Quote Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon View Post
They've only won 1 carling cup in the last 8 years. And also haven't been in the champions league for 5 years.

Idiots.
Their small minds don't seem to extend far past last season to the seasons where they struggled to even make it into Europa.

They seem to also attach a lot of weight to the fact we're not in CL proper unlike them because we have a qualifying match to play. As if we've never got past some pub team from Macedonia before.

I honestly do think any neutral fan/player would agree that we're currently a bigger draw to play for than Liverpool and it's not only because London > Liverpool. Hence it's not that surprising to me that we're hearing reports that Sanchez prefers to come to us.

Anyway that thread descended into a bitter dig about London and why it isn't so great.

Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
I never get this, isn't agreeing personal terms before agreeing a fee tapping up?

I would have thought agreeing a fee with his club should be the first thing you do, bit of a waste of time if they don't want to sell.
It happens this way in nearly every semi big transfer.

I think what normally happens is that the club discreetly meets with one of the myriad of advisers/representatives/agents of the player and often using to a third party themselves to avoid accountability. The player is sounded out about a move and general non-official/committal terms are agreed between the groups. It's a lot more time and resources consuming to agree a fee between two clubs which is why clubs don't want to waste time with it if the player is not directly open to a move.

Only a complete moron of a player (*cough* Cashley *cough*) would directly meet with an actual club representative of another club when still in contract.