De Bruyne?

[andyhinch]

Is he here yet ???

 

[George Hannah]

Stuart Brennan ‏@StuBrennanMEN 3m3 minutes ago
City don't normally let players go until they have a replacement - is Lopes' impending deal a sign of confidence in de Bruyne deal? #mcfc

Good question and hopefully the answer is positive.

 

[FanchesterCity]

So therefore, like Liverpool, they would have been better off strengthening their squad, then releasing DeBruyne.

they will just be doing that in a panic, or in Jan or next season now, instead. Not clever.

Spending hurriedly in an ATTEMPT to strengthen is a mistake. There are two distinct factors at play:
1) The possible departure of a key player
2) What to do about replacing him.

There is nothing wrong with postponing 2) to give you thinking time. You can't always find a suitable replacement immediately so don't blow money for the sake of it.

 

[Neville Kneville]

You're changing your tune as you go along here.
One minute you're claiming he's a moron, the next his acts are quite deliberate, and he's achieving his intentions. Make your mind up.

Oh ffs.

It's EXACTLY what I've been saying in each post. My point is: I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN FOR WOLFSBURG. It weakens their team.

I think their fans will also see it like that, as would we, if it was a City player.

Please don't make me type this anymore.

 

[Nails]

Oh ffs.

It's EXACTLY what I've been saying in each post. My point is: I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN FOR WOLFSBURG. It weakens their team.

I think their fans will also see it like that, as would we, if it was a City player.

Please don't make me type this anymore.

Do you think it's a good plan for Wolfsburg, pal?

 

[daztrueblue91]

So therefore, like Liverpool, they would have been better off strengthening their squad, then releasing DeBruyne.

they will just be doing that in a panic, or in Jan or next season now, instead. Not clever.

Of course they would.

But no club can plan for a player wanting to leave. Bale, Suarez and De Brunye all wanted/want to leave.

All have/will have got an enormous fee for the player.

Liverpool and Spurs quickly reinvested the money and made major mistakes and were weaker.

Wolfsburg may choose to bide their time and make the right signings when they are available.

Spurs, Liverpool and Wolfsburg all would have been stronger if they had kept their stars and improved the team. However, for a number of reasons it wasn't possible.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Spending hurriedly in an ATTEMPT to strengthen is a mistake. There are two distinct factors at play:
1) The possible departure of a key player
2) What to do about replacing him.

There is nothing wrong with postponing 2) to give you thinking time. You can't always find a suitable replacement immediately so don't blow money for the sake of it.

Well good luck to them at sorting it out this weekend, oh sorry, Monday night.

 

[Bewar3them00n]

Are we still haggling over the finer details of the payment structure ? Or has there been a vorsprung dirk füchup while I've been trying to work?!!

 

[domalino]

Good question and hopefully the answer is positive.

Not really a good question because the reason we have tat policy is because we usually have a full squad. But we don't at the moment, and Lopes was on the u21 list anyway.

 

[FanchesterCity]

I don't agree at all. Half that team is dogshite. They could have signed 5 or 6 players. A centre back & striker for a start.

Are you honestly telling me you've been watching Wolfburg's games with serious scrutiny, and then you're also telling us that half the team are dogshite? Then to sound even more ridiculous, you're suggesting he could have found 5 or 6 players to improve them (at an average price of 8m?) and managed it all in one window. Honestly, this isn't fantasy football.