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Vialli98 said:
First of all, if anyone is spouting bullshit between me and you, it isn’t me. That much has been well established.

Secondly, the bloke asked why there was all of this sudden activity in this thread and I was kind enough to tell him all that’s happened was some nonsense Barca twitter account posted some rubbish about a deal agreed with a low fee. Maybe read the context of the post before jumping down my throat.
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Gianluca, is it really you?
 
Pep needs a reminder. His words about Bernardo Silva on Feb, 2018
"He'll stay a long time, while I'm here he will not move on, he will stay with me."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Pep declares one player will stay at Man City as long as he is boss

Man City star has really started to make a big contribution and challenge Raheem Sterling for a regular place in the team
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pavelsrnicek said:
Ruben was very high on our list but wasn’t expected to be available. Benfica missed out on the champions league so had to sell. As soon as he was available we moved for him. Worked out pretty well if you ask me.
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True, but do you not think there was more planning in that than pure lucky coincidence? Not so much benfica's exit which is obviously out of the club's control, but more their deliberate patient wait to see if the CL qualifications resulted in any new available players.

At a time when it was obvious we needed a CB and we were all panicking about missing out on one as reported target after guessed target was deemed too expensive or became unavailable, the club held their nerve going into the final couple of weeks and then reacted quickly and decisively to a change of situation of club and a player they had their eye on for at least a whole year.
 
CityBluez said:
We signed ruben somewhere during the final week and ruben was definitely not on the top of our list (it was kounde and god knows who else after we failed to sign koulibaly)and no journo reported his name. Maybe we still exploring options who knows
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The thing I took from the Dias transfer was, the club was not reluctant to spend money, as reported. The were selective with money, and spent it on who they thought had the most value.

Ruben cost what we reportedly were ready to offer for koulibaly, and supposedly a mere 5m more would have sealed it. It was also Kounde's release clause so could have got him too. But the club chose not to rush and get him.

Seemed like it was an 'if we are going to spend over 60m on a player, we will spend it on the one we want who is the right age and profile' type move.
 
Just catching up with this thread and it seems to me we have an ever increasing number of members on here who insist on believing the shite peddled by so called journalists and twitter wankers. Why can people readily accept what is said in the click bait fraternity instead of trusting what the club are doing behind the scenes. We have around 10 years of unrelenting success which has no signs of coming to an end anytime soon, HAVE FAITH in what the club is doing and dont get you knickers in a twist over some shit, unfounded rumours. If these things do happen it will be for a good reason
 
pfazz said:
Just catching up with this thread and it seems to me we have an ever increasing number of members on here who insist on believing the shite peddled by so called journalists and twitter wankers. Why can people readily accept what is said in the click bait fraternity instead of trusting what the club are doing behind the scenes. We have around 10 years of unrelenting success which has no signs of coming to an end anytime soon, HAVE FAITH in what the club is doing and dont get you knickers in a twist over some shit, unfounded rumours. If these things do happen it will be for a good reason
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To be fair to people who are flapping this could all be put to bed by Berny coming out and saying he is staying or the club saying he will not be sold.

I think the silence from our side indicates that we are open to all options.
 
abu13 said:
To be fair to people who are flapping this could all be put to bed by Berny coming out and saying he is staying or the club saying he will not be sold.

I think the silence from our side indicates that we are open to all options.
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Why ?
Do you not think the club and player have better things to do than placate a few mardarses on a football forum ?
 
abu13 said:
To be fair to people who are flapping this could all be put to bed by Berny coming out and saying he is staying or the club saying he will not be sold.

I think the silence from our side indicates that we are open to all options.
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That's the reason when Romero report came out and everyone went on a frenzy mode, I said it would be in club's best interest to brief journalists and refute those rumours. And thankfully they did.
Bernardo's silence speaks thousand words. He wants to leave, this season or next. Nothing has changed. But we need to be compensated appropriately for him. As club said 80 mil if he wants to leave this season and probably something less than that if he leaves next season .
 
If Bernardo wants out… he’s welcome to go but any club needs to match the fee the club place on him and reasonably for one of Europe’s most consistent, technically gifted and industrious midfielders; whose a proven top end performer for City and for Portugal - he’s got to be a £100m player. To replace him like for like is difficult but for any decent midfielder we are gonna get quoted £80m and those players won’t be proven quality like Bernardo they’ll be players with potential. On a separate note I’d up the fee for Barca. They have been wholly disrespectful and snide in their dealings - and in contrast to how we stood up to Brighton we appear to tolerate whatever bollocks Barca (and their club affiliated media) throw our way - we should not lose sight that Barca are a key player in the anti City agenda - clearly illustrated by the stories of one of their officials trying to bribe a UEFA official to ensure City were unjustly punished. As I’ve said previously I think the club should give a handsome donation to the charity in Barcelona next week but I would not be playing a match against that lot, the season has started and we owe that lot nothing but contempt. As for Bernardo I wish him well, thank him for the memories, he’s been amazing but I seriously question his judgement joining that bunch of self righteous, arrogant charlatans. I’m sure City will get circa £80m for Bernardo but I think that is selling us short and we will probably end up paying more than that for an inferior replacement.
 
vmsuhail said:
Pep needs a reminder. His words about Bernardo Silva on Feb, 2018
"He'll stay a long time, while I'm here he will not move on, he will stay with me."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Pep declares one player will stay at Man City as long as he is boss

Man City star has really started to make a big contribution and challenge Raheem Sterling for a regular place in the team
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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That was five years ago, you can't say the situation will be same every year. Bernardo of five years ago that very eager to impress Pep and want to stay with him will be alot different from Bernardo of today.
 
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