Erling Haaland

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Well he’s the one who signed a contract until 2025.

Laporte won't be allowed to go anywhere.

He has to get his head down and accept he will still get plenty of games.

People seem to forget Ruben isn't even a left sided centre back - he's just that good.

Stones needs to stay fit and we have the luxury of Dias rotating with him on the right side pairing, just to keep everyone fresh.

Unless we have an injury crisis to Stones and Dias, we have Ake also providing the third back-up on the left.

It's a wonderful situation to have formulated.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Laporte won't be allowed to go anywhere.

He has to get his head down and accept he will still get plenty of games.

People seem to forget Ruben isn't even a left sided centre back - he's just that good.

Stones needs to stay fit and we have the luxury of Dias rotating with him on the right side pairing, just to keep everyone fresh.

Unless we have an injury crisis to Stones and Dias, we have Ake also providing the third back-up on the left.

It's a wonderful situation to have formulated.

It is a pretty astonishing situation, to have gone from a dearth of top class centre half pairings to this. I always thought our best centre half pairing — rock solid — was Joleon and Vin, especially in the 2011-12 season, until this crop came along. Now we have an embarrassment of riches. I don't say he's up there with the other three, but I suspect that Nathan Ake is going to surprise a few as well, when he finally gets past this injury.

 

[hgblue]

Laporte won't be allowed to go anywhere.

He has to get his head down and accept he will still get plenty of games.

People seem to forget Ruben isn't even a left sided centre back - he's just that good.

Stones needs to stay fit and we have the luxury of Dias rotating with him on the right side pairing, just to keep everyone fresh.

Unless we have an injury crisis to Stones and Dias, we have Ake also providing the third back-up on the left.

It's a wonderful situation to have formulated.

Yep, squad wise things are looking great. It’s not straight forward to replace club legends like Kompany, Yaya and Silva, but we’ve done that without having too major a drop off in performance levels whilst the replacements bed in. Just Sergio to go now....

 

[SWP's back]

if it’s true that he wants at least £300 grand a week to move on then I say fuck him the greedy bastard . Has not done knowhere near enough to warrant that money

Good to know.

 

[HelloCity]

I am wondering what the logic behind going bigger this summer @tolmie's hairdoo is it Aguero and Fernandinho leaving ? Or just there age / leaving the following year or is it just chance that Messi and Haarland being available. Is it Covid reduced prices or is it something else like off field developments e.g campus or is it natural progression of so long at the top with increased revenue etc ? Or some combination if so what’s the main factor or factors ?

Pretty obvious that we need a striker and to get a top one just costs a lot.

 

[oddfellows]

While we were showing Everton and the rest of the Premiership how to play football, Haaland had scored two against one of the best defensive pairings outside of us.

Kounde and Diego Carlos, two centre backs that we were linked with before Dias.

Thank God, oops see what I did there ;-) we went for Dias

 

[WRicko]

A small window of opportunity that exists, allied to finding long term on Sergio, whether he stays for another year or not.

By opportunity you mean right players plus reduced prices due to Covid

Just wondering why this window is seen as so much more important and expensive to replace Sergio than the windows in which we have replaced for example Silva Yaya or Kompany

Appreciate we have always spent but as we keep pointing out to anyone who will listen which is no one we have operated at with a strong squad but a level and price lower than it seems is being suggested this coming window

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

By opportunity you mean right players plus reduced prices due to Covid

Just wondering why this window is seen as so much more important and expensive to replace Sergio than the windows in which we have replaced for example Silva Yaya or Kompany

Appreciate we have always spent but as we keep pointing out to anyone who will listen which is no one we have operated at with a strong squad but a level and price lower than it seems is being suggested this coming window

More the fact has to be this summer or the ships will sail.

Not sure the Covid landscape will change the fees too greatly for the truly elite players.

 

[Mancity1980]

if it’s true that he wants at least £300 grand a week to move on then I say fuck him the greedy bastard . Has not done knowhere near enough to warrant that money

I understand your thoughts on this but I think with top level footballer it is more a pride thing than a greedy thing (if that makes sense). What I mean is it about relative status with their contemporaries, the real greediness is the agents, particularly the git that Haaland hires.

When you add to this the current profile of this young lad I’m afraid £300 grand a week is the going rate. Having said all this for me the most important thing is does he want to play for us. Never buy a player who is only coming for the money (a good example is Blobbie Fowler). I am confident that Pep and co will do their due diligence.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

No one commented or even liked this, but it’s very cool. And could be relevant.