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Barcon said:
Glad I didn't reply to your post before you edited it then. ;)
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Took me a minute to catch up...we played them so many times in the groups it seems.

A write up of the other one, though, may be a more accurate answer to the question.
 
If we get Sandro that would be a very good signing. Better than Mendy.

If he signs then I would guess it's a no fit Bonucci.
 
karen7 said:
50m for a fullback is ridiculous even though football has gone mad,we need 2,a centre mid,defender and keeper at least,just because we have money we still have a budget to stick to
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We dont really even know the budget lets say £250 million is possible with out sales there in its self is at least 5 players at the £50 million mark but its all guess work from us who knows what the owners have sanctioned for Pep to spend?
 
cadds92 said:
The best French winger is Dembele at Dortmund, but I don't see any Polish or Croatian wingers being good enough for Bayern.

In regards to Kimmich, would you be surprised if City came in for him? Pep loves playing fullbacks who can come into midfield and we need a number 6.

Was it not Pep who introduced Kimmich into the Bayern setup?

Put it this way mate, if he is available I would love him at City.
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Yes, but Kimmich will not leave Munich - Ancelotti will be gone in not such a long time as much as I can predict. He has not survived his second years before and it is totally understandable why. Kimmich is not a proven no. 6 now - just a prospect who a lot set big hopes in. The situation in that position for him at a top club is not better for him elsewhere. And his spot in the national team does not depend on a starting spot at Bayern. He can wait.

Pep will not come in for him - not because he would not want him but Kimmich is big on the Hoeneß' agenda and it is Rummenigge that still is on the Ancelotti side (it is his choice for a coach and he enjoys spending lunch time twice a week with him chatting in Italian...) and it seems that Hoeneß is already pissed off. And it is Hoeneß Pep has a close friendship to - not Rummenigge. Ancelotti favours the Spanish or South American players, does not punish them if they skip autograph hours, come to late or even gives them extra holidays.

After 11/12 Heynckes was big in the critics, too. He is a big friend of Hoeneß - that is probably what saved him his job then. But after that losses Heynckes was really his ass off the following season - changed a lot things. Spend extra time in the week to get his reserve players to be tip top at the end of the season and made contact with a lot of the 3rd and 4th league clubs to do midweek matches with them on their ground to give them match practice. The 9:2 win against Hamburg or some other big wins in the league or the Cup were mainly done by that B-team. A lot things like this. Got the players into his boat - not by being a nice guy but by even being stricter but to everybody - no matter of the status in the team.

But I do not think that will happen this season. Right now it was not the tactics or anything or team choice but only the referee and bad luck.....

aguero93:20 said:
He's German and Bayern have zero interest, that's telling in itself.
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That was about Rüdiger...

One thing Bayern for sure does not need is a central defender. They have Boateng, Martinez, Hummels - next year Süle in addition - and until now Badstuber and Benatia are still out on loan but probably will not come back. And if there is really injuries Alaba does make a good central defender, too.
 
ojeme said:
Alli better than Isco?? Well I wouldn't say much. Once he begins to deliver at the bigger stage then we can start this discussion. A lot of people here really underrate Isco for some reason.
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I think he Is grossly overrated on here
 
MadchesterCity said:
I think he Is grossly overrated on here
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That's fair enough as it's all about opinions. However would you care to elaborate why you think he is overrated here? Don't know whether you were the one that started the Dele Alli debate or what your views are about the lad but until he begins to show his stuff on the international football and European stages, you just cannot put him in the same league with Isco. I understand the point some make about them being different players with different skill set but even at that I believe you can still compare as they both would thrive more just behind a centre forward. Alli is a very good player we all know but Isco is in a different class altogether. He was the main creative force in Malaga at the 12/13 UCL when they could have booked a place in the semis if not for a controversial decision at the dying embers of the game. Yes I know he has not gone further ahead in his development by choosing to rot in Madrid but even with that his natural talent and experience sets him apart most in his role the world over and come to think of it how many players would cut it in a midfield with Modric and Kroos, the very models in that role? Every adulation he's received here he has fairly earned.
 
If we don't get Sandro, I wouldn't mind Bertrand at LB. English, 27, pacy, has big game experience (played CL final) and would probably be available for somewhere around 20m.
 
karen7 said:
50m for a fullback is ridiculous even though football has gone mad,we need 2,a centre mid,defender and keeper at least,just because we have money we still have a budget to stick to
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I really don't think this is part of the 'plan'. Everyone bangs on about the defence but it's not scoring enough that's cost us this season (and last). I don't think the manager we have will ever be looking at winning 1-0, whereas 5-1 and 6-2 will be very much on his radar, just like Pellegrini in 13/14.
We will have conceded more or less the same number of goals this season as then but will be 30 goals short of what we scored. In fact, he's been talking about " buying goals" in the transfer market, whilst allegedly offering Navas, Toure and Clichy another year! Reckon it'll be a fullback, a centre half and maybe a keeper with rest of the money going on attacking players.
 
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The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I really don't think this is part of the 'plan'. Everyone bangs on about the defence but it's not scoring enough that's cost us this season (and last). I don't think the manager we have will ever be looking at winning 1-0, whereas 5-1 and 6-2 will be very much on his radar, just like Pellegrini in 13/14.
We will have conceded more or less the same number of goals this season as then but will be 30 goals short of what we scored. In fact, he's been talking about " buying goals" in the transfer market, whilst allegedly offering Navas, Toure and Clichy another year! Reckon it'll be a fullback, a centre half and maybe a keeper with rest of the money going on attacking players.
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Two full backs, a DM, a keeper, a CB, and an attacker. Six players. The buying goals comment just means we will definitely sign an attacker this summer. Two if Aguero goes.
 
waspish said:
Well if Bravo starts as number 1 next season that season will start with a negative from certain fans on match days
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If Bravo starts as number one next season Pep has lost a large amount of belief/ support from majority of fans.
Bravo must be gone, an absolute liability
 
BillyShears said:
Two full backs, a DM, a keeper, a CB, and an attacker. Six players. The buying goals comment just means we will definitely sign an attacker this summer. Two if Aguero goes.
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Track record on buying and getting rid of CB's is a bit worrisome. Can't help thinking that Stones, Ota, Kompany and maybe an EDS might be enough, if we had two decent fullbacks and a DM. Put Bonucci, Vertongan, or a fully fit Kompany into our team this season and we don't see that much difference.
I just don't think we can spend well over £30M, every season, on CB's and not be able to work out that either: the people doing the buying and selling are getting very wrong or, that we need decent players around them to see if they're any use.
You only need to look at Boateng and, to a lesser extent, Savic.
 
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