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If we are going to do anything at RB (assuming the player is non-homegrown), we need Gundo, Akanji and Ortega to leave first - or we need to be willing not to list them in our squad for the CL/PL, which seems highly unlikely. As it stands, we can’t bring anyone in. I would imagine we have...

This one’s on Pep.

Would be a shame to see him go to the Rags. They are the graveyard for once promising players - the black hole they get sucked into, to watch aghast and powerless as all their hopes and dreams and aspirations of realising their once glittering potential wither in regret, disenchantment and...

My view as well mate. This needs to be right for us, from a squad planning perspective as well as commercially. I just don’t see anyone outstanding in the market at the moment that would warrant selling Savinho to bring in - not Rodrygo, and definitely not Kubo - so personally I’d prefer that...

Mate - if you’ve learned nothing else this window, it’s that you can’t trust a single word coming out of Galatasaray. They are literally full of shit - the Club, and every single one of their client journalists. They’ve been an absolute embarrassment this window. All the big talk, with...

If we sell and replace both Eddie and Savinho with Donnarumma and Rodrygo, then we still need one of either Akanji or Gundo to leave to reduce the NHG squad list to the required 17. That’s also assuming Ortega leaves, which is looking likely. Like you, I’d probably prefer Gundo to be the one...

Hahaha - a precise and cutting analogy! Yeah - it’s an idiot’s errand even trying to attempt these fucking lists at the moment. Might as well bin the whole thing off, and leave it in Viana’s hands to sort out.

Yeah - my list was an attempt to update the earlier one to reflect the current squad as that one was confusingly out of date, and as I said in my post I’d already removed Akanji on the assumption his deal with Galatasaray was progressing (this was before his update!) So with him back on the...

A ridiculous situation. Someone has clearly jumped the gun a touch here!

Spot on mate - our NHG squad list currently sits at 18, assuming the Akanji deal goes through. But that includes Ortega, who you’d have to assume would be omitted in the unlikely scenario that he can’t find a deal by September 1st - so we’re pretty much there. Eddie/Savinho would clearly be...

Absolutely mate! We have players we are happy to let go as their replacements have already been secured like Akanji (Khusanov), Ortega (Trafford) and Gundogan (Reijnders) and with KDB (Cherki) already. These guys it seems we are actively encouraging to leave, as they take up squad places we...

Great idea mate. We’ve got some potentially hugely exciting talent out on loan this season who could have a real future at City - with Echeverri at Leverkusen, Reis at Girona, Bah at Nice, Nypan at Boro, Simpson-Pusey at Celtic and Alleyne at Watford particularly standing out. Will be really...

Because the player has a year left on his contract, and has been looking for a fresh challenge for over a year now. Just because we’re comfortable with him seeing out his contract, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be alive to the fact that there’s another party in this picture, and he and his agent...

Pep is clearly very comfortable with Eddie staying, and he isn’t one of the players we’re actively trying to encourage to find another Club - like Akanji, Ortega and Gundo. If he leaves, he’d need replacing - so he doesn’t help us with reducing our overall squad size (Pep’s focus), and he...

There’s a lot that would still need to be worked through for it to happen, which is why I’m not 100% on it - but if the desire is there from all parties to bring Rodrygo in, I’d imagine we’ll find a way of making it work within our wage structure. We’ll have a total package in mind for him...

I can see the Ederson and Akanji deals progressing relatively quickly, providing Gala actually sort their shit out and make what we consider a reasonable offer for them. I can’t see that either will want to stay at the Club (Eddie clearly wants out, and Manu won’t want a season as 6th choice...

We’re currently sitting at three over, so once Echeverri’s deal goes through, we need to move on another two players. Ortega and Akanji would give us that, bringing us to 17 on the non-HG list. Then it’s one in one out if either Eddie or Savinho do leave the Club. If we had any designs on a...

Based purely on potential, you may be right. But if we want reasonable buy back and sell on clauses included in the deal (which seems to be very much Viana’s MO), then there’s no way we’re getting £20m for him, given he’s never played a single minute in the top flight. He’s got huge potential...

My thoughts exactly mate. Given the cultural, societal and climatic similarities between Argentina and both Spain and Italy, frequently all a loan move to one of those countries achieves is cementing in the player’s mind a desire to play and settle there instead of at City. It’s easier for an...

A position I’d hold some sympathy with.