Ederson (defensive midfielder Atalanta)

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

Éderson (José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva) is an absolute workhorse positionally aware but still good at pressing and getting stuck in, technically impressive and knows how and when to pick out a pass too he reminds me a little bit of Fernandinho.

He's been linked to us a few times lately maybe not as much as Zubimendi or Ricci but I still think it's enough to merit his own thread, could potentially be a great option for us he's impressed every time I've seen him, I'm not gonna pretend I've watched him loads but I've always been left impressed by him.

With there already being separate threads for Adam Wharton Martin Zubimendi and Samuele Ricci as potential help for Rodri, thought I'd throw another defensive midfield alternative to talk about in Rodri's absence.

 

[ScottSinclair]

Think Liverpool wanted him at some stage in the summer

 

[ninjamonkey]

I've been seriously impressed by him everytime I've seen him play, admittedly that's only a handful of times though. Fernandinho-esque was my first thought when I first came across him, he covers a lot of ground. Always suspicous with Italian based players though, the league is vastly different, many struggle to adapt.

I don't think there's any chance of him being made available in January anyway.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Hmm he's 6 foot. Maybe.. just maybe..

 

[Matt Diablo]

We need a big unit not another 5ft 6er. So it's a yes from me

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

Ederson still linked with rumours Atalanta would be prepared to sell him in January, even if it's mainly Martin Zubimendi links we're seeing it seems he's still an option.

 

[richards30]

Either would be greatly received!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Hmm he's 6 foot. Maybe.. just maybe..

It's not all about that. Javi Garcia was a giant in the midfield, yet he stunk up the whole place, if we were given the option to sign Garcia or the petite sized Fernandinho, I know who most of here would pick, I might even go as far as suggesting we bring our very own youth academy product, Kante back home :)

 

[skillman]

It's not all about that. Javi Garcia was a giant in the midfield, yet he stunk up the whole place, if we were given the option to sign Garcia or the petite sized Fernandinho, I know who most of here would pick, I might even go as far as suggesting we bring our very own youth academy product, Kante back home :)

Don't you remember 2013/14 run-in Javi Garcia? How disrespectful!!

In all seriousness, he had everything to be brilliant I thought - just lacked pace (severely) but his awareness and positioning helped cover that. When he was good, he was very good. But when he was shit...

I watched a video of all of Yaya's City goals the other day. It made me miss having units in centre midfield who could carry the ball but also take the pass with passing and movement too. Such a unicorn of a footballer.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

BRING BACK PHILIPS

 

[Keeper!]

BRING BACK PHILIPS

He may be a little slow

Although faster than Kalvin

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

But my word he could certainly strike the ball at goal. Thought he was great for us and certainly underrated.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Would love him and Scalvini from Atalanta.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

BRING BACK PHILIPS

We could finally make him a £10m player.

 

[Gordyola]

BRING BACK PHILIPS

Will it be worth more than ETIHAD though?

 

[Utter bobbins]

It's not all about that. Javi Garcia was a giant in the midfield, yet he stunk up the whole place, if we were given the option to sign Garcia or the petite sized Fernandinho, I know who most of here would pick, I might even go as far as suggesting we bring our very own youth academy product, Kante back home :)

He really didn’t

 

[Keeper!]

We could finally make him a £10m player.

Pep's good but that good?

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

It's not all about that. Javi Garcia was a giant in the midfield, yet he stunk up the whole place, if we were given the option to sign Garcia or the petite sized Fernandinho, I know who most of here would pick, I might even go as far as suggesting we bring our very own youth academy product, Kante back home :)

Javi Garcia was actually a pretty solid and good player who gets unjustified hate for me, this is a poor take he did well for us but just had people who refused to accept him, his only real crime was replacing fan favourite Nigel De Jong.

This didn't stop him being a very important squad member in the 2013/14 season, and quite frankly he was much better player than his hyped up replacement Fernando.

With NDJ before him and both Fernandinho's arrival and now Rodri we've been truly blessed, honestly though I really think Pep would've liked Javi Garcia, he was strong on the ball rarely ever made a bad pass and was very positionally aware.

The main reason people hated Garcia is he didn't cover many yards he wasn't Nigel De Jong but they didn't see what he added, he more more made up for his lack of pace by being positionally spot on and was an important cog in our title win with Gareth Barry sold.

Although we loved Nigel De Jong because fought for every single ball he still had his own weaknesses, like he didn't suit a true possession side and always potentially had a red card in him waiting to happen.

Javi Garcia is deeply disrespected player in our fan base from back then because lets have it right our midfield was pure quality, take Javi Garcia away from our side in the 2013/14 Prem and League Cup winning season and it becomes a lot harder, he took part in 47 games in total 29 games in the league helping us to close out games due to his passing and positioning.

 

[leo_city]

Most ideal signing if we can manage it in terms of profile and need in Jan.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He really didn’t

Garcia was trash. Aleix Garcia even looked better in that role