Erling Haaland

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itisrising said:
We did bring in big name players, we broke the bank for Aguero and it served us very well. There's only so well we can try to be cute and clever in the market until we need to actually replace genuine titans of the modern era.

It's not because they have bought superstars, they've just not had the ability to surround them with quality. Financially, they're struggling but not because they've bought superstars.

Football isn't just a game of the pitch, alot of it is optics, PR and ego. At some point, push comes to shove and you need to establish yourself at the top of the table. If City keep missing out on the headline grabbers, we're not a club to be feared in the market.

If we can't sign the most sought after player in the position that we need while another European giant can sign Haaland as a luxury, we accept our place as below them in the football ecosystem. Being principled is a great stance to have but our rivals are not and are prepared to go further than us and it's an inevitability we will fall behind.
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You make some interesting and arguable points but I will stick with what I wrote. Aguero was a well known promising player when City bought him, he became a big name player/superstar by his achievements at City. "The most sought after player" in the public eyes may not be the one City consider to be the optimal fit for City. Doing what's best for City in not accepting " our place as below them in the football ecosystem." it is what has brought us to the top of the tree.
 
MeatHunterrr said:
Its not a myth at all.

Guardiola admitted in January 2019 publicly that we could not pay FDJ as much as our top earner for squad happiness. Barca paid it and he went there.
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You are completely misinterpreting what he said. Please read again: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...de-jong-barcelona-pep-guardiola-a8746806.html And do the right exercise, which is to read what is Pep is saying between the lines.
Also look at what FDJ himself said about how he ended up at Barcelona.

We overpaid to get Grealish and his wages are already proof that for a signing we want, we will take the wages to where the market dictates.
The idea that no one can overtake or match Kevin’s wages will live on just as long as it’s a fact, and it’s not set in stone anywhere that it will be a fact for long. These truths will all crumble.
It’s like I said: we play the game the market sets. And we ourselves helped set the bar high with the Grealish deal. When we paid 100M, we were also making it harder for other teams in the future, and I suspect we like that we did that. When Pep is gone, to stay on top, it’s spending. There isn’t another manager we can get that will attract players to come — or do we think Klopp will succeed Pep here?! And we will to feed the successor the absolute best. That means doing what the market dictates. This isn’t socialism my friends.
 
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BrazilianBlue (Gus) said:
Yes but it doesn’t come from this. Same way he doesn’t give players play time for that reason alone
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Any happy/content squad I coached had an extra intangible strength, a vital extra facet compared to squads that were unhappy. I can only speak from my own experience and concur with Pep, that it is not a myth.
 
samarasra said:
You make some interesting and arguable points but I will stick with what I wrote. Aguero was a well known promising player when City bought him, he became a big name player/superstar by his achievements at City. "The most sought after player" in the public eyes may not be the one City consider to be the optimal fit for City. Doing what's best for City in not accepting " our place as below them in the football ecosystem." it is what has brought us to the top of the tree.
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I think Aguero was more than just a promising player, he had hit 4 20+ goal campaigns at the age of 23. Brian Marwood mentioned how quickly City moved for Aguero because there was competition and because it was such a huge coup for us. We were lucky we were in s time where there were 5 or 6 elite strikers around so it opened the door to bring him in but he was a huge statement at the time.

The thing with Haaland is we know City want him. There isn't a club in the world who wouldn't. Just listening to Pep talk about him is clear how much he rates him. It's an issue of finance and aggressive in the market to sign him.

But City have flexed their financial muscle in the past to get major deals done. Yaya Toure was given a ridiculous wage packet at the time and Tevez's fee was totally insane. But they were vital parts of our success. There's a time and a place to make those transactions and we're at that point.
 
samarasra said:
Any happy/content squad I coached had an extra intangible strength, a vital extra facet compared to squads that were unhappy. I can only speak from my own experience and concur with Pep, that it is not a myth.
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I think you are misunderstanding what I was trying to say. I didn’t say there aren’t happy squads — although we would be surprised to find that some of the most successful teams in football history had extremely chaotic behind the scenes and dressing rooms. What I meant to say is this idea that in every decision made at the club, the “happiness” of the players are taken in consideration. Like it’s a socialist environment, and we need to consult with everybody: “oh Mr Kyle Walker, is it okay if we bring this player X and pay him more than you? Please let us know. If you say you will be unhappy, we are scraping our plans!”
 
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