Erling Haaland

[vincent]

The stars are aligned for January. He needs the move, Dortmund get extra cash, City get a top drawer goal poacher and his agent/dad get to earn 5% on their 20 million apiece for 5 bonus months.
He also gets another bite at the chumps league.

Really can’t see it. I also think City/Pep would prefer to wait until the summer. Pep is loyal to his players; we buy Haaland and he pretty much has to start. Not sure Pep would do that mid season when we have a very settled team/squad that is performing very well.

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

Looked lazy and uninterested to me however I accept we all have bad games

On the move in January and doesn’t want to get injured?

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

Really can’t see it. I also think City/Pep would prefer to wait until the summer. Pep is loyal to his players; we buy Haaland and he pretty much has to start. Not sure Pep would do that mid season when we have a very settled team/squad that is performing very well.

Pep would sign and start beelzebub if it meant winning the Champions League.

 

[Shaffer92]

Some weirdos here are salivating to post every stupid and meaningless stat as soon as he has a bad match. As if none of our players have their bad game in them. You're embarrassing

What's embarrassing is Haaland, his Dad and Raiola's demands.

 

[AlanBalls]

What's embarrassing is Haaland, his Dad and Raiola's demands.

Nobody knows the figures for certain - only what Raiola wants the press and public to think. It’s all posturing. We’ll find out in due course.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

What's embarrassing is Haaland, his Dad and Raiola's demands.

Let’s be clear once again, these “demands” are absolutely standard in the market for this player. You can switch Raiola with any other agent and they wouldn’t change.

 

[simon23]

Hehe!! I just can't see us cashing in on our young starlet without having a concrete plan in place for his replacement. I just can't see us doing that again.

Palmer the replacement??? i konw he is already in the first team squad so in terms of numbers we would be one down but maybe Palmer is stepping up the pecking order in Pep's mind?

 

[Dobsy]

Palmer the replacement??? i konw he is already in the first team squad so in terms of numbers we would be one down but maybe Palmer is stepping up the pecking order in Pep's mind?

He's looked capable when he's played.

 

[city warrior]

What's embarrassing is Haaland, his Dad and Raiola's demands.

Embarrassing to compare him to Havertz,Pulisic or Werner.
Embarrasing to say the fastest player ever to get to +20 goals at UCL is nothing special.
Embarrasing saying a player that has more than 1 goal/match is nothing special.
Embarrasing that the player everyone is saying will be the best(with Mbappe) in the next 10 years is nothing special.

Getting a player that can be the best in the next 10 years for 75 M + 30M on wages would be the steal of the century. 30 M is the new 20M for the stars(Ronaldo,Mbappe, Neymar, Messi, Bale, Hazard, Griezmann, Salah when he signs a new deal…)

 

[bluealf]

What's embarrassing is Haaland, his Dad and Raiola's demands.

What's really embarrassing is being the poster who was slagging off John Stones in the last match thread as he helped the team out by playing right-back.

A clean sheet and a goal.

 

[Shaffer92]

What's really embarrassing is being the poster who was slagging off John Stones in the last match thread as he helped the team out by playing right-back.

A clean sheet and a goal.

oh ffs. I said he let's attackers cut inside to their strong foot too easily and I stand by that. Doesn't mean I think he's a bad player.

 

[bluealf]

oh ffs. I said he let's attackers cut inside to their strong foot too easily and I stand by that. Doesn't mean I think he's a bad player.

Where did I say you think he is a bad player?

I said you slagged him off in the match thread.


Then there is this beauty, which probably explains your erm bias...

-Bothers me that Pep will almost undoubtedly rotate Stones in when Laporte probably runs more at cool down sessions. On top of just not letting Dias get any sort of real rhythm with Laporte it also forces Dias to play on the left side. I understand Pep needs to keep players happy, but damn..

The fact Stones was 10x the CB Laporte was last season and he and Dias formed a strong partnership with Dias playing,
oddly enough, at LCB.

There was a reason Laporte chucked his toys out of the pram in the summer.

Never mind maybe Sterling will be back on the pitch so you can get full entertainment slating him as per.

 

[jamesha]

Pep would sign and start beelzebub if it meant winning the Champions League.

Nah - he's obviously destined for the rags

 

[Mancity1980]

Isn't he club tied to Dortmund for the Champions League?

Besides that, I'm pretty sure all indications point to him staying there, so I don't see it happening.

Think some people need a bit of realism here.

You can play for a different team in the knockout stages.

 

[Mancity1980]

Really can’t see it. I also think City/Pep would prefer to wait until the summer. Pep is loyal to his players; we buy Haaland and he pretty much has to start. Not sure Pep would do that mid season when we have a very settled team/squad that is performing very well.

Maybe Pep will wait until the summer, but I disagree about him having to start. No one tells Pep who starts, if he wants to introduce Haaland slowly he will introduce him slowly.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

I'll laugh my bollocks of if games get delayed and we have him in for the rescheduled, later in Jan, while the AFCON goes ahead.

The rage will be incredible.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

 

[samuelyeboah]

lol didn't he try to claim a few weeks ago that he doesn't have a release clause? seems to be worming that back.

 

[Coatigan]

lol didn't he try to claim a few weeks ago that he doesn't have a release clause? seems to be worming that back.

No he openly said there was a release clause. In the summer.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

But there is no way he will leave in January!!!!!