Manuel Akanji | City close to £15m agreement, 5 year contract

[MichaelBBack]

Well, this is a surprise! Can't say I've watched Akanji enough to have a detailed opinion, but when I have seen him he's seemed solid and very fast, so I certainly think he's got the physical attributes to fit in. Wonder what this signing means, though. Pep planning to play a back three? Worries that Laporte will be out longer than expected? Doubts about the fitness of the other CBs? It's an interesting one, either way.

 

[Shaffer92]

A bit of an odd signing considering Laporte/Ake are coming back soon but I was really impressed with him in the England/Switzerland friendly over the summer.

 

[Withnail]

Pretty much done.

Totally out of the blue, but as others have mentioned bearing in mind we have a world cup in the next few months and also we get our fair share of injuries to our cb's a sensible move.

 

[Vester]

Pretty much done.

Think the salary reported is as much bollocks as when Dortmund journos reported Haaland would earn 800k a week here too. No chance Akanji is gonna earn more than Dias & Laporte.

 

[Matt Diablo]

No way this means others will leave apart from Mbete. All will play alot of games in various postions and give Kyle/ Joao much needed competition too

 

[Dave.]

I know its only Fuckyoutube but not bad at all.

Already assisted a certain Norwegian

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

Hes older than I expected.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Looks like we've finally changed the password on the Scouting system.

I love being 'owned by a country' !

 

[ScottSinclair]

Hes older than I expected.

Yeah, I also took a double-take on his age just now

 

[TFC]

Here's what I know about him












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[kaz7]

Hes older than I expected.

Give us a clue

 

[Dave.]

Not that this means anything but his fifa card is fairly good for pace considering he’s a 6’1 CB.

It’s a very low risk signing & I think will turn into a good & reliable option at CB

 

[Matt Diablo]

Manchester City in talks to sign Borussia Dortmund centre-back Manuel Akanji

Borussia Dortmund centre-back Manuel Akanji is in talks over a move to Manchester City; Pep Guardiola has refused to rule out making more signings in the final days of the transfer window

www.skysports.com

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

Give us a clue

26?

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Non of us had heard of Ruben Duaz

He's from the Bible.. Duaz to others as they Duaz to you ;)

 

[ninjamonkey]

Completely disagree. We need another as also proven end last season. Also frees up versatile defenders to cover elsewhere if all of them are fit! Also stops Roddes and Kalvin to have to play there

End of last season was a freak occurrence. As I say, if we've had some worrying news regarding injuries it makes total sense, if we're expecting to have 5 fit cbs available fairly soon it makes less sense.

As for it freeing up players to play elsewhere, a fullback would eliminate the need for others to play out of position in the first place.

For the record I'm not against this at all. Im very much on board with it, simply saying with the information we currently have regarding our squad, an actual fullback would have made more sense in my eyes. Either way, it's an extra body in and we can all be relieved at that.

 

[Don Karleone]

Don't know much about him but welcome to Manchester Manuel

 

[hcblue95]

Pretty much done.

If that wage is true I'll be amazed. Decent 5th choice cb I guess, but to be honest he's really not that great.

 

[taconinja]

The couple of Dortmund fans I've spoken to since this broke say he's similar to Ake but (I think but may have misunderstood) plays on the right, so that's not so bad if we're looking at playing three at the back at times.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Excellent we really even with my love of giving the youth lads a go need another bit of defensive cover.

I'm happy with the squad if/when he comes now.