TonyColemansbagofapples
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Has Anderson joined another club? I must have missed it, along with all these other blockbuster deals our rivals have managed to get over the line.
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Elliot Anderson | Opening bid rejected (p189)
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Father Paul
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Rather see our new boys in before the league kicks off. We more or less lost it last season with two defeats in August.Because of what? As long as he's here before 11pm on September 1st it's fine.
We had our new boys in before any other team last season. What probably affected us was the CWCRather see our new boys in before the league kicks off. We more or less lost it last season with two defeats in August.
leighton
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Most of our targets are about to going to World Cups. If we are going for non World Cup players yeah you go and get them done and dusted now. Also I think we want the issue with the manager resolved. As in get him in the building so he's there when they sign. No doubt some players be thinking twice with the manager not confirmed yet. Will some be put off City without Pep too that's the issue we never had with Pep as most players wanted to play in his team.
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Exactly. KDB for example developed over the years with us - he didn’t come ready made - ask Phil Thompson :-) :-)
Kev had 10 goals and 20 assists in the league for Wolfsburg when we signed him. Let's not rewrite history.
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With England flying out today I assume we will have to wait until July now to get this one done.
Shame as was hoping we could get it sorted before the World Cup but I guess was never that likely given forest owner
Hopefully we have some agreement on his fee at least. I think, positively, even if he has an incredible world cup he's going to push for a move and we're not up against the whole of Europe for him so should still be in a strong position. If rumours are to believed he wants to join us and we've been working behind the scenes on this a while.
Critical signing for us in my opinion, he'll make us a much more dominant side.
I am impatient as a fan but the World Cup is a 2 way gamble. Doing a deal before the Cup puts us on injury risk. Of course if he becomes the star of the tournament then the price may rise
The thing is, if we think he's good enough long term, it would take a really serious injury to put us off buying him. Yeah you might get a few quid off but it would be peanuts over the life of his time here (again, if we think he's good enough). If he has an insane world cup that's the sort of thing that starts bidding wars with teams previously not in the picture, and really silly numbers being thrown around especially for wages.
We already own a bunch of players that could get injured this world cup. Getting this done before it starts is highly preferable, IMO.
swpswp
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Next Saturday, you say. Can you narrow it down?For this to happen before the WC then it will need to be in the next 2/3 days. Assume England fly out to the States the middle of next week as we play a friendly next Saturday in Tampa.
Kev had 10 goals and 20 assists in the league for Wolfsburg when we signed him. Let's not rewrite history.
I wasn’t rewriting history mate - it was a joke about Phil Thomsons comments when we signed him - with reference to the price
Dammit, I know the games are on at funny times, but did I miss the start of the world cup? How are England doing?Hmm, felt like we needed to get this sorted before the WC. That ships sailed and as we still havent even announced Maresca my confidence in this deal actually happening has largely evaporated.
foggy1974
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Who were those players that we wanted but didn't comeThe rot started with the 115. Players we wanted wouldn't come here or were placed under threat of a ban.
The PL for the most part even if it can't prove the 115 have done serious damage to the club's reputation.
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I wasn’t rewriting history mate - it was a joke about Phil Thomsons comments when we signed him - with reference to the price
Ahh got you. Don't forget Merson as well!
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Who were those players that we wanted but didn't come
He's said Rice and Paqueta hahahahahahaha
foggy1974
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As much as I hate Real Madrid, I think you're absolutely spot on about their pulling power. I'm struggling to think of a player we've genuinely missed out since Pogba & Ssnchez. You could probably say Wirtz but supposedly he was worried about how long Pep would be around. Since Wirtz signed for the dippers, it's ironic Slot only stayed a couple of days more than PepPep chose KP over Rice. By the time we realised it was a mistake Arsenal had Rice all lined up.
Paqueta didn’t snub us we changed our mind after the betting scandal.
JB went to Real Madrid. Real Madrid will always have the most pulling power….although we did very well to get Haaland over them.
Perhaps you should have used Wirtz as an example but then I doubt 115 had much to do with it.
We will never know but we couldn’t have done much better trophy wise with the players we signed with or without 115 so I don’t get you point, it seems very random and flies in the face of the sponsorship deals we have signed over the years.
I think the overall financial package of Wirtz was the stopper for us.As much as I hate Real Madrid, I think you're absolutely spot on about their pulling power. I'm struggling to think of a player we've genuinely missed out since Pogba & Ssnchez. You could probably say Wirtz but supposedly he was worried about how long Pep would be around. Since Wirtz signed for the dippers, it's ironic Slot only stayed a couple of days more than Pep
It looks like we were right not to get involved with silly money for him.
He's been really poor
He may improve but that price tag could look horrendous in a few seasons.I think the overall financial package of Wirtz was the stopper for us.
It looks like we were right not to get involved with silly money for him.
He's been really poor
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richards30
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Defo thought we would have heard something on this before he left for the World Cup
Eliminated in penalty shootout again. Are you surprised?Dammit, I know the games are on at funny times, but did I miss the start of the world cup? How are England doing?
If we sign him before the World Cup and he gets injured or seriously injured during the World Cup, we’re fucked. Are you City going to take that risk, or are they going wait and sign him after the World Cup, and he’s not injured, and have to pay a higher price?