Erling Haaland

[Thaksinssoldier]

I suspect an incoming will very much depend on an outgoing,or two.

Just Mahrez out and we can accommodate all, including Kun.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Just Mahrez out and we can accommodate all, including Kun.

I was talking left back,in reply to the question.

As for forwards,i think we'd need to lose one too.

 

[TonyM]

So Messi, Grealish and Haaland to us

I'd love that. Teeny tiny understatement.

(No need for a LB imo btw)

 

[BlueCityfan]

Haaland - new Cm/Dm (Ferna replacement) - New LB (Mendy replacement),

Then Grealish or Messi as a bonus. That's the summer i'm expecting. Am i being greedy?

 

[HaalandEffect]

Dont need to buy a replecement for Mendy, have many in the club that can play LB, Zinchenko, Ake, Laporte, Cancelo can all play there and will be enough cover.

 

[Delphinho]

Dont need to buy a replecement for Mendy, have many in the club that can play LB, Zinchenko, Ake, Laporte, Cancelo can all play there and will be enough cover.

Mendy can’t get a game, seems like Pep doesn’t trust him and he can’t stay fit. Ake and Laporte are CBs. Cancelo is a RB. We need an out and out left footed LB. Keep Zinchenko

 

[simon23]

I suspect an incoming will very much depend on an outgoing,or two.

Agree

We absolutely must get rid of Mnedy for starters...he is a waste of space in the squad, is rarely fit and when he is he just aint good enough.

Mahrez would go for me as well. He was supposedly making noises about leaving (though I think that may have been refuted) - but if he was get him out the door - we may even get a decent wedge for him (not what we paid for him but something decent however). I just dont think he fits in with the club, the players around him or has ever made any strong connection to the club or fans

Ferna is an interesting one...people were saying he cant play central mid anymore...I think this season he has proven that he still can....maybe not every 3 days but he certainly can play the role and as well as anyone else we have got at present. However, we cant kid ourselves that it's going to stay that way as age is no ones friend.

Sergio - same as Ferna - still by far the best striker at the club and possibly in the league BUT the injuries will take its toll. can we get another year out of him...should we? Huge question to ask and I think the club will leave that up to Sergio while being honest with him about how much he may or may not play and dependant upon who we can bring in and his fitness.Part of me hopes he comes back this season as good as ever but we have to start planning for life without and if Haaland wants to come would Sergio still being here put a spanner in the works with that (for him and the club financially?)

Then there is Zinchenko who has served us very very well, with little complaint about being constantly out of position...but if/when we do get a left back will play less and less. For his career he should potentially leave and I dont think anyone could begrudge him that but maybe Pep has other ideas.

Im guessing a few EDS lads could go (Braff being the obvious one) who we may get bits of money for as well

We also have the Messi factor! - Financially we have been told that the funds for Messi etc are seperate from any other part of our transfer strategy. However getting him in could very well have a positive affect on who else we are able to bring in (esp the likes of Haaland who might jump at the chance to play and train alongside the GOAT)

We are the one club who are probably set up so not to be affected as much by Covid as anyone else (though obviously it has had an effect financially). However will the club be conscious of seeming to spend too much after 18 months where Covid has decimated businesses all around the world financially. Image is important to our owners and will this also effect how we act in the transfer market?

 

[Cheeky Txiki]

Hopefully it does happen. My only concern is whether Dortmund will sell or not. They won't get much next season anyways so either they need to profit massively off Sancho. Funny thing is if United don't go for Sancho we are bound to get him considering Dortmund's finances as they need to sell one of the two now.

 

[worsleyweb]

Would love this kid. Looks a winner to me.

 

[Keith Moon]

Loads of things. City's seeming openness about the fact they want him to replace Aguero. The fact that Dortmund are having a poor season. The fact that this summer I don't think Madrid or Barcelona can afford him. The fact that for Dortmund a sale this summer means banking probably 30-40 million pounds more than the following year, which in a COVID hit football market is a lot of money. The fact that there's a spot in the City team which he walks into without any competition. The fact that his dad used to play for us.

But really the biggest thing is the first thing. The way the club have operated in the past, they are always at pains to distance themselves from players who they aren't in for. And conversely they will generally acknowledge when they really want a player. The fact that we're in the part of the season when we like to start beginning to get our targets properly lined up, and we're now getting a raft of stories that he's our top target, suggests to me that we feel confident that we can land him.

Makes me suspicious, when the Catalans let the press know that they want a player it usually means they have another target.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

We are the one club who are probably set up so not to be affected as much by Covid as anyone else (though obviously it has had an effect financially). However will the club be conscious of seeming to spend too much after 18 months where Covid has decimated businesses all around the world financially. Image is important to our owners and will this also effect how we act in the transfer market?

I don’t think it’s a problem. If we’re better placed than anyone else then every £1 we transfer to another club helps them. Of course it won’t be spun that way, but what’s new. Other than that, we should use every advantage we have, just as any other club would.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Don't put any credence in the sources or the fact it was done simply across all three Reach titles.

It's a known story done last month and rehashed by John Cross, with zero City contacts.

I am confident enough we know there is a chance, but a lot depends on Dortmund, who would prefer first to cash in on Sancho instead this summer as he has one year less than Haaland on his deal.

Dortmund might need the cash for both dependent on finances during Covid though?

If we get £15m on Sancho, £10m on Harrison, £9m on Braaf, you can see there is money coming on stream all the time.

Angelino money in the Summer as well I assume?

 

[Big Jonjo]

Funny enough I think it would have benefited to keep Angelino. Imagine a back 3 of Laporte, Dias and Stones with Angelino and Cancelo as wing backs. Would give us so many options.

Angelino money in the Summer as well I assume?

 

[LongsightM13]

It be different because we have to replace Sergio With the best out there we will break the bank for the right striker! In the last 12 years we spent around 125m on strikers! Sergio Dzeko Tevez negrado Jesus that’s about 12m a season!

Bony and Jovetic adds about another £50m to that for a start

 

[argyle]

How does he do against packed defences? As in playing against teams with 10 men behind the ball?

I've seen his goals from running on to good balls over the top however he most likely won't get that space with us.

 

[jayfx]

Why would we wait a year when everyone could get involved? I think this year is the perfect one to go for it. Fewer clubs can afford to pay big money this year and we need an Aguero replacement

Eh? I was not suggesting we should wait!!!!

Now probably is the perfect time to go for him (if we are interested) however, unfortunately, I have no say in when or if we should go for him.

Yes, I agree we need a replacement for Aguero. Yes, the sooner the better imo. But, do you honestly think we'll splash out 100+ million for him his summer when his buy-out clause is around £68m next year? Personally, whether I (or you) want it or not, I can't see it myself.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Eh? I was not suggesting we should wait!!!!

Now probably is the perfect time to go for him (if we are interested) however, unfortunately, I have no say in when or if we should go for him.

Yes, I agree we need a replacement for Aguero. Yes, the sooner the better imo. But, do you honestly think we'll splash out 100+ million for him his summer when his buy-out clause is around £68m next year? Personally, whether I (or you) want it or not, I can't see it myself.

If we don’t, another club will. Everyone in football knows that. He is leaving Dortmund in the summer.

 

[itisrising]

You can't underestimate the lure of that there London to young domestic & foreign players.
Personally I hate the place having lived & worked there but to some, it is a bright shining beacon of light.

There is somewhat a lure of London but Haaland was born in Leeds which is closer to Manchester than London. Plus, when you have every top club after you, you're not going to a club based on the location being somewhat nicer. Haaland seems to have a strong affinity with City based on plenty of evidence, I just can't see a way Chelsea could attract him over us.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Surprised the media haven't run with 'boyhood' City fan wanting to return home.

They obviously read BM so the ignorant fuckers will have seen those pictures of him as a youngster in his City kits.

Suppose boyhood club is only a term used for the red shirts, Bayern and 2 Spanish sides.

 

[andyhinch]

There is somewhat a lure of London but Haaland was born in Leeds which is closer to Manchester than London. Plus, when you have every top club after you, you're not going to a club based on the location being somewhat nicer. Haaland seems to have a strong affinity with City based on plenty of evidence, I just can't see a way Chelsea could attract him over us.

His dad used to live in Alderley don’t know if he still does but he’ll know the area, might help, might not.