Quote from: Dave on February 02, 2023, 10:57:31 AMQuote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 10:48:58 AMAs I said, denail was the wrong word because that made it look like I was talking about a statement from the club(s) or player, I mean that some of the trasnfer experts in the press would've reported it as bullshit if they had any hint that it hadn't happened. Even those people don't comment on every story but Villa breaking our transfer record to sign one of the best young players in Spain is big enough for them to comment on.It definitely would be big enough for them to comment on. Which makes you wonder, if it happened and they knew that it happened, why they didn't?Romano did, he said a few days ago that it's more likely to happen in the summer, that was reported pretty widely at the time.
Quote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 10:48:58 AMAs I said, denail was the wrong word because that made it look like I was talking about a statement from the club(s) or player, I mean that some of the trasnfer experts in the press would've reported it as bullshit if they had any hint that it hadn't happened. Even those people don't comment on every story but Villa breaking our transfer record to sign one of the best young players in Spain is big enough for them to comment on.It definitely would be big enough for them to comment on. Which makes you wonder, if it happened and they knew that it happened, why they didn't?
As I said, denail was the wrong word because that made it look like I was talking about a statement from the club(s) or player, I mean that some of the trasnfer experts in the press would've reported it as bullshit if they had any hint that it hadn't happened. Even those people don't comment on every story but Villa breaking our transfer record to sign one of the best young players in Spain is big enough for them to comment on.
Quote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 10:40:07 AMLet me try this again, people like John Percy and Fabrizio Romano have made their reputations on being right about stuff like this. If there was nothing to the idea that we had a bid accepted but the player said no people like that would report it because it would reinforce the idea that they're the people worth listening to and putting the boot in on the sources that reported it.I freely admit I might be wrong but for this specific story I think it's far more likely to be real than not. Whereas for all the people you've listed the stories fit more neatly into general speculation.I can't see that either of them have mentioned him at all, where did you see that they did?
Let me try this again, people like John Percy and Fabrizio Romano have made their reputations on being right about stuff like this. If there was nothing to the idea that we had a bid accepted but the player said no people like that would report it because it would reinforce the idea that they're the people worth listening to and putting the boot in on the sources that reported it.I freely admit I might be wrong but for this specific story I think it's far more likely to be real than not. Whereas for all the people you've listed the stories fit more neatly into general speculation.
Aren't Givemesport just another load of Football Insider type bullshit merchants? Romano usually puts absolutely everything he says on his Twitter, and hasn't mentioned Williams once. Nor has Percy, so I honestly don't think there was anything remotely concrete whatsoever.
“The expectation of those close to Nico Williams is for the player to leave, possibly in the summer. So at the moment, the situation is still complicated.”Thats the quote in that article.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on February 02, 2023, 11:30:22 AM“The expectation of those close to Nico Williams is for the player to leave, possibly in the summer. So at the moment, the situation is still complicated.”Thats the quote in that article. I honestly don't care enough to carry on with this, I made a bit of a throwaway comment and have had 3 of you grilling me over it for nearly 4 hours. I think if it was completely made up that we were so close to a very big signing we'd know by now, you don't have to agree but we're just gonig in circles now.
Quote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 11:35:16 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on February 02, 2023, 11:30:22 AM“The expectation of those close to Nico Williams is for the player to leave, possibly in the summer. So at the moment, the situation is still complicated.”Thats the quote in that article. I honestly don't care enough to carry on with this, I made a bit of a throwaway comment and have had 3 of you grilling me over it for nearly 4 hours. I think if it was completely made up that we were so close to a very big signing we'd know by now, you don't have to agree but we're just gonig in circles now.Well you've implied that people you trust like Percy and Romano have mentioned it, when in fact neither of them have, and the only mention is a supposed quote from a bullshit site that doesn't even mention Villa.
Quote from: Risso on February 02, 2023, 11:37:36 AMQuote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 11:35:16 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on February 02, 2023, 11:30:22 AM“The expectation of those close to Nico Williams is for the player to leave, possibly in the summer. So at the moment, the situation is still complicated.”Thats the quote in that article. I honestly don't care enough to carry on with this, I made a bit of a throwaway comment and have had 3 of you grilling me over it for nearly 4 hours. I think if it was completely made up that we were so close to a very big signing we'd know by now, you don't have to agree but we're just gonig in circles now.Well you've implied that people you trust like Percy and Romano have mentioned it, when in fact neither of them have, and the only mention is a supposed quote from a bullshit site that doesn't even mention Villa.To be fair, Paul actually suggests that it's the very fact that they haven't mentioned it that means the story is obviously true.
I freely admit I might be wrong
Quote from: paul_e on February 02, 2023, 10:40:07 AMI freely admit I might be wrongMight have been better to leave it at that point then.
Tough crowd, you can't as much as fart in the wrong direction on this thread!