It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

Jesus wanted out as soon as he knew we were signing Haaland, as he could see another Aguero situation brewing - where he’s stuck playing second fiddle to the main man all over again. And he wanted to be the main man himself.

Arsenal are giving him that, and fair play to him - he’s shining as a result.

But us signing Haaland and keeping Jesus was clearly never an option. And given the choice, I’d take Haaland every day!

Alvarez has further softened the blow, so personally I’m cool with losing Jesus - and happy for the player he’s found a Club which will build their attack around him.
 
Nicholas van Whatsisface said:
Jesus wanted out as soon as he knew we were signing Haaland, as he could see another Aguero situation brewing - where he’s stuck playing second fiddle to the main man all over again. And he wanted to be the main man himself.

Arsenal are giving him that, and fair play to him - he’s shining as a result.

But us signing Haaland and keeping Jesus was clearly never an option. And given the choice, I’d take Haaland every day!

Alvarez has further softened the blow, so personally I’m cool with losing Jesus - and happy for the player he’s found a Club which will build their attack around him.
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To be fair though Jesus had aplenty of time to nail down that CF position and make it his own
 
kun said:
IN:
Stefan Ortega, 29, GK, Arminia Bielefeld, Free Transfer
Manuel Akanji, 27, CB, Borussia Dortmund, £15m
Sergio Goméz, 21, LB, Anderlecht, £11m
Kalvin Phillips, 26, DM, Leeds, £43m
Terrell Agyemang, 19, AM, Charlton Athletic, Free transfer
Emilio Lawrence, 16, AM, Everton, Free transfer
Erling Haaland, 22, ST, Borussia Dortmund, £51m
Julian Álvarez, 22, ST, River Plate, £14m (January transfer/loan return)

Total spend: £125m

OUT:
Zack Steffen, Loan
Gavin Bazunu, £12m
Aro Murić, £2.5m
Pedro Porro, £7m
Oleksandr Zinchenko, £30m
Ko Itakura, £4m
Juan Larios, £6m
Roméo Lavia, £14m
Fernandinho, Free transfer
James McAtee, Loan
Darko Gyabi, £5m
Samuel Edozie, £10m
Raheem Sterling, £50m
Gabriel Jesus, £45m
Liam Delap, Loan

Total income: £185.5m

Net: £60.5m

Squad:
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Walker, Cancelo, Lewis
Dias, Laporte, Stones, Aké, Akanji
Gomez, Wilson-Esbrand
Rodri, Phillips
de Bruyne, Bernardo, Gündogan
Foden, Mahrez, Grealish, Palmer
Haaland, Álvarez, Knight

Rate the window /10
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9/10 for me.

The only thing stopping it from being a 10 is the left back situation

We clearly didn’t get our plan A target, and ended up signing a player with potential instead of a genuine starter - which is what we wanted.

Apart from that - it’s been an excellent window.

It was a good enough window anyway, but Akanji at the end was important as we were definitely looking light at the back - and that’s now been addressed.
 
This has been a great window. I suspect Pep thought that one or two players were starting to get resentful about rotation (Sterling being one) and it was time for a minor refresh. The new players have created a whole new energy in the squad and we have quality and depth. Add to that - most of the major competition haven’t strengthened greatly and a few seem to be thrashing around. We really do look like we are far and away the best run club in the league - probably the only ones operating in a calm and strategic manner - it’s telling that Newcastle seem to be adopting a similarly measured approach.
 
lee_wsm said:
Haaland is our new figure head he will be used everywhere his brand will only get bigger let’s enjoy the ride
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^^^^ This. Every young kid in the Country will be drawn to City because Haaland is fast becoming the leagues most high profile player. He’s going to be awesome and he will catapult us to new levels. The media can’t idolise Haaland and hate us.
 
nmc said:
^^^^ This. Every young kid in the Country will be drawn to City because Haaland is fast becoming the leagues most high profile player. He’s going to be awesome and he will catapult us to new levels. The media can’t idolise Haaland and hate us.
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I can't tell you how many kids I've seen in city shirts with Haaland's name on the back.
He's box office.
 
8.

Team was getting stale and we got good money in for three players that had hit their ceilings and were unlikely to be the difference between us winning the CL. Intrigued to see how Philips and Gomez settle and to see how Guardiola can keep Cancelo and Walker fit come the business end of the season.
 
kun said:
IN:
Stefan Ortega, 29, GK, Arminia Bielefeld, Free Transfer
Manuel Akanji, 27, CB, Borussia Dortmund, £15m
Sergio Goméz, 21, LB, Anderlecht, £11m
Kalvin Phillips, 26, DM, Leeds, £43m
Terrell Agyemang, 19, AM, Charlton Athletic, Free transfer
Emilio Lawrence, 16, AM, Everton, Free transfer
Erling Haaland, 22, ST, Borussia Dortmund, £51m
Julian Álvarez, 22, ST, River Plate, £14m (January transfer/loan return)

Total spend: £125m

OUT:
Zack Steffen, Loan
Gavin Bazunu, £12m
Aro Murić, £2.5m
Pedro Porro, £7m
Oleksandr Zinchenko, £30m
Ko Itakura, £4m
Juan Larios, £6m
Roméo Lavia, £14m
Fernandinho, Free transfer
James McAtee, Loan
Darko Gyabi, £5m
Samuel Edozie, £10m
Raheem Sterling, £50m
Gabriel Jesus, £45m
Liam Delap, Loan

Total income: £185.5m

Net: £60.5m

Squad:
Ederson, Ortega, Carson
Walker, Cancelo, Lewis
Dias, Laporte, Stones, Aké, Akanji
Gomez, Wilson-Esbrand
Rodri, Phillips
de Bruyne, Bernardo, Gündogan
Foden, Mahrez, Grealish, Palmer
Haaland, Álvarez, Knight

Rate the window /10
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9

Docking a point purely as Jesus and Zinchenko were too nice and talented to be allowed to leave and we created a rival in arsenal by doing so. Not pushed over Sterling, was happy to see him move on but the other pair I’d rather have kept.

But from what’s come in it’s a 10
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
@tolmie's hairdoo Beautiful transfer window.

I only have 1 thing in the back of my mind.. it seems PSG bid came too late so Bernardo is staying but that may not be the case next year.

Also perhaps we weren't sold on Paqueta and Nunes fully so City never looked at it seriously but we should start looking for his full time replacement now.

I still don't think Bellingham is the replacement..

Maybe its Romeo Lavia and we wanted to give him a year's PL experience..

Maybe I'm wrong. Time will tell..
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I would take Barella in a heartbeat. A tremendous amount of ability and experience and at 25 just approaching his peak years. It would be very expensive but if Bernardo were to go that money would be available as well as the profits from this past January and July/August. It would be unlikely he would want to leave Inter, but it would be worth trying. And please no silly commentary about Serie A, Italy, etc. as he is absolutely world class and would thrive in any league on the planet. One of the few players in world football who would match Bernardo's work rate.
levels above Nunes, Paqueta, etc.
 
MCFCFanTX said:
Heard something interesting that I'll share with you all. I have a buddy who's a South American scout for an MLS club. He heard a couple of things that are City related.

1) Good news: CFG scouts have been heavily scouting Alan Varela. He is a 6 but can operate as an 8. Probably the best player in Argentina now that Alvarez is gone. He's seen the same scout at the Boca games that were previously scouting Alvarez and Fernandez at River Plate.

2) Real Madrid scouts have been speaking to River Plate personnel, recently, about Julian Alvarez. The word is they are doing background type checks. He speculated they might view Alvarez as an eventual Benzema replacement.

Just want to say, I'm not an ITK and I don't claim to be one. However, I have many friends that are employed in the world of football.
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Fuck Real Madrid.
 
JewelZee said:
Haaland alone gets you a 9.5 at a minimum. How about we get serious here.
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Do we only play Haaland, or have another 10 players with him?

I'm basing my 8/10 on our squad over the course of a season. Us not having another senior top class LB & LW may become a major issue in the months to come, just like many City fans feared last season.

It's about standards & levels of expectation. I'm very happy with this window, but would have been ecstatic if we'd got Cucurella (as well as Gomez & Akanji) & did a deal for Neymar or another world class left footed, left sided forward to feed Haaland without having to check back onto his stronger foot.

(NB: Before you say anything, I know Neymar's right footed.)
 
Dribble said:
Do we only play Haaland, or have another 10 players with him?

I'm basing my 8/10 on our squad over the course of a season. Us not having another senior top class LB & LW may become a major issue in the months to come, just like many City fans feared last season.

It's about standards & levels of expectation. I'm very happy with this window, but would have been ecstatic if we'd got Cucurella (as well as Gomez & Akanji) & did a deal for Neymar or another world class left footed, left sided forward to feed Haaland without having to check back onto his stronger foot.

(NB: Before you say anything, I know Neymar's right footed.)
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And then you have an unhappy squad because people don't get to play.

Pep is managing squad size, playtime, egos and trying to keep them all happy.

And if you really think we have no depth at left back, go look at Joshua Wilson-Esbrand vs Bayern.
 
Incredible window for us.

To make a profit of over £60m and to make the overall side stronger is unbelievable to be honest. If we keep the majority of this squad fit and have some much needed luck when it matters, we could win the lot this season, the squad is that good.

Compare us to our rivals and its not even close who has had the best window. Chelsea spent nearly £300m and I'm not even convinced they're any better. Utd look a bit stronger but messed around for months going from strategy to strategy to sign players. Their strategy, like Chelsea, has been scattergun. Liverpool have spent £85m on a striker that couldnt lace Haaland's boots and panicked at the end to sign a midfielder on loan. Arsenal have signed well but they're still a couple short in my opinion.
 
Dribble said:
Do we only play Haaland, or have another 10 players with him?

I'm basing my 8/10 on our squad over the course of a season. Us not having another senior top class LB & LW may become a major issue in the months to come, just like many City fans feared last season.

It's about standards & levels of expectation. I'm very happy with this window, but would have been ecstatic if we'd got Cucurella (as well as Gomez & Akanji) & did a deal for Neymar or another world class left footed, left sided forward to feed Haaland without having to check back onto his stronger foot.

(NB: Before you say anything, I know Neymar's right footed.)
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Sterling nor Gabby are left footed either and while I loved Zinny I wouldn't call him a top class LB. So we haven't lost much in terms of structure. Having watched Ortega, he is miles above Steffen in terms of playing with his feet out of the back. Phillips is a huge upgrade over the elder Dinho. Alvarez is class. And Akanji and Gomez combined far outweigh the loss of Zinchenko and then some. Add in the goal scoring monster and we are miles above last year's team and that is saying something. Of course I know we play with Haaland + 10. I was being somewhat facetious, however, I'll stick to a 9.5 easily. JMO.
 
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