Cardiff City have sent a stark message to Inter over their pursuit of Gary Medel, telling the Italian giants to “pay up or clear off!”
Frustrated Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman has broken his silence over the proposed deal as Milan continue to try and land the World Cup Star on the cheap. Inter have so far refused to come anywhere near meeting Cardiff’s £10m valuation, with some reports in Italy suggesting they only want to pay £1 million up front as part of a potential £7 million deal. Turkish side Galatasaray and an unnamed German club are understood to be prepared to meet the asking price, although, again, there is a reluctance to pay the bulk of the fee up front.
A defiant Dalman said: “We are not going to take a loss on a player who was a World Cup star in Brazil. We have made it clear what our price is and that won’t change.”
It is clear that despite Inter’s confidence about landing the Chile midfielder, they remain a long way from reaching agreement on a transfer. City will not accept a loss on a player they signed for around £11 million from Sevilla a year ago, and won’t be bullied into accepting a lower fee.
“We will do the right thing for Cardiff City and the player. Our position has not changed. There are clubs interested in him, but we have not reached agreement with anybody so far. We will not take a loss on a player who did so well for Chile in Brazil.”
Source: walesonline.co.uk
A blessing in disguise. Best to miss out on a player without any technical qualities, vision or passing abilities. Also incapable of playing as a CB in Italy due to his sub 6 foot stature.
Lets direct that 10 mil to Casemiro, or Jovetic
Inter Milan are skintight they want medal on the hp you should have kicked them out 3weeks ago cheap Charlie’s keep him.he is a top player c/b or m/f top man in World Cup big heart make him captain give him bonus and get us back in premier if the other ten are like him it could be a walk in the park
overrated, mediocre player. for that amount we can buy someone who had more than 3 good games in the past 12 months
Just leave him for a year. He’ll play with no motivation for them, and eventually will be transfer-listed.
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inter have been bullshitting their supporters saying they are close to a deal,and its a matter how the fee is paid that is holding the deal up…
When in reality as cardiffs chairman has said.. We have said no to everything inter have offered so far.
your not playing hardball,because how can you call it hard ball…when the player has 2 yrs of his contract left and no relegation clause in his contract to leave cardiff.
You are misleading your fans intop thinking its close,when its really distant…
we are also a club with no financial worries at present so not even forced to sell…
It seems unlikely you will not get your top striking choices as well if this is how your management negotiate..
good luck n best to you in the new season…well the fans anyway.
I like the way new management handle this kind of situation.. now we play a hardball in negotiating players.. I know its frustating for fans, but we must accept our financial condition.. we will never buy silvestre 2.0 anymore with this kind of attitude
Same like Walter gargano
well, we don’t need him, we have Khrin!