Marc Guehi | Signing confirmed

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Never expected this to happen actually. Really glad though.

I thought he was nailed on for Liverpool as he walks into their side.

Here he's got competition from Gvardiol and Dias when they're fit, not to mention the young lads playing now, who are only gonna get better.

I like that though. He clearly backs himself and wants to be a starter under the best manager in the best team in recent history and that's the kind of players we need. I understand why players do opt for other clubs where they're guaranteed to start every week but I'd rather have players at City who back themselves to be a starter.

I doubt money was a huge factor. There's clubs out there that would pay more or less what we are paying him.
 
Manchester1894 said:
Good business when you factor in he's premier league ready (we're really fragile with Dias/Gvardiol absences, he's the captain of Palace, recently looked at ease for England, England quota in our squad replenished if the inevitible departure of Stones and Trafford happens in the summer, good injury record for a 25 year old and his peak years are ahead of him.
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Don’t think Trafford will be going anywhere.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:


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By Kaveh's maths, that makes it twice as good as the Donny van de Beek deal
 
edinburgh123 said:
I note he kneels down when they have black lives matter? Why doesnt he refuse because white lives matter? The answer is because that isnt the point of it and only uneducated or racists would think that. The objective is to show black people are disproportionately discriminated against. Equally with the rainbow armband to write 'i love jesus' is the same illogicality - missing the bloody point - so he is as best uneducated and at worst homophobic. The fact - meanwhile that football clubs know enough about this (they are told enough) and the fact he got 4 A stars and 3 A's in GCSE suggests it isnt the education that is the problem....
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Education is the problem, but yours not his. He actually wrote "Jesus loves you" - is that not telling homosexual people that Jesus loves them? How the fuck is that homophobic?

Like I said, reserve your tears for the players that refused to wear the armband.
 
johnny crossan said:
We'll I'm still convinced the answer is yes we can addd 5 to the CL squad if we lose a couple of players off the club books in January.
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I dont know why you're convinced of that. keep believing it if you want but it's categorically wrong. The rules clearly state you can register a maximum of 3 new players after the league phase. A new player is anybody not on the submitted list for the league phase. Irrelevant if we had filled our quota or not you cannot make more than 3 changes.

We literally had this exact problem last year when we couldnt register everybody we signed in January for the short lived CL campaign and had to leave out Reis because we had registered marmoush nico and khusanov.
 
edinburgh123 said:
People are entitled to opinion and maybe its your wording - how can you have no issue but resepect his stance. If i am correct (and happy to be proven wrong). He is homophobic. In very simple terms - he believes people that are gay should either not exist / are substandard - or at the very least an abomination to God etc. How can you respect someone with such ludicrous stupid views such as that? Hiding behind some bloke sitting on a fluffy cloud who is quite happy to give 2 year olds cancer and quite happy to create the odd big wave that kills thousands or maybe the odd plague - but draws the line at two blokes kissing. Yep - he sounds realistic.
When you are a footballer - you are correct - they shouldnt be used as political pawns - but 1) they are because peope ludicrously put footballers on a pedestal and 2) every time he opens his mouth he is by default becoming a political pawn
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Give it a rest
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I sincerely hope there's nothing inevitable about the departure of Trafford. That lad can keep goal. It will be difficult to persuade him to stay, for sure.

As for the central defence — let's look at this coolly. Días, Gvardiol, Guehi, Khusanov, Alleyne, Stones, Aké, Akanji (on loan, remember) — and let's not forget, Reis! Nine.

Something's got to give. In fact, a fair bit's got to give. Let's assume that Akanji's never coming back. (Do Inter have an option to buy, by the way?) Let's also assume that Johnny and Nate Aké, wonderful servants that they have been, are on their way in the summer. I hope they get good clubs to go to, whether in England (preferably not, because I'd be devastated to see a fit Johnny playing against us) or abroad, because both, fit, are a class act. It would just our luck for John to go and then have really minor fitness problems for the next three years. But I can't really believe it…
Max has been great, truly wonderful, thrown in at the deep end like that. I mean it. I was startled at how cool, how assured he has looked. It was like Nico O'R twelve months ago. Astonishing to see these academy players come in and say “Yes, I belong here as much as anyone else”. Can it therefore be assumed, on a handful of games, that he can become a nailed-on starter in the team? I don't think it can. I'd like to see more of him, much more, but I think the jury has to still be out, reasonably speaking. He's looked the business, no question. Guehi's not coming to sit on the bench — nor is it Pep and Viana's intention, otherwise he wouldn't have been recruited right now. Khusa out therefore for PL games? I would be thoroughly pissed off if that happened to me. Khusa was a bit of a rough diamond when he arrived, but he can be polished, and he is being polished. He's already not diving in like a madman as he did when he arrived. His athleticism is phenomenal. He's got ferocious speed. He can improve his reading of the game, but he is doing just that, visibly. I think he's in City's central defence for years to come.
Just looked up Ruben's age. He's younger than I thought he was. He'll be 29 in May.
Well, these are good problems to have, rich man's problems…

In the larger picture: Semenyo and Guehi coming in now tells me that Pep is firmly going for the title, however cautious he may be in press conferences. He put a brave face on it, but the man lives to win, he didn't like coming “merely” third last season, screwing it up at Wembley against a palpably weaker team, and being turfed out of the CL unceremoniously. What for other managers would be a reasonable “off” season is, for him, failure.
Believe it, the biggest recruitment in the history of this club is Josep Guardiola. When he leaves, those who haven't yet understood that will finally twig.
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I see a lot of potential in Reis, i hope he is with the team next season and get plenty of playing time.
 
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