Erling Haaland

[Claytop]

1) We are the best team in the world
2) We have the best manager in the world
3) We can afford him
4) He supports City
5) He is the ideal signing for us
6) We are the ideal destination for him
7) Both he and City are making the right noises
8) His reputation is such right now that this is the right time to negotiate a massive deal
9) The Premier League is the biggest of all

Yeh, but apart from that?

 

[David Silva]

It’s already started, in case you haven’t noticed lol

I meant more in the sense of alternating between excitement and flapping every 12 hrs as each article/tweet gets posted haha

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Yeh, but apart from that?

10) We have the best reputation in english football for looking after our players.
11) Players who join us tend to improve
12) We sell Chicken Balti Pies

 

[Claytop]

10) We have the best reputation in english football for looking after our players.
11) Players who join us tend to improve
12) We sell Chicken Balti Pies

Took you until Point 12 but you finally nailed it.

I'm convinced.

 

[KennyG]

Gutted :(

 

[bobom]

Gutted :(

Why?

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Why would he stay at Dortmund and achieve fuck all again

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Why?

Lol

 

[Centurions]

Why?

Try saying 'gutted' in a scouse accent, I strongly suspect that will answer your question.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

1) We are the best team in the world
2) We have the best manager in the world
3) We can afford him
4) He supports City
5) He is the ideal signing for us
6) We are the ideal destination for him
7) Both he and City are making the right noises
8) His reputation is such right now that this is the right time to negotiate a massive deal
9) The Premier League is the biggest of all

Yeah, OK but can he play in a Pep team?

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

What has a picture of him drinking tea out of a samovar got to do with it?

 

[Lord Blue]

I think that if we get him it will be next summer not this and via the escape clause. yes there will be competition but if (and its a fairly sizeable if) he choose us it will be great and if he doesn't then we were right not to go big for him. actually i've no idea about anything and can't be arsed.

 

[waspish]

Unless we get Messi we are going to buy a striker this summer

 

[mancityscot]

Try saying 'gutted' in a scouse accent, I strongly suspect that will answer your question.

gootitttt?

 

[blueparrot]

Unless we get Messi we are going to buy a striker this summer

Think so too, getting Messi would just take the pressure off having to overspend on one this summer. But if we don't get Messi then we'll have to pay what we have to pay. Not sure where we go though if Dortmund dig in, for £150 mill.
If Messi was to come for 500 k / week for a year then we got Haaland next summer for £65 mill. That would be ideal as far as I'm concerned.

 

[VOOMER]

If its down to £75 million in 12 months, then they'll sell him for £90-100 million, because we won't be the only club that will wait.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

What has a picture of him drinking tea out of a samovar got to do with it?

Looks like a giant Christmas cracker

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I'm not inclined to believe anything printed in the media between now and the summer. Dortmund qualifying for the Champions League will obviously make things harder but I think they'd still be willing to sell for the right price, especially if it means getting significantly more for him than they will next summer.

It will be also interesting if (and it's a big if) he really wants to join us. The hole left by Aguero might not be there in a year's time so I'd expect that Mino will go all in if it's what his client wants.

 

[bobom]

Well, on paper it comes down to whether they think his contribution next season is worth more than the difference between this season's price and next's. E.g. If they can get £120m for him this season and 75 next, is his contribution to them next season worth the £45m?

In practice, whether the deal will happen will come down to whether he is happy to tell BVB he wants a move. If he is, it will happen, if he isn't, it may not.

What will affect that is the fact that we are only in the market for a number 9 this season. I don't think we'll hold off, even for Haaland. If its not to be Haaland this summer, we'll buy someone else this, because this is the main gap in our team. And we're not going to buy Kane or Lukaku this summer and then Haaland in 12 months.

So it's this summer or never imo. I think we'll get him, but only after a KDB/Wolfsburg type saga.

 

[David Silva]

I'm not inclined to believe anything printed in the media between now and the summer. Dortmund qualifying for the Champions League will obviously make things harder but I think they'd still be willing to sell for the right price, especially if it means getting significantly more for him than they will next summer.

It will be also interesting if (and it's a big if) he really wants to join us. The hole left by Aguero might not be there in a year's time so I'd expect that Mino will go all in if it's what his client wants.

I reckon that will be the case. Much like we all knew a first choice CB would be signed last year (be it Koulibaly or eventually Dias), if we can’t get haaland I’m pretty sure we will move for an alternative.