Summer mercato 2015

[Jay Crisp]

From what Ive read and saw and interviews by JM and his agaent they never said yes to Milan they had no agreement , gave no nod to a future had Milan verbal or otherwise, Porto president said he thinks Jackson has chose Milan..why ? because he got his 35m fee and just wanted the 35m.JM has never said no or yes to Milan just that we're an option , he's saying the same for Atletico.He's at teh Copa and I have no doubt will choose after.Players dont move mid tournament having negotiations and medicals.I think he's done nothing but be a pro , not commiting or saying no.Thats how I see it.

Ah, see, that is where I respectfully disagree with you. To me, all the activities surrounding this transaction proved that there were some kind of agreement in place.

If we did not have an agreement with the player of some kind, why did we send our medical folks to the tournament for a physical? The teams can agree all they want, but a player wouldn't be subject to a physical unless he also was in agreement on the deal. Unless we sent over our doctors as a elaborate trick to play with the fans (possible, given Galliani is in charge), JM and his entourage must have been involved in this in some way, shape or form. And for him to blindly declare he was not involved just doesn't seem realistic to me.

Certainly it is possible that Porto's owner was full of crap, but is it really that likely? As much as he likes 35M for his soon to be 29 year old striker, this is a guy who routinely sells players for huge money. Looking through their roster, he probably has another 10 players he can sell for over 10M right now. And, he was going to get a lot of money for JM regardless of who he ends up signing with. We were not his only outlet to get paid for JM. Would he really lie his teeth off just to push JM into a deal? I must say, 35M is probably not enough money for this guy to tarnish his own image in the soccer world.

We'll just have to agree to disagree