Cole Palmer

[SamBlue]

This will be my favourite GIF to use this season

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I have some sympathy. I felt this way a few years back when we first got money. Shiniwatra and Sven - remember them? I felt sadly disengaged for a while at joining the greedy bastards like utd and co.

Football’s a pretty dirty business these days and that’s not going to change any time soon. So the choices are to turn your back or get pragmatic, go along with it and beat the others at their own game. The upside is the superb quality of players and the number of trophies we’ve seen over the last dozen or so years. I quickly learned to become a City fan again, albeit playing to the new rules. The pleasure was only heightened by knocking the rags and dippers off their perches.

Everything is relative. I feel we have the most benign ownership and the best executive and management team in football. Our club is as socially responsible as any. We don’t employ twats like Mourinho and we don’t have big “I am” players.

The academy is part of that model, I’m afraid. It’s a shame we don’t give kids more opportunity but I understand the pressures and risks. We’re rich enough to pay others to develop them but smart enough to make good money on rough diamonds.

Yeah there are upsides and downsides. Just think I might have to start restricting the time I spend engaging with the club to ninety minutes or so a week so that I'm only focusing on the good bits.

 

[Cityfan]

I think this is just out of context. Pochettino was just playing dumb and not wanting to talk about another clubs player yesterday. Not even criticizing him he was doing the right thing and deflecting the question while the deal was not yet signed

It could be but then the usual response is 'I'm not going to talk about a player who is at another club' rather than 'I don't know'.

 

[pride in battle]

Yeah there are upsides and downsides. Just think I might have to start restricting the time I spend engaging with the club to ninety minutes or so a week so that I'm only focusing on the good bits.

Some right ones on here...

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Some right ones on here...

Please don't tell me it's taken you fifteen years to realise that.

 

[Phil1]

I'm not talking about Cole, I'm talking about the bigger picture.

Some of you are obviously cool with supporting a business as long as you keep on winning and I understand that.

Speaking only for myself, I find that a bit cold and sterile. I don't care about the money we make and I don't care what our net spend is. To be honest, I'm not sure why anyone would care who isn't paid to do so.

I used to take pride in our academy but I haven't been to an EDS game in years because it doesn't really mean much to me anymore. It's gone from "that number 8 looks good, he might go on to do big things with us" to "that number 8 looks good, he might help us pay for some ten a penny Premier League player."

Each to their own and we all have our own ways of looking at the club and the way it operates but I’m the opposite tbh.
I pay no heed to the academy, I’ve looked at it as a business model for years. Any player that makes it with us is a huge bonus but on the whole it’s about bringing in a steady stream of money that allows us to buy players who are ready to play for us right now.
It’s always nice to talk about a player who’s ripping up trees in the first time after coming through but I’ve long accepted the reality of those being few and far between.
There’s no right or wrong way of looking at this btw.

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Would rather have kept him and not signed Doku, a player with very average stats considering he was playing in a terrible French league. Palmer has already shown this season he's capable of scoring in big games and being able to score important goals. His talent and potential is clear for all to see.

Ok pep

 

[yankblue]

Just a very strange transfer all around and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth

 

[Legal Alien]

Surprised he wants to go Chelsea, I can understand him leaving but to go to a side where he could get marginally more time on the pitch that he does here seems odd.

They don't have European games so it's not like their first choice players will be in need of much rest.

Me too, especially as he's said he wants to play more.
I thought it was strange when Pep said he either stays or he's sold. We've loaned out other young players, so why not him?
I don't know but listening to both sides in interviews, neither seemed that bothered if he stayed or went, so maybe something happened we don't know about.

 

[Dax777]

Is it 40 million or 45 million? Why is everyone reporting it as 40. Is the plus 5 not guaranteed?