Nico González

[N1985]

Yea, Ederson and Ruben first 2 to come to mind. Hopefully he can do well

Bernardo isn't too shabby although he came via France where their league is absolutely terrible.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

NetJet private plane on its way to Porto airport. Due in in about 45 mins.

 

[doggiesin08]

What if they're just not good enough to make it at City, OR they want to leave for regular first team football BEFORE they're good enough for City's first team?

This is the problem we face. Players reaching 22/23 years old, who aren't good enough to supplant our elite players, & they're blocking the first team route for the next batch of EDS players.

People calling for O'Reilly to be blooded against PSG, Chelsea or ArseAnal need to get real. The kid isn't ready for that level of heat. As for Khusanov & Reis, they'd already begun to prove they could potentially play against the best at a young age.

I've no issue with us selling on our academy products with buy back & sell on clauses, & replacing them with better academy products nurtured elsewhere.

From memory, only Sancho & Palmer have left our academy & gone on the play for England, & both wanted to leave for the aforementioned reasons. Foden, Lewis & Bobb have shown the early level our academy products need to get to, in order to force themselves into Pep's bigger plans.

Harwood-Bellis too but not a mistake to sell him

 

[Ajm1985]

Prob my favourite comment after reading the Porto forum and translating:

“Holy shit, I hope you have fun in that plastic club, without history, with artificial fans, in that shitty city, with shitty time, shitty food and with depressed Guardiola fucking your head every 5 minutes.

I'm kidding, I wish him all the best, he seems to me an impeccable boy and he was a great player while he was here.

But I didn't tell any lies.”

And holy shit gave birth to that new-rich club of shit, because they could have taken the guy at any time and chose to do it at the end of the transfer period.

What's so shitty about our time

 

[jimharri]

Apparently, he's left Porto's training camp, and won't play for them tonight. I'm guessing that FlightRadar might have a few extra visitors tonight.

 

[pride in battle]

Looks like Rodri but produces like Declan Rice.

Eh ?

 

[Brewster's millions]

I assume this bloke wasn’t our first choice given the timing.

If we’re paying the release clause, albeit with a different structure in terms of payment schedule, then it begs the question as to why we didn’t do it in the first week of January.

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

Bernardo isn't too shabby although he came via France where their league is absolutely terrible.

I know he’s not city’s greates, but did Otamendi come from Benfica too?

 

[Coatigan]

Barça fans called him just Nico.

Nico Gonzales it is then.

 

[kun]

I assume this bloke wasn’t our first choice given the timing.

If we’re paying the release clause, albeit with a different structure in terms of payment schedule, then it begs the question as to why we didn’t do it in the first week of January.

you seem to have answered your own question there

 

[Ajm1985]

At what pace were we planning on negotiations going? Finalising at tea time? Seems like a nonsense post

 

[HelloCity]

I assume this bloke wasn’t our first choice given the timing.

If we’re paying the release clause, albeit with a different structure in terms of payment schedule, then it begs the question as to why we didn’t do it in the first week of January.

The deal took time while we negotiated his release clause down to his release clause.

 

[Utter bobbins]

I assume this bloke wasn’t our first choice given the timing.

If we’re paying the release clause, albeit with a different structure in terms of payment schedule, then it begs the question as to why we didn’t do it in the first week of January.

.

 

[Dax777]

Akanji has lost the plot tho

As a CB sure. As a defensive RB id still trust him

 

[N1985]

I know he’s not city’s greates, but did Otamendi come from Benfica too?

No we signed him from Valencia then sold him to Benfica. I liked Ota though thought he was brilliant at times.

 

[freshie]

Best watched on mute - the music is gash on this one

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

No we signed him from Valencia then sold him to Benfica. I liked Ota though thought he was brilliant at times.

Yeah, served us well. Bit of a mad fella though

 

[N1985]

Yeah, served us well. Bit of a mad fella though

Think every decent CB has to have a bit of mad in them

 

[Merlin's Magic]

Where would we say that the Portuguese League Correlates to England?

The league doesn't matter. Remember, Ferna came to us from the Ukrainian league! If the player is capable enough, he will succeed regardless. Being a LA Masia graduate certainly helps in that regard.

 

[Coatigan]

Thanks Arsenal.

Without you lot yesterday I don't think this gets done today.

Yes we are that reactive. Monitored the player since 2019, on the offchance we might one day get pumped by Arsenal and sign him the next day.