Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

Gumzy97 said:
You think that they are better centrally , but Pep might differ, it’ll probably be Paqueta KDB and Rodri in midfield. 2 creative players in front of Rodri with Bernardo out wide like he played last season on the right

Then Phil fighting Grealish and Bernardo for the wing spot.

If Peps asked for Paqueta and wants him there’s a reason and he’s probably going to play. In the starting line up.

Akanji was bought and immediately put into the starting line up, the same will probably happen with Paqueta
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if we do get this guy and frankly it looks way too much money for me - why? We have in my view a generational talent in Foden. I saw Gazza when he was 15 playing for Newcastle youth and he was mind blowing even then. Phil is the closet I have seen in terms of his balance, dribbling ability and the way he can beat a man. He should not be competing for a wing place, he should be on the team sheet ideally in attacking midfield.
I think Pep has a blind spot towards Phil and it worries me-he has more end product than Grealish and with Saka is the best attacking English player.
So why buy another central midfielder?
 
Sir Joe Aguero said:
Olise, Sane, Veiga, Wirtz. Missed out on Szoboszlai, Maddison, Diaby. All either cheaper/better/more potential.
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Olise, isn't he injured?

Sane, no longer have a suitable system and position. We just sent another out and out winger to Saudi, because game time is no longer guaranteed.

Veiga, in what world would you take a non proven, non experienced kid, without the proper phisycal traits, and whom apparently loves to be glued to the ball, over Paqueta? Yes, buy him, loan him, see where he goes from there.

Wirtz? Yeah, i understand, i want him, however he is not ready to move, he's also going to be another Belligham case, but it takes much time, and he is also going to be fought off by Bayern. He literally changed his shirt number, and himself and agent have stated he is not moving this year.

So yeah. Despite the names, no actual solutions to a pretty urgent midfield gap if you ask me.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
So our Summer transfer business is now being conducted via speculative phone calls from Barry Silkmans sunbed.

Toe curling. Fucking treble winners and we are getting led round the block by dinosaur chancers like Silkman.

Maybe we should wait to see if Eric ‘Monster Monster’ Hall gives Txiki a bell later in case he knows any other journeymen that are defo interested in joining us.

£70m + for a player that wouldn’t be in anybodys top 25 midfielders in the Premier League and wanted by nobody else is absolute madness.
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Totally living up to your username there!
 
Stiff Little Wingers said:
if we do get this guy and frankly it looks way too much money for me - why? We have in my view a generational talent in Foden. I saw Gazza when he was 15 playing for Newcastle youth and he was mind blowing even then. Phil is the closet I have seen in terms of his balance, dribbling ability and the way he can beat a man. He should not be competing for a wing place, he should be on the team sheet ideally in attacking midfield.
I think Pep has a blind spot towards Phil and it worries me-he has more end product than Grealish and with Saka is the best attacking English player.
So why buy another central midfielder?
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I completely agree but the sad reality is that Pep may just not see Phil elsewhere except the wing. Let's hope we're wrong about this and if not that the next manager only has plans for Phil behind the striker.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
30 mil for a England Centre back that cost Man Utd 88 mill.
yeh mental.
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I like reading you're comments on here fella. Sorry but this is taking the piss.

Under no circumstances can you think Harry Maguire is a good signing whether it's £30m or a Free Transfer!

He's absolutely shite. The Rags were stupid enough to pay £80m for him that's their fault same way they paid £100m for Pogba. The high price of player doesn't automatically make you good. Conor Coady, Tyrone Mings and Eric Dier all played for England too. They are also bobbins.

Horrendous signing if West Ham buy him.
 
supercity88 said:
We have to trust the club, they generally get it right. Phillips undoubtedly came with Bielsa's blessing - I'm certain Pep will have sounded him out. Similar with Gomez and Kompany. Gomez was one of the standout players at the U21 Euros. He's never a defender, but there is a player there and even if it's not at City, we'll get our money back I'm sure. I'm surprised Kompany hasn't made a move to take him to Burnley.
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I fully agree. Both Phillips and Gomez are great footballers, I just don't know if they will make it with us. Also, Kompany made a move for Gomez early in the summer, but Gomez seems determined (just like Kalvin) to stay and fight for his place. He gave a few interviews saying how he wants to prove himself etc. If they end up staying, they will both have my 100% support.
 
decmancity said:
Absolutely zero proof of that and even if it was true, nobody at that age is getting a 3yr contract.
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Our bid for Rice suggests we were not prepared for life without Gundogan quite just yet, not even going for Mac Allister, not even Szoboszlai.

also we’re prepared to give Walker a new deal, so why not Gundo?

It’s easy to assume I’ve had some twitter like meltdown calling out Txiki which isn’t even the case, the people here are deflecting in responses.

While we eventually needed to replace Gundogan and Mahrez, given their age, keeping Gundogan wouldn’t have done any harm. We’ll find a solution with or without a Paqueta but looking at the market it’s really hard to argue against keeping him or getting Mac Allister
 
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Haaland94 said:
I fully agree. Both Phillips and Gomez are great footballers, I just don't know if they will make it with us. Also, Kompany made a move for Gomez early in the summer, but Gomez seems determined (just like Kalvin) to stay and fight for his place. He gave a few interviews saying how he wants to prove himself etc. If they end up staying, they will both have my 100% support.
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Gonna be lucky to even make the bench the way the squad is shaping up so far.

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Coatigan said:
So you think the club won't pay 80m for a player we tried to sign last year, who has played for two arguably 3 of the big European clubs, spent 4 seasons in 3 top european leagues, on top of winning trophies with one of Brazil's top clubs, while making over 40 appearwnces for Brazil. A player that was signed for 50m by his club and has 4 years left on his contract.

But you think the same club will readily pay 80m for a player who has had one season in the PL, played effectively only half of it, has zero experience in european competitions, was bought for 2.5m and has only two years left on his contract.

Ok pal.
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Did I say we would bid 80m for Mitoma though?

I said I would, I never said the club would.

If you are trying to compare Paqueta's CV to Mitoma's CV... I wouldn't bother. If you talk to most premier league fans they would say they'd rather have Mitoma in their side than Paqueta.

I value Mitoma higher than Paqueta because I think he's better.
 
supercity88 said:
Quite right. Time and time again we fail to pay up and get the quality we need and time and time again it costs us. It would have been the quadruple last season if we'd had been better in the market. Our performance against Arsenal at the weekend showed just how far off the top we're going to be come the end of the season. They've spent £200m after spending big last summer and in January and whilst our big name signing didn't come on, and we drew 1-1 thanks to a late deflected goal from them, the gulf was vast. Why are we panic buying shite like Paqueta when we could go and get someone with proven world class talent like....


...I'll wait.
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SWPISHOME said:
I like reading you're comments on here fella. Sorry but this is taking the piss.

Under no circumstances can you think Harry Maguire is a good signing whether it's £30m or a Free Transfer!

He's absolutely shite. The Rags were stupid enough to pay £80m for him that's their fault same way they paid £100m for Pogba. The high price of player doesn't automatically make you good. Conor Coady, Tyrone Mings and Eric Dier all played for England too. They are also bobbins.

Horrendous signing if West Ham buy him.
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Well I obviously do think it's a good signing, that's my honest opinion. Same felt by majority of Hammers fans and those in the game.
 
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