It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

Ake is alright as a LB, same as Laporte. If he was "very good" then he would be a feckin LB and we would have played him instead of playing a midfielder and a RB there for two years.
He’s miles better at LB than Laporte, he’s more mobile which makes a huge difference. Ake is really good there, but so are Zinchenko and especially Cancelo (don’t act like Cancelo is some random makeshift when he’s arguably the best Lb in world football).

What relevance is Kounde, a right footed centre half.

Because you are suggesting a CB somehow can’t play well at full back. These are just ones who can play to a very high standard at fullback, of which there aren’t many. But are a few. On either side.
 
Read this from city Twitter. True but still concerning on the number of changes

Cucurella and a central defender and it's exactly the same numbers as before squad wise if Aké and Zinchenko leave. Numbers wise the depth will be there. Understandable concern about the experience of the squad tho

That isn't true. Someone on twitter can't count.
 
If it all ends up happening...

Ins:
- Haaland
- Alvarez
- Phillips
- Ortega
- Cucurella
- Another CB (I'm not even sure who's realistically linked at this point - Kounde? Torres?)

Outs:
- Jesus
- Raz
- Fernandinho
- Zinchenko
- Ake
- Steffen

That's nearly 1/3 the squad! Hell of a refresh. On paper I do think it's an upgrade, but we are losing a lot of intangibles and seniority in the squad and it might take some time for the dust to settle.

That being said, if there's ever a time to shake things up, the season with a random world cup 2 months in fucking with everyone's momentum and cohesion is arguably the time to do it...
 

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