Miralem Pjanic.

[StretfordBlueReece]

Pjanic
De Bruyne
Bernardo or David
Mahrez
Sane
Aguero

Wow that would be insane!

Where’s the lad who scored 18 league goals last season are you not putting him in there???

 

[Utter bobbins]

This one DEFINITELY isn't happening.

If we can't pay 50 plus million for our prime target Jorginho, Pjanic for nearly 90m isn't going to happen. It's just a pipe dream guys, move on.

Depends what value you put on the player as a buyer

 

[Kokonut1307]

Under Pep we've been transparent in our player negotiations. If we say we're not interest in Pjanic, then I rather think that we're not given our transfer history under Guardiola.

We were not transparent with Bernardo and to some degree Danilo (although we were going after another RB).

 

[Andrew___K]

Probably been asked but is he a defensive/deep playing midfielder? I always thought he was an attacking mid similar to KDB.

He was. Converted into a DLP by Allegri 2 years ago.

 

[richards30]

Where’s the lad who scored 18 league goals last season are you not putting him in there???

not if i was picking the team mate.

 

[bornblueegg]

not if i was picking the team mate.

ouch

 

[80s Shorts]

This one DEFINITELY isn't happening.

If we can't pay 50 plus million for our prime target Jorginho, Pjanic for nearly 90m isn't going to happen. It's just a pipe dream guys, move on.

No one has suggested that we couldn't have payed 50 million plus for Jorginho. We had our valuation of him and negotiated and agreed on a deal. They reneged on the deal and there was little if anything we could have done about it.

There is a big difference between can't pay and won't pay.

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

This one DEFINITELY isn't happening.

If we can't pay 50 plus million for our prime target Jorginho, Pjanic for nearly 90m isn't going to happen. It's just a pipe dream guys, move on.

Money wasn’t the issue with Jorginho, it was the fact Napoli pissed us about and tried to start a bidding war.

We’re pretty savvy when it comes to paying huge fees and will naturally look to get the best price, haggling a few millions off the club’s valuation. We agreed a fee and Napoli fucked us over so we refused to do business with them.

I’m sure now we’ve missed out on our top two targets for our 6 role, we’ll probably need to push the boat out financially to get the calibre of player we need. So if we actually are pursuing Pjanic and Juve want €80m, then we’ll have to negotiate around that figure or move on to another target.

Time is running out though.

 

[Plain Speaking]

He was. Converted into a DLP by Allegri 2 years ago.

Thanks! Personally I much prefer to see the "every touch in a game" highlight compilations than just "selective good bits from multiple games in a season". He's impressive, much more so than Kovacic for me.

 

[PragueBlue]

not if i was picking the team mate.

Fortunately you are not.

 

[asahartford1]

not if i was picking the team mate.

Thankfully you're just a punter.

 

[lasereyes]

Fortunately you are not.

Funny how people forget what he did last year, subliminally buying into the orchestrated media campaign. Sterling will be very much in the rotation - and we'll be much better for the depth. Only slight issue is we are a bit heavy on the right (Sterling, Bernardo, Mahrez all better there) and lighter on the left (Sane).

 

[bornblueegg]

Mendy will be back on the left

 

[lasereyes]

Mendy will be back on the left

True, but as left back or maybe wing back rather than outright winger. Thinking about it, Jesus can also play on the left and with Mendy back, we may see more of 3-5-2 which looked pretty good on the occasions we tried it (Spurs at Wembley notably).

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

No one has suggested that we couldn't have payed 50 million plus for Jorginho. We had our valuation of him and negotiated and agreed on a deal. They reneged on the deal and there was little if anything we could have done about it.

There is a big difference between can't pay and won't pay.

Even if we’d offered more, I doubt ADL would have accepted. In hindsight, it’s clear we were never really in with a serious shout for Jorginho, but merely being used as a prawn, by Napoli, in order to squeeze more money out of the chavs for Sarri.

 

[aguerooooo]

This one DEFINITELY isn't happening.

If we can't pay 50 plus million for our prime target Jorginho, Pjanic for nearly 90m isn't going to happen. It's just a pipe dream guys, move on.

You are brave saying this on here

 

[KCblue]

I signed him for €60m in FIFA yesterday. Get me on the plane to Turin.

 

[Jalfraag]

You are brave saying this on here

You are confusing bravery with stupidity.

 

[LIBlue]

Part of me says pay whatever it takes but part of me thinks 100 is too much 60m signed and sealed we got the best two players that we needed to reinforce that were available...hopefully rumors turn out to be true Bc I’m a little edgy about next season but still confident we’ll grab the league again

 

[aguero93:20]

Even if we’d offered more, I doubt ADL would have accepted. In hindsight, it’s clear we were never really in with a serious shout for Jorginho, but merely being used as a prawn, by Napoli, in order to squeeze more money out of the chavs for Sarri.

There was definitely something fishy about the whole deal, before we were out-musselled by ChelSea.