Mbappe plays for the French national side and had a great CL showing. Are Foden and Brahim anywhere near their national team? 18 year olds aren't all created equally, look at Jesus (winning stuff in Brazil) and back in the day Shredded wheat head.
I think there's no chance that we could get both. Getting just one of them would be a huge bonus for the season ahead.
They are both still 17 and Mbappé turned 18 in December while also having the advantage of being relatively tall and more physically developed for his age.Your missing my point entirely (as are the other posters) - my problem with what Almr is that he is basically saying that Foden and Brahim are too young to be given a chance, yet at the same time he thinks none of his critiques of Foden and Brahmin apply to Mbappe despite only being a few months older. He also misses that Mbappe was given his chance at the same age as Foden is now and that is why we are now willing to spend big money on him.
And again to reiterate I think we should sign Mbappe
If he had gone to Madrid at 14, He would be in some C team of second division right now
I don't think he'd go to Leeds, even if they could afford him.I still think Sanchez will end up in blue and Mbappe in white.
before last season he was considered a top young prospect(among many)... not a future Ballon D' Or winner since birth or any other bollocks being spouted... top clubs are in for the top young tallent for their academies it's that simple there's many cases like that. There's no point acting like it was out of the norm for City or Real Madrid to be interested before last season.
Was that ever confirmed? I find it hard to believe personally the fee itself would suggest we were ready to throw him into a PL first team on his debut season... smells like bullshit. Even if it was none of that falls down... Martial was the same... there will be more to follow but feel free to delude yourself with this birthright/future set in stone nonsense. We also heard the exact same thing with Jesus... and he too could well turn out to be the Ballon D'Or king but the point is it's never that simple and you need a pinch of salt sometimes or you'll get carried away on the hype train.All of that falls down when you remember we bid 40m for him last year as a 17 year old...it wasn't some "picking up a youth player" bid, it was a massive offer and it was rejected flat out.
And you know jesus thinks this how ? where has he ever stated that he thinks he's top dog ?Because Jesus thinks he his top dog (young players).. you think he will be happy to be in Mbappe shadow...and he will be purely because of the transfer fee
Your missing my point entirely (as are the other posters) - my problem with what Almr is that he is basically saying that Foden and Brahim are too young to be given a chance, yet at the same time he thinks none of his critiques of Foden and Brahmin apply to Mbappe despite only being a few months older. He also misses that Mbappe was given his chance at the same age as Foden is now and that is why we are now willing to spend big money on him.
And again to reiterate I think we should sign Mbappe
Was that ever confirmed? I find it hard to believe personally the fee itself would suggest we were ready to throw him into a PL first team on his debut season... smells like bullshit. Even if it was none of that falls down... Martial was the same... there will be more to follow but feel free to delude yourself with this birthright/future set in stone nonsense. We also heard the exact same thing with Jesus... and he too could well turn out to be the Ballon D'Or king but the point is it's never that simple and you need a pinch of salt sometimes or you'll get carried away on the hype train.
Anyone around 18-22 right now may be good but have a looong way to go before being considered best in the world or on the level of a Messi or Ronaldo.
Like I said it's not that I don't want him but if we sign him we can't really defend the fee(wages I'll wait and see on) we wouldn't have it if any other PL team did it... but at least we'll have him and arguably the most lethal attack in Europe for years to come hopefully. If our board says it's just too much for an 18year old(well they wouldn't say anything he'll just end up at Real Madrid) then I hope everyone will see sense and no dummies are spat out at Txiki over it, maybe even look at the positives of not spending so much on him.It was reported by most pretty reliable newspapers here and in France, I guess you never really know, but I'm not sure what more confirmation is really possible outside Guardiola or someone mentioning it if we were to sign him.
We spent £30m on Jesus after he'd played about 20 league games, and he was more than ready to come into the team by the time he got here 6 months later having really exploded after we bought him. I don't find it hard to believe Guardiola would have done similar with Mbappé. He sees talent and goes all in.
At the end of the day, I trust Guardiola and his staff to identify special talent, so if he says Mbappé is going to be the best striker of his generation, I hope the club backs him with the money to get that player here. It's made a lot easier to trust him when everyone's interested, and Jesus coming and making such an impact is similarly reassuring.
I still think Sanchez will end up in blue and Mbappe in white.
Yes, I think that's the most likely outcome too.
Ric, are you hearing anything on Sanchez from your contacts?
Just that he's looking more likely than Mbappe. We could, of course, end up with neither though!
we don't need either player tbfJust that he's looking more likely than Mbappe. We could, of course, end up with neither though!