Heartbreaking moments as a City fan - when your favorite player leaves

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The whole Cole Palmer thread got me thinking.. is his exit even in my top 5 most heartbreaking losses of players moving on from City? And I would have to say no.. and I've only been a fan since 2010.

So in my opinion for me.. the top 5 most heart breaking exits were:

1. Gundogan
2. Tevez
3. Dzeko
4. Aguero
5. Jesus (just ahead of Sane)

What are your top 5 heartbreaking player exits as a City fan? Someone from the 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's??
 
He didn't exactly leave but Lakey always and still to this day gets me emotional thinking about what happened to him. He's still my favourite ever city player and always will be.
Bish was another one, oozed class and was a top top player.

Don't laugh but Howard kendall. I thought it was a huge signing when he rocked up to Maine Road, after all his Everton stuff I was buzzing. But his city love affair/Everton marriage statement still makes me laugh to this day.

Quinny. Because he was a great centre forward and a scorer of great goals.

Paul Walsh. He was only here a short time but fuck me what a player and what a grafter, he sweated blood for us and the shirt and was a joy to watch. The fact that we swapped him for Gerry fuckin Creaney still gives me the hump to this day.

Sweep. It was always going to happen but in hindsight he maybe went towards saving the club.

Anelka. Some might laugh but him going was a signal that we was never going to be a big club and it gutted me he came and he went and didn't hang around.

Last one is Vinnie. To this day upon hearing the news he was leaving, it's the only time my kids have seen me crying as it absolutely killed me. What a soft arse :)
 
1. Joe Hart
2. Peter Barnes & Gary Owen (both leaving at the same time)
3. Kinkladze
4. Howard Kendall too - I know he has been labelled as a "Judas" but I was gutted when he went as I thought we were on the verge of something
5. SWP - always remember the pre season friendly when it all came to light and he too was almost in tears at leaving
6. Ian Bishop going to West Ham - he was a fans fave
7. David White
8. Sergio.........but on a purely sentimental thing, loved the guy (and always will)
 
manimanc said:
He didn't exactly leave but Lakey always and still to this day gets me emotional thinking about what happened to him. He's still my favourite ever city player and always will be.
Bish was another one, oozed class and was a top top player.

Don't laugh but Howard kendall. I thought it was a huge signing when he rocked up to Maine Road, after all his Everton stuff I was buzzing. But his city love affair/Everton marriage statement still makes me laugh to this day.

Quinny. Because he was a great centre forward and a scorer of great goals.

Paul Walsh. He was only here a short time but fuck me what a player and what a grafter, he sweated blood for us and the shirt and was a joy to watch. The fact that we swapped him for Gerry fuckin Creaney still gives me the hump to this day.

Sweep. It was always going to happen but in hindsight he maybe went towards saving the club.

Anelka. Some might laugh but him going was a signal that we was never going to be a big club and it gutted me he came and he went and didn't hang around.

Last one is Vinnie. To this day upon hearing the news he was leaving, it's the only time my kids have seen me crying as it absolutely killed me. What a soft arse :)
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Totally agree about Paul lake could’ve been talked about alongside David silva & kdb if it wasn’t for our disgusting treatment of his acl injuries, his autobiography of the time is heartbreaking to read, would’ve been sold by Swales without doubt but would’ve been a city legend without the injuries he simply oozed class
 
You probably have to be a certain age, say between 10 and 20 to be really heartbroken by a player leaving your club. I can only think of Ray Ranson, Paul Moulden and Paul Stewart. Maybe Darren Beckford. I know. That's a bit of a reach. But I liked him. And I was young. I get the whole thing with Paul Lake (there were rumours about Liverpool), though. That would have gotten to me. And there have been others (Spanish Dave) who, had they left, would have really bothered me (even as an old fogey). But they (he) didn't go. Well, he did. But not like that.
 
ctidcarl said:
4. Howard Kendall too - I know he has been labelled as a "Judas" but I was gutted when he went as I thought we were on the verge of something
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I truly believe that if Kendall had stayed, we would have been around the European places every year, and never have been in League one, probably not even in the championship......despite having Swales!
Peter Reid managed 5th twice on the trot, with the foundation put in place by Kendall.....and Reid was not a good manager to say the least.
In Kendalls autobiography, he says that every single player he asked about signing....the first reply he got, was "can we have Paul Lake" .
 
David Rocastle - I remember I was doing my morning paper round and I think "The Today" had it as an exclusive. He was only here for one season and I was shocked and gutted that's all it was going to be. I think he was well liked by the fans but had become homesick.
 
As a kid Barnes, Owen and when Colin had to call it a day

Of our more recent players for all that I loved the likes of Vinny, Sergio and Yaya I was pretty much ok with the fact that there has to come a time. But with David I wanted there to be an elixir that stopped him aging so he could just play on forever.
 
Nine years old I was, school holidays 1982. Walking to the football pitches to play a match and our kids mate came running up behind shouting City have sold Francis. I was absolutely crestfallen and couldn't believe it. Not tricky Trev! :( Was also mightily pissed that we swapped Paul Walsh for fucking Gerry 50 pence piece head Creaney! Oh, and Clive Allen too. God we've done some terrible business in the past.
 
At the time it was being mentioned, Nicky Reid, was absolutely gutted, even went down to the ground to give the club a mouthful, managed to get in and sat in the directors box thinking about what my next move should be whilst watching a guy jog around the outside of the pitch, and all of a sudden I realised, it was actually Nicky himself, was just about to shout “tell em to FRO Nicky”, when he looked up and just glared at me, so I just thought “fuck you, you fuckin mofo” and left.

Since then, never really bothered too much about players leaving, SWP was the exception to a minor degree I think, but things move on in football.
 
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