Bruno Guimaraes

Dribble said:
To be fair, after his excellent displays in the Euro's, I was as excited as anyone about the purchase of Philips.

Even up to last summer I held out hope he'd come good, but Rodri's interview changed all that, & from then I knew it was over for him at City.

I've never rated panic buy Nunes from his Sporting & Wolves days, so his unimpressive season so far doesn't surprise me. However, I've been wrong about players before, but alas I fear not with Matheus.

Being fair to Txiki & Pep regarding transfers, we've got far more right than wrong, & taking Philips & Nunes into consideration I've a feeling/hope that our transfer acquisition team are desperate to put right our recent errors.

We had the best years of Sterling, Sané, Jesus, Zinchenko & Laporte, & we either got our money back or made a profit on all bar Laporte.

Gundog & Mahrez served City well, & albeit we didn't want to lose Riyad, we got his best years too & a modest return on our investment for a 32 year old.

Philips & Nunes apart, we've not done too badly with transfers & we'll hopefully rectify those errors this summer.
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Completely agree -I’m really excited for this window actually. Linked with some big names and I don’t think we’ll mess around this summer, first choices please!
 
kingn6 said:
Yeah he has made excellent purchases over the years but we have really wasted money on PL players like Nunes, Kalvin and to a lesser degree Grealish.

Had we spent that money on some bundesliga or la liga players we would have most liekly got something better at half the cost.
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Got to agree here, especially around Nunes. He was hardly a standout for Wolves or Sporting, not a big goal scorer or creator, not brilliant defensively, just a decent midfielder in an ok team.

Got to remember that even the likes of Luton get about 100mil a year and their best player could be the difference between staying up or going down. Much better value to be found outside the PL.
 
kingn6 said:
Yeah we could have signed Isak instead who would have suited us better. He would have had Rudgier on toast.
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Please explain how? I havent seen anything of Isaks aerial prowess. How would he have Rudiger on toast if RM have 10 players in the area and Tchoumeni and Rudiger are both marking him?

Isak is a good striker but would fail miserably here. We dont have the space behind like he enjoys at Newcastle. We already have the best striker in the world and he "struggles" in our system.
 
super_city_si said:
Please explain how? I havent seen anything of Isaks aerial prowess. How would he have Rudiger on toast if RM have 10 players in the area and Tchoumeni and Rudiger are both marking him?

Isak is a good striker but would fail miserably here. We dont have the space behind like he enjoys at Newcastle. We already have the best striker in the world and he "struggles" in our system
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He does not need to have aerial prowess he is is good in tight spots



Håland is worse in the air than Isak as well. What Håland has is pace strength not the best thing against packed defences. He would be ace for Candlepool
 
kingn6 said:
Håland is worse in the air than Isak as well. What Håland has is pace strength not the best thing against packed defences. He would be ace for Candlepool
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I don't know if you've just woken up from a long nap or something but he smashed just about every goalscoring record last season and we won a treble off the back of it. It was pretty fun.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
I don't know if you've just woken up from a long nap or something but he smashed just about every goalscoring record last season and we won a treble off the back of it. It was pretty fun.
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Yes he was bangkng them in last season. Kane and Isak would do the same for City. The difference is they would bring more to the table when they did not have their goals oring boots on.


Sorry for derailing the thread lets stick to Bruno.
 
kingn6 said:
He does not need to have aerial prowess he is is good in tight spots



Håland is worse in the air than Isak as well. What Håland has is pace strength not the best thing against packed defences. He would be ace for Candlepool
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An assist against Everton.

Wow.
 
Really hope we don’t sign him think he’s bang average. Would he have made a difference against Madrid Liverpool or Arsenal I don’t think so.
 
bondsman said:
Really hope we don’t sign him think he’s bang average. Would he have made a difference against Madrid Liverpool or Arsenal I don’t think so.
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Can play alongside Rodri , can be proper sub for Rodri
He got everything we needed
 
Gigant said:
Can play alongside Rodri , can be proper sub for Rodri
He got everything we needed
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If we buy Paqueta, when does he play alongside Rodri in a 3 man midfield.I’d say Rodri, Paqueta, Foden / KDB would be first choice.
Personally can’t see it, not for £100mill.
 
I am not so sure this will get done with the deadline for the release clause. Probably take our time in finding cover for Rodri.
 
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