Leonardo Bonucci

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bigkatnyc said:
I don't see him ending up with us, honestly. I love the fact that City are apparently really pressing for it but I'd be stunned if he started agitating for a move away from Juve.
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Yeah I kind of fear the same, Juve are damn hard to do deals with as they rarely sell their best players and they certainly make you work for it.
 
magistadreadnought said:
playing with us for a new contract with Juve, just like Ramos did to United last year
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So....we are being played by Bonucci, Sane is shit and our bids for Peres are embarrassing whilst the rags are busy showing us how its done with Pogba yes?

Thats how I've rad your input today?
 
Sheikh rattle and roll said:
Who is turning it personal , I also find it strange whenever we are linked with a foreign player we suddenly have numerous experts who have followed that player for his whole career , get real and honest .
Picked apart really , groundless really like I say you have a different opinion .you can continue to watch him for a top four team as he is not coming .
Now I suggest would be a good time to book next seasons flights whilst good discounts exist .shame the eur is low it may impact on how many times you can get over
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You are turning personal by suggesting I am posting about Bonucci having never seen him when you know Fuck All about me and my football watching habits.

Its Bonucci. Not some foreign player that nobody has heard of. He is in many people's opinion the best CB in the world right now. The fact that you think folks on here haven't seen him play over the past 9 years says more about you than us.

Your argument is that we shouldn't buy him because we already have too many old players like Zabs and Kolarov. That is one of the stupidest things I have read on here in quite some time. Why? BECAUSE ZABS AND KOLAROV AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE IN SEPTEMBER. WTF is wrong with you?
 
domalino said:
Have I got this right?

We buy Bonucci and Juve can afford to keep Pogba.

Which means Real Madrid don't buy Pogba, which means we don't buy Kroos.

So we either get Bonucci OR Kroos Then?
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This is what I have been thinking as well.

If this goes through I suspect it shows that Pep is prioritising central defence given the lack of quality players that fit his style of play available after we missed on Laporte. He also helps to organise the defence which Nico and Mangala are not good at, as evidenced by their performances away from Vinnie.

I think we would likely be in for Thaigo as a plan B, and may lead to Nasri staying if we don't get anyone else of that level of quality.
 
Yes, I've also been thinking this presents a difficult decision for City.

Juventus want to keep Pogba, their biggest star, as a statement. Meanwhile Bonucci is 29 and his value will never be higher.

Bonucci just signed a new contract but could earn double the wages and may not have another opportunity to play elsewhere, never mind with Pep.

City are between a rock and a hard place. Close in on Bonucci and they keep Pogba, so Real's "gentleman's agreement" over Kroos goes out the window. Or, they could take a punt on Pogba ending up at the Bernabeu and Real honoring their agreement, but losing out on Bonucci.

The key for Txiki is finding a way to get both. If not, well, maybe go for Bonucci and pick up Thiago instead.
 
Akiva said:
Yes, I've also been thinking this presents a difficult decision for City.

Juventus want to keep Pogba, their biggest star, as a statement. Meanwhile Bonucci is 29 and his value will never be higher.

Bonucci just signed a new contract but could earn double the wages and may not have another opportunity to play elsewhere, never mind with Pep.

City are between a rock and a hard place. Close in on Bonucci and they keep Pogba, so Real's "gentleman's agreement" over Kroos goes out the window. Or, they could take a punt on Pogba ending up at the Bernabeu and Real honoring their agreement, but losing out on Bonucci.

The key for Txiki is finding a way to get both. If not, well, maybe go for Bonucci and pick up Thiago instead.
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What is this gentlemans agreement you allude to?
 
mosssideblue said:
What is this gentlemans agreement you allude to?
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It was reported that Ream Madrid had a gentleman's agreement that if they signed Pogba, then Kroos would be made available to City.

Unsure if it's a genuine report or speculation why City suddenly dropped out of the running for Pogba, but it's true it would increase our chances of getting Kroos if Real can afford him.

Either which way, Bonucci sounds more possible at the moment and City could do worse than prioritise him.
 
the_game_161 said:
Just hope this isn't united with Ramos all over again and him wanting a bigger deal and using us.

Hope not though. Hope he badly wants to be here. Would be a great signing.
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I agree, this stinks of a player at 29 trying to get a final pay day.
 
Ian said:
I agree, this stinks of a player at 29 trying to get a final pay day.
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I don't see why it would be... The players that do that are typically linked with clubs that are in a slightly weaker position to the club they're currently at, such as The Ramos situation with Madrid and United. However i can only imagine the chance to play under Pep in the premier league on what would probably be considerably more money than he's currently on at Juve would be a genuinely very tempting proposition for Bonnuci. No reason to feel this is any sort of leverage tool from his agent to get a better deal with Juve. If he does stay, it's gonna be because he chose to do so, not because it was an inevitability.
 
Akiva said:
It was reported that Ream Madrid had a gentleman's agreement that if they signed Pogba, then Kroos would be made available to City.

Unsure if it's a genuine report or speculation why City suddenly dropped out of the running for Pogba, but it's true it would increase our chances of getting Kroos if Real can afford him.

Either which way, Bonucci sounds more possible at the moment and City could do worse than prioritise him.
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Never heard that before.
 
The gentleman agreement was the bit from the sun, posted a couple of days ago
 
With this being the first transfer window of the Pep era I can see a lot of agents playing the my client wants to go to Manchester and play for Pep card just to get their client and ultimately themselves more money. I want Bonucci in a City kit just as bad as the next fan but there is so much going on at Juventus this summer that it will be hard to see them letting Bonucci walk away and sell Pogba in the same window. When Pep was at Barcelona and Bayern it was easy to see why players wanted to go there, they are two of the four highest profile clubs in the world. It might take a season or so to get into player's head's that Manchester City is the best club in the world from the owners to the manager to the fans, nowhere else compares and it is the place players want to be and they go to their club and agent and say get me to Manchester City.
 
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