| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. 12:02 - Feb 13 with 13877 views | Bloots |
….according to The Athletic.
Reliable source. |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 with 7067 views | J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:08 - Feb 13 with 7007 views | FrimleyBlue |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 by J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |
If there was a man city buyback..
Would town have been able to stick a sell on fee to it?
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| Really? Why not….? on 12:10 - Feb 13 with 7005 views | Bloots |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 by J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |
….I’ve never understood why people think that Ashton is some sort of “negotiation legend”.
We’ve overpaid for a lot of our signings in my opinion, plus I’m pretty sure City have better negotiators than him. | |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:10 - Feb 13 with 6995 views | baxterbasics |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 by J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |
This perhaps ignores the fact Delap did not appear to be a £40m player when we went for him. He's overperformed compared to what we expected. |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:13 - Feb 13 with 6917 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
Athletic is usually right, so we haven't done amazingly out of that deal should we drop. If his goals keep us up, however, it will have been good business even if we do get below the market value for him from City.
What I don't get is City could have done better business by loaning him to us and selling him at full value themselves at the end of the season. There is no way he'd get much game time there. It seems baffling unless they really do view him as someone they can use. |  |
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| Really? Why not….? on 12:14 - Feb 13 with 6887 views | J2BLUE |
| Really? Why not….? on 12:10 - Feb 13 by Bloots |
….I’ve never understood why people think that Ashton is some sort of “negotiation legend”.
We’ve overpaid for a lot of our signings in my opinion, plus I’m pretty sure City have better negotiators than him. |
Young, English with Man City academy pedigree. It wasn't exactly impossible for him to have a good season and increase his worth by £50m. Especially as the pundits love to point out that it's in a poor team.
Just seems far too low. I think they would have taken him in January if it was only £40m. Could have immediately loaned him to someone like West Ham or Brighton. | |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:14 - Feb 13 with 6874 views | vapour_trail |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 by J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |
It’s from a Laurie Whitwell authored piece offering pure speculation on who Man U might target this summer:
‘It is expected Delap’s price will come down should Ipswich get relegated, moving more into United’s range, but they would face serious competition from Chelsea, who have expressed their interest to Ipswich.
It can be revealed City inserted a £40million buyback clause in the deal taking Delap to Portman Road for a potential £20m last summer, so that could be a factor, or a gauge of fee, in the anticipated pursuit of his signature.’
Whether that can be treated as ‘reliable’, your guess is as good as mine. But speculating on price according to the level we will be playing at seems pretty irrelevant if the 40m price is correct. Not sure I buy it. |  |
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| Presumably they will save on the sell-on percentage too? on 12:15 - Feb 13 with 6852 views | Menton |
Like Villa and Philogene? |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:15 - Feb 13 with 6843 views | homer_123 |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:13 - Feb 13 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
Athletic is usually right, so we haven't done amazingly out of that deal should we drop. If his goals keep us up, however, it will have been good business even if we do get below the market value for him from City.
What I don't get is City could have done better business by loaning him to us and selling him at full value themselves at the end of the season. There is no way he'd get much game time there. It seems baffling unless they really do view him as someone they can use. |
£20m from us goes as pure profit on their bottom line. The loan wouldn't have. |  |
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| Doubtful…. on 12:15 - Feb 13 with 6844 views | Bloots |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:08 - Feb 13 by FrimleyBlue |
If there was a man city buyback..
Would town have been able to stick a sell on fee to it?
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….it would have to have been written in at the time, which would then have affected the buy back price.
Too many variables.
At least we know the maximum that we’ll get in the summer now. | |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:16 - Feb 13 with 6843 views | SomethingBlue |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:14 - Feb 13 by vapour_trail |
It’s from a Laurie Whitwell authored piece offering pure speculation on who Man U might target this summer:
‘It is expected Delap’s price will come down should Ipswich get relegated, moving more into United’s range, but they would face serious competition from Chelsea, who have expressed their interest to Ipswich.
It can be revealed City inserted a £40million buyback clause in the deal taking Delap to Portman Road for a potential £20m last summer, so that could be a factor, or a gauge of fee, in the anticipated pursuit of his signature.’
Whether that can be treated as ‘reliable’, your guess is as good as mine. But speculating on price according to the level we will be playing at seems pretty irrelevant if the 40m price is correct. Not sure I buy it. |
Whitwell is good – this is the most trustworthy indication so far. |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:17 - Feb 13 with 6808 views | Bellevue_Blue |
It's cheap comparatively but not terrible.
The real question is how enforceable is it? Because I can't imagine Delap will be particularly keen to sit behind a striker with a 10yr contract for any period of time | | | |
| No, that was a matching clause…. on 12:17 - Feb 13 with 6805 views | Bloots |
| Presumably they will save on the sell-on percentage too? on 12:15 - Feb 13 by Menton |
Like Villa and Philogene? |
….this is a buy back, fixed at £40m. | |
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| You’ve changed your tune! (n/t) on 12:18 - Feb 13 with 6776 views | Bloots |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:16 - Feb 13 by SomethingBlue |
Whitwell is good – this is the most trustworthy indication so far. |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:19 - Feb 13 with 6744 views | SmithersJones |
There’s probably a sell on clause if we sell to anyone else, so selling to City for £40m is likely to be the same as selling to someone else for £45m - £50m, which is not far off what he’d fetch in an open market (especially if we get relegated). So while it’s a bit short of what we’d like, it’s not the worst deal in the world for us. | | | |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:20 - Feb 13 with 6705 views | baxterbasics |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:17 - Feb 13 by Bellevue_Blue |
It's cheap comparatively but not terrible.
The real question is how enforceable is it? Because I can't imagine Delap will be particularly keen to sit behind a striker with a 10yr contract for any period of time |
I would agree that whilst Ipswich would have no choice but to sell back at the agreed price should they come asking, Delap would still be free to say 'no thanks'. Which would be nice. But City could always say to him "don't worry lad, we'll still sell you on and share the profits with you" | |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:20 - Feb 13 with 6684 views | lowhouseblue |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:13 - Feb 13 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
Athletic is usually right, so we haven't done amazingly out of that deal should we drop. If his goals keep us up, however, it will have been good business even if we do get below the market value for him from City.
What I don't get is City could have done better business by loaning him to us and selling him at full value themselves at the end of the season. There is no way he'd get much game time there. It seems baffling unless they really do view him as someone they can use. |
if they'd loaned him city would be carrying the risk that he didn't come good. if the story is right then if he doesn't do well with us they've got their £20m, if he does do well they can get him back below his value. seems a good deal for city. |  |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:21 - Feb 13 with 6677 views | vapour_trail |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:16 - Feb 13 by SomethingBlue |
Whitwell is good – this is the most trustworthy indication so far. |
This particular piece doesn’t really make a lot of sense though. And the athletic call this sort of thing incorrectly along with all other sources.
Maybe he’s right, not sure the price would be too far above that anyway u less it is United who love paying top dollar. | |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:23 - Feb 13 with 6592 views | SheffordBlue |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:06 - Feb 13 by J2BLUE |
I don't believe that.
If it's true then City will 100% re-sign him and then immediately sell him on/loan him out.
I really don't think Ashton would agree to that. |
Hasn't the ability to buy back and then get rid of the player straight away been challenged recently - at least from a PSR perspective? | |
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| No, that was a matching clause…. on 12:23 - Feb 13 with 6570 views | bluefunk |
| No, that was a matching clause…. on 12:17 - Feb 13 by Bloots |
….this is a buy back, fixed at £40m. |
Delap does have the option to refuse to return to Man City but it does appear that, if this is correct, then we know what we’ll get when he goes. As for the price dropping if we do get relegated, I doubt that would be the case, as there will be several interested parties and while Ashton isn’t necessarily a world class negotiator, he can manage a bidding war. |  | | |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:26 - Feb 13 with 6461 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:15 - Feb 13 by homer_123 |
£20m from us goes as pure profit on their bottom line. The loan wouldn't have. |
That's from our perspective, from City's perspective, they have spent £20million to buy back their own player (taking what we paid into account), even if it is just to sell him to another Premier League club, who wouldn't be offering as much to them (as we would demand) as they're not as incentivized to keep him as we would be. Also, does the buyback expire? If we drop, and City opt not to buy back in the summer, can we do business with other clubs, does it remain in place for his entire contract?
Sure £20million profit for us is fine, but a relative drop in the ocean in 2025 and not the sort of money we should be sacrificing a key player for, especially if we drop. We've spent similar money on Championship level players. | |
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| Fair point. (n/t) on 12:30 - Feb 13 with 6369 views | Bloots |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:19 - Feb 13 by SmithersJones |
There’s probably a sell on clause if we sell to anyone else, so selling to City for £40m is likely to be the same as selling to someone else for £45m - £50m, which is not far off what he’d fetch in an open market (especially if we get relegated). So while it’s a bit short of what we’d like, it’s not the worst deal in the world for us. |
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| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:32 - Feb 13 with 6340 views | Chris_ITFC |
Doubling our money in 12 months AND having a player potentially play a vital role in keeping us up is very good business. |  | | |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:34 - Feb 13 with 6292 views | sjg |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:32 - Feb 13 by Chris_ITFC |
Doubling our money in 12 months AND having a player potentially play a vital role in keeping us up is very good business. |
Spending £20m on a player with a maximum return value of £40m and a minimum return value of £0 is not | | | |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:37 - Feb 13 with 6193 views | FrimleyBlue |
| £40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 12:34 - Feb 13 by sjg |
Spending £20m on a player with a maximum return value of £40m and a minimum return value of £0 is not |
£25 mill profit on a player who we could if we go down buy 3 players for, or if we stay up, use it along with another 145 mill to be go again... | |
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