2019 Summer Window - Whom do we Need ? - Whom will we Sign?

Dax777 said:
Well any good DM will improve us coz Fernandihno is coming dangerously close to the cliff. It will happen soon, and the more prepared we are the better. It's nice how Kompany's wall happened quietly. The replacement just came in (John and Eric) and Kompany slowly went to backup. And was able to muster some great games and some not so great. Normal for backups.

David Silva's transition also is happening in front of our eyes. I said in the summer that if we started the season with David Silva and Dihno as the 1st two choices off the bench them we'd be great.

We didn't bcoz Kev got injured and we missed out on Jorghino. But we are slowly moving in that direction. The goal this summer (as it was supposed to be last summer) is to find the guy who would bench Dihno.

Simply put, if Dihno is an integral starter next season, we wil lhave lots of problems. His replacement is the only priority.

Personally, I guess Ndombele seems the current best option we are looking at. With Rice and Never in play. Any of the 3 may suffice.

As for Chillwell, I don't get the attraction. I'd rather we go for the RB in AWB who is clearly a great talent and punt on LB until a worthy one is available. Besides, Zinchencko is better than Chillwell.

Any player who doesn't have the potential to outplay Zee isn't worth wasting top dollar on. And Chillwell isn't.
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I know you watch your players , so watch Pulgar I think you will like what you see ? currently playing better than Ndombele . as for Chilwell good player but not that much better than Zinky or Delph
 
Daz_Blue said:
If we get a work permit Douglas Luiz can save us a lot of cash this Summer ..... I wonder if his form has been good all season or the Madrid game was a one off
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Only seen him a couple of times but he looked lost, you can see there is a good player in there just not yet, I will have to catch up on his recent displays though
 
Goalkeepers. Ederson will remain #1, one of Bravo, Muric or Steffen will support him while the other two leave.

Defenders. Walker stays, Danilo stays, Kompany stays, Stones stays, Laporte stays. Otamendi might want first team football elsewhere, Mendy might be shifted on because of his injury record, Delph likewise, Zinchenko might want regular first team football as well. Linked with Ben Chilwell from Leicester.

Midfielders. Fernandinho stays, De Bruyne stays, David Silva stays, Gundogan stays, Bernardo stays, Foden stays. We have to bring in someone to ease the strain on Fernandinho, who is entering the twilight years of his career now and will need as much support as possible. Linked with Declan Rice from West Ham and Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon.

Forwards. Sterling stays, Sané stays, Mahrez stays, Aguero stays, Jesus stays.

Potential squad, u21/homegrown players in bold:
Ederson, Muric
Walker, Danilo, Kompany, Stones, Laporte, Otamendi, Mendy, Chilwell.
Fernandinho, Ndombele, De Bruyne, D. Silva, Bernardo, Gundogan, Foden
Sterling, Sané, Mahrez, Aguero, Jesus
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Ajm1985 said:
Douglas Luiz had a great game against Real. Hopefully he continues his development and is a good future alternative for Ferna
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I don't thnk you watched the game, he had a stinker in the first half & gave the ball away in some very bad areas several times - he was better in the second half
 
richards30 said:
tolmie's hairdoo said: ↑
It's not correct.

We already have an agreement in place with another midfielder.

City won't be spending £130m during the entire summer.
Net or gross spend though tolm? ;-)
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Hmmm ..... probably means player locked into a gentlemans agreement so we can put pressure on selling club to try to negotiate lower price.... As long as it doesn't drag on all summer, we can't afford another Jorginho fiasco, that would be extrmemely embarresing, lesson there was don't do business with nutcases like Aurelio De Laurentiis ....
 
We need a DM and a LB.

Although tbf it seems like we've gone into every window the past 15 years needing a LB.
 
MCFC_4Heatons said:
Hmmm ..... probably means player locked into a gentlemans agreement so we can put pressure on selling club to try to negotiate lower price.... As long as it doesn't drag on all summer, we can't afford another Jorginho fiasco, that would be extrmemely embarresing, lesson there was don't do business with nutcases like Aurelio De Laurentiis ....
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Agreed. My only concern with hearing what @tolmie's hairdoo has said is that if it’s gross spend then we won’t be getting anyone of huge quality? Ndombele and say chilwell would be at least £140m in this current climate and I personally think that west ham would want nearly £100m for rice to be honest? We need a world class DM at least!
 
As much as we need a DM and LB, I think we also need another attacking midfielder, who is more comfortable in the middle than the wing, someone older than Foden but younger than de Bruyne. Unless our philosophy changes, we're almost certainly going to go deep in all tournaments, which means injuries and suspensions will deplete the squad and put added strain on others.
 
Gabriel said:
As much as we need a DM and LB, I think we also need another attacking midfielder, who is more comfortable in the middle than the wing, someone older than Foden but younger than de Bruyne. Unless our philosophy changes, we're almost certainly going to go deep in all tournaments, which means injuries and suspensions will deplete the squad and put added strain on others.
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As of right now, we have:

De Bruyne
Bernardo
Silva
Gundogan
Foden

to play there. I can't see why we we would need three players for each of the roaming 8's, especially when it's quite arguably our strongest area of the team.
 
KCblue said:
As of right now, we have:

De Bruyne
Bernardo
Silva
Gundogan
Foden

to play there. I can't see why we we would need three players for each of the roaming 8's, especially when it's quite arguably our strongest area of the team.
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As I said, it's all about looking over a season and taking injuries into account. Foden is very young and will get time, but I looked at the bench last night and thought another midfielder that could come on in the middle would be advantageous. Aouar for me.
 
KCblue said:
As of right now, we have:

De Bruyne
Bernardo
Silva
Gundogan
Foden

to play there. I can't see why we we would need three players for each of the roaming 8's, especially when it's quite arguably our strongest area of the team.
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Fernandinho could also play as an 8 if we buy cover/help him.
 
richards30 said:
Agreed. My only concern with hearing what @tolmie's hairdoo has said is that if it’s gross spend then we won’t be getting anyone of huge quality? Ndombele and say chilwell would be at least £140m in this current climate and I personally think that west ham would want nearly £100m for rice to be honest? We need a world class DM at least!
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I’ve got a feeling fees may not be as big this summer.
Especially if we act early.

I could however be 100% wrong. I imagine the Hazard to Madrid fee will set the bar.
 
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