So we would have Ake Laporte Stones Garcia and Fernandinho and Rodri which can fill in seem fine to me.
He's on close to 800k a week according to some reports
AgaIn its down to the player. Its not down to money. He has shown no desire to play for us.
Problem in that scenario is an injury to Rodri means Fernandinho, who played the most minutes of any central defender last season, has to be drafted into the middle as cover. That leaves us with a relatively light and inexperienced, in CL terms, defence. I cannot foresee Stones being with us beyond October, but because everyone will see that we’re by then overstocked in that department, we’ll likely have to cut an unfavourable deal.
Grealish or Felix? Tough choice
Felix
Because if he had desire to play for us he'd definitely let all of City fans know wouldn't he?
Bernardo was a good surprise.Wow this teasing esp of "big signing" still goes on..
Pointless every year get blues thinking were signing some galactico (there is only 3 left).
Last time I remember a good surprise was barry and Tevez;)
Get a world class CB please.
Yeah but if you go on the Felix thread they all say he is injury prone and been piss poor unlike Grealish who isn’t injury prone and been Villa best player plus he will be 40m cheaper oh and home grown all pluses to me.
If he wanted to play for City he would of signed for us when he left Monaco.
Not at all. His ego would be too bigWhat is that so called character profile? Neymar gets this hate because he is an exceptional and flashy player. Anyone who wouldn’t want him at this club is putting personal problems ahead of the club.
@RayCTID definitely would ;)
Yeah because players only ever sign for one club.
Ffs Ray have a day off mate;)
So we would have Ake Laporte Stones Garcia and Fernandinho and Rodri which can fill in seem fine to me.
How many did we score though. As I said, playing Devil's Advocate, in that game we could possibly have used a different option to find the net. I'm sure we both agree that our profligacy in front of goal last season drove us all mad.i agree,we need grealish to unlock defences,because as you rightly said we struggled to get a shot at the (southampton) goal, we should be having a lot more than 26 FUCKING SHOTS AT GOAL,
Not at all. His ego would be too big
I think we all know, he won't be rocking up at the Etihad in blue, so discussions are moot. Self belief is a good trait, but imo, he goes far beyond that (similar to big nose), so could not see us being anyway intetestedPerhaps one of the biggest issues we currently have is the lack of such egos in our squad. Sometimes we are too tame and are in need of arrogant players like Neymar, Mbappe, Ronaldo, Messi, and etc to take us to that next level. The very best teams had those egos because they are truly the best.
Felix is the better player.
Stones is done. Cant be trusted to be fit and when on the field, looks like a lost kid searching for his mum in Tesco.
It looks like Garcia could leave and even if he stays, he is not the answer.
Fern, ok but we were forced into that situation last season and I think it would be a huge mistake to voluntarily put ourselves there again.
Rodri, not for me. I think he could do a job at a push but again, a huge risk to take.
As for Ake, we just don't have a clue how he will perform at City. He did ok at Bournemouth but this is a whole new level.
We are trying to bridge an 18 point gap with Liverpool and with little margin for error. Lose 3 or 4 games early doors because we haven't fixed our centre back issues and our title race is done by November.
A club of our quality, with the resources at our disposal, should be aiming for someone of Laportes ability in that right centre back slot, not a make-do.