Eliaquim Mangala

[RayCTID]

A good piece of business for an unwanted player. I wish him well at Lyon.

 

[richards30]

£18m? Txiki deserves a blue moon knighthood if he pulls that off!!

 

[City_Sean]

A good piece of business for an unwanted player. I wish him well at Lyon.

There's definitely a top player in there, but not the right fit for us. Interested to see how Lyon spend the Tolisso and Lacazette money.

 

[Citizen Green]

I'll get slated here... I actually think if he played under a defensive coach like Conte or Mourinho where he'd be protected, he'd develop into a top player.

That said he's never going to fit into our expansive brand of football and I wish him the best, the lad tried.

 

[RayCTID]

There's definitely a top player in there, but not the right fit for us. Interested to see how Lyon spend the Tolisso and Lacazette money.

It's not a bad move and Mangala will be under less pressure (especially with the fee).

 

[Andy Morrisons jock strap]

I'll get slated here... I actually think if he played under a defensive coach like Conte or Mourinho where he'd be protected, he'd develop into a top player.

That said he's never going to fit into our expansive brand of football and I wish him the best, the lad tried.

Good point hes no worse than Cahill and Conte has made him and Luiz look like world beaters which they deffo aint

 

[MeatHunterrr]

I'll get slated here... I actually think if he played under a defensive coach like Conte or Mourinho where he'd be protected, he'd develop into a top player.

That said he's never going to fit into our expansive brand of football and I wish him the best, the lad tried.

Its a fair point tbh. I think Fernando could look useful as well in compact system, but never in City's system so they have to go.

 

[bluebarn]

£18m? Txiki deserves a blue moon knighthood if he pulls that off!!

Surely it was Txiki that signed him in the first place. I don't think a £24m loss deserves a knighthood! (Although I do think that £18m in the circumstances is reasonable)

 

[ninjamonkey]

Don't agree with the consensus that £18 million is good business. It's fairly poor i think. Putting aside what we paid for him, in today's market that's nothing. Harry Maguire jas just gone to Leicester from Hull for £17 million.

I still believe he's a very very good defender and fully expect Lyon to sell him on for probably double that if not more within a few years tops

 

[pudge]

The entire transfer, from buying to selling the player, has been wank.