06 Jul 2014 14:04:44
According to the Rags, Barry deal is up in the air because we are holding out on paying the Fee and neither City nor us are backing down. This could see him return to Villa or go to West Ham. We have offered the best deal but are baulking at the 2m fee when he is a free agent.

1.) 06 Jul 2014
I don't blame Everton for that he's 33 and not going to get any better, so to pay £2.5m fee and wages on top would be crazy.

2.) 06 Jul 2014
Also agree, don't think we should pay fee and wages.

3.) 06 Jul 2014
I posted about this situation a month ago and people were saying that I shouldn't talk rubbish. Well there you go. I think there we should just do what we have to and sign him. Ignore the fact we agreed on a fee after his contract was up. surely it cannot be enforceable? If he is a free agent. he is a free agent.

4.) 06 Jul 2014
People who don't wsnt to pay 2.5 for him wouldn't no footballing quallity if it smacked them in the face he is wort that all day long

5.) 06 Jul 2014
If the 2 million was in the contract when we got him on loan then we should pay. 2M if he has a season like last is not too bad.

6.) 06 Jul 2014
I'm struggling to understand how man city can ask for money for a player who is no longer on there books! If Barry is a free agent what's to stop him just agreeing to out terms and signing? How can City stop him if he is a fee agent?

7.) 06 Jul 2014
Surely no-one outside the interested parties (the clubs, the players, the agents/representatives) knows what the agreement really was when the loan was made, so any stories in the media are either being leaked by them or are mere speculation. However, it does seem weird that a fee for a permanent signing might be part of the original loan arrangement even though the player is now actually out of contract with his former parent club. I'd have thought that sort of fee would have been if we'd permanently signed the player during the loan period - not afterwards.
I have two other thoughts:
(1) His family might want to move back down south; or
(2) He might want to do a "Tim Cahill" and play in the MLS for a few years - and his family might be happy to spend a few years over there.

8.) 06 Jul 2014
06 Jul 2014 20:20:28
Perhaps this 2 million is the percentage of his wages that City paid last year and a deal was put in place that if he went on to sign for us we would refund them the amount they contributed over the season?

9.) 06 Jul 2014
06 Jul 2014 22:38:45
I m struggling with people struggling to understand this! Man City agreed with Everton that we could have him on a season long loan last season with a view to us signing him this season, where if we do they are entitled to a back payment of 2 million. Simple if we signed a contract we have to pay the 2 million.

10.) 08 Jul 2014
Everton may have paid a loan fee to citte this sounds more like a signing on fee don't be surprised if there are lumpy agents fees thrown in