Jonny Evans

[MarsLlama]

I don't think he'd get into Southampton's or Everton's best starting eleven.

I believe £12m would be a fair price for a player of his age and ability. If we end up signing him for over £20m, I think we'll be the laughing stock of the Premier League. With the exception of being home-grown, he offers nothing more to our squad than Mangala.

Everton is a fair point but he's better than Maya fucking Yoshida surely. And I totally agree that anything over £12m is too much.

 

[bobmcfc]

Sammi lee confirms we agreed terms with evans last week and we have had 2 bids for him turned down but are confident it will get done

Arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

Fuck

 

[Withnail]

Ex Rag does not sit well, but for 4th choice cb we could do worse. But it is a big step down from VVD and Laporte.

Personally would rather give Mangala another but Pep does not fancy him.

 

[Leto]

This is clearly just a smokescreen to mask our actual plan to sign Phil Jones for £60m. Genius move by City again.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Is this what Tolmie meant when he said the news would create another couple of thousand posts before the end of the month .... because we are well on the way.

SSN now saying we haven't got to the stage of actually making a bid yet.

I need two pieces of good news, one to cancel this out and another to forget this ever happened.

Zin tell your brother it's an emergency there's people suicidal in here tonight.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Checks watch -no its not April 1st... This is like a Euro Millions winner dashing out to get a new pair of trainers from Sports Direct.

 

[bluealf]

90 pages in about four hours I don't think even Isco got us this excited.

I think you need to reevaluate your definition of excitement, I am going to have a stab at 3 better words in no particular order...

Incredulity
chagrined
Flabergasted

 

[dromoreblue]

I have a bag of sand in the garage.
Had it ages.
Txiki can have it for £17 mill!
Would do a better job than Evans!

Brilliant. Ffs

He is fuckin shite. Mangala is a better player, mind you so is my wife.

18 mill imagine for one second just how much money that is for a turd

He's a very good player. He's better than Mangala. But agree £18m is ridiculous.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Also had a rape allegation if i recall...

To be fair that doesn't mean a whole lot to me unless he was found guilty.

 

[southamptonblue]

All the 'he's decent for WBA' 'its only £20m' 'its a homegrown player' 'he can do a job when needed' and all the other crap that people say to try and convince themselves he will offer anything..... were you the same ones who bigged up Roswell, Sinclair,Nolito etc.... your be let down even more with this one!

 

[MarsLlama]

That's fine.

But what did you think BEFORE we was linked with him?

Putting aside his personal life and United past, I thought he was a strong CB with an impressive goalscoring record and obvious leadership qualities who's never shown any special ability as a passer. That's my objective review.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Brilliant. Ffs

He's a very good player. He's better than Mangala. But agree £18m is ridiculous.

No he isn't. He is shite.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

very solid prem cb good with the ball left footed ,he would be a solid purchase and for a bargain 18m a third of the price of that donkey van dyke.

I would try for fletcher whilst were at it

Haven't Stoke out muscled us, on that one.

 

[kaz7]

City agreed personal terms with Jonny Evans last week and are now trying to agree a deal with West Brom. [@Sammy_Goal]

City remain confident they will reach a breakthrough and sign Evans before the transfer window closes. [@Sammy_Goal]

 

[blueinsa]

Bringing this Rag **** in for ridiculous money just so we can sell Mangala who is twice the player imo.

Magnificent summer so far and then this bombshell pmsl

Only City.........

 

[Salfordian Blue]

he a great player.. for a defender .. hes quick, hes fast and hes got pace

He's the one player I wanted to see every derby, even before Kun, 'cos he was almost assured to fuck things up for them.

The guy isn't close to the standard we aspire to. Not even remotely.

I'm absolutely with the "rather keep Mangala" guys on this.

 

[Eebo]

I would rather keep Mangala, he has his faults but he offers something different from Stones and Otamendi as a CB, being a big beast with pace and he wants to play for us, doesn't need weeks of persuasion and lots of extra money. Don't understand how Evans can be a Pep style player when he has spent years plying his trade at West Brom under Pulis.

It's not like we are facing competition for his signature from the giants of Europe, or even the minnows.

 

[City Raider]

More worrying about discussing whether he's any good or not is what this says about our transfer plans this summer. How far down the CB list are we to hit Evans? He probably wasn't on the original list. It's a 3rd week in August buy when everything else has gone south.

 

[dromoreblue]

No he isn't. He is shite.

Agree to disagree

 

[bobmcfc]

The price is pissing me right off. We've spunked big bucks on bang average players in the past but then Fannied around for an extra few million on top players like hazard etc. I wouldn't be arsed if it was .
We've played this tune before, he will be on fucking Loan at Crewe next season with us paying 75% of his wages