It's Quiet 16 - Txiki grinders

[Keeper!]

I thought Christmas was December 25th, who moved it to February?

 

[halfcenturyup]

I hate international breaks. Nothing ever happens :(

 

[I'm Blue]

Not a bad bit of late night reading.
Exciting times ahead.
The player I want above all others is Haaland, but I'd take Pep signing an extension over any player.
So if both come off it'll be amazing.
Not doubting any of the information but things can change as we know, so fingers crossed they both sign on the dotted line.

 

[jrb]

Interesting read, until..

Unfortunately it then falls into the usual narrative about City.

'the gulf in funding between the state-sponsored Manchester club and Madrid creates'.

Real Madrid have a good reason to be pessimistic about Erling Haaland signing

Will Real Madrid or Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? City seem to fear he will go to Real, but Los Blancos may have even more worries.

therealchamps.com

 

[Tom Connolly]

Interesting read.

Real Madrid have a good reason to be pessimistic about Erling Haaland signing

Will Real Madrid or Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? City seem to fear he will go to Real, but Los Blancos may have even more worries.

therealchamps.com

seems their fans and side in general are slowly but surely losing hope…

 

[adam.marrett]

Interesting read, until..

Unfortunately it then falls into the usual narrative about City.

'the gulf in funding between the state-sponsored Manchester club and Madrid creates'.

Real Madrid have a good reason to be pessimistic about Erling Haaland signing

Will Real Madrid or Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? City seem to fear he will go to Real, but Los Blancos may have even more worries.

therealchamps.com

We knew it was coming if it started to look like Haaland was heading our way instead of theirs. Poor little Real who can't afford him while paying Mbappe a small fortune......give me a break.

If/when Haaland signs it will be a lot worse. That prat Simon Jordan will start and everyone else.

 

[johncity]

Struggling to keep up with all the inboxes but trying my best to get back to everyone, not being rude ! Just know it’s good new



Struggling to keep up with all the inboxes , a few on here will vouch for me who I responded too this afternoon and informed about mcatte deal . basically there was a big meeting in town in rossos Friday night , pep met many players at different time zones , in regards to sign new deals and confirmed that he will be extending his contract !!! The reason I wanted to inbox people was because the information I received this off was someone high inside the club and the club don’t like names being shared which I inboxed , i inboxed a few about mcatte this afternoon and there’s no coincidence players are signing extensions following Fridays meetings in rossos! Tixi is fully backing pep and he’s here to stay a very long time ! Haaland will join , but pep extending is the big one and all players are behind him and alot ready to pen new deals !! Feels like we are going to be around for a long time at the top

if true amazing news

 

[BlueBrain]

Anyone got that indepth post someone did tracking every ITK info from 93.20blue?

 

[BlueBas]

There aren't cookers or pans big enough for the amount of piss boiling that will occur if Pep & Haaland sign at the same time!

 

[citytill1die84]

Anyone got that indepth post someone did tracking every ITK info from 93.20blue?

It's directly above your post.

 

[Saddleworth2]

So in the cold light of morning, is it all a dream?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

And this

It's getting close if Real are going down the dirty oil money route.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

We knew it was coming if it started to look like Haaland was heading our way instead of theirs. Poor little Real who can't afford him while paying Mbappe a small fortune......give me a break.

If/when Haaland signs it will be a lot worse. That prat Simon Jordan will start and everyone else.

They haven’t got a leg to stand on, -£40m net spend just shows we haven’t got the unlimited budget like everyone thinks. Our recruitment team works very hard to balance our books. Being successful on the pitch and new signings producing the goods helps hugely.

 

[nmc]

Another one is Benzema not happy with the wages Haaland would be on. Benzema sees himself as a starting striker for Madrid next season. loads of excuses

Selective jealousy... problem with Haaland's wages but Mbappe's are fine !

 

[nmc]

hahahaha which stage of grief is real madrid at atm ?

Denial

 

[dachoosen1]

Pep is the best manager in the world bar none and there's nobody I'd rather have managing our club, hopefully for quite a few years longer.

Saying that, his style is not suited to winning the Champions League at all. I'm fairly confident we'll have managers after him who will come nowhere close to producing the same quality of football or league dominance as Pep but will easily have a better Champions League record. As Zidane proved, sometimes you don't need to be a tactical mastermind to win the CL as long as you have the right squad playing the right system.

Dimatteo won it so think that prove luck is a huge factor. Pep is the best manager in the world but just like the Premier league anyone can beat anyone in that competition. A couple of players have an off day, a few injuries or suspension, questionable calls and your out. It very frustrating considering I'm pretty sure our win lose record in it over the last 10 odd years is easily one of the best.

 

[nmc]

Interesting read, until..

Unfortunately it then falls into the usual narrative about City.

'the gulf in funding between the state-sponsored Manchester club and Madrid creates'.

Real Madrid have a good reason to be pessimistic about Erling Haaland signing

Will Real Madrid or Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? City seem to fear he will go to Real, but Los Blancos may have even more worries.

therealchamps.com

This is all looking positive... the media are merging towards a narrative of Haaland dreamed of Real but had to settle for City because no one can compete with their dirty oil money.... bring it on.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Dimatteo won it so think that prove luck is a huge factor. Pep is the best manager in the world but just like the Premier league anyone can beat anyone in that competition. A couple of players have an off day, a few injuries or suspension, questionable calls and your out. It very frustrating considering I'm pretty sure our win lose record in it over the last 10 odd years is easily one of the best.

Why not combine the league with the Champions league & create a tournament that Pep-ball would win 8/10…….oh! European Super League anyone? ;)

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Interesting read, until..

Unfortunately it then falls into the usual narrative about City.

'the gulf in funding between the state-sponsored Manchester club and Madrid creates'.

Real Madrid have a good reason to be pessimistic about Erling Haaland signing

Will Real Madrid or Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? City seem to fear he will go to Real, but Los Blancos may have even more worries.

therealchamps.com

No mention of one club being in profit & the other hundreds of millions of pounds in debt whilst rebuilding their stadium. Not really bothered where Mbappe ends up, PSG would buy their way out of it but would be stuck with the prancing pony, and a few ageing Argies. RM will have a half a decent attack with a gaping hole in it & not a lot of money to fill it, with other areas of the pitch more in need

 

[richards30]

WOW! yesterday seems like it was fun!