De Bruyne?

dasblues said:
We are buying him because it makes good sense to have a succession plan in place for the long term stabilty of the side. I just think in the short term it may prove to unbalance the team.

I have mentioned before that De Bruyne reminds me a bit of Gerrard when he played behind Torres, he also played out wide on the right but you wouldn't really put him there out of choice.

If it were up to me I would still buy De Bruyne but he would rotate with Silva and Sterling. he would be more effective cutting in from the left as Sterling does now. I would then sell Nasri and buy Robben
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I think KDB is the long term replacement for Silva. Surely KDB can already now play the role of Merlin if we need to rest him, or - God forbid - he gets injured. KDB is I think also an upgrade on Navas for the right wing - and mind you I really like Navas as a player.
 
LoveCity said:
He has agreed terms with us, but he likes Germany and the style of football so you can see why Bayern would be tempting.
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It's not like he's trying to figure out what type of extension to put on his bungalow. There are 2 options and neither is changing. I wish my life was so simple.
 
Bayern, who had also been reportedly interested in him in the past, said no such deal is in the works.

"We will definitely not become active in the matter of De Bruyne," Bayern spokesman Markus Hoerwick told reporters. "This is something the board has decided for some time."
 
George Hannah said:
He shouldn't have agreed terms with us then, if that's true it makes him a plonker as well as a cow murderer and I think he should be left to enjoy his sauerkraut in peace. Move on Txiki find someone who actually wants to play for us and make a career here.
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My thoughts exactly. How many players would kill to play for a side like ours?
 
DerderderPabloZabaleta said:
Sorry mate you haven't a clue what you're talking about, none of your posts make any sense.

You haven't a clue about how the club operates in transfer dealings and you haven't a clue how anyone in that position would behave. Go away now, shoo.
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And stretch, and yaaaaaawn. Lord save us all from the idiots that think we should pile in and pay the asking price from the start (cos that's what big clubs do apparently) and to hell with the long term consequences. And thank God again that the people running our club - and I'm typing this slowly in one last vain hope that it might sink in - demonstrably do not favour this approach [NB: I don't need to know the minutiae of how we operate in the transfer market to see that we didn't pay the Dippers £50m straight off or Wolfsburg £57m, cos a) I have eyes, b) it's in the public fucking domain, and c) erm, cos we didn't!]. If you want to play the mock 'dismissive' card again as a means of covering the embarrassing stupidity of your original statement, please feel free.
 
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Dobsy said:
Is Robben for sale? It'd be quite a thing to just take one of Bayern's principle attackers. Also suprised to learn that he's looking for a move and willing to join City.

I think Nasri is very important as a squad player. The switches we made yesterday and against Chelsea help us to retain possession more:

Navas - Delph
Sterling - Nasri
Aguero - Bony

Bony holding up, Nasri playing simple passes and settling it down, Delph (read Demichelis for the Chelsea game) breaking up play.

No way would I sell Nasri.

De Bruyne is two footed and can put a cross onto a penny from 40 yards, he'll be fine anywhere across the front three.
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I don't think people realise how good nasri is...
 
Luke The Blue said:
I do really wanna see De Bruyne join us, however this is what bothers me I'm worried that if it isn't his best position he won't do as well... it's hard for me to comment as I haven't seen much of him, I just hope it doesn't mess with the balance of the team, because with Navas and Sterling on both wings we look like a real threat.
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Sterling's natural position is more central than left wing. Fortunately, he's good at cutting in, which suits our system with fullbacks pressing high up the pitch. I think it will be the same for De Bruyne if he comes.
 
God there are some sensitive souls on here, if he comes great, if not its him who's missing out,off to sit in a dark room, now until 2 Sept
 
If Bayern have confirmed they're not interested this season then De Bruyne is a moron if he waits. There's no guarantee they'll want him next summer and he's losing out on a possible title and fight for the CL this season in England and more wages.

He'd be mad to turn City down now.
 
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