nono

And at 60m, why not make it 70m and so on ? The club knows that they're overpaying even at 50m. No need to get mugged. You pay such a stupid buyout clause in this case and then every club we deal with in the future will know we're easy game in these transfer dealings.

Neither Real nor City will even offer that 52 million euros. Real since they are going after Bale. City already have two really good strikers so I doubt they'll spend that much on a third one no matter how good he is. Dzeko will probably stay.

Di Laurentiis is such a stickler if you give him 62999999 euros he will reject it.

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You take everything literally eh ? Are you really such a simpleton ?

He is out of shape. Imbecile.

Rooney is fat though. Just play Lukaku. Rooney at 25-30m pounds is not worth the slight upgrade from Lukaku.

No way Real are getting both him and Bale.

What a bloody joke. He's worth 20 million euros top imo. Rather than pay stupid money for him I'd rather we go harder after Cavani who is actually a world class player.

My reaction to this.

Now I have to track you down and murder you. Just kidding. Haha when you first said you were afraid to give an opinion on Mikel I thought you were going to say he's a good player.

There must be some statistics for how much distance Mikel covers ?

Just sell Torres first and foremost. Then I can be at peace, even if we don't get Cavani.

Instead of 63 million euros, why not just pay 17 million more and get Ronaldo ?

All Cavani's mother has admitted is that City have been tapping him up.

Hopefully Uruguay is knocked out in the group stages so we have a quick resolution to this transfer.

I'm glad we gave him that contract. Doesn't really matter what Barca do here.

7 seasons is enough. Better players have been given less of a chance here. I think he's a decent player, but not good enough for us. Our midfield got exposed too often against better teams this season. If not Mikel, who's responsibility do you think that is ? Don't give me Nigeria statistics please. The standard of African football isn't exactly that high right now. Even if we sign Cavani and still keep Mikel around, we will suffer. I honestly hope we bring in a great central midfielder. That is perhaps the glaring weakness in the team right now after the striker position. I thank Mikel for his service all these years. But hopefully both he and the club can now move on to other things.

One thing is obvious here. We don't want to pay the release clause and then have him get injured in the Confederations Cup. International competitive games are very physical. As soon as that tournament is over they'll announce he's a Chelsea player. At least I hope so.

If we can't get Cavani just roll with Lukaku, who will be better than Rooney anyways.

What does it say about a player when he is the highest earner in the team and is still out of shape the entire season ?

If our board doesn't accept that .......

This guy has really amazing stamina. Never a second where he isn't running.

Ok Roman, pay the buyout clause.

Brilliant goal !!!