Issue is which PL keeper (doesn't necessarily have to be PL, just English) if any would be willing to leave their starting spot for the second spot behind a new signing at City?https://www.premierleague.com/news/84136
Last year we registered (* denotes HG):
Bravo Munoz, Claudio Andres
Caballero Lazcano, Wilfredo Daniel
*Clichy, Gael
Zabaleta Girod, Pablo Javier
Kolarov, Aleksandar
Kompany, Vincent
Otamendi, Nicolas
Sagna, Bacary
*Stones, John
De Bruyne, Kevin
*Delph, Fabian
Gundogan, Ilkay
Jimenez Silva, David Josue
Luiz Roza, Fernando
Navas, Jesus
Reges, Fernando Francisco
*Sterling, Raheem Shaquille
Toure, Gnegneri Yaya
Duran, Manuel Agudo (Nolito)
Aguero Del Castillo, Sergio
That's 16 non HG player which 17 is the limit.
We now need to register Sane as he was 21 on the 01/01/2017
4 Non HG have left.
1 HG has left.
So we NEED at least 1 HG player.
We have bought in 3 non HG players so far (assuming Alaves is coming)
My point is we don't have to bring in any more HG players if we replace our No.2 GK with a HG player. So why buy Walker or Bertrand for draft money when there are better players on the continent for less money.
Issue is which PL keeper (doesn't necessarily have to be PL, just English) if any would be willing to leave their starting spot for the second spot behind a new signing at City?
Hart? If not we're forced to go with Bravo and a HG full back.
The season after next we need to register Jesus and Kelechi in the squad too.
This is why Kelechi won't go, we can only replace him with someone who is 20 or HG.
Hart is never coming back. There's no English keepers who could take that spot unless you want a John Ruddy.
Then we're getting one of Walker/Bertrand, and since the selling club will know this (see Sterling), we'll pay through the nose.
Bertrand has been linked for £21m. That's excellen value.
It is. With him and a free Alves, who incidentally would be the freebie of the last few years, we would be well on the way to having a top quality defence.Bertrand has been linked for £21m. That's excellen value.