It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Dr Jacoby]

I wonder who we’d target if we lost one of Ake/Laporte this summer.

At a guess, I’d say Kamara or Kounde.

 

[richards30]

I wonder who we’d target if we lost one of Ake/Laporte this summer.

At a guess, I’d say Kamara or Kounde.

kamara would be more patient with game time? Kounde needs and deserves to play?

 

[super_city_si]

The additional benefit of selling Ake is that he's one of very few players in our squad that is actually roughly the level of Spurs and would therefore agree to go there in a deal for Kane.

I thought the same. He could see his season here as a huge success, he will leave with the league and Carabou for sure and hopefully the CL too. Then go back to regular footy and enjoy himself with a top half club.

 

[Coatigan]

Just noticed I'm 53 likes before surpassing my actual entire post count.

C'mon people - think of my ego!

*seriously, though, it's about the team and not me ;)

What happens when it gets surpassed?

I'm expecting a music video

 

[Jung the foreman]

It's which team turns up on the day and who wants it more

Are you on the right thread?

 

[Chi-town blues]

What happens when it gets surpassed?

I'm expecting a music video

you mean music video of tolmie dancing naked?

 

[samuelyeboah]

I wonder who we’d target if we lost one of Ake/Laporte this summer.

At a guess, I’d say Kamara or Kounde.

.. you'd think we'd break our transfer record for kounde to be 3rd choice CB?

 

[Manchester1894]

The strange thing about our squad is it's very balanced and strong but obvious refresh needed in places needed.

Garcia and Sergio are gone. Guessing who else leaves is a headache. There's also that decision that sits with manager and board, as to which assets could be sold now to fund a better purchase. Risk is involved there.
Untouchables in my mind are Ederson, Dias, Walker, Cancelo, Stones, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling, Jesus.

Mendy and Ake leap out as names that should probably go.
Highest value sales, are probably Zinchenko, Bernardo and maybe Laporte (not looked at contracts at this point).

Goalkeepers
Ederson
Zack Steffen

Defenders
Ruben Dias
Kyle Walker,
John Stones
Joao Cancelo
Aleks Zinchenko
Aymeric Laporte
Nathan Ake
Benjamin Mendy
Eric Garcia

Midfielders:
Kevin De Bruyne
Ilkay Gundogan,
Rodri
Bernardo Silva,
Fernandinho

Forwards:
Riyad Mahrez,
Phil Foden,
Gabriel Jesus,
Raheem Sterling.
Ferran Torres
Sergio Aguero

 

[domalino]

What’s your guess pal, an extra 10m?

We have a lot of sponsors, so would expect more.

Our commercial revenue last year was £246m.

I would imagine winning something as big as the CL would be worth a 10-20% incentive so we'd be talking -

10% - £24.6m
15% - £37m
20% - £49.2m

 

[CWMCFC]

I wonder who we’d target if we lost one of Ake/Laporte this summer.

At a guess, I’d say Kamara or Kounde.

Getting a player as good as Kounde in would lead to exactly the same situation as we have now.

You can't have 4 top class CBs in a squad - 3 is just about manageable in terms of pure minutes, but a talent like Laporte is going to want to be starting in the big games like the CL final and not to be placated by playing against Palace in the league.

Really the club should be trying to get a club trained player into that 4th slot - it seemed they planned for that with Garcia, but he had other ideas, so the obvious solution is just to place some faith in Harwood-Bellis.