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Should Swansea gazump Inter Milan for Cardiff's Gary Medel?
Inter are rumoured to be stalling over an £8million fee for the Chilean, and the Swans need a defensive midfielder...
Four and a half years ago Huw Jenkins made a seemingly tongue-in-cheek enquiry about Jay Bothroyd (then Cardiff's top scorer - he's now playing in Thailand! Mad!). The response? Bothroyd himself had a pop at Huw in the press, and chairman Peter Ridsdale said he "wouldn't expect any of his players to go 'down the road' ", adding that he thought Huw had done it simply for the publicity. For his part, our dear chairman wasn't to be drawn on the matter - only commenting that "Bothroyd isn't a player who'd be in our price range".

How times have changed. The Swans are about to embark on a fourth straight season in the Premier League and Cardiff, predictably, came up, spent loads of money, and promptly got relegated. Buying success is a lottery, and sadly for Cardiff fans spending big wasn't enough to keep them up. The danger of signing big is that if you get relegated it's going to be almost impossible to hold onto your star players - Steven Caulker, for example, has already departed for QPR in order to return to the Premier League but it's another of their signings, Gary Medel, who would suit the Swans down to the ground.

We're obviously in the market for a central midfielder, and as yesterday's blog showed (link) we've probably spent about £2.5million net in the transfer market this summer. If my Premier League revenue maths is correct we should have at least ten million pound left in the transfer kitty - and that's without even worrying about how much we're spending. The amount of money you now receive for TV rights means that pretty much all Premier League clubs are able to spend upwards of ten million every transfer window, and considering the Swans' general financial prudence it's hard to imagine we aren't considerably better off than most.

This is an opportunity to make a statement. It doesn't matter if Medel fancies Inter and doesn't fancy moving down the M4 - it's a statement of intent. Cardiff's chairman has said Medel won't be leaving for any less than £10million - surely we could afford that? It's not even like it's a risk in my opinion - Medel is quality. Real quality. He bossed the first derby against us last season, was excellent in general for Cardiff, and would really suit our style of play. He's shown for Chile the short-passing game comes naturally to him, and on top of that we are in the market for a defensive midfielder - as our bid for Muhammed Besic showed. Medel is surely currently a better player than Besic, and £10million isn't really that much for a defensive midfielder of Medel's calibre. Hell, if Inter Milan are interested...

On top of this, it's an opportunity to step up a notch in the eyes of the football world. Last week we saw French winger Dmitri Payet turn down the Swans - essentially saying we're not a big enough club. Even if we didn't end up getting Medel, the fact that we tried to gazump a major, major club would still make a point that we're a force to be reckoned with - we signed Bony for twelve last summer so why should this be any different?

The obvious sticking point would be whether Cardiff would be prepared to sell to Swansea. I've racked my brain to try and think of the last time a player turned down a move to a club based on his allegiance to their rival, or a club turned down a bid from a rival for nothing other than historic reasons. I'm struggling to come up with any! A sign of the times, perhaps. Either way, it'd be interesting to see what Cardiff's reaction to a bid from their nearest and dearest was this time around.

One thing is for sure - we won't have to worry about Cardiff pricing us out of a move. We could probably even afford to give them a tip...

Very nice story only problem is his last sentence! They may afford our price but they wont pay his wages which will be above their wage structure! If u believe swans fans on here that is.
Also would he consider swans a step up?

I think the horrendous premier experience he had with you lot has put him off the league forever , there's no way he will stay in Britain imo
As for set-up al we have the academy , state of the art training ground and operating at a profit , yes we won't pay silly wages but we're now seen as a fairly attractive proposition again imo

Very nice story only problem is his last sentence! They may afford our price but they wont pay his wages which will be above their wage structure! If u believe swans fans on here that is.
Also would he consider swans a step up?

I agree this won't work, if only because of wages.

There aren't examples of players turning down moves due to allegiances because they go on behind closed doors! Even a player from away like Medel would realise the significance of a move to Swansea.

As for club >> club relationships, if Swans put in £10m, it may prompt Inter to cough up so we win anyway. The Gala situation is different. The player really doesn't want to go to Turkey (don't blame him, no disrespect).

I am a fan of Medel and so would love to keep him. If that's not to be, let's recoup as much as possible and hopefully send him to a European club.

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

Very nice story only problem is his last sentence! They may afford our price but they wont pay his wages which will be above their wage structure! If u believe swans fans on here that is.
Also would he consider swans a step up?

I agree this won't work, if only because of wages.

There aren't examples of players turning down moves due to allegiances because they go on behind closed doors! Even a player from away like Medel would realise the significance of a move to Swansea.

As for club >> club relationships, if Swans put in £10m, it may prompt Inter to cough up so we win anyway. The Gala situation is different. The player really doesn't want to go to Turkey (don't blame him, no disrespect).

I am a fan of Medel and so would love to keep him. If that's not to be, let's recoup as much as possible and hopefully send him to a European club.

not so sure about the wages bit, the jacks are paying that gommis fella 18mill over 4years......so why should Medels wages be a put off?

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

Very nice story only problem is his last sentence! They may afford our price but they wont pay his wages which will be above their wage structure! If u believe swans fans on here that is.
Also would he consider swans a step up?

I agree this won't work, if only because of wages.

There aren't examples of players turning down moves due to allegiances because they go on behind closed doors! Even a player from away like Medel would realise the significance of a move to Swansea.

As for club >> club relationships, if Swans put in £10m, it may prompt Inter to cough up so we win anyway. The Gala situation is different. The player really doesn't want to go to Turkey (don't blame him, no disrespect).

I am a fan of Medel and so would love to keep him. If that's not to be, let's recoup as much as possible and hopefully send him to a European club.

not so sure about the wages bit, the jacks are paying that gommis fella 18mill over 4years......so why should Medels wages be a put off?

Gomis went there as a free agent so the signing on fees were considerable, plus probably goal bonuses. You can't offer a defensive player goal bonuses for obvious reasons. Still feel his wages would be better at Inter. They are just playing cat and mouse IMO. I could be wrong obviously (it has been known, ask my wife!!).

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

Spot on Allan

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

Spot on Allan

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Annis they forget they put £20m tag on boney! Not worth it so no bids its simple really

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

I'll type this slower Al so you may be able too understand.....I don't think he is suited to Premier League football. I base this on the fact that the majority of games i saw him play in last season, he was blowing out of his arse after 60 mins. The game is too quick for him.

Having a decent world cup has no relevance on a players suitability for the Premier League.

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

I'll type this slower Al so you may be able too understand.....I don't think he is suited to Premier League football. I base this on the fact that the majority of games i saw him play in last season, he was blowing out of his arse after 60 mins. The game is too quick for him.

Having a decent world cup has no relevance on a players suitability for the Premier League.

I have my doubts on medel. In first few months of season he was excellent. Did simple things very well. Sat in front of back 4, winning tackles, picking up loose balls and then moving it forward. From December onwards he was average. Read on here that there were domestic issues which could explain the poor form. In World Cup he was excellent as a central defender. I don't think he could play this role in premier league due to his lack of height and the type of game played in the pl.

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

yes and they have signed Montero as their other big summer signing...............if you remember both out of the MM { how not to conduct transfers } dossiers...........and MM failed to sign either, they are both mental greedy....

seems Monk cant think for himself, so maybe Medel { another MM OTT transfer} will fit in fine...

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent paid annually as long as he is still with us and wages at around £40k per week at the upper end of our wage structure more like.

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent paid annually as long as he is still with us and wages at around £40k per week at the upper end of our wage structure more like.

been here before with that Australian pleb fella ....yes 2 mill a year plus a 2 mill a year signing on fee equals 80k a week..............thats what the tax man will work on.........you can pretend this is not 4mill a year or 80k a week as much as you like..not sure why though......

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent paid annually as long as he is still with us and wages at around £40k per week at the upper end of our wage structure more like.

been here before with that Australian pleb fella ....yes 2 mill a year plus a 2 mill a year signing on fee equals 80k a week..............thats what the tax man will work on.........you can pretend this is not 4mill a year or 80k a week as much as you like..not sure why though......

The point being as that it is only £40k a week in wages. The signing on fee simply replaces the transfer fee as an outgoing cost plus we get him on cheaper wages as a result. This works the same for all Bosman signings.

Win win.

To be fair, I think NJ is not too far from the mark re. Gomis, but as I said, Medel is not a free agent so transfer fees will factor into the budget. A sizeable signing on fee won't be give on top of this and bonuses are difficult to make attractive for defenders.

All in all, probably makes a scurry down the M4 unlikely (not impossible but there you go).

Medel will be best either staying or going to a big club like Inter IMO.

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent paid annually as long as he is still with us and wages at around £40k per week at the upper end of our wage structure more like.

been here before with that Australian pleb fella ....yes 2 mill a year plus a 2 mill a year signing on fee equals 80k a week..............thats what the tax man will work on.........you can pretend this is not 4mill a year or 80k a week as much as you like..not sure why though......

The point being as that it is only £40k a week in wages. The signing on fee simply replaces the transfer fee as an outgoing cost plus we get him on cheaper wages as a result. This works the same for all Bosman signings.

Win win.

your paying this bloke ...who is not messi 16million crispy pound notes.............
people are not thick..and do understand the effect of the Bosman rule.........players out of contract get more
but NOT the whole transfer fee ffs.................so the sentence should say ALLSWANSEA bosman signings.........

but back to the original post............seeing as ALL Monkeys signings are out of MMs dossiers.........why not Medel ?
you could give us 20mill..........spread it over 5 years.which means he will only cost you 4million this year ..win win

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

I'll type this slower Al so you may be able too understand.....I don't think he is suited to Premier League football. I base this on the fact that the majority of games i saw him play in last season, he was blowing out of his arse after 60 mins. The game is too quick for him.

Having a decent world cup has no relevance on a players suitability for the Premier League.

nj thats your opinion and tbh worth about as much as mine is so no need to type any slower than you already do? so dont be so condesending it makes you look a ++++

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

I'll type this slower Al so you may be able too understand.....I don't think he is suited to Premier League football. I base this on the fact that the majority of games i saw him play in last season, he was blowing out of his arse after 60 mins. The game is too quick for him.

Having a decent world cup has no relevance on a players suitability for the Premier League.

nj thats your opinion and tbh worth about as much as mine is so no need to type any slower than you already do? so dont be so condesending it makes you look a ++++

ps my response was to second post from you (premier managers) so why you should quote 1st post i am not sure maybe you type to slow and you fell asleep and forgot what you were replying to?

To be fair, I think NJ is not too far from the mark re. Gomis, but as I said, Medel is not a free agent so transfer fees will factor into the budget. A sizeable signing on fee won't be give on top of this and bonuses are difficult to make attractive for defenders.

All in all, probably makes a scurry down the M4 unlikely (not impossible but there you go).

Medel will be best either staying or going to a big club like Inter IMO.

have to say i dont understand where the jacks are going with this...........in any walk of life you get a group of people working as a team who get paid equal........but hang on ..one has a company car, helicopter.fuel card.company house with bills paid....and a bonus for achieving a certain level of sales,which if others achieve they dont get the bonus............do the others really think this one person is earning the same as them...............if they do..they should be sacked for being dopey roathies

Swansea City are paying Gomis £90,000 a week??????

Nope.

80k?............16mill over 4 years?

Hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent paid annually as long as he is still with us and wages at around £40k per week at the upper end of our wage structure more like.

been here before with that Australian pleb fella ....yes 2 mill a year plus a 2 mill a year signing on fee equals 80k a week..............thats what the tax man will work on.........you can pretend this is not 4mill a year or 80k a week as much as you like..not sure why though......

The point being as that it is only £40k a week in wages. The signing on fee simply replaces the transfer fee as an outgoing cost plus we get him on cheaper wages as a result. This works the same for all Bosman signings.

Win win.

your paying this bloke ...who is not messi 16million crispy pound notes.............
people are not thick..and do understand the effect of the Bosman rule.........players out of contract get more
but NOT the whole transfer fee ffs.................so the sentence should say ALLSWANSEA bosman signings.........

but back to the original post............seeing as ALL Monkeys signings are out of MMs dossiers.........why not Medel ?
you could give us 20mill..........spread it over 5 years.which means he will only cost you 4million this year ..win win

Where to start, Jeez....

1) Who said he is getting what would have been the whole transfer fee?

2) And how much and who is valuing said transfer fee?

3) "seeing as ALL Monkeys signings are out of MMs dossiers"

4) Err, Gomis was linked with us this time last year http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/07/01 ... mbi-gomis/

5) Montero came on our radar after tearing Rangel to shreds in 2011 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/foot ... al-7505872

6) And when has MM ever been linked with Fabianksi, Kingsley or Emnes?

Its a completely moot point really as I cannot imagine for one second we would have the slightest interest in signing him. He's not suited to the Premier League at all.

NJ Medel is quality and was under Malky and when he played in the World Cup.
I believe he is good enough to be still up there

It would appear that Premier League managers disagree with you as they're not exactly falling over each other to bang your door down for him

Nj its a swans fan who is suggesting you are in need of midfielder? and u are saying he is not good enough for premier? Well just because no premier team willing to pay 11m for him does not mean he isnt premier class world cup reviews suggests otherwise!

I'll type this slower Al so you may be able too understand.....I don't think he is suited to Premier League football. I base this on the fact that the majority of games i saw him play in last season, he was blowing out of his arse after 60 mins. The game is too quick for him.

Having a decent world cup has no relevance on a players suitability for the Premier League.

nj thats your opinion and tbh worth about as much as mine is so no need to type any slower than you already do? so dont be so condesending it makes you look a ++++

ps my response was to second post from you (premier managers) so why you should quote 1st post i am not sure maybe you type to slow and you fell asleep and forgot what you were replying to?

Yes Al, and my response to you asking "and u are saying he is not good enough for premier?"

You obviously do think he's suited to the Premier League based on what can best be described as a mediocre season in a team that finished bottom and a decent world cup which bears no resembles to the demands of the Premier League whatsoever.

Can't see how medel is too slow for the premier league. He is part of a chile team than pissed all over England at wembley a few months ago, they were light years ahead if them in pace and movement as they were in the World Cup too. I wouldn't call the top end if la liga slow either, Madrid and barca move the ball quicker than any other teams in the world. I reckon Gary can cope with half the premier league half asleep....

Can't see how medel is too slow for the premier league. He is part of a chile team than pissed all over England at wembley a few months ago, they were light years ahead if them in pace and movement as they were in the World Cup too. I wouldn't call the top end if la liga slow either, Madrid and barca move the ball quicker than any other teams in the world. I reckon Gary can cope with half the premier league half asleep....

"I reckon Gary can cope with half the premier league half asleep." Yeah, they'd need to be!