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Beginning The 2025 Rebuild of City
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Im not even from the UK my friendRight ;)
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Welcome backIm not even from the UK my friend
I thought the exact same at beginning of the season but Walker, KDB and Gundo are finished as reliable top game starters. Ederson looks checked out. That's 4 replacements off the bat. Our wingers are not good enough as of this moment. Need 1 high level productive forward and then you have the bernardo situation and kovacic also seeing other side of 30 so there's another midfielder needed. We also have the injury prone CBs. I think this will all be fully done by the start of 2026/2027 season though. I fully expect between Jan and next summer there will be 6 new faces and by 2026 summer there will be up to 10Genuinely 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)
I agree mate. Although Eze is quite good.I think Raphinha and Olise are both a cut above Eze. Wharton only has 4 months of PL football to show for, in a Palace side on a massive purple patch. Don’t think he’s good enough yet.
If we’re signing 5+ players over the next two transfer windows it’s gonna be extremely pricy, and English players are massively overpriced. I’d love to sign Livramento tbf, but believe there are far better options than Eze, Wharton and Branthwaite. If those 3 weren’t English, I don’t believe for a second we’d be interested. My point still stands, apart from maybe Branthwaite, I could never see PSG, Barca, Real or Bayern spending 60m+ on those players
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Some players we should be looking at:
Wingers: Barcola, Kvaratshkelia, Lookman
Center mid: Wirtz, Brandt, Reijnders
Defensive mid: Bruno Guimaraes/other 8 that can also play defensive mid
Center back/left back that plays CB in posession: Schlotterback, Bastoni, Inacio
Wingers: Barcola, Kvaratshkelia, Lookman
Center mid: Wirtz, Brandt, Reijnders
Defensive mid: Bruno Guimaraes/other 8 that can also play defensive mid
Center back/left back that plays CB in posession: Schlotterback, Bastoni, Inacio
A few weeks ago this would have been scoffed at, but not now and rightly so. The warning signs at the start of this run from some players were there, but understandably they were given the benefit of the doubt. What needs to be done to rebuild may seem to be a bit ruthless but it's becoming clearer now that it's essential. The projection of 10 new faces could well be correct, or at least not far off.I thought the exact same at beginning of the season but Walker, KDB and Gundo are finished as reliable top game starters. Ederson looks checked out. That's 4 replacements off the bat. Our wingers are not good enough as of this moment. Need 1 high level productive forward and then you have the bernardo situation and kovacic also seeing other side of 30 so there's another midfielder needed. We also have the injury prone CBs. I think this will all be fully done by the start of 2026/2027 season though. I fully expect between Jan and next summer there will be 6 new faces and by 2026 summer there will be up to 10
This squad requires a massive rebuild. May not happen. It is what it is...I thought the exact same at beginning of the season but Walker, KDB and Gundo are finished as reliable top game starters. Ederson looks checked out. That's 4 replacements off the bat. Our wingers are not good enough as of this moment. Need 1 high level productive forward and then you have the bernardo situation and kovacic also seeing other side of 30 so there's another midfielder needed. We also have the injury prone CBs. I think this will all be fully done by the start of 2026/2027 season though. I fully expect between Jan and next summer there will be 6 new faces and by 2026 summer there will be up to 10
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really like the schlotterbeck shout, zubimendi and baena are interesting too, those would be a good start. upfront i like kvaradona, wirtz, musiala, all ballers but we'd be lucky to get one of them for many different reasons
Can someone tell me realistically who we are signing in January. I can tell you who we are not. Bruno G., Ederson (Atalanta), Zubimendi, Simons, Baena, Wirtz, Musiala, Reijnders, Barella, Cambiaso, Bastoni, Kvaraskhelia, Guler, Scalvini, Branthwaite, A. Robinson, Guehi, Diomande, Gyokores or anyone else of such quality that we are in desperate need of. The fact that a large chunk of the players that need replacing were once indisputably among the very best in the world at their positions means we're fucked. KDB, Walker, Bernardo, Ederson, Gundo, Stones are all past it for a variety of reasons. Who lost their legs, who can't stay fit, who's head is gone. We're looking at the backbone of one of the greatest teams ever, period. Add in Mahrez who has not been adequately replaced and the outlook is grim. Can we rebuild it. Yes. Will we? Who knows. I have to admire the clappers who think it's no big deal and it's a certainty we'll get back to the levels of the past 7 years. 2 things are certain. We're not going anywhere with the squad as is even with Rodri returning and replacing the world class players who have stayed around too long is a monumental task with the smallest margin for error. Anyone who thinks otherwise is doing a disservice to the great team we have celebrated during Pep's tenure. I can tell ya Nunes, Rico Lewis, Doku, etc. aren't stepping into those shoes anytime soon.