João Félix

Would love Felix, would swop him with Mahrez any day of the week, but he is not the man to replace Sergio.

Watching last night's game Martinez has all of Kuns attributes and would be a great signing.
 
Do you folks who like this guy seriously think, if we signed him he would hugely lift City next season ?

Surely it would be some years from now, we would see a significant difference, assuming he reaches the level you think he will ?

Even if he reaches that level, is he really what City need, at this stage ?
 
Neville Kneville said:
Do you folks who like this guy seriously think, if we signed him he would hugely lift City next season ?

Surely it would be some years from now, we would see a significant difference, assuming he reaches the level you think he will ?

Even if he reaches that level, is he really what City need, at this stage ?
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No, not at all. Still only raw potential, very skilful but very lightweight and very flaky, he could go either way.
I thought the price Atletico paid was utterly insane. At least double or treble what he was worth.
I’d be gutted if City paid that for him
 
LongsightM13 said:
No, not at all. Still only raw potential, very skilful but very lightweight and very flaky, he could go either way.
I thought the price Atletico paid was utterly insane. At least double or treble what he was worth.
I’d be gutted if City paid that for him
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Yup paying established money for potential. No sympathy for some sides when they moan about inflated transfer fees
 
Neville Kneville said:
Do you folks who like this guy seriously think, if we signed him he would hugely lift City next season ?

Surely it would be some years from now, we would see a significant difference, assuming he reaches the level you think he will ?

Even if he reaches that level, is he really what City need, at this stage ?
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He’s better than what the rags bought in January, that didn’t work out to bad.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Do you folks who like this guy seriously think, if we signed him he would hugely lift City next season ?

Surely it would be some years from now, we would see a significant difference, assuming he reaches the level you think he will ?

Even if he reaches that level, is he really what City need, at this stage ?
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Not unless he can play as a top C/B or L/B
 
Felix is arguably Portugal's biggest talent since Ronaldo. It's a shame the transfer market let Griezmann to Barça and him to Atletico happen because of €120m release clause. Yes he's still raw but should be playing under a manager like Pep and not one like Simeone. Price irrelevant (everyone knows he's not worth that), clubs try and take a top talent if they're on market. Example; Chelsea needed a lot more to address in defence and attack but their priority signing was still Havertz despite having options in midfield and for that no 10 role.
 
catalyst said:
Felix is arguably Portugal's biggest talent since Ronaldo. It's a shame the transfer market let Griezmann to Barça and him to Atletico happen because of €120m release clause. Yes he's still raw but should be playing under a manager like Pep and not one like Simeone. Price irrelevant (everyone knows he's not worth that), clubs try and take a top talent if they're on market. Example; Chelsea needed a lot more to address in defence and attack but their priority signing was still Havertz despite having options in midfield and for that no 10 role.
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I don't know if what you say is true, re his potential, but for Portugal, he is usually their least effective creative player, & seems to be doing nothing special in La Liga.

If we paid 100 mil for him, where would he play ?
 
Neville Kneville said:
Do you folks who like this guy seriously think, if we signed him he would hugely lift City next season ?

Surely it would be some years from now, we would see a significant difference, assuming he reaches the level you think he will ?

Even if he reaches that level, is he really what City need, at this stage ?
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Couldn't say whether he's good enough and think he's in the wrong team with the wrong manager to know. What I do think from what bits I saw at Benfica is if we don't get Messi but want a similar player that can play a few positions, or a false 9, and I mean a false 9 that can finish not a converted midfielder that you hope can finish then he looked that sort of player. The trouble is we can't tell playing for Atletico if he's developed from his Benfica days.
 
blueparrot said:
Couldn't say whether he's good enough and think he's in the wrong team with the wrong manager to know. What I do think from what bits I saw at Benfica is if we don't get Messi but want a similar player that can play a few positions, or a false 9, and I mean a false 9 that can finish not a converted midfielder that you hope can finish then he looked that sort of player. The trouble is we can't tell playing for Atletico if he's developed from his Benfica days.
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I don't understand why we would even consider him in any position for the money involved or even for half the money involved.

If he was at City now, we would be struggling to get him on the pitch, irrespective of what he 'might' become.

If he came here it would surely have to be a loan move, to see what he does & whether we could use him ?
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't understand why we would even consider him in any position for the money involved or even for half the money involved.

If he was at City now, we would be struggling to get him on the pitch, irrespective of what he 'might' become.

If he came here it would surely have to be a loan move, to see what he does & whether we could use him ?
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For the money involved I agree, a loan would be good. As I say haven't seen enough to be sure myself. Just a feeling I have, based only on his initial Benfica games, there's a talent in there. Would only work for me though if Mahrez moved and he filled that space in the squad.
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't know if what you say is true, re his potential, but for Portugal, he is usually their least effective creative player, & seems to be doing nothing special in La Liga.

If we paid 100 mil for him, where would he play ?
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As I said, his injury and time under Simeone has done him no good so far. Bad decision on his part going there, but also, he wanted out of Benfica and the only option was Atletico (only team able to pay clause) so he accepted that.

I think, hearing on podcasts and through Sam Lee, City's offer was below his clause and around €80-90m. He fits the false 9 player we've been looking for, would have played a lot of games centrally, and Jesus/Sterling would have been wide players. But if Aguero was fit he would have played just behind him and Jesus or alongside Aguero in a 2. Lots of options. All hypotheticals now obviously.

Be interesting to find who City see as their backup after Messi, if it is to be believed, as Sam Lee said. My guess is Felix, but I could be wrong.
 
for what it's worth I think even if we got him he wouldn't have come in straight away, not at least until Aguero was gone. Probably would have bought and let him stay Benfica for a year or two, see if Jesus moves, which he almost did that season apparently.
 
catalyst said:
As I said, his injury and time under Simeone has done him no good so far. Bad decision on his part going there, but also, he wanted out of Benfica and the only option was Atletico (only team able to pay clause) so he accepted that.

I think, hearing on podcasts and through Sam Lee, City's offer was below his clause and around €80-90m. He fits the false 9 player we've been looking for, would have played a lot of games centrally, and Jesus/Sterling would have been wide players. But if Aguero was fit he would have played just behind him and Jesus of alongside Aguero in a 2. Lots of options. All hypotheticals now obviously.

Be interesting to find who City see as their backup after Messi, if it is to be believed, as Sam Lee said. My guess is Felix, but I could be wrong.
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I don't get how he 'would' have played though ?

He would surely have been on the bench, if that ?
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't get how he 'would' have played though ?

He would surely have been on the bench, if that ?
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I've explained how he could've fit in, in a tactical way.

Aside, I'm saying if we were willing to pay that much and get him in, it would be so we could play him in our team in a lot of games. Obviously, there's no guaranteed starters in our team aside maybe KDB, Laporte and Ederson.
 
catalyst said:
I've explained how he could've fit in, in a tactical way.

Aside, I'm saying if we were willing to pay that much and get him in, it would be so we could play him in our team in a lot of games. Obviously, there's no guaranteed starters in our team aside maybe KDB, Laporte and Ederson.
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Tactical yes, but personnel wise, why put him in the team when all of our attacking players are currently better than him ?

We would basically be signing him, dropping a better performing player & playing him in a different formation for an experiment which costs us 100 million.

I don't understand why he is being rumoured to be, or have been, of any interest to us.
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't understand why we would even consider him in any position for the money involved or even for half the money involved.

If he was at City now, we would be struggling to get him on the pitch, irrespective of what he 'might' become.

If he came here it would surely have to be a loan move, to see what he does & whether we could use him ?
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im amazed that more "transfers" considering the money involved aren't loan to buy, surely the way forward
 
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