De Bruyne?

[TonyM]

It's Aleix Garcia from Villareal, we were linked with him last month.

30 years old?

 

[johnmc]

30 years old?

18

 

[oakiecokie]

30 years old?

Still,he`s 5 years younger than Demi.

 

[Salfordian Blue]

30 years old?

Nah, he's younger than Sterling.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Read summat earlier linking us to Alexandre Pato......think it was on goal.com.

 

[Len Rum]

I can feel it coming in the air tonight.
Oh Lord.

 

[Nascent Blues]

For the fee this has sky rocketed to, this is a big gamble imo

Earlier in the summer I pegged this down as a 35-40m signing. Now we're reaching 60m if reports are to be believed. Ludicrous

This is not a barbed question at all, but in what way does the price tag make the acquisition a gamble, especially when most people are agreed that FFP will not be a problem moving forward? If anything, and this isn't meant to sound arrogant, the fee is the last thing to be concerned about. If we eventually manage to do the deal, the only concern we should have is whether he fulfils the club's expectations with regards to his potential and helping the team to success on the pitch.

If he bombs, the saving of £20 million would seem a bit of a hollow victory when waited against what was believed he would bring to the team. For me the 'gamble' is always the same - will the player improve the team's chances of success to the level the club expects? Other than a tenuous link to a player feeling 'weighted down' by the size of a fee, the price tag has no actual bearing on whether these expectations are actually realised.

 

[SambaStyle]

No where near 58 m, 40 M max..

 

[Neville Kneville]

30 years old?

18.

 

[TonyM]

Is the extra signing this kid of a 30 year old? Just confused. :-)

 

[BlueDejong]

Patrick De Koster flew this morning to City http: //t.co/nkugSpSRkC intersected and exclusive info

 

[Neville Kneville]

Still,he`s 5 years younger than Demi.

It will surely be the 18 year old kid we were linked to recently.

 

[kledippi]

the news that kdb says he wants bayern are old...sorry but bild reported it two/one day ago...some german newspaper are not that fast to repeat it...today in the morning spox.com said kdb to man city and also in belgium they reported it...i am confident it will be done this week...
in germany the feeling today is more that he will go to us and that we are the favorites to sign him..

 

[Salfordian Blue]

Read summat earlier linking us to Alexandre Pato......think it was on goal.com.

I can't believe he's still only twenty five. Seems like he's been around forever.

I also can't believe we'd sign him.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

We haven't even been linked to anyone the age of 30 , literally can't think who it'll be

Anyway back to KDB , Wolfsburg are still c*nts

 

[BlueDruid]

Some seriously embarrassing posts on here this morning.

Thanks for improving the standard with your input

 

[SWP's back]

No where near 58 m, 40 M max..

So says you. Which doesn't really matter.

 

[Kinkladze 1]

For fucks sake.

If he comes, great. We get 1 round further in the CL and win the league.

If he doesn't come, arsed. We still win the league.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

I can't believe he's still only twenty five. Seems like he's been around forever.

I also can't believe we'd sign him.

I don't myself mate,just summat I read,I'll try find it.

 

[johnmc]

For fucks sake.

If he comes, great. We get 1 round further in the CL and win the league.

If he doesn't come, arsed. We still win the league.

Is that how it will work? I did not know that