Savinho | City reject Spurs approach

[Gaz76]

Does this open the door for a move for Antony?

Hes the type of brave trickster we need to cause teams problems

Prefer gurnacho myself

 

[blue cigar]

Prefer bobb all day long. End product, work rate and the quickest feet in the club.

 

[Blue tiger]

I hate it, and play him on the left, Doku will never be a double digits points producer.

Both him and Doku are not good enough to be starters for teams fighting for the big prizes.

 

[Bluearmy]

I dont want Foden/Cherki to play RW, they should play in the middle.

Savio and Bobb for RW is by far my preference.

Rodrygo... wants to play LW where we have Doku and Marmoush, none of this makes sense to me.

Cherki is a winger, he’s played the majority of games there up to now. Foden hasnt really done it centrally so his best position is up in the air a bit.

Bobb and Doku as young hungry back ups, with Cherki/Rodrygo on either wing is infinitely better than what we had last year!!

Marmoush has done nothing out wide. All of his goals have come between the width of the 6 yard box.

 

[Gabriel]

Cherki has played the majority of his games on the wing…????

He’s actually played more games overall in other positions, particularly attacking midfield. He has been on wings, you’re quite right, but he needs licence to roam.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Apple cover ? Your only natural wingers are Bobb and Doku. One broke his leg. The other has small injuries during the season. One injury and we’re washing eyes with bleach for Bernardo RW

hes played 3000 mins. 7th most used player last season. Played the most mins out of anyone in CWC. He got plenty game time

Seems Pep doesn’t want wingers so much this season. Bobb, Foden, Cherki and Bernardo can all play as the right forward.

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

Not sure why people think we will get a replacement, we need to lose a foreign player, if we sell Sav and buy that overpriced Rodrygo from Madrid it would make no sense to me at all. If we sell and do not replace then it makes a little more sense IMO

 

[WallyA]

Cherki is a winger, he’s played the majority of games there up to now. Foden hasnt really done it centrally so his best position is up in the air a bit.

Bobb and Doku as young hungry back ups, with Cherki/Rodrygo on either wing is infinitely better than what we had last year!!

Marmoush has done nothing out wide. All of his goals have come between the width of the 6 yard box.

Big disagree on everything you said.

Neither Cherki nor Foden are wide wingers.

Both desperately want to play in the middle, what you said about Foden makes no sense, almost like you never watched him play.

Marmoush on LW inverting with RAN overlapping is obviously what we would do, that's literally his best position, Marmoush can't play as a striker.

So yeah... big disagree.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Not sure why people think we will get a replacement, we need to lose a foreign player, if we sell Sav and buy that overpriced Rodrygo from Madrid it would make no sense to me at all. If we sell and do not replace then it makes a little more sense IMO

We've got too many players because we've thus far failed to shift any of our old centre backs or centre mids. Losing Savinho without replacing him would 100% leave us short.

 

[city9320]

Or get rid of one and not buy the other,who is a mirror image of the one you are getting rid of.

Haha no way

 

[domalino]

The way I see this is that we have too many young kids with potential and not enough already scoring and assisting right now.

So if someone comes in with a good offer for Bobb, Doku or Savinho, and a player like Rodrygo is available, it makes sense to cash in one of our "Potential" chips for some end product right now.

Savinho will become a very good player IMO, and I think if someone were making a similar offer for Doku instead, he'd be the one moving towards the exit door.

 

[citytill1die84]

Prefer bobb all day long. End product, work rate and the quickest feet in the club.

End product being 1 goal? Lol

 

[chesterbells]

Have you anything to lift Bluemoon spirits Tolm :)

I think his posts on X today are all pretty good reading tbh

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Who says Akanji wants to leave?

He's a regular in Pep's lineups and seems completely settled.

Akanji was brilliant in the treble season. He can play right back, left back, both centre backs, and in midfield. We still need him.

 

[NQCitizen]

What evidence is the for this? What we do know is that the club has accumulated too many players and now finds itself having to offload young talent. The lad played 3000 minutes last year but will be moved on to accommodate players who could not and probably can no longer manage that and who certainly won’t be here long term.

We found it much easier to shift coaching staff but have found it much, much harder to shift established players.

Looks more like we just jumped at the first offer we got to open a squad space, because we've failed to move on a fair few players we seem to have assumed we could.

Or perhaps players Viana wanted to move out but Pep didn't.

 

[chickaroon]

If Savinho goes I would like us to buy Dunfries fro Inter. He is fast going forward and defends well. If we are going to play high full backs then he would be ideal. He was mentioned earlier in the transfer window.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

How is Bobb ahead of him though ? They should be absolutely level going into the season.

I think Bobb, while still recovering, has higher potential. He is a very clever player who rarely makes a bad decision. That’s quite rare in football.

 

[Bluearmy]

He’s actually played more games overall in other positions, particularly attacking midfield. He has been on wings, you’re quite right, but he needs licence to roam.

Not quite correct. He has played more games on the flank than central. And last season (his real breakthrough), he played from the right a lot. Granted with some licence. Our resident Lyon supporter also says he’s better from the right!

 

[City Raider]

Maybe he’s seen a couple of weeks of Cherki in training and knows the writings on the wall. World Cup year and all that, needs to play

 

[Gabriel]

I think Bobb, while still recovering, has higher potential. He is a very clever player who rarely makes a bad decision. That’s quite rare in football.

Bobb is ideal for those games when the defence is entrenched, but Savinho is ideal for those games when it’s more open and his pace can attack space. A well-balanced squad would be able to accommodate both.