Media thread 2022/23

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franksinatra said:
It would be actually be more surprising if he did not have one. The lad is the hottest talent in football and by having these buy out clauses he is able to decide his own destiny and, if I took my City hat off, moving round the top leagues sounds a great way of managing your career. Worst case scenario we get a great player for a number of years and then make a substantial profit to reinvest to replace him, if he decides to leave.
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Exactly. He was in a position to negotiate whatever he wanted last year and City would have no choice but to offer him one. All the big names have them - not only does it give him the flexibility to leave, it keeps his salary high when he does. There are no guarantees that City are still what they are today in a couple of years. It really doesn't matter one little bit.
 
Centurions said:
I can only think that someone handed Souness that stat on a bit of paper and he didn't stop long enough to think about it, he's much more intelligent than that normally.
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Here is something to try. I have just asked Alexa " how many goals has Erling Haaland scored " The answer I got was " this season Erling Haaland has not scored any goals for Manchester City in the Premier League " Unbelievable Jeff!
 
domalino said:
No, Pep said he didn't have a clause for Madrid or any (other) club.

I think in context and knowing what jounalists close to him are reporting he means there's no clause for any individual club.
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I take your point that Pep's comment could have different interpretations. I took it to mean there was no release clause at all but it could well be as you say. I agree that Pol Ballus has a good track record regarding City although the Mail article just said that "The Athletic have now reported..." without mentiong Ballus as the author.
 
Centurions said:
I can only think that someone handed Souness that stat on a bit of paper and he didn't stop long enough to think about it, he's much more intelligent than that normally.
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Here is my take on the possible numbers that Erling could get. He is currently on 196 total goals. If and it is a big if he plays for say 15 seasons and scores an average of 40 goals a season he could score 900 goals! A scary stat - just let us hope the majority are for us!
 
jjctid said:
Here is my take on the possible numbers that Erling could get. He is currently on 196 total goals. If and it is a big if he plays for say 15 seasons and scores an average of 40 goals a season he could score 900 goals! A scary stat - just let us hope the majority are for us!
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OK my maths isn't that great - 800!
 
Bit of a curate's egg, this article. Written for an Irish audience but largely positive. The journo falls into the trap of using some of the old tropes (state-owned etc) but, in fairness not in a snide or pejorative way.

Worth a read, I thilnk, mostly because it's indicative of how attitudes to City are changing. Five or ten years ago, we all know this would have been a hatchet job. Twenty years ago, it wouldn't have been published.

I hope the link works after all that ;-)

www.the42.ie

'Fraggle Rock, a father's tears and Lesley the Viking' - A weekend at Manchester City

The42 visited the Premier League champions to watch Ireland’s Gavin Bazunu face Erling Haaland up close with Southampton. But that was only part of the story.
www.the42.ie www.the42.ie
 
i hope if haaland wants to leave in 2 years city dont act like psg,if he wants to go let him
 
Let’s face it, all this media “speculation” is used to unsettle Manchester City which includes the manager, players and supporters. I am of the same opinion of many who believe that Erling will have a release clause in his contract, but that doesn’t mean that he will leave in 2024 or whatever year it kicks in. If he is happy here, he will stay and if he is desperate to go, as sad as it may be, there is no point in trying to keep a player who has no desire to play for the club.

You only have to look back at ”rumours” reporting that Aguero, David Silva and Yaya wanted moves away (possibly true in the case of the latter), but how long did they all stay at the club?

If the media, social media posters, dippers and anybody else need to invent click bait to try and cause disharmony just ignore it. I simply call it unprofessional jealousy.
 
Goldstein on Talk Sport managed to turn the Mpabbe transfer talk into Haarland leaving plus Keys couldn’t wait to talk about the ‘clause’ on Bein Sports before tonight’s game…..what is it with these people…fear, jealousy ???

The biggest star the premier league has had for many a year and they can’t wait for him to leave.

The majority of our big players have stayed the best part of 10 years and unlike Harlaand did not already have a connection with the club

The point is he chose City over anyone else and he is with us for the foreseeable.
 
bluegaz13 said:
Goldstein on Talk Sport managed to turn the Mpabbe transfer talk into Haarland leaving plus Keys couldn’t wait to talk about the ‘clause’ on Bein Sports before tonight’s game…..what is it with these people…fear, jealousy ???

The biggest star the premier league has had for many a year and they can’t wait for him to leave.

The majority of our big players have stayed the best part of 10 years and unlike Harlaand did not already have a connection with the club

The point is he chose City over anyone else and he is with us for the foreseeable.
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Yup.. And your second paragraph reminded me of the old Northern comedian Ken Platt, whose catchphrase at the start of his routines sort of sums up what the media is desperate for Haaland and his camp to say:

'I'll not take me coat off, I'm not stopping..'
 
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