Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri

Manchester City will sign 15-year-old Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri from Sheffield Wednesday in a £1.5m deal. The forward is the son of former Everton striker Danny.

I could have swore this was already a done deal about a month ago?
 
The number of posters on blue moon who seems to wallow in a pit of negativity is amazing. It's like they actually enjoy being miserable.
Quite let write off a kid at the age of 15, all signings have a risk, the younger the more difficult it is to predict.

Cost £1.5m

Possible upsides
- Becomes a first team regular
- Does well up to EDS but not quite to first team level - sold for £18.5-£38.5m
- Doesnt work out, released for zero.

So possible downside £1.5m loss - possible upside £20-£40m in profit and possibly a first team regular.

Obviously loads to be negative about in the signing! :-/
 
Can't see one negative post on here. I see one realistic post. I see a couple of positive posts. I see some squid related jokes.
 
Can't see one negative post on here. I see one realistic post. I see a couple of positive posts. I see some squid related jokes.

You don't think someone saying that a 15 year old will "never get a sniff" of the first team when he's watched exactly 0 footage of him is negative?

He could be the next Messi for all they know. He's not, but he could have been.
 
You don't think someone saying that a 15 year old will "never get a sniff" of the first team when he's watched exactly 0 footage of him is negative?

He could be the next Messi for all they know. He's not, but he could have been.

Being negative doesn't mean that you're wrong, we have got form for buying and selling and IMO this is exactly what this is.

I'm just waiting for the next club the City group buy so I can boast to all of my non City mates that we are considerably richer than they are.

:)
 
You don't think someone saying that a 15 year old will "never get a sniff" of the first team when he's watched exactly 0 footage of him is negative?

He could be the next Messi for all they know. He's not, but he could have been.
I don't think it's overtly negative. I can't speak for him, but we've seen enough over the past 10 years to know how many get through the academy and into our first team squad for it to be a legitimate point.
 
I don't think it's negative. I can't speak for him, but we've seen enough over the past 10 years to know how many get through the academy and into our first team squad for it to be a legitimate point.


We never ever sell young players mate, it's something we wouldn't even dream of ;-)
 
I don't think it's overtly negative. I can't speak for him, but we've seen enough over the past 10 years to know how many get through the academy and into our first team squad for it to be a legitimate point.

I'd have to look this up but I would reckon in terms of being in the first team squad, City probably have one of the best records in the league. Not becoming regulars obviously, although we do have Foden, Lewis, O'Reilly and McAtee who all played minutes last year to greater or lesser degrees (and Bobb got injured), but we do promote a lot.

Here's the amount of debuts we've given to Academy guys since 2015 according to Wiki:

Pozo, Iheanacho, Manu García, Evans, Celina, Angeliño, Humphreys, Barker, Alexi García, Adarabioyo, Maffeo, Díaz, Foden, Lucas Nmecha, Dele-Bashiru, Gomes, Muric, Bernabé, Eric García, Poveda, Nmecha, Harwood-Bellis, Doyle, Delap, Palmer, Edozie, Knight, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Burns, Wilson-Esbrand, Lavia, McAtee, Lewis, Charles, Bobb, Hamilton, Susoho, Wright, O'Reilly, Braithwaite, Simpson-Pusey.

That's a fair amount, 42 in 10 years.
 
I'd have to look this up but I would reckon in terms of being in the first team squad, City probably have one of the best records in the league. Not becoming regulars obviously, although we do have Foden, Lewis, O'Reilly and McAtee who all played minutes last year to greater or lesser degrees (and Bobb got injured), but we do promote a lot.

Here's the amount of debuts we've given to Academy guys since 2015 according to Wiki:

Pozo, Iheanacho, Manu García, Evans, Celina, Angeliño, Humphreys, Barker, Alexi García, Adarabioyo, Maffeo, Díaz, Foden, Lucas Nmecha, Dele-Bashiru, Gomes, Muric, Bernabé, Eric García, Poveda, Nmecha, Harwood-Bellis, Doyle, Delap, Palmer, Edozie, Knight, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Burns, Wilson-Esbrand, Lavia, McAtee, Lewis, Charles, Bobb, Hamilton, Susoho, Wright, O'Reilly, Braithwaite, Simpson-Pusey.

That's a fair amount, 42 in 10 years.
Thats a who's who of household names! Now tell me how many have played 30 games for City's first team. My point would be that it's a valid argument that @mexico1970 is making - and the same for you!
 
Thats a who's who of household names! Now tell me how many have played 30 games for City's first team. My point would be that it's a valid argument that @mexico1970 is making - and the same for you!

The post proved my point, this buy is for profit like it usually is.

Even the rags have bought the new Messi again recently.
 
Unless you own a genuine crystal ball, that in no way "proves your point". It's purely your opinion which may or may not prove correct, that still won't actually prove you "right" even then.

The post prior proved it, where are those players now? Moved on mainly for profit so forgive me for not getting over excited about yet another prospect that will by the law of averages be sold.
 
The post proved my point, this buy is for profit like it usually is.

Even the rags have bought the new Messi again recently.
Ah, the infamous Trafford Tramps' assembly line of local lads born within 5 miles of "The Cliff".
How they still get away with the best youth academy in the world rag, is just more proof of how the media are easily duped -- or bought...
 

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