Eberechi Eze

He didn't say Eze but I believe that was the player he was alluding to. Him and Tolmie both have different sources on this as well I believe.
Sorry for the madness last night. I'd had a drink and got giddy ha. I did hear some rumours last night from an agent I know that I met many years ago at a youth game. He's been pretty reliable to me over the years. Got no reason to doubt he's not being this time either. Basically it is Eze yeah. City are interested in him. No idea how advanced or whether we'll even bid, but just that we like him a lot, so I though I'd share that. I get that's underwhelming for a lot of people, but personally I think he's brilliant. Such a majestic footballer who deserve better players around him. Like Ake did at Bournemouth. I can only guess though in the Premier League market he'd cost a stupid amount. English tax too. We'll see. Please don't take this post as confirmation of a bid or owt. Might be one that we think is too difficult for now. Who knows!
 
I feel like our style of play is changing this season. We have a defence that can see out a 1 nil win with not much trouble. A lot more teams in the league are pressing high leaving space in behind.

We have Kova who can play deep with Rodri in a double pivot basically two CDMs , Foden playing as ten in midfield. We launch counter attacks a lot quicker when we win the ball.

We’ve sat back a lot more against Burnley and even more against Newcastle. We used the long ball more to Haaland. Just think of Doku in the space Walker had is nightmare fuel for opposition teams. It broke Newcastles press every time

Feels like Pep is changing the team again. The transfers we’ve targeted excel at dribbling and moving the ball quickly up the pitch.

Gvardiol
Kovacic
Doku
Eze ( if it is )

All excel at dribbling and moving the ball at speed. Foden and Alvarez in that Newcastle game were like two tens.
This is what is going over some people. Other teams stayed playing pep ball and Pep is laying new foundations. V exciting times of these transfers go through.

Age is going down and we can take on anyone in devastating fashion and Haaland will have creative supply all over the pitch.
 
So you'd literally pay whatever the asked? What if they wanted £140m, would that still be irrelevant?

I personally think more like 50 or 60m for this guy would be fair and I hope our owners aren't forced into paying ott
the money is irrelevant as its not ours.

He is worth what the seller deems him worth and what the buyer deems he is worth not what you or I believe he is worth

If city dont think he is worth it (long term, remember) we will walk away

No one can force us to pay anything. We will have a price cap and will stick to it
 
Also what’s happened to our approach of being calm and patient in the market? To go from waiting next summer for Haaland after being quoted a high price for Kane and rejecting brightons valuation of cucurella and picking up a smart buy in Alvarez etc etc… to having paid €65M for Doku and now rumoured to be in for Eze who doesn’t solve our issues and looking at a potential fee of £90M.
Chelsea have spooked the market. Also, with the rags paying £80-90M for antony, £72M for Aldi Hojlund and Arsenal paying £115M for Rice, no wonder lower/mid table teams want serious money for their better players. Unfortunately, as one famous piss head said, ''There's no value in the market'', you simply have to bite the bullet and stump up, or stick with what you have and hope for the best.
 
I no longer care about prices. They are all getting crazier and crazier and imo go back to the initial design of FFP when controls could have been put in place to prevent such inflation but instead the only purpose was to protect the elite.
 
90m is ridiculous. For me he would be a back up player who isn’t as good as what we currently have.

Just give Macatee or Palmer a chance. I honestly think they could save us all of this money
one of those two players dont even play the same role as Eze.....

One of them is a winger!
 

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