I realise I'm repeating myself but why break the transfer record on someone who couldn't handle that. Ferdinand broke the transfer record twice as a young CB - the difference was at West Ham and Leeds he was clearly a different class and the rock/captain of both teams.
I understand that and that's why I have no problem with us spending loads on Sane. Not all of us think Stones and Sterling are 'the level below world class' though.
I'm reasonably happy with what we have - I want to see Otamendi and Managala after some good defensive coaching. I wouldn't be as bothered about paying loads for Bonucci as he's world-class. I'd also be far happier getting Lucas Hernandez for 30m and using the 20m towards other targets. I still...
I guess I feel buying Stones for 50m is a greater risk than not buying him.
Hopefully I'm wrong and the club know what they're doing but I'm not confident - the Spanish lads have made quite a few transfer cockups in their time. The parallels with the Chygrynskiy transfer in 2009 are worrying to...
Can someone genuinely explain to me why Stones' value has increased 10m in the last season despite the additional playing time exposing lots of deficiencies in his game and him made little to no impact at international level?
I had the same question about Sterling at the time- as I remember we...
If these are legit quotes - sounds like it could go from nowhere to being a done deal quicker than the other transfers dragging along.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Yaw-Yeboah-claims-Guardiola-wants-him-back-at-Man-City-447377
The way our youth policy is currently so paradoxical (huge investment/infrastructure and zero conviction) I doubt even an 18year old Messi would be breaking through to our first team.
I live in Manchester but do read a lot of int football threads like Reddit soccer - despite the fact it's a split of European and US users it's a lot more balanced than most message boards. Also I don't read tabloids or listen to stations like TalkSport (it's not 1995!) ...I'm surprised people...
It is a lot! Jesus some of you are so sensitive on here. We are by far the most liked of the top clubs by the media and general footballing public at present.
Probably watching us hand over 50m for Sterling. How people on this thread keep slating Wolfsburg's board without fully understanding the repercussions of vastly overpaying in that transfer is beyond me. Wolfsburg know what they are doing.
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