Aston Villa sign Charles N'Zogbia (Reply#1151)

[Compass]

I can see this deal falling through and without any decent options anywhere else, the board will panic and cough up over 10 million on a lesser winger around August sometime.

[Karl Bridges]

Let's get past this £12m new price. Whelan has been quoted in the press that the price is £10m why should we believe it's now gone up with no quotes whatsoever?

[Rick_avfc]

I think where the issue lies is that the understanding was £9m so villa bid that or tried to negociate that but now DW moved the goal posts and wants that little bit more.  I agree £1m this day and age is hardly anything so we should pay it and move on!  its getting boring now just like the Fabregas situation which happens every year!

[UsualSuspect]

What understanding did we have for 9 million??

[VillaAlways]

What understanding did we have for 9 million??

I think CNZ and his agent were told he could go for £ 9,000,000. Unless they were just basing that on what he was going for at Blues

[Rick_avfc]

What understanding did we have for 9 million??

Previous bid being accepted last season from Blues.  Also, according to a reporter in the Sun (Dean Scoggins), the player understood that £9m would be enough for him to move to Villa but DW now wants £10m.  I'm just going on what this reporter tweets on twitter.

[UsualSuspect]

What understanding did we have for 9 million??

Previous bid being accepted last season from Blues.  Also, according to a reporter in the Sun (Dean Scoggins), the player understood that £9m would be enough for him to move to Villa but DW now wants £10m.  I'm just going on what this reporter tweets on twitter.

The player understood?

Bugger me I wouldn't trust most players to be able to understand the basics of colouring in.

Was there a 9 million clause in his contract?

[garyshawsknee]

The longer Whelan acts the tit,the longer Martinez will have to wait to get some money to invest back into the team. It doesn't do Wigan any favours to fcuk us about.

[UsualSuspect]

I still don't understand how Wigan have fucked us about?

Did we have it in writing from them that they would sell him to us for 9 million?

Had Whelan been quoted as saying that the price was 9 million? or was it an agreement that wasn't written down?

[Ads]

We'll sign him in January for £4 million then instead.

Let Wheelan play his brinkmanship policy and see how it unfolds. There are other left wingers out there.

[myf]

If I go to a shop and want a Mars bar and it has a price of 50p clearly labelled do I offer the shopkeeper 45p and hold out until he accepts my price because the sell by date is in 12 months time?
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Crappest analogy ever?

[not3bad]

Had Whelan been quoted as saying that the price was 9 million? or was it an agreement that wasn't written down?

From what I understand it was a verbal agreement between Whelan and the player.

[Le Lapin]

I think we are going to get gazumped on this one...Appy Arry, Golum, King Kenny and Potatoface Bruce will all be looking at what is happening. Villa are doing the donkeywork on this and could get caught out at the last minute .

[UsualSuspect]

Had Whelan been quoted as saying that the price was 9 million? or was it an agreement that wasn't written down?

From what I understand it was a verbal agreement between Whelan and the player.

Who was it that said verbal agreements aren't worth the paper they are written on.

If Nzogbia had a clause in his contract that said if an offer comes in for 9 million then you can talk to the club then fine.

[Rick_avfc]

If I go to a shop and want a Mars bar and it has a price of 50p clearly labelled do I offer the shopkeeper 45p and hold out until he accepts my price because the sell by date is in 12 months time?

Crappest analogy ever?
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Yes it is!  A players price is negotiable unlike a fooking mars bar!