It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[richards30]

The lad Yangel Herrera that Rascal mentioned recently is certainly being considered, but in conjunction with at least one more midfielder, City have steered.

grealish? i wonder if we could still go for auoar?

 

[skillman]

The lad Yangel Herrera that Rascal mentioned recently is certainly being considered, but in conjunction with at least one more midfielder, City have steered.

Sorry if I'm being dim, when you say steered - do you mean away from other areas of the team or other 'known' midfield targets?

 

[BlueBrain]

Tbf £15mil seems a fair price for Herrera

I know we all have issues with the fees we get but £15mil is a good starting option

Realistically I don't think he is good enough to command a starting berth, and its probably best not to have him for the sake of it.....and there is no shame in that, we are an elite club and don't require those that don't reach those elite levels

Similar deal to Luiz imo, sell him for a profit, include a buy back fee...if he's good enough we activate it and either sell him on for a profit or utilise him

Hope that we start inserting sell-on clauses not just buy-back ones

Already can see that there will be a bit of cash on its way this summer from loanees alone

Harrison - £10mil
Herrera - £15mil
Porro - £8.5mil (if they activate it this summer)

Plus we also could see Nmecha, Muric, Meshino, Morelos etc. Leave

Don’t forget Angelino for 16m. Sancho sell on clause potentially worth 10-15m

All in all we should have around 50-60m incoming

 

[Coatigan]

The lad Yangel Herrera that Rascal mentioned recently is certainly being considered, but in conjunction with at least one more midfielder, City have steered.

Would he qualify for a work permit. I can't seem to tell one way or the other.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Sorry if I'm being dim, when you say steered - do you mean away from other areas of the team or other 'known' midfield targets?

Steered is just a journalistic term - like a heads-up, if you will?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Would he qualify for a work permit. I can't seem to tell one way or the other.

No idea, while I would expect City to know on such matters, we also didn't foresee an issue for Douglas Luiz.

They are impressed by Herrera and there are a couple of other cut-price midfield targets they have also identified as potentials for two midfield slots.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

grealish? i wonder if we could still go for auoar?

Lot of foreign slots to be legislated for.

 

[domalino]

Lot of foreign slots to be legislated for.

With the squad the way it is now, with Stones, Sterling, Walker & Carson taking up the 4 Association Home Grown spots, Grealish or Aouar would both take up foreign spots like Aké is currently despite being HG.

We would have to sell 2 of those 5 for Grealish to get registered as HG.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

The lad Yangel Herrera that Rascal mentioned recently is certainly being considered, but in conjunction with at least one more midfielder, City have steered.

We should see how good he is tonight when he plays against United.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

With the squad the way it is now, with Stones, Sterling, Walker & Carson taking up the 4 Association Home Grown spots, Grealish or Aouar would both take up foreign spots like Aké is currently despite being HG.

We would have to sell 2 of those 5 for Grealish to get registered as HG.

We are clearly losing players this summer, perhaps some we don't expect? Does your list already factor in Sergio and Fern?

Hearing might be some good news on Stones soon.

 

[decmancity]

We should see how good he is tonight when he plays against United.

Cant wait for him to miss place a pass.

 

[domalino]

We are clearly losing players this summer, perhaps some we don't expect? Does your list already factor in Sergio and Fern?

Hearing good news on Stones.

I wasn't really even considering if there would be foreign spots free, just pointing out that because we're already oversubscribed in association HG players, Grealish is going to take one of those foreign spots unless 2 of the 5 current HG players leave, so he's no different to Aouar in that respect.

What we really need are some more academy players coming through and taking squad roles so we can tap into those 4 club trained slots that have been empty since Micah left.

If we can do that then we'll never have to worry about foreign squad places again, because Pep and most other modern managers only want about 21/22 players in the squad.

 

[blueparrot]

H.G Stones, Sterling, Walker, Ake. guess Carson my go. Club trained Foden
Non H.G Ederson, Steffen, Cancelo, Mendy , Zinchenko, Dias, Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo, KDB, Gundogan, Torres, Mahrez, Jesus
14. Which as far as I can see leaves 3 spots whether homegrown or non homegrown, Aguero and Fern replacements 3rd keeper, Or we promote an academy keeper and have one spare space.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

No idea, while I would expect City to know on such matters, we also didn't foresee an issue for Douglas Luiz.

They are impressed by Herrera and there are a couple of other cut-price midfield targets they have also identified as potentials for two midfield slots.

This confirms then that Fernandinho isn’t getting an extension offer, or has but wants to try something else. Who is the other midfielder replacing? Or do we have a free spot already?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This confirms then that Fernandinho isn’t getting an extension offer, or has but wants to try something else. Who is the other midfielder replacing? Or do we have a free spot already?

I'm still holding out hope for Fern, but the club are wisely making contingency plans, as we would expect.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

With the squad the way it is now, with Stones, Sterling, Walker & Carson taking up the 4 Association Home Grown spots, Grealish or Aouar would both take up foreign spots like Aké is currently despite being HG.

We would have to sell 2 of those 5 for Grealish to get registered as HG.

You're spot on, but I don't think Carson really comes into it as we would unregister him in a second if we ever needed to.

 

[Gumzy97]

I'm still holding out hope for Fern, but the club are wisely making contingency plans, as we would expect.

Seems like the club are saving money in other areas of the team for another position.

 

[simon23]

Throw everything at Mbappe.

He has already turned us down....no point

 

[Coatigan]

I wasn't really even considering if there would be foreign spots free, just pointing out that because we're already oversubscribed in association HG players, Grealish is going to take one of those foreign spots unless 2 of the 5 current HG players leave, so he's no different to Aouar in that respect.

What we really need are some more academy players coming through and taking squad roles so we can tap into those 4 club trained slots that have been empty since Micah left.

If we can do that then we'll never have to worry about foreign squad places again, because Pep and most other modern managers only want about 21/22 players in the squad.

Pretty much. We are at full capacity as it is. Sergio frees up a squad space. Dinho if he leaves frees up another. Any new player, englishnor otherwise takes up one ofnthose two spots. So there is room in the squad, just not as HG players. If we ignore the fact carson exists, like most do, that frees up another space in the squad, but not a HG spot as we'd still have 4.

In summary. Currently, no space in squad (giving carson the benefit of existance). 2 spaces for incoming players replacing Sergio and dinho, irrespective of nationality (or age, if we expect them to play CL). Anything above that requires people leaving.

 

[blue oli]

We are clearly losing players this summer, perhaps some we don't expect? Does your list already factor in Sergio and Fern?

Hearing might be some good news on Stones soon.

Stones, Sterling and foden