Cristiano Ronaldo

[The1nvisibleMan]

Your username would be a good description of that winger... who we now are relying on to score the goals to fire us to PL and CL glory. God help us

We’re in the group of death in the CL and going into a premier league season where most main rivals have improved drastically. We lack a solid left back, an actual striker and our £60m DM can’t be trusted so we rely on a 36 year old to play there.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Pep saying still 3 days hmm something in the pipeline i wonder?

 

[Jesus2020]

Has Grealish already been transferred?

Fair point.

 

[leo_city]

They haven't let him out have they?

He'll remain in custody till September 10, and then there's no guarantees what comes of next hearing. The chances are he could even get his contract terminated if the charges prove correct. Hence new word around the club is a left back.

 

[Roy Munson]

Wonder why the rags can spend more than us.

I don't think they can. I think we're trying (too hard in my opinion) to be seen as financially frugal after the FFP nonsense.

 

[Bald fraud]

I honestly don’t think pep wanted him but the board did

 

[Cityinmud]

We seem to be having problems bidding for anything, that's the issue.

Grealish was a saga even with a clause.

If we wanted Kane, either pay or walk away, and move on.

We waste so much time waiting for the price to drop and it never does.

We are simply bad at transfers. why the fook did we prioritise paying 100M for grealish when our first priority should have been to sign a striker and LB. Then we wanted for months for levy to come around. We sent a very low first bid to spurs. We are mess at transfers lately

 

[Gordyola]

Firstly its unfair to blame Tiki he's just one member of a transfer committee; he's not the Chairman, CEO, CIO, COO, or CFO his role as Director of Football is to outline the footballing strategy and manage the squad he can only make recommendations I doubt very much he deals with the financial side of any transfer

The club has always had a strategy of valuing a player and his contract and not just paying what is necessary to get it over the line regardless of cost. They have a budget and stick to it, remember we are the most monitored club when it comes to FFP

This strategy has meant we have lost out on signings but so be it we are still the most successful English club

The rags would not allow Ronaldo to sign for City the negativity would have been nuclear, if the reports are true City weren't prepared to pay Juve a fee so clearly they weren't 100% committed the interest, if there was any, was generated from the player's side.

So, if the rags do sign him they are buying a player they sold for 84M making a 67M profit on, now 11 years later they are going to pay 30M plus agents and signing on fees with no sell-on value and this is for a player in a position they don't need to strengthen. They will increase their wage bill, take up a squad position and its a player who wanted to go to their neighbours

 

[avoidconfusion]

We haven't had Aguero for a few seasons TBH.

What do you mean? Granted we did not really have him last season (20 appearances, 6 goals) but the season before that he scored 23 goals in 32 appearances. Before that 32 goals in 46 appearances... I can go on?

 

[kun]

I need to find something else to do. Reading through here is about as fun as dipping my cock in chilli sauce…