[Matty_]

In other news i was watching La Liga earlier and they touched on quite an interesting little deal between Man City and Real Madrid.
From what i understand the clubs have a "Gentleman`s agreement" that if one of the clubs is looking to buy a certain player, the other will make it 100% clear that they do not wan`t to sign said player. If circumstances occur where the initial inquirer pulls out (for whatever reason) then the other club can make a move so to speak.
Apparently Barcelona and Real used to, or still have a similar thing going on!

To me this sounds like a good thing as it means that the clubs don`t get dragged into a bidding war in the future which could cause acrimony with regards future deals.
I seem to recall a premiership club having a not to rosy relationship with a foreign club (can`t remember which) over some underhand transfer tactics and now the 2 clubs won`t do business!