It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[MadchesterCity]

I think people are overlooking Alvarez.
We've seen what he can do, he has the energy of Bernie and Foden and can finish.
He seems the natural choice and it wouldn't surprise me if he is in the starting lineup.

We will be stronger for it, love Alvarez.

If we could somehow get Haaland, Alvarez, Foden, Grealish, KDB and Rodri on pitch?

Grealish—Haaland—Alvarez
———-Foden——-KDB
—-——Rodri———Stones
————Ake—Dias—Walker

 

[DeBlueLou]

A contract been on the table for a bit

Perhaps not with the current terms and salary. Probably not the same contract and terms this time around

 

[Manchester_City_Blue]

Pay him what he wants to sign but with the caveat that If he signs it he's committed to the end of his deal. None of this uncertainty every window

 

[Kamaro011]

Same old same old

He never sign this new contract no matter how much we raise the wages.

 

[bluenova]

How is Arsenal in anyway especially historic? Maybe in that they had a period of great style with the likes of Henry and Bergkamp? But for many years they were notorious for being the most boring club in Britain. As per usual history means nothing in a FA composed almost entirely of 100 year old clubs.

Arsenal are not special and neither are we. We all just enjoy being members of a tribe and a footballing culture. I hope that we never get as entitled and delusional as the red clubs. We have to be very careful in how we balance pride in City and being decent winners\losers. Or else we'll become them and be constantly droning on about our history.

It's ironically mostly come about with the extreme inequality we've had since the PL/CL started, and the CL expanded.

Anyone under 40 has seen Arsenal, United and Liverpool as the only teams that could possibly win the Premier League without having huge amounts of money pumped in. Of course that was never the case prior to the 90s, but you see it with all the comments about how City would only ever have been a midtable club without our owners. That's true, once the redtops had become so rich, but clearly wasn't in the pre-PL era.

If the stars had aligned for Everton around the time the Premier League started, then they could easily have gone on to be a "history" club instead of Arsenal or United. Maybe United could have sacked Ferguson in 1990 and had a couple of years of flux, and instead Leeds gone on to win those first few PL titles. Leeds build up some solid finances in the CL, instead of needing the dodgy mortgages, and would now be sitting on 10-15 League titles, while United could still be the underachievers they were seen as in the early 90s.

History being owned by just a handful of clubs is a new thing.

 

[1Basti]

didn`t understand what Txiki/Pep saw in KP & neither now in Rice...both average footballers but at least KP can pass, wants to play here & isn`t that overrated/overpriced...i guess Uk/homegrown tax....meanwhile Caicedo (Ferna 2.0.) is on his way to united/chelsea

 

[DeBlueLou]

If City are looking for a winger that fits our long term strategy, they should explore moving Laporte back to Bilbao and Williams here in a deal.

 

[leo_city]

If City are looking for a winger that fits our long term strategy, they should explore moving Laporte back to Bilbao and Williams here in a deal.

Is that about Nico?

 

[DeBlueLou]

Is that about Nico?

Yea. Profile fits our bill and would let Laporte go home again.

 

[robbieh]

didn`t understand what Txiki/Pep saw in KP & neither now in Rice...both average footballers but at least KP can pass, wants to play here & isn`t that overrated/overpriced...i guess Uk/homegrown tax....meanwhile Caicedo (Ferna 2.0.) is on his way to united/chelsea

I agree but then we were in for Harry M.

 

[Gumzy97]

Algerian press linking Mahrez to Madrid.

 

[DeBlueLou]

Algerian press linking Mahrez to Madrid.

Odd move for Real, as Mahrez wouldn't start there if Mbappe came along.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Odd move for Real, as Mahrez wouldn't start there if Mbappe came along.

they'd play mbappe as a 9

 

[DeBlueLou]

they'd play mbappe as a 9

Rodrygo would still go ahead on right and Ancelotti probably would move Valverde up/down like he usually does too.

I mean if they want to pay up, sure, but then again City need another winger.

 

[schfc6]

Rodrygo would still go ahead on right and Ancelotti probably would move Valverde up/down like he usually does too.

I mean if they want to pay up, sure, but then again City need another winger.

Mahrez would get a lot of game time in Madrid. Playing for them, he’d have a field day against some of the dross in that league.

He’s earned his stripes here. We need to improve on him sooner or later. Madrid would be perfect for him.

 

[DeBlueLou]

Mahrez would get a lot of game time in Madrid. Playing for them, he’d have a field day against some of the dross in that league.

He’s earned his stripes here. We need to improve on him sooner or later. Madrid would be perfect for him.

The question is, as it is before even selling a winger, which players does City have as options for those attacking spots. They are already "looking" and Mahrez leaving would warrant signing two. It's a bit of a pickle

 

[walker_is_faster]

Madrid will have Vinicius and Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz for wide positions and Valverde can play there that for me is not enough. So maybe there is something in their intrest in Mahrez .

Mahrez would be starting in their first eleven if he would go there.

I can see why they would be interested in Mahrez, he has experience quality player also he would not be expensive and if they came for Mahrez he would want to go there.

 

[DeBlueLou]

I miss Gundogan already!

 

[aguero93:20]

I can see why they would be interested in Mahrez, he has experience quality player also he would not be expensive

At least £100m for those cunts.

 

[Cityinmud]

Well ... After the treble, I am not overly concerned or care about the transfer. I can only hope our management doesn't feel the way I do ;)