It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[WRicko]

I would be ok with that fee if we got a percentage clause when RB Leipzig do move him on for profit

What fee ?

 

[Woody135]

That will be news for him, considering he was in a back 4 all season for PSV, and which prompted PSG to go for him and us to buy him back.

He was shocking in the home league derby. He cant play in a 4 for a top top team. He can in a 5 but there arent many that play that

 

[oldius]

It's amazing we have had any success whatsoever considering how badly we are run.

 

[domalino]

He was shocking in the home league derby. He cant play in a 4 for a top top team. He can in a 5 but there arent many that play that

Oh, he was shit in one game?

Fucking hell, sell the ****.

Maybe, and this is a bit out there, but bear with me, maybe he wasn't great because he'd only started 3 league games going into that December derby and just wasn't quite match sharp? And maybe having Stones mid-mental breakdown and Fernandinho still learning to play CB wasn't the ideal defence to be dropped into?

Just an idea. Probably a lot more likely than saying he can't play the position he's spent 90% of his career in though.

 

[hobbsisablue]

I saw the first half. But he stayed on for the full 90 and Atalanta (one of the most exciting attacking sides) didn't score again after that opening half hour.

Again, I'm not suggesting City should go for him, but I think he presents decent value for some team on a free for a year or two when the going rate for a top CB now seems to be over £60m.

He will end up in China or the Middle East. He's sill in shock following the thrashing by Germany in that WC semi.

 

[City_Sean]

Well we gotta do something about it
We never sell good. There should be a limit to what other clubs can fleece of.
A 20 million bit for Stones. 10 million for Garcia. And let's not even talk about Dzeko or Mangala or others.
There is something inherently wrong with our policy when we try to sell players.

The issue is the wages. We have to take a lower fee because the wages of our players is simply a lot higher than what buying clubs can afford i think.

 

[CityStu]

He will end up in China or the Middle East. He's sill in shock following the thrashing by Germany in that WC semi.

You mean that game he didn't play in?

 

[Gabriel]

Oh, he was shit in one game?

Fucking hell, sell the ****.

Maybe, and this is a bit out there, but bear with me, maybe he wasn't great because he'd only started 3 league games going into that December derby and just wasn't quite match sharp? And maybe having Stones mid-mental breakdown and Fernandinho still learning to play CB wasn't the ideal defence to be dropped into?

Just an idea. Probably a lot more likely than saying he can't play the position he's spent 90% of his career in though.

Agree with some of that. Thought he took unnecessary criticism for our performances at Liverpool and against that lot, which were poor team performances, and he was also the focus of criticism when caught offside repeatedly against Port Vale. However, he was consistently playing on a left that had lost Laporte and Sané, so it was never settled inside or ahead of him.

I wouldn’t be averse to him coming back.The links with Ait-Nouri are drying up- Monaco chasing him now- but perhaps we’re waiting to see if Leipzig will meet the agreed fee before looking elsewhere. His height shouldn’t be an issue (taller than Couto), and if he does struggle to cover in a 4, which is what Nagelsmann said, then perhaps he just needs extra coaching.

 

[damrider]

Give them Angelino and 40m for Upamecano. Just such an obvious deal to make!

 

[RayCTID]

What fee ?

The £7m mentioned in domalino's post

 

[simon23]

Give them Angelino and 40m for Upamecano. Just such an obvious deal to make!

Upamecano has recently signed a new contract - he aint going anywhere

 

[damrider]

Upamecano has recently signed a new contract - he aint going anywhere

Don't quite think a new contract is a roadblock to a transfer, even this summer.

 

[simon23]

Don't quite think a new contract is a roadblock to a transfer, even this summer.

he literally signed it a few weeks back - no way he is leaving.

 

[JWT_98]

he literally signed it a few weeks back - no way he is leaving.

Obviously its unlikely but not inconceivable, remember we signed demichelis 6 weeks after he signed for atletico anything’s possible as long as the moneys there. But do get what you’re saying he won’t be leaving this summer

 

[oldhamblue]

he literally signed it a few weeks back - no way he is leaving.

Isnt it a way of getting a higher fee for the selling club

 

[xgorton]

Harry Winks,yes no.

 

[Mancity1980]

Give them Angelino and 40m for Upamecano. Just such an obvious deal to make!

I think the time to make that deal is now whilst they are celebrating and not thinking straight.

 

[kaz7]

Well we gotta do something about it
We never sell good. There should be a limit to what other clubs can fleece of.
A 20 million bit for Stones. 10 million for Garcia. And let's not even talk about Dzeko or Mangala or others.
There is something inherently wrong with our policy when we try to sell players.

We don't sell our best players that is why ,sane is the only one we really didn't want to lose and we got our money back and more,our players that leave are older ones and we help them as they have helped us,why does this still need explaining

 

[Tevez City]

We don't sell our best players that is why ,sane is the only one we really didn't want to lose and we got our money back and more,our players that leave are older ones and we help them as they have helped us,why does this still need explaining

29 years old Hazard with 1 year remain in his contract was sold for +100m

Therefore selling 24 years old Sane for 50m is not great deal at all.

 

[cjn]

29 years old Hazard with 1 year remain in his contract was sold for +100m

Therefore selling 24 years old Sane for 50m is not great deal at all.

Hazard was 28 for starters and is (was?) also a world class player who didn't just sit out full season because he blew out his knee. Also there wasn't a global pandemic/economic calamity going on.