I think given the links in the past, the low release clause and the fact he plays with Rodri for Spain, its a no brainer.I don't see us signing him unless Kevin or Bernardo leave.
None will be leaving this summer. Still not the worst of suggestion as cover for Rodri but I don't think City will activate the release clause.I don't see us signing him unless Kevin or Bernardo leave.
ah a defender of opinions? so nobleI think you have done to me what many on this thread have done to the thread. Presume to be true and common something that isn't.
1. (Incorporating your comment from the Spain/France thread) I do not dislike Olmo. Never have. Nor am I anti-Olmo. I was simply defending the legitimate opinions held on this thread that shouldn't be waved away.
His injury record is a legitimate issue. And many have voiced that opinion here. 1 guy outright thought he was shit. 1 guy! And I don't even discount that guy's opinion. He probably watched him after one of his shit games post one of his many injuries when he was slow and sluggish. I have seen those games too. And if my opinion was wholeheartedly based on watching one of those games, I can see how someone can conclude he is not up to standard.
But some of the games I had seen were when he balled out. So on one of my group chats I compared him to a mini Kevin Debryune with Spanish technique. Funny enough in going back through this very thread, I realized my original post about him from 2021 was comparing him to "Bruno Fernandez with better touch."
I apologize for the heresy of using a United player as a comparison, but that's it :) I don't apologize for my views on Olmo.
And yes, I agreed with the guy who wanted us to get a Speedy winger over Olmo, because Olmo was like a lot of our wingers at the time (Grealish, Bernado, Mahrez and Torres etc) technical but not speedy.
This doesn't mean I think Olmo is "just a winger: as you put it. Rather, it means that at the time when we were looking for a winger, a speedy specialist winger was of more interest than, say a Bruno/Kevin type player who can also play wide.
There seemed to me to be too much flattening of opinions on this thread. It was that flattening that I was opposing in my most recent posts on here. Not Olmo persee.
Fair enough! You read what you read. :)ah a defender of opinions? so noble
not sure what were you defending because olmo to city club had 2 members until ken joined and made it 3. and one of the two ogs was joško. :D
your research wasn’t thorough enough.
as i wrote previously, i get people who want superstars, i get people who don’t like his injury record.
he is not a shit player though and i will die on that hill.
maybe you think watching a couple of games is enough to become an expert, i disagree.
it’s especially funny with so many eplcentric people who shit on other leagues all the time, but one mention of a player and a thousand experts emerge and know everything :D
i know what i read, like i said, i won’t be searching and making screenshots.
i never said city should buy him, i want it to happen but i don’t think txiki’s goal for this transfer window is to make me happy, unfortunately :D
No!Every time I watch this guy play I think Cole Palmer
Is he better than Cole Palmer?
Just seems strange to sell a younger version for less than the older version. Although we didn’t know CP was going to be that good.
Maybe we have a buy back on CP :-)
I can’t speak enough to their playing styles, but from interviews (and interviews with coaches, etc), Olmo appears substantially more intelligent than Palmer. I acknowledge that may not mean anything on the pitch…Every time I watch this guy play I think Cole Palmer
Is he better than Cole Palmer?
Just seems strange to sell a younger version for less than the older version. Although we didn’t know CP was going to be that good.
Maybe we have a buy back on CP :-)
Which is a big red flag as Chelsea have been trying to sign every player on the planetChelsea aren't interested in signing him.
Means a lot on the pitch in a Pep team.I can’t speak enough to their playing styles, but from interviews (and interviews with coaches, etc), Olmo appears substantially more intelligent than Palmer. I acknowledge that may not mean anything on the pitch…