Beginning The 2025 Rebuild of City

[YatesA]

1 - Should Pep be in charge of the rebuild?

This shouldn’t even be a question. The answer is of course yes.

2 - Which players should be moved on in 2025?

Definites:

Walker, Gundogan, Grealish, McAtee and Nunes.

Possibles:

De Bruyne, Bernardo, Ederson and Stones.

3 - Which players should be offered new contracts?

Rodri.

3b - What players should we be targetting?

Frimpong/Kounde/Hakimi, Bah, Zubimendi/Pepelu, Ederson, Wirtz/Musiala/Simons, Rodrygo

4 - Who is making the decisions for the rebuild, i.e. Txiki or Hugo Viana

Viana.

5 - How will the 115 PL charges decision and other outside influences reflect on the rebuild. Do we wait until after the decision of the independent commission?

We risk missing out on a top four finish if we wait until a decision has been reached.

6 - what sort of figures do we realistically have to spend on a rebuild?

In excess of £300m over three windows.

7 - With the bad form we are in, how as fans can we help the club?

Continue to back Pep and our players.

I'm interested why you didn't include nico Williams? No one ever seems to mention him

 

[waspish]

Pep isn't in charge of bringing players in he has a say but look at the players we have brought in Doku Nunes Philips none peps picks!

 

[Kippaxpete]

I will keep Ake and KDB , If Doku and Savio don't show improvement by the summer, one of them could be sold as well

I never thought I'd rue Mahrez's departure but here we are. With hindsight, I'd probably take him over both those players.

 

[PabZabb]

Genuinely don’t think we need the a full rebuild, this squad won the league last season. What we need is surgery in midfield (and a new RB)

 

[Kippaxpete]

Maybe we should target Bah and Humbug after today.

Cheers mate. I think that's the first time I've laughed since around 6:00 yesterday afternoon.

 

[Kinkladze 1]

I will keep Ake and KDB , If Doku and savio don't show improvement by the summer, one of them could be sold as well

We cannot possibly keep KDB a minute longer than the last game of this season. He is absolutely finished at our level. Undeniably a club legend but so far off it now it’s sad to watch.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I think this rebuild is so important it deserves its own thread. I know there are some, though I expect few who will say we will be fine once we get over the injuires, but I think those fans are getting fewer.

There are some questions that are important for the rebuild.

1 - Should Pep be in charge of the rebuild?
2 - Which players should be moved on in 2025?
3 - Which players should be offered new contracts?
3b - What players should we be targetting?
4 - Who is making the decisions for the rebuild, i.e. Txiki or Hugo Viana
5 - How will the 115 PL charges decision and other outside influences reflect on the rebuild. Do we wait until after the decision of the independent commission?
6 - what sort of figures do we realistically have to spend on a rebuild?
7 - With the bad form we are in, how as fans can we help the club?

We definitely need a rebuild, but I am concerned players are not bought for Pep’s system as a new manager in maybe a 1 or 2 years if Pep leaves, may not want his players and the transition will take longer.

As fans, today is another huge blow in a period of really poor form. We don’t seem to have turned the corner. A win against United today may have given everyone a big boost and, with a week until the next game given the players could have had a chance to regroup and consolidate. I imagine the morale among the players will be as low as it is for us fans. Today we can be forgiven for showing our disapproval of the players, coaches and even recruiting team. Tomorrow we need to get back behind them it is not as if we have another team to support. We are blues, once a blue always a blue.

Now for the rebuild!

1. Yes
2. Gundogan, Kev, Walker, Stones.
3. Rodri, Haaland, Foden, Dias, Bobb, Ortega, Grealish, Lewis, Gvardiol.
4. Hugo Viana.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

This is roughly what we need to try and do over the next 2 windows IMO:

Sell or release:

Ederson
Walker
Nunes
Gundogan
KDB
Bernardo
McAtee

Listen to offers, but happy to keep as squad players:

Stones
Ake
Kovacic
Grealish

Must sign:

1 young goalkeeper to rotate with and ultimately succeed Ortega
1 right back to replace Walker
1 left back
At least 1 centre back (2 if one of Stones/Ake leaves)
At least 2 midfielders (3 if one of Kovacic/Grealish leaves) - one to cover Rodri, one to replace KDB
1 goalscoring winger, preferably from the left
1 backup striker

If any of those roles can be filled by academy players or the likes of Echeverri/Perrone, great. But if not, get the wallet out.

 

[Blue Bogey]

Genuinely don’t think we need the a full rebuild, this squad won the league last season. What we need is surgery in midfield (and a new RB)

How many players do we need to get in would you think between January and start of next season? Your post would Indicate maybe 2 or 3?

 

[Blue Bogey]

If creative midfield players like Wirtz and Musiala are unavailable to us due to high cost or they sign new contracts with their clubs I would consider the following midfielders as alternatives.

Enzo Millot, Franko Mastantuono, Sverre Nypan, Xavi Simons, Georgiy Sudakov, Charles De Ketelaere, Martin Baturina, Maghnes Akliouche.

All of the above are having great seasons and capable of creating and scoring.

These are young hungry players, some are very young but this is a rebuild we need and all of the names above will be highly sought after and we may assume will not remain at a reasonable cost for long.

Enzo Millot has a €20m buyout clause and is having a very strong season in the Bundesliga for Stuttgart.