Declan Rice

[Blue and true]

Yes but there are more pro's to not spending that much on a player only half as good as Rodri (£60m) or Gundo who has just gone on a free.

Do you still not trust our club in the transfer market?

What are the pros that outweigh the cons? Just curious?

 

[waspish]

Even after the treble, Jack will never be worth a 100M let alone 100M+ and I am more convinced now.

He is for us and doesn’t matter what he worth we ain’t selling him..

 

[Bazzmand Show]

That's fair enough, but we were prepared to offer £90 million for him. So £15 million short. The lad is 24, so possibly 10 years service if the signing works out. That's £1.5 million per year which is peanuts in modern football terms. Then we still have to identify someone else with the ability, physicality, and potential to improve that Rice would have brought, which isn't going to be cheap. Lots of focus on the pros of pulling out of this deal, but we need to recognise the cons also.

I think that was overpriced as well FWIW.

 

[Dribble]

Then it should not be a problem him being played as an 8, upfront we need someone clinical and who can assist with ease and he doesn't have it in his locker since "it not part of his game".

With respect, I'd beg to differ. Toward the end of the season, I noticed a few games where Grealish moved inside for periods & created havoc.

At Villa teams sat off him & he had the freedom to roam. At City he's constrained in Pep's system, plus he has opposition players dropping deep & doubling up on him.

This is why we need an elite left winger so Jack can play as an 8 imo.

.............Haaland.............
Foden.................Grealish
..............Rodri..................

 

[LongsightM13]

What are the pros that outweigh the cons? Just curious?

Stops every other club we want to do business with from rinsing us, for a start

 

[mancityvstoke]

No Rice Pudding jokes?

 

[Keeper!]

Then do we rate Doyle about the same then ?

Doyle potentially is the better player Phillips is a is a better passer of the ball.

Doyle has more aggression and passion, but lacks technic for me to be a top prem player.

 

[Dialog]

He is for us and doesn’t matter what he worth we ain’t selling him..

Good for you. But I doubt any elite team would want to buy him anyway!

 

[roach3]

Let’s be honest here
We all were saying pep will turn him into this or that etc, we can’t now say he will never be that player because Arteta has him now.
Lego has learned from the best and he will have the idea that he can be their Rodri.
That said I doubt he will reach those levels
Because he ain’t Rodri is he.

If we forget all the bullshit and concentrate on the player pep obviously didn’t want him enough to pay any more.

We are an established top 3 club in the world now and don’t bend over to anyone
I trust in pep, and the club will mostly always do the right thing.

 

[RayCTID]

No Rice Pudding jokes?

Or tears on my Pilau?