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Kroos? Modric? Ceballos?

how?

Laporte is a disaster. No idea what they're supposed to do with Cancelo. The market is the market. The player is in control of his destination and City want him gone more than he wants to leave.

whoosh!

Palmer for Mitoma is PROBABLY a great move but also with some percentage chance it becomes another Lavia/Phillips transfer which scares me. Not that Mitoma can be as bad as Phillips, just a situation where you kick yourself for not believing in your own talent

The reports are not that Rice turned City down but City turned down his fee

Just don't see why not. They've demonstrated they have the money, they've unsettled a player with 2 years on his contract left, why should they get a cut rate price on the transfer?

PSG say he'll have to sit in the reserves if he wants to go for free. Can't see that happening. But he's not going to City either so moot point.

Who are all these people who want to sell Mahrez for a reasonable fee? 30m are you joking? Rinse the fuckers. If they have 50m/year for his contract they can come up with 75-100m to transfer him.

Proper plus the rich newboys tax that was demanded of City for years.

No chance you pay a world record fee and keep Gvardiol out of the XI

Can't imagine being him watching the Vini situation right now and not feeling at least a little open to the idea that Spain might not be the best spot for him

Pep has evolved plenty since he got here. I don't think any world class player is beyond adapting to his style if he has the right mindset, and I dont think Pep is beyond finding ways to adapt his system to suit a world class (or more likely even lower level) player. Just look at the "4 CB"...

True but also you end up paying the WC tax

How convenient that the exact moment when they need more flexibility in the wage cap it just so happens that their highest earner's contract is somehow invalid

Why would Mendes want his player at Barca when there's a nonzero chance he doesn't end up getting paid?

Yeah I am not saying I want to do it, I'm just putting the pieces together than Bernardo wants to leave, wants to go to Barca, and Barca have what could be a world class midfielder that they don't seem to want.

FDJ and Barca agree to table their row for 12 months until City and Barca work out a FDJ/Bernardo swap summer 2023 Who says no?

If he runs Chelsea like he runs the Dodgers, not likely. Big spending fueled by big earning is their MO.

City are fine at shifting on academy products. They're shit at getting value out of senior players. There's no argument here in a vacuum, and especially not when you compare to Chelsea who can shift sideshow bob on for 50m