Declan Rice

[birchwoodgingerste]

the emotional investment isn't on Rice per se, it's more that if we lose out, city perhaps doesn't have a plan B. That is what makes me nervous.

And you really believe that?

 

[Ethan23]

Two things to take outta that:-
1. Dec has been talking to Joey
2. Yaya’s got bigger chippy tits than me

That top isn't doing anything for them chippy tits

 

[DeBlueLou]

And you really believe that?

HENCE the perhaps. City didn't have a sterling replacement, for example. Just a hunch

 

[p.taker]

HENCE the perhaps. City didn't have a sterling replacement, for example. Just a hunch

So if we lose out on Rice we should win another treble? ;)

 

[PragueBlue]

HENCE the perhaps. City didn't have a sterling replacement, for example. Just a hunch

We already had Grealish and Foden, so didn't require a replacement.

 

[Stoned Rose]

the emotional investment isn't on Rice per se, it's more that if we lose out, city perhaps doesn't have a plan B. That is what makes me nervous.

How to tell us you don’t know how we operate without telling us.

 

[flb]

The level of emotional investment in this thread is astonishing.
If he wants us, we get him. If he don't, we won't.

I suppose it’s years of hoping that Jamie Pollock could pass a ball further than 3 feet to a man in a blue shirt that does it to people eventually, or even the next “Ryan Giggs” that was Buster Phillips when he signed from Exeter City. The nightmare is still there after all these years.

 

[Tb1981]

Wow, Arteta's got 3 friends.

Pep asked xavi to bid
Thought our offer was too low!

 

[Kamaro011]

Now that we've signed Kovacic, I genuinely don't see where Rice fits in (especially given the profile of the other players that we're supposedly after).

Spot the odd one out:

Kovacic - Chelsea - Prefers 8, can play 6
Gvardiol - Leipzig - Plays 5 or 3
Hakimi - PSG - Plays 2
Rice - West fucking Ham - ?

Hakimi no way chance in hell, he have serious rape allegation case right now. Will be stupid for City to release Mendy only to buy Hakimi next.

 

[DMA's]

Bad optics if we get outbid by them imo and Pep doesn’t really give a shit about the fee but will want the player?

Whichever team misses out on rice is going to have to deal with the bad optics. If it’s true pep wants him we just have to get this deal done after the gundogan departure. Gotta keep our foot on our opponents throats