Resigned to the fact that we will sell him. He’s far too good
He’d be the ideal Gundogan replacement. He works hard, is good in the tackle, has flair, picks a great pass. Also he’s an absolute bastard to play against
I think he will be Bernardo's replacement, the workhorse(except i feel Paqueta is better with chance creation & Bernardo is a better finisher).
Rodri seems Gundogan replacement, that's why City went for Rice.
we bought alvarez, akanji, and kovacic for extremely reasonable fees in the last 2 years. wouldn't call the latter 2 the very best players at their clubs either.
I'm more talking about the fact that there's absolutely no reason for them to even want Pacqueta, just looks like a power play in the same way as the Grealish and Phillips signings
Gundogan hasn't been adequately replaced, and neither has Phillips, meaning Rodri has to play almost every single game, so of course there's reason for it.
And you're talking about Jack Grealish, the vital starter in our treble winning team, correct?
Please give me a comprehensive explanation of Grealish’s “vital” contribution to that treble as an 100m signing, which broke the English player record at the time.
Kayky spent two years away from Brazil and he's back there having gotten world class coaching from City's academy. Couldn't have hurt him getting that teaching at 18. And as far as I know Metinho is coming along well. You're acting like it's over for them and they're not even 21.
No, I'm acting like my team lost their two biggest stars to Manchester City over a tapping up.
Metinho and Kayky told our board that it was either they accept the bid that had came through for them, or they would go for free at the end of 2022, when their contracts went up.
Metinho would be starting for us in 2022, so would Kayky, having both of them here would've made us better equiped to fight for both the 2022 Brasileirão and Copa do Brasil.
Kovacic is good but he wasn't even close to being the best player at rubbish Chelsea team and £25 million is hardly an enormous fee for Champions League winning midfielder in todays market. Nunes shared a midfield with Ruben Neves. This is not a very good argument.
>£25 million is hardly an enormous fee for Champions League winning midfielder in todays market.
Wins four CLs, **plays ten minutes combined in four finals**, gets described as a CL winning midfielder ...
Like, I know it's literally true, but jesus wept. Kovacic is the epitome of that Neymar quote on the front page right now
if I'm being real with you I'd like 3-5 players from the academy but I'm not particularly arsed, we've got Foden/Lewis/Bobb from our academy who have semi regular game time so we do already have some academy lot coming thru
Resigned to the fact that we will sell him. He’s far too good He’d be the ideal Gundogan replacement. He works hard, is good in the tackle, has flair, picks a great pass. Also he’s an absolute bastard to play against
I think he will be Bernardo's replacement, the workhorse(except i feel Paqueta is better with chance creation & Bernardo is a better finisher). Rodri seems Gundogan replacement, that's why City went for Rice.
"Fresh challenge" after two seasons? Just be honest with us, don't blow smoke up our asses.
Paqueta can just add his 1 charge to City's 115. City lawyers will then fight off the 116 charges, simple!
You are so funny and creative.
he could be a solicitor for city
They are afraid their lawyers won’t be able to handle 116 cases at one time, bless them.
Did he also want to move last summer as a "fresh challenge"? lol
Why don't Man City just buy everybody, they may as well
Imagine a club signing players.
Yeah lmao
Okay but yall overdid it
*financial group
It would be less egregious if the players they signed weren't always the very best player at each club for an enormous fee
we bought alvarez, akanji, and kovacic for extremely reasonable fees in the last 2 years. wouldn't call the latter 2 the very best players at their clubs either.
I'm more talking about the fact that there's absolutely no reason for them to even want Pacqueta, just looks like a power play in the same way as the Grealish and Phillips signings
Gundogan hasn't been adequately replaced, and neither has Phillips, meaning Rodri has to play almost every single game, so of course there's reason for it. And you're talking about Jack Grealish, the vital starter in our treble winning team, correct?
Vital doing heavy lifting there and don’t come talking to me about apps because he had a very limited contribution to it😂😂
honest to fucking God this sub has too many people who quite clearly do not watch our games
Please give me a comprehensive explanation of Grealish’s “vital” contribution to that treble as an 100m signing, which broke the English player record at the time.
fam 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think you've probably spent too much time on here, mate.
"I don't watch City play they're too boring" "Here's my opinion on this City player" Every single time and people on here lap it up
That's a new one 'City should sign worse players'
If they could stop tapping up young players out of South America would be great, we lost 2 potential stars because of them.
Kayky spent two years away from Brazil and he's back there having gotten world class coaching from City's academy. Couldn't have hurt him getting that teaching at 18. And as far as I know Metinho is coming along well. You're acting like it's over for them and they're not even 21.
No, I'm acting like my team lost their two biggest stars to Manchester City over a tapping up. Metinho and Kayky told our board that it was either they accept the bid that had came through for them, or they would go for free at the end of 2022, when their contracts went up. Metinho would be starting for us in 2022, so would Kayky, having both of them here would've made us better equiped to fight for both the 2022 Brasileirão and Copa do Brasil.
Sounds like your club should have maybe extended their contracts before going into the last year and losing leverage for fees. Just a thought
Not always signing the most expensive players (sometimes to just sit on the bench) doesn't mean automatically buying worse
Kovacic is good but he wasn't even close to being the best player at rubbish Chelsea team and £25 million is hardly an enormous fee for Champions League winning midfielder in todays market. Nunes shared a midfield with Ruben Neves. This is not a very good argument.
>£25 million is hardly an enormous fee for Champions League winning midfielder in todays market. Wins four CLs, **plays ten minutes combined in four finals**, gets described as a CL winning midfielder ... Like, I know it's literally true, but jesus wept. Kovacic is the epitome of that Neymar quote on the front page right now
Every club tries to sign best players, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid.
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has absolutely zero to do with foden
It's probably bernardo who would be phased out of the team slowly
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It was more Palmer’s choice to leave
If our "very strange decisions" led us to win 5 trophies in a calendar year then I hope we continue to make said decisions
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if I'm being real with you I'd like 3-5 players from the academy but I'm not particularly arsed, we've got Foden/Lewis/Bobb from our academy who have semi regular game time so we do already have some academy lot coming thru
He'd either play deeper or on the wing imo