Declan Rice

[vicblueman]

On things like this, yes.

Some Blues on here will start flapping now .
"We're doomed i tell you, doomed!" ha!ha!

 

[bmfc95]

I wouldn’t anticipate the arrival of another midfielder now.

Kovacic has replaced Gundo (all be it Kova will play deeper much of the time allowing Foden to play centrally as a like for like replacement for Gundo).

Phillips will also be much better next season.

kovacic and gvardiol will be a very disappointing window if we let bernardo leave as well...

 

[the talisman]

Did people on here get their knickers in a twist when we walked away from Maguire, Sancho, Sanchez, Ronaldo etc etc?

Good luck to Declan Rice, a very good player but never worth £100m+

We’ll be fine without him

 

[akrh215]

Lots of people writing Philips off, just like they did with Jack after his first season. Let’s see what he gives this season. Bernado staying would be the massive bonus, fingers crossed

Philips has shit mentality, so I hope he go

 

[Jogon 127]

Well, I thought we’d push on a make another bid. I really rate Rice.

Either way we are the masters here, we have our valuation and will not go above it, we are the very best at this, well played boys.

 

[Sergio16]

Brilliant headline, makes me kind of proud of city? We have our fundamentals and we must stick by them!

 

[Cityinmud]

Wonder how pep must feel right now. Lost out on top target bellingham to madrid, strongly wanted gundo to stay which would've negated the need for rice and not prompted us to come into the bidding race but got overriden by the board. And now lost out on his bellingham alternative to Arsenal.

Pep will be fine. Remember koulibaly, Harry Maguire, kane, marc . This is a good decision

 

[PabZabb]

…and last time I checked, Arsenal haven’t had a bid accepted yet either. They could end up with a Bernardo type situation.

 

[Complex Simplicity]

Great decision. Walking away. Definitely overpriced. Harry Maguire all over again

Bang on.

Rice isn't good enough technically for this City side.

 

[nikshan]

The reaction from everyone, is not that Arsenal got Declan Rice.

Its that Arsenal got Scammed. Brilliant Narrative to be fair.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Did people on here get their knickers in a twist when we walked away from Maguire, Sancho, Sanchez, Ronaldo etc etc?

Hahaha, yes, yes they did.

 

[Blue and true]

Why does it matter? For the sake of one emailed bid we’ve made arse pay an additional £15mil. What’s not to like?

What's to like? We've missed out on a player we wanted, what difference does it make how much arsenal have spent on him? Unless you think we bid ~90m for a player we weren't actually interested in? If we knew West Ham's resolve and set price we should never have got involved.

 

[NJMCFC184]

They're not in the same league as us. They'll be nowhere near us next season.

All that money wasted if they dont challenge

 

[schfc6]

City were already short in midfield this season, as reported, Pep wanted more depth.

Isn’t Macatee staying with us? Gvadiol will need plenty of game time. So lots of Stones in midfield.

Or we have a list of targets and money we want to spend and like normal we know what we’re doing.

Pulling out if the Cucarella deal which looked a bit of a disaster at the time doesn’t look too bad now does it?

 

[Jokithedruid]

Going on a nidingsdåd war with one of the red shirts always ends up in them over paying. Van dijk, maguire and now rice…

Oh well, let the have him then, pep will have to find a way with what we have.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Maybe Arsenal do their medicals in Manchester now.

I would have thought the next step would be them changing the colour of their kit or Arteta shaving his hair off but I'm still flattered.

 

[decmancity]

No chance city got involved just to up the price on rice of 15 million

Not initially no, but its a nice bonus.

We put a bid in because we value Rice at that price. We thought the better payment plan might get West Ham interested but clearly not. So we move on.

 

[DeBlueLou]

Lose Bernardo to PSG now would be devastating

 

[Haaland94]

kovacic and gvardiol will be a very disappointing window if we let bernardo leave as well...

Apparently, there is a good chance he stays, though.

 

[ReeceMx1997]

We need to go for Valverde saw on Twitter Real would accept 90 million euros. I think he is twice the player Declan Rice is plus can slot in for Bernando from time to time if he stays no-brainer. If not Valverde get Barella.