De Bruyne?

TRUE BLUE NO1 said:
City Watch ‏@City_Watch 2m2 minutes ago
The Guardian: Despite interest from PSG, City is De Bruyne's first choice and the club are increasingly confident of signing him.

City Watch ‏@City_Watch 2m2 minutes ago
The Guardian: Kevin De Bruyne is expected to be City's final signing of the summer unless an exceptional player becomes available.
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final player? I really hope not. As someone as stated above earlier, its like playing Football Manager and buying more flavour of the month attacking players that are more of a guilty pleasure instead of strengthening other areas of the team which are greatly needed. I really hope a CM is on the radar in order for us to win our title back.

I would love De Bruyne, don't get me wrong... but CM is SOOOOOOO crucial. Its an absolute NECESSITY.
 
citizens_1976 said:
final player? I really hope not. As someone as stated above earlier, its like playing Football Manager and buying more flavour of the month attacking players that are more of a guilty pleasure instead of strengthening other areas of the team which are greatly needed. I really hope a CM is on the radar in order for us to win our title back.

I would love De Bruyne, don't get me wrong... but CM is SOOOOOOO crucial. Its an absolute NECESSITY.
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Whilst we do need to strengthen in midfield, Silva is getting older and has been relied upon so much by City since he arrived. He's a player the opposition know they need to man mark if they want to beat us and now we've added Sterling it means we're an even bigger threat. De Bruyne has the potential to add the creativity we sometimes have lacked and fill in for Silva over the long term. Ideally they can play together for several seasons but once Merlin is gone, we'll have someone to fill that role (though I can't imagine anyone doing it quite like Silva does). It's still a signing that we very much need.

When we get Barcelona in the CL what does everyone look at? How will our defence cope with Messi, Neymar and Suarez? Last season they were only really worried about Aguero and Silva and that meant they could commit a few players further forward and hope to contain those two.

If we instead have a side with Aguero, Silva, Sterling and De Bruyne they then have a lot more to deal with and if Alves decides he wants to get forward so be it, he'll wish he hadn't when the ball gets to one of those players. We're an entirely different proposition. If we sign Pogba as well then we can also compete in the midfield battle and look to run the game a little better. We close the gap considerably to the likes of Real, Barca and Bayern with these two additions. Without them we're likely to play Navas or Nasri... not quite the same proposition.
 
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