Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[Özim]

hmmm so Valencia had the option to sell him for 15-20mil or wait a bit longer and get £23.5mil from Chelsea or whoever, jeez that must have been a hard business decision.

Also we have paid £6mil for Ox plus future clauses.

It wasn't their decision, if someone made the correct offer they'd get him at the knockdown price before the deadline in his clause.

Valencia had no say in this, had someone bid he could have gone.

Also everything I've seen says 12-15 million.

[Darth Vela]

I'm pretty skeptical of that clause as coming after the statement that it was all agreed and Mata was on his way it smacks of Balague covering his arse to try and make it look like he's ITK when he didn't have a clue, it might well be true of course but no-one else has ever mentioned it.

[Flavs]

I'm pretty skeptical of that clause as coming after the statement that it was all agreed and Mata was on his way it smacks of Balague covering his arse to try and make it look like he's ITK when he didn't have a clue, it might well be true of course but no-one else has ever mentioned it.

If such a clause existed i am sure Valencia could have just not picked up the phone and ignored their emails

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I'm pretty skeptical of that clause as coming after the statement that it was all agreed and Mata was on his way it smacks of Balague covering his arse to try and make it look like he's ITK when he didn't have a clue, it might well be true of course but no-one else has ever mentioned it.

Like most times then tbh.

[Unai Tea]

If such a clause existed i am sure Valencia could have just not picked up the phone and ignored their emails

My understanding of that clause was that if someone came in and offered the buyout amount, Valencia could still refuse by upgrading Mata's contract terms. If no one came in before the deadline, the contract rolled over till next year and the clause was increased.

Other than that, there was alot of talk about bids, what we did and didn't do but not very much was confirmed. Maybe we bid low, maybe we asked questions about how much he would cost etc, maybe we didn't do anything.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Hardly, he was available at a cut price amount in July due to his contract after a specified date that price clause no longer applied.

Also Oxo didn't cost 6 million, the fee is supposed to be 12 million plus adds ons, think Mata was available for 15-20 million Euros due to the clause in his contract.

So yeah he was right.

Chelsea paid full price as they bought him after the contract clause expired.

In the Negoatiating room was you ? Chelsea never paid full price for mata that is rubbish, i Swear he was nog going anywhere for less then 60 mill according to Balague. The whole think stinks tbh.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

My understanding of that clause was that if someone came in and offered the buyout amount, Valencia could still refuse by upgrading Mata's contract terms. If no one came in before the deadline, the contract rolled over till next year and the clause was increased.

Other than that, there was alot of talk about bids, what we did and didn't do but not very much was confirmed. Maybe we bid low, maybe we asked questions about how much he would cost etc, maybe we didn't do anything.

Sums it up perfectly.

[Niall_Quinn]

Whoever it's going to be coming in, they better get him fast. The days are running out.Deadline day extension again? Fax lost in the post?

[RomfordPele]

We need players in before Sunday, not deadline day.

What's the record for heaviest Premiership defeat? 9-0, wasn't it?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

We need players in before Sunday, not deadline day.

What's the record for heaviest Premiership defeat? 9-0, wasn't it?

What's the record for heaviest Premiership defeat? 9-0, wasn't it?

Tsh Tsh MOC have their eye on you mate