City were the ones that were after him initially and were close enough that Guadiola is on record saying he thought the deal was done, Chelsea stole the deal from under their noses by the sounds of things and one would have to assume the fact that they had just appointed his manager of the past few years was the main reason for being able to do that.
it was a deal that was never open to us and he was never a player that was attainable because he was a target of the richest clubs in the game - if you think we can toe to toe on transfers with the likes of City then you are severely misguided
See this is why I referenced my previous posts on this because it contains several well reasoned points which counters everything you have said.
Have a read, oh fudge it I'll repost the main points. Christ the things I do...
- main reason for rejecting City was because him and his woman wanted to live in London. So city and whoever else, even the likes of Barca and Madrid if they wanted him, would have been off the table and we would not have had to be competing with them. A unique situation indeed, that we could have taken advantage of.
- it was not due to working with sarri again, it's a nice bonus that he turned up at chelsea but it was not the driving force behind him going their.
- transfer fee £57m
- wages £102k pw, which is less than what city were offering him
- we have CL, chelsea have EL
- we have an infinitely better stadium
Obviously some of the above is based on what the mass media are reporting to be the case, I am not an itk!
So very attainable my friend, but we didn't want him... I just want to know why damn it!
And now judging by our realistically attainable targets, we also missed the boat on the goon Uruguay guy!
Great stuff, great stuff!
Could have had the pair for £80m! A new Wanyama and a new dembele for £80m!