Yannik
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for City I have definitely seen them, especially during the Sterling transfer many people said that this was planned.
11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1
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for City I have definitely seen them, especially during the Sterling transfer many people said that this was planned.
I didn't say they were, but they signed a player who has a history of doing that. Now that he does it again, they suddenly suspect Barça to be behind it because "Dembele ist noch kein fertiger Mann" and "he wouldn't do this on his own". Barça being behind is an assumption, there's just as much evidence to Dembele simply being a prick.
He did not say that the fee is lower than rumored.
I watched the show live.
He just said that the rumored fee in the press is NOT correct
Yannik
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I agree, or that RB Salzburg pulls off similar tactics when they sign players. Most likely the truth lies somewhere between all these factors.
FC433
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There are many other examples. I know our board is not the best, but it is really getting annoying with all the "I lost respect and or Dembele/ Coutinho would not do it" talk.
springfield
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Me and many others already said it and dortmund now confirmed. They want the most they can get out of Barcelona's desperate position. Now I'm very curious what the fee is. Dortmund can ask a ridiculous amount or Barcelona just are being greedy and think they can get him cheap because they are Barcelona.
Yannik
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There are surely more clubs than Barca doing it, Liverpool for example made it very obvious in their Keita & Van Dijk pursuits, PSG probably does similar stuff with Mbappé and his father. But generally Watzke isn't wrong when he says that this is annoying. It's basically nothing else but abusing your status as a large club to bully minor clubs into a vulnerable position.
FC433
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I am not getting it. What did Barca exactly do?
FC433
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It is actually less than 150m. According to Watzke the fee is not as high as it is reported.
Yannik
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The implication of Watzke was that Barca, when they scheduled "meetings" in Dortmund (and then Liverpool), didn't just meet with the clubs to discuss a possibility, but also secretly met with the desired players or their representatives to encourage them pushing for a move.
FC433
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He is assuming and yet accusing. Not once but at the very least twice.
I do not really know since I do not speak German:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Borussia Dortmund CEO Watzke gave a long exclusive interview to Sky Sports earlier today. All credit goes to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexTruica">@AlexTruica</a> for translating. <a href="https://t.co/9j7RoFPy0u">pic.twitter.com/9j7RoFPy0u</a></p>— M·A·J (@UltraAutistic) <a href="https://twitter.com/UltraAutistic/status/899224504823455745">August 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Curious as to why you think these clubs must sell the player when they are under contract? The player has willingly signed a contract and the club that owns the contract has the right to make the player see the contract through. The selling team also sets the price and if they want €150m then that's the price for the player regardless of who the buying club is.
Raketa10
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What more has to be said for our idiots to go out and sign him?
What an hypocrite. He is basically incriminating what he's been doing for years. Just be honest and say it loudly that I want a big part of the Neymar case.
behindbrowneyes
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http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...aette-die-bundesliga-ein-grosses-problem.html
Ok, here is the most recent article.
Says it would be bad for the reputation of the whole German Bundesliga if they'll let him go 20 or 30 millions cheaper for the sake of peace and quiet. It would lay down a "warning example".
He said that there was one meeting with Barcelona on the airport in Dusseldorf and that there aren't more necessary. Dortmund is willing to let him go and Barcelona knows the price. He also said that the likelihood of a transfer is under 50 percent.
Ok, here is the most recent article.
Says it would be bad for the reputation of the whole German Bundesliga if they'll let him go 20 or 30 millions cheaper for the sake of peace and quiet. It would lay down a "warning example".
He said that there was one meeting with Barcelona on the airport in Dusseldorf and that there aren't more necessary. Dortmund is willing to let him go and Barcelona knows the price. He also said that the likelihood of a transfer is under 50 percent.
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