Not sure why he would change his mind. Almost certain Barca have tapped him up, and IF they have , I can understand the reason why he wants to leave.
Someone had a word in his ear, or at least his agents, he won't stay.He agreed a deal with City and was about to sign before changing his mind.
He's already done it once, there's a decent chance he might do it again.
He's 19, incredible to be playing matches for us in such a vital and difficult position as CB.
Give the guy a break.
We are weak in the CB area, that's no secret, but just because he wants to go back home to his club, don't knock the guy.
Weak mentality? Please, he wants to go to Barca, that's not a sign of weakness, but confidence in his own abilities.
He's Spanish , he was at Barca from a young age.Not so sure on the point you make regarding his mentality. Why would he not want to stay and cement his position in an already top team? He can always move in a few years time. For me that is weak minded and he is taking the easy option out.
I don’t have an issue with him looking to go home, we all get that. I do have an issue with the money we will receive for him.
Barcelona are a great club but just like Bayern they are using dirty tactics to poach young players from us. I have no respect for Sane or Garcia when they both could of signed new deals so city could make a few pounds and would soften the blow for the supporters. Anyway that a bit of topic.
Not so sure on the point you make regarding his mentality. Why would he not want to stay and cement his position in an already top team? He can always move in a few years time. For me that is weak minded and he is taking the easy option out.
I don’t have an issue with him looking to go home, we all get that. I do have an issue with the money we will receive for him.
Barcelona are a great club but just like Bayern they are using dirty tactics to poach young players from us. I have no respect for Sane or Garcia when they both could of signed new deals so city could make a few pounds and would soften the blow for the supporters. Anyway that a bit of topic.
Barcelona are a great club but just like Bayern they are using dirty tactics to poach young players from us. I have no respect for Sane or Garcia when they both could of signed new deals so city could make a few pounds and would soften the blow for the supporters. Anyway that a bit of topic.
MD claiming City value him at 25M - no chance this happens at that fee. Increasingly of the belief Barca will have to wait until June to get him for free as I struggle to see Txiki negotiating it down to facilitate a move sooner considering the Messi saga
He's Spanish , he was at Barca from a young age.
He was given the opportunity to come to us, new culture, language , climate and different type of football, but probably always though if things worked out for him , he would return back to Spain and ideally Barca.
Great opportunity for him to return to Barca, good luck, but we move on.
Cash in , 25m euros plus bonus, not a bad return for someone who cost us nothing.
He's Spanish , he was at Barca from a young age.
He was given the opportunity to come to us, new culture, language , climate and different type of football, but probably always though if things worked out for him , he would return back to Spain and ideally Barca.
Great opportunity for him to return to Barca, good luck, but we move on.
Cash in , 25m euros plus bonus, not a bad return for someone who cost us nothing.
MD claiming City value him at 25M - no chance this happens at that fee.
He's 19, incredible to be playing matches for us in such a vital and difficult position as CB.
Give the guy a break.
We are weak in the CB area, that's no secret, but just because he wants to go back home to his club, don't knock the guy.
Weak mentality? Please, he wants to go to Barca, that's not a sign of weakness, but confidence in his own abilities.
We bring in plenty of young players from clubs that don't want to lose them. It's the way the world works and they can toddle off elsewhere whenever they're out of contract or if we want to sell them. There's nothing to get upset about.
I'm totally baffled by some people getting shirty about players not renewing when there's no legal, moral or ethical reason for them to do anything other than what they themselves want with their careers.
Those who slag other clubs off for behaving just like our club does should take a good look at themselves in a mirror.
He mustnt be rated too highly at Barca.
The games is all about opinions.Why are Manchester City Football Club giving a kid ' a break' at the the start of a new season?
I've lost track of how many games he's played, but, even if we ignore his numerous examples of desperately poor defending in those games & pretend none of them ever happened, where is the brilliance to suggest he should be playing for the 'best team in the Premier League' ?
Great passing: yes.
Exceptional defending which sets him apart from the guy playing for Brighton, where ?
Where is it ? What has he done ?
We watch Upamecano for 10 seconds & can see a whole set of natural building blocks, which MIGHT make a top defender.
Where are they in Garcia ? Where is the example, of Garcia's brillance for someone like me, who has been saying the same for a year, to change my mind ?
Why are Barcelona, risking a kid being talked round & changing his mind, for the sake of 6-7 million quid ? Why not just sign him & sell some middling kid from their academy to pay the difference ?
Would we be happy with Txiki, if it was the other way round & there is a 19 year old manunian City fan, who is going to be one of the best cbs in Europe, playing in Barca's team & we go 'nah, 18 million quid, too much, leave him there for a year' ?
But he's ok to play for City ?
It's a fucking joke.
That is certainly one way to view it...the other is not over evaluating a player on weekly wages of £15k in an expiring contract
Transfermarkt seems to be popular here, there his market value is rated at €16M