably not unreasonable for him to expect.

But for us it seems like too much of a risk in our financial predicament.

It's not unreasonable for him to want the money his contract says but it's a lot more than he's currently worth. Why should we take over city's problem and pay them 3m for the privilege on top. Too many clubs have been in a rush to get the top teams out of their poor deals. When we were richer we seemed to be first in the queue to make these rotten deals.

That’s stupid money for a risky one season rental.

Hard pass.

Given the impact to PSR we'd be better off buying someone on half the wages. PSR impact would be the same and we'd end up with an asset.

We are paying 5m a year for the loan of Lindstrom, Philips is more established and proven in the league. Its a risk based on what he did at West Ham, but we clearly arent thinking he'd replicate that form. Im sure Cities stance will soften the closer we get to the close of the window, but hes going to cost 7.5m minimum, which isnt that bad, imo

Raptor wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:14 pm We are paying 5m a year for the loan of Lindstrom, Philips is more established and proven in the league. Its a risk based on what he did at West Ham, but we clearly arent thinking he'd replicate that form. Im sure Cities stance will soften the closer we get to the close of the window, but hes going to cost 7.5m minimum, which isnt that bad, imo

Based on him doing nowt for about 3 years.

Also the difference between him and Lindstrom is buying Phillips would probably be beyond us given his wages fee and age. So it's not even a loan with a realistic view to buying

I would argue he's proven himself to be washed

Well at least we now see if we have dodged a bullet or missed out on a game changer.

Escalator wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:54 am Well at least we now see if we have dodged a bullet or missed out on a game changer.

The former I think

Not like he's had his pick of even Europa League hopefuls.