Erling Haaland

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Musampa 209 said:
I don’t think it would be smart to bet against Haaland winning the Prem golden boot in his first season.

His stats speak for themselves, particularly his CL ones. 40% conversion rate isn’t it?
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Wouldn’t bet against it but it will be a big move - the fee may impact him, the league is a lot quicker - most players take around a year to adjust - and the general standard of teams is higher than in the Bundesliga.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I just wish for the first time, we actually flex our financial muscle and get this deal done.

Send a message out, whatever the cost.
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Tbf when City pull out of these type of deals we haven't faired too badly.

Utd flexed their financial muscle on Pogba, Sanchez and Maguire and we know how well they've done.
 
decmancity said:
So what is the biggest move in your opinion?
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In terms of significance and contribution to their teams in the last decade Kev, Salad, VanDyke, Dias imo are all bigger moves than Kane would be. Haaland, when he moves will pip it this year.
It seems people have a hard-on for Shearer's record being broken, and because Kane once scored 30 goals in a wonder season, everyone thinks he will pip that with us.
 
Coatigan said:
In terms of significance and contribution to their teams in the last decade Kev, Salad, VanDyke, Dias imo are all bigger moves than Kane would be. Haaland, when he moves will pip it this year.
It seems people have a hard-on for Shearer's record being broken, and because Kane once scored 30 goals in a wonder season, everyone thinks he will pip that with us.
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We would be signing the England captain, one of the best goal scorers in the past 5/6 years and adding him to a team that just won the Premier League. KDB, Salah and VVD are only up there in hindsight, nobody knew what they would do when they arrived. KDB was class but in the Bundesliga, was no guarantee he would hit the level he has. Salah was scoring in Serie A but its a shite league and VVD was good at Southampton but no guarantee he would do what he did when he had to step up to that level.

Kane is going to break that record with or without City, what has that got to do with anything?

However, It is pretty much guaranteed he will score 25+ in all comps every year he is with us with the service he will get.
 
argyle said:
Tbf when City pull out of these type of deals we haven't faired too badly.

Utd flexed their financial muscle on Pogba, Sanchez and Maguire and we know how well they've done.
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Definitely true when we’ve gone up against United. I suppose on the flip side you could argue that Hazard did well for Chelsea though
 
Coatigan said:
In terms of significance and contribution to their teams in the last decade Kev, Salad, VanDyke, Dias imo are all bigger moves than Kane would be. Haaland, when he moves will pip it this year.
It seems people have a hard-on for Shearer's record being broken, and because Kane once scored 30 goals in a wonder season, everyone thinks he will pip that with us.
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Shearers record, oh you mean the most goals ever scored in the prem. don’t make out like it’s nothing, you look a tit.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
Agreed, I think its the financial package more than anything that's likely to have put City off, a reported fee north of 150M the payoff to Alf and Mino, maybe 20M a year in wages. Kane won't be cheap but the overall numbers will add up to a fair old amount in difference.
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And we already have a fine young striker in Liam Delap which Pep will blood
This kid has huge potential our very own Haaland imo but we have to pe patient
 
decmancity said:
So what is the biggest move in your opinion?
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decmancity said:
Why do you keep looking at these deals purely from one perspective.

Maybe City are going for Kane because Haaland has not answered the phone to Pep or sent Txiki a whatsapp telling him to do one.

A mistake is chasing Haaland all summer for him to end up at Chelsea and we end up with Danny Ings. City don't get in transfer nonsense anymore, that is why most players we sign have release clauses. No nonsense, deal done.

Signing Kane is not some no mark transfer, it would be the biggest move this league has seen in a decade.
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Disagree, Haaland is a fantastic player and still young. He will hit the ground running with plenty of goals. Kane will be 28 soon and is plagued with ankle issues. It will be a bit of a risk paying Levy what he wants which will be north of 100M. Don’t get me wrong Kane’s a good player but Haalands a phenomenal talent and is the better deal. It will be the biggest transfer this year and beyond. Fair play to Chelsea, they have a history of making good deals.I can see them doing a player swap deal to soften the 172M asking price.
 
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BlueTG said:
You’re right, that would be worse.

A 37 year old striker with attitude problems who couldn’t cut it in the Chinese Super league. Jesus Christ.
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Easy tiger, it was a little tongue in cheek. Although I don’t see Chelsea complaining about 36 year old centre back who just won the champs league.
 
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decmancity said:
Why do you keep looking at these deals purely from one perspective.

Maybe City are going for Kane because Haaland has not answered the phone to Pep or sent Txiki a whatsapp telling him to do one.

A mistake is chasing Haaland all summer for him to end up at Chelsea and we end up with Danny Ings. City don't get in transfer nonsense anymore, that is why most players we sign have release clauses. No nonsense, deal done.

Signing Kane is not some no mark transfer, it would be the biggest move this league has seen in a decade.
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But, logically, why would Haaland say that?

It wasn't a coincidence that there was a camera nearby when he said 'beautiful, eh' entering the Etihad or all those links he has to the club.
 
citymad said:
Disagree, Haarland is a fantastic player and still young. He will not the ground running on its premiership. Kane will be 28 soon and is plagued with ankle issues. It will be a bit of a risk paying Levy what he wants which will be north of 100M. Don’t get me wrong Kane’s a good player but Haarlands a phenomenal talent and is the better deal. It will be the biggest transfer this year and beyond. Fair play to Chelsea, they have a history of making good deals.I can see them doing a player swap deal to soften the 172M asking price.
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Nobody is denying Haaland is not great. Doesn’t matter how good the deal is, doesn’t look like he wants to be here or he does but Pep doesn’t care because he wants Kane.
Chelsea do have a lot more to offer Dortmund in terms of players.
itisrising said:
But, logically, why would Haaland say that?

It wasn't a coincidence that there was a camera nearby when he said 'beautiful, eh' entering the Etihad or all those links he has to the club.
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Why not? Things in life change, maybe it’s because Chelsea are offering double his wages and a week on Romans yacht, maybe Pep has rang him and said sorry pal I’m going for Harry. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen but it’s looking more and more likely we aren’t moving for Haaland for whatever reason.

of course he knew the cameras were there but what’s he going to say? “Shithole this emptyhad”... he seems a good lad and yeah he has links but let’s not delude ourselves that he’s anything like Foden.
 
decmancity said:
Nobody is denying Haaland is not great. Doesn’t matter how good the deal is, doesn’t look like he wants to be here or he does but Pep doesn’t care because he wants Kane.
Chelsea do have a lot more to offer Dortmund in terms of players.

Why not? Things in life change, maybe it’s because Chelsea are offering double his wages and a week on Romans yacht, maybe Pep has rang him and said sorry pal I’m going for Harry. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen but it’s looking more and more likely we aren’t moving for Haaland for whatever reason.

of course he knew the cameras were there but what’s he going to say? “Shithole this emptyhad”... he seems a good lad and yeah he has links but let’s not delude ourselves that he’s anything like Foden.
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I get that there may reasons we don't know about but I fail to believe Haaland would blankly turn us down already given that we have so much in our favour. It seems we won't be getting him but there'd have to be a substantial reason why because we've been told our balance sheet is strong, we will be aggressive in the market and he fits a huge gap in the squad currently.
 
ctid83 said:
Chelsea are getting the best striker in world football here
Fair play
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I’d rather he didn’t go there, but I guess there could have been worse destinations he ends up at.
All that said, he’d be my first choice for us ideally.
 
Bobby Heaton Moor said:
But this is what confuses me. Right now, it's looking like Levy and Spurs don't want players in return for Kane. They just want money. So in that case, we're talking WELL over 100m to get him in. When it comes to that price range, how can we justify getting a soon to be 28 year old instead of a "generational talent" (hate that term but it's apt) that genuinely looks like an absolute world beater? I'm just struggling with that logic.
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We’re probably looking at a similar, if not greater transfer fee for Haaland if we want to do it this summer. Plus, there’s a world of difference between paying a 28 yr old in line with your top earners and breaking your wage structure for a 20 yr old. If he stays beyond his first contract, the next one goes higher, as do the club’s other top earners and so on. That’s why long term, and with Raiola as his agent it’s probably not as feasible. Hope I’m wrong, but let’s be honest, Haaland or Kane...first world problems.
 
itisrising said:
I get that there may reasons we don't know about but I fail to believe Haaland would blankly turn us down already given that we have so much in our favour. It seems we won't be getting him but there'd have to be a substantial reason why because we've been told our balance sheet is strong, we will be aggressive in the market and he fits a huge gap in the squad currently.
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Why can’t you believe it?
He’s not looking at going to West Brom here, Chelsea just won the feckin CL. They have a German manager, the likes of Havertz and Werner who he no doubt probably knows and the bright lights of London.
Plenty thought Hazard was nailed on for us till Chelsea dragged him away. Looks like it’s happening again.

Correct we are looking at being aggressive, we are potentially selling Laporte, Bernardo and others and replacing them with new hungry players and if we sign Kane it resolves our striking issue for the foreseeable future. At which point we may have our own lad in Delap coming through. Haaland might be wearing a Madrid shirt by the time Delap is a regular for us and Chelsea are back looking for a striker.

Haaland is no guarantee, no striker is. Us and Chelsea have burnt through hundreds of millions to find that out. Kane in a City team in the premier league is probably as close as you can get.
 
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