Alan Dzagoev

[stavros]

He's a decent player, nothing special though in my opinion.

Wouldn't improve us.

Would also cost a bucket loadof cash.

Not for me

 

[LHarper]

He looks a decent prospect, not sure if we would sign him though.

Roman Shirokov has impressed me so far, decent holding midfield player and he makes good passes and smart runs forward. Nice finish vs. Czech Republic to.

Shirokov has had the best season for a Russian footballer since Arshavin's first at Arsenal and is currently the most valuable player in the national team, no doubt. too bad that he's already 30, the man is desperate to have a chance at a European club but will probably never be given. i, for one, love his game, he is absolutely dominant in Russia and has some of the strongest personality you could expect from a football player these days.

Glad to hear positive things about Shirokov from a Russian person. It's a shame he's 30. I wonder if any Premier League clubs have given him serious consideration on their scouting reports. I think he would fit in nicely at City, especially if De Jong doesn't sign a new contract and leaves.

 

[Колобок]

Glad to hear positive things about Shirokov from a Russian person. It's a shame he's 30. I wonder if any Premier League clubs have given him serious consideration on their scouting reports. I think he would fit in nicely at City, especially if De Jong doesn't sign a new contract and leaves.

he's more of a Barry than de Jong type. PSG is rumored now to be in talks about Igor Denisov who is an absolute bulldog and very Nigel-ish player all-around. we could try and get him if we were to replace NDJ.
it'd be a special treat for me though to see Shirokov in City shirt - my fave Russian player at the time at my club. i wasn't yet around when Kanchelskis played for City, so that would be absolutely immense for me. sadly not going to happen...

 

[LHarper]

Glad to hear positive things about Shirokov from a Russian person. It's a shame he's 30. I wonder if any Premier League clubs have given him serious consideration on their scouting reports. I think he would fit in nicely at City, especially if De Jong doesn't sign a new contract and leaves.

he's more of a Barry than de Jong type. PSG is rumored now to be in talks about Igor Denisov who is an absolute bulldog and very Nigel-ish player all-around. we could try and get him if we were to replace NDJ.
it'd be a special treat for me though to see Shirokov in City shirt - my fave Russian player at the time at my club. i wasn't yet around when Kanchelskis played for City, so that would be absolutely immense for me. sadly not going to happen...

I agree with Shirokov being different to De Jong but I still think he would be a good buy. If De Jong did leave I don't think we would need to replace him with a like-for-like player to be honest. I've heard good things about Denisov, teams will definitely have to be wary of PSG in the Champions League next season with the team they are building there.

 

[blutomato42]

Didn't say you couldn't but I remember Liverpool signing Baros, Patrik Berger and Vladimír Šmicer based on decent tournaments.

Didn't Spuds sign Ardiles and Villa on the basis of a tournament? Although I agree that there is a lot that have been based on performance in a tournament and have been crap buys.

Sunderland signed Asamoah Gyan and Liverpool signed El Hadj Diouf after good tournaments too! Dzagoev looks a good player though, I must confess that I hadn't seen him play before the Euros but his name was familiar to me.

You can be sure that any player at the Euros who looks a good prospect will already have been looked at by our scouts, so I wouldn't expect any knee-jerk signings off the back off this tournament. If we do sign someone like Dzagoev, you can be sure that it would have happened had they had a good European Championships or not.

Doubtless the rag media will claim we signed him on a tournament, how shite our scouts are, it just goes on. It's funny really.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

ALAN

You couldn't get a truer ALAN than Dzagoev.

He is ethnically an Ossete, from the tragic city of Beslan.

The Ossetes, who speak a language related to Persian, are descended from an ancient people known as the ALANS.

Paint it however you like mate

There can be only one...

 

[Колобок]

rumor in Russia has it strong that Dzaga is signing with Chelsea.