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Would be great to see this
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That's pretty much true every year.
Last year worked out nicely but we had no cast iron guarantees on the level that Akanji, Gomez, Alvarez, Haaland, Phillips etc would perform.
Turned out okay.
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Thanks, Txiki
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Yes it does but the emphasis of his reporting is that City were throwing money around like a kid in a sweet shop. He doesn't like to mention the responsible side of the plan, and it doesn't take much effort to see that City finished the window in 8th place but he won't be mentioning that. That's Harris for you.
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It's been a superb window for me. Again, full marks to the board for basically bringing in great players and giving Pep something new to work with.
Kovacic didn't surprise me, he was very good at Chelsea in spells and when someone can pass like he can, Pep will always work magic with him. Put it this way - if you have an eye for a pass and are prepared to work hard, then if you work with Pep you will become one of the best in Europe, simple as that.
Gvardiol looks like a seasoned 28 year old PL veteran who we'd signed from Chelsea. He's going to be a superb signing. I think that a back 4 of Walker/Stones/Dias/Gvardiol is going to be absolutely brutal.
Doku is the one I'm probably most excited about. I know we've only seen a little bit of him, but he's a handful and probably the quickest player I've seen in a long time over a few yards. Keep him fit and he will be absolutely world class!
Keeping Walker and Bernardo feels like 2 new signings to me. Both are top class on the pitch.
Honestly, this squad has got better over summer in the long term. 10/10 for me!
Kovacic didn't surprise me, he was very good at Chelsea in spells and when someone can pass like he can, Pep will always work magic with him. Put it this way - if you have an eye for a pass and are prepared to work hard, then if you work with Pep you will become one of the best in Europe, simple as that.
Gvardiol looks like a seasoned 28 year old PL veteran who we'd signed from Chelsea. He's going to be a superb signing. I think that a back 4 of Walker/Stones/Dias/Gvardiol is going to be absolutely brutal.
Doku is the one I'm probably most excited about. I know we've only seen a little bit of him, but he's a handful and probably the quickest player I've seen in a long time over a few yards. Keep him fit and he will be absolutely world class!
Keeping Walker and Bernardo feels like 2 new signings to me. Both are top class on the pitch.
Honestly, this squad has got better over summer in the long term. 10/10 for me!
You didn't even mention Nunes. It was already a 10 even before Nunes.
I'm not sure how this would pan out. I trust Gvardiol and Kova. They are absolutely City type players. Excited for Doku and Nunes. They are absolutely not City type players but the difference they offer may bring us an edge we generally don't have.
That plus Phil blossoming into the team 2nd star is going to be exceptionally interesting.
How do you decide what fee to go with we get conflicting fees seems more common than with other clubs I have my suspicions as to why that is
I suspect the mail figure hasn’t missed any sales but has missed all sell on so that Porro and Lavia
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They won't be taking them from the DM that's for sure.