Bruno Fernandes

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Dribble said:
I suppose it's about opinions, but from what I've seen, Bruno would be in the mix to start. Bravo > young English or club trained keeper. Danilo > Cancelo. Mangala isn't in our PL or CL squad in any case.

Where there's a will there's a way. I've seen enough of Fernades to suggest he'd be a hit here... Again, this is all my humble personal opinion..
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I’ve got to admit I’ve not seen enough of him to form an opinion I’d 100% stand by but the complete lack of interest in him from top clubs despite those goal and assist statistics and his YouTube highlights suggests something is missing. Whether it’s consistency, work rate or attitude something isn’t quite right for his agent to be whoring him around like he clearly is when he’s clearly got game changing ability.

Not sure there’s a young homegrown or club trained keeper who can play out the way we want, leaving yourself a single point of failure or one injury (Eddy) to bring in a 5/6th choice attacking midfielder isn’t a decision I’d be happy with. Gunn and Muric who can play, both wanted to leave for first team games.
 
ctid1894 said:
I’ve got to admit I’ve not seen enough of him to form an opinion I’d 100% stand by but the complete lack of interest in him from top clubs despite those goal and assist statistics and his YouTube highlights suggests something is missing. Whether it’s consistency, work rate or attitude something isn’t quite right for his agent to be whoring him around like he clearly is when he’s clearly got game changing ability.

Not sure there’s a young homegrown or club trained keeper who can play out the way we want, leaving yourself a single point of failure or one injury (Eddy) to bring in a 5/6th choice attacking midfielder isn’t a decision I’d be happy with. Gunn and Muric who can play, both wanted to leave for first team games.
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I'm not sure why there isn't more of a clamour for him. He's played very well the times I've seen him, he's of the right age & doesn't seem injury prone. PLUS his buy out clause is only £30m!

In terms of Bruno, I'm thinking in terms of 12 months time. I personally don't don't think Foden will be ready to replace Silva as a regular starter for another 3-4 seasons yet, so that's where Bruno comes into my thinking.
 
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Rather hoped that we might be in both for him and Aouar, with one earmarked for next season. Silva will play less this season, Foden is very young and needs time to develop, and de Bruyne and Gundogan have a history of injuries. The engine tank was running on fumes towards the end of the season (Spurs and Leicester at home), and had we actually reached the CL semi-finals, it may even have been too much.
 
This was a signing i was really excited for.... i think he'd be a hit.

However as others have said, centre midfield isnt really a weak spot for us. I'd argue Danilo > Cancelo & a new CB would be a better improvement for the squad.
 
dillbi95 said:
This was a signing i was really excited for.... i think he'd be a hit.

However as others have said, centre midfield isnt really a weak spot for us. I'd argue Danilo > Cancelo & a new CB would be a better improvement for the squad.
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Unless we know we are getting that ban and with David Silva definitely leaving and possibly gundogan next summer it might make sense to bring him in now?
 
richards30 said:
Unless we know we are getting that ban and with David Silva definitely leaving and possibly gundogan next summer it might make sense to bring him in now?
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I definitely agree, however can see that Pep / city wont think that way. Would push Foden down the pecking order + Zin now hes been moved to a free #8 role.

But if we were saying; 'would we be stronger if we signed Bruno Fernandes this summer'

Most definitely. I think he'd be knocking on the door of the first 11 most weeks. Almost a mini KdB imo
 
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I definitely agree, however can see that Pep / city wont think that way. Would push Foden down the pecking order + Zin now hes been moved to a free #8 role.

But if we were saying; 'would we be stronger if we signed Bruno Fernandes this summer'

Most definitely. I think he'd be knocking on the door of the first 11 most weeks. Almost a mini KdB imo
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So Zin has gone from starting left back in June to a #8 in July?
 
What's all these nonsense here. I'm not tryna get myself invested in this.

Smells like Isco.
 
Think too much whoring by his agent for us to have any interest in this unless a player swop involving Manga and cash with him going back to Portugal was on the cards.
Who knows. It's all smoke and mirrors this transfer malarky.
 
Dribble said:
I'm not sure why there isn't more of a clamour for him. He's played very well the times I've seen him, he's of the right age & doesn't seem injury prone. PLUS his buy out clause is only £30m!

In terms of Bruno, I'm thinking in terms of 12 months time. I personally don't don't think Foden will be ready to replace Silva as a regular starter for another 3-4 seasons yet, so that's where Bruno comes into my thinking.
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That’s were our opinions differ. I think Foden is more than capable of starting 10-15 league games right now, as well as starting in all the domestic cup competitions. He’s still got to mature physically and that will come in time but we can’t keep holding him back, otherwise he’ll leave just like Sancho and Diaz. That doesn’t mean we should just play him for the sake of it, it means if he’s earned his chance he should be given the opportunity.

Don’t get me wrong some games we’ll need to pull him off at 45-60 minutes if he’s not having an impact but again that’s part of the learning curve with him, especially when we have the luxury of Silva or Gundogan ready to step in.

If anyone thinks he’s not ready technically or tactically then they’re talking utter bollocks (in my opinion), I’d love them to clarify why and what exactly he’s not capable of, to me it’s just a handy excuse to spend rather than develop. You can guarantee it’ll be the same people who argued to the death that Pep should change his system and philosophy in that first season until he got his players in. When in fact he was using that season to develop the players and instil (is that the right word?) his methods and tactics which meant by his second season we were good to go and got 100 points. It’s just proof “sometimes” you have to put development above results, it’s just finding the right balance between the two.
 
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