by EMP Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:49 pm
zen and the art of wrote: EMP wrote:Sorry Zen, I thought you could reply in the middle of other people's replies by quotes. The bit below is my response.
Because Valencia doesn't have to sell unless it is in our interests to do so. We are not going to give him away just because Liverpool want him. It has to be in our interests to sell him. And that goes for anyone else interested in him as well. You might get him, but it will cost you ridiculous money. Just out of interest how much do you think it will cost you to get him?
I'm not disagreeing with any of that mate. Though, if the player wants to leave, there's very little you can actually do these days. As for the price? I don't believe the £40m+ talk. I'll take a stab in the dark at somewhere between £27m-£33m - not sure what that is in euros.
Maybe we could throw in Cisse to sweeten the deal
Even if Villa wants to leave we can still hold out for a fair evaluation. We gave you Aurelio for free, Sissoko for way below his worth - Quique's fault - and you got Benitez for free. We are nice people, but there are limits to our charity.
I can see it makes sense for Liverpool. Even Villa may entertain the idea, but if he goes we have to get his worth. I think he has a long contract, so we can afford to play a waiting game with him. He threw a massive strop earlier with Quique, but Quique won in the end. If he only had a year to go, I can understand it, but I'm pretty sure he signed an extension earlier with a huge buy-out clause. Don't forget that we know that you have new investment come in. We can afford to wait until your offer meets ours expectations of his worth. We can afford to wait it out with him for an offer of £40m+. We do tend to get talented youngsters pretty cheap. Look at David Silva. On loan last season - Spanish international this. We can wait for an offer we like. Does your offer of Cisse come with compensation for us taking him?