De Bruyne?

[domalino]

Together with "he will not have the space at X!" this "pressure" talking to me is bullshit. This guy is 24 and carried a team alone to the 2nd place in the league and the DFB-Cup. Of course there was pressure on him, it`s just the question if you care or not. Two goals and one assists in a match against Bayern, don`t you think every player is under pressure in such a game? Fact is that KDB always performed, it seems especially against the better teams, so I personally can`t agree with Hamann.

Everyone should watch the highlights off his game vs. Bayern, He Single handedly took them apart. Any player who can do that is a welcome addition to the team and just imagine what he can do with the likes of Aguero and Bony on the end of his crosses and not Bas Dost.

My only concern is that he is never as effective for Belgium when he's out on the right, which is where I'm sure he'll play for us. however that could well be because Mark Wilmots is an awful manager who has that belgium team seriously underperforming, and Pellegrini will give him license to roam around any way so it's not like he'll be stuck there.

 

[Keeper!]

He's German, an alcoholic, compulsive gambler and a former scouser, enough said!

 

[OB1]

He's German, an alcoholic, compulsive gambler and a former scouser, enough said!

You've probably said quite enough there.

He is an ex-City player who likes the club and has played the game at the highest level. He knows a thing or two but that does not always make him right. He also works as a pundit so he needs to offer up opinions that get people talking.

 

[City_Sean]

Saw that the rags are "set to join the race". Hope not, and I can't see it personally as they'll have potentially Pedro, Mata, Depay and Young for their LW and RW spots.

Have to say I'm hoping we wrap this deal up really soon though.

 

[Burnage Burnsy]

Rags just get mentioned to get clicks. They have also been mentioned along with Chelsea for Pogba which everyone knows they aren't. Just earns the website more money.

 

[ono]

He must be some player to get the Bundesliga Player of the Year when you consider the players at Bayern, and Dortmund. The only drawback is that it is the area of the team where we are strongest. We're not lacking for goals or creativity and added Sterling to the attack so ideally I'd have liked to strengthen in defence or midfield.

But you don't get many opportunities to buy top quality players. if we can get De Bruyne, and add him to Sterling, Delph and Roberts that will be 3 great signings, and one for the future.

Also means that in subsequent windows we only need the odd player. The bulk of the rebuilding will have been done.

Yeah as good as he is, its an odd one considering we still have glaring weaknesses in other positions. Unless, Silva moves in to the midfield 3 with Toure and Dinho behind him. Normally I'd say let's trust the management, but last season we loaned out Negredo on deadline day without replacing him and ended up having to play Milner and Pozo upfront so you do sometimes wonder.

 

[obliquerays]

Any story about a late swoop by the rags for a target we've been trailing all summer can only be great news ! Often signals the end game is close ...

 

[Phil1]

Saw that the rags are "set to join the race". Hope not, and I can't see it personally as they'll have potentially Pedro, Mata, Depay and Young for their LW and RW spots.

Have to say I'm hoping we wrap this deal up really soon though.

Those clowns couldn't join a fucking egg and spoon race. The chances of KDB joining them is nil, but in order to placate the hoardes of needy, glory hunting gobshites from far flung corners of the globe, his name, along with Ronaldo, Bale and various other top players needs to be linked on a daily basis to show they're still the bestest in the world..which they're not.
Another season of battling it for fourth spot beckons for those cunts.

 

[fairyfeet]

Yeah as good as he is, its an odd one considering we still have glaring weaknesses in other positions. Unless, Silva moves in to the midfield 3 with Toure and Dinho behind him. Normally I'd say let's trust the management, but last season we loaned out Negredo on deadline day without replacing him and ended up having to play Milner and Pozo upfront so you do sometimes wonder.

I have lived in Germany for years and, although last season was pretty much a one horse race, the general fitness levels and technical ability of the players in the Bundesliga is very high. Kevin de Bruyne stood out last year which makes him a very decent acquisition in my opinion, BUT i can't get my head around the figures being quoted. I hope it's just journos whistling in the dark because we should not be willing to pay anything approaching 50 million pounds for him. We needed to pay 44 million for Sterling for a varierty of reasons, but i don't think we need to pay that kind of fee for KDB. Just my two-penneths worth of course.

 

[manimanc]

Rags just get mentioned to get clicks. They have also been mentioned along with Chelsea for Pogba which everyone knows they aren't. Just earns the website more money.

They've also been linked with bale, ronaldo, ramos, Mueller , ibrahimovic, Kroos, Kane, Sterling, Pele, Maradona, zico, puscas, Stanley matthews, and anybody else who has been a boyhood utd fan.