Erling Haaland

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Keeper! said:
The timing of letting Torres go is a strange one for me, end of the season no issue, but half way through a season you don't weaken a squad, however good our squad is.
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I agree.

Back to your question, I think up to say £25m, I can't imagine Dortmund would accept that as premium in January. Over £30m, might begin to feel worth it, at the risk of not securing top4.

(and yes gus, I know you are already typing up your definitive Dortmund are guaranteed top4 this season, jusy remember how many times and how confidently you expected them Not to make top4 last year and I kept expecting them to squeeze in there, when they were hovering around 7th. They will know there is a risk and be professional about it, would be irresponsible otherwise).

Would we offer £30m+, as well as negotiating energy on Dortmund, for a player we might feel we can land for that much less and with no hassle from his club at least by simply paying a release clause? That could pretty much pay up his agent's and dad's bonuses.

I don't really think so. Pre torres sale, I would have felt almost certain. Now, I highly doubt it. I don't see how a January move really suits anyone, unfortunately.
 
Coatigan said:
I agree.

Back to your question, I think up to say £25m, I can't imagine Dortmund would accept that as premium in January. Over £30m, might begin to feel worth it, at the risk of not securing top4.

(and yes gus, I know you are already typing up your definitive Dortmund are guaranteed top4 this season, jusy remember how many times and how confidently you expected them Not to make top4 last year and I kept expecting them to squeeze in there, when they were hovering around 7th. They will know there is a risk and be professional about it, would be irresponsible otherwise).

Would we offer £30m+, as well as negotiating energy on Dortmund, for a player we might feel we can land for that much less and with no hassle from his club at least by simply paying a release clause? That could pretty much pay up his agent's and dad's bonuses.

I don't really think so. Pre torres sale, I would have felt almost certain. Now, I highly doubt it. I don't see how a January move really suits anyone, unfortunately.
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Not sure when Fifa's agent ruling comes into play, Riaola getting his grubby mits on serious cash will help any deal.
 
Chevelle said:
Well I guess he had been injured for ages anyway and they assume our coach will just Pep his way out of it.
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Ages? 6 weeks and about to return

We have lost Rodri and Jesus and possibly Walker, who knows how long for.

Mahrez off to the Arfican nations , as said you don't weaken when chasing trophies unless we are skint ;) or have something lined up.
 
Keeper! said:
Not sure when Fifa's agent ruling comes into play, Riaola getting his grubby mits on serious cash will help any deal.
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Another thought that did cross my mind.

Just can't see it happening though, will believe that one (cap on agent fees) when i see it
 
Keeper! said:
Ages? 6 weeks and about to return

We have lost Rodri and Jesus and possibly Walker, who knows how long for.

Mahrez off to the Arfican nations , as said you don't weaken when chasing trophies unless we are skint ;) or have something lined up.
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I hope you are right, but I don’t think we will sign anyone in January.
 
Tevez City said:
I hope Haaland isn't wasting our time.

If he want to join City then I am sure Khaldoon will bring him, if not and he see City as his plan B or C then just move to the next target.

I think striker role is over rated anyway, City don't have striker yet no club scored more goals in England so far this season than City.



Most goals in Europe so far :

50 goals for City & Liverpool

41 goals for Real Madrid

49 goals for Inter

56 goals for Bayern Munich

39 goals for Paris
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I want and think there is a good chance to get Haaland. That said Its easy to think Haaland will score 30 so suddenly the team will score 30 more goals, we wouldn’t as others wouls score less.
So lets say he scores 30 and guess that means the team scores 10 - 15 more. The hope is those 10 15 come in tight games we are struggling to get over the line. That isn’t guaranteed though.
Of course if we didn’t get Haaland the further down the striker list you go the less chance of them greatly improving what we have because we are already very very good.
 
Bpughh said:
A real pic of him at a real airport. Not doing much for me.

Pep saying no striker in January to me is just to stop getting the questions. Likely won't be easy or even possible to get this over the line and no one wants questions all month long. But my money is we're in negotiations right now and we've been in contact for quite some time.

I do think he ends up at City in January. Barca/ Madrid, La Liga only is a load of it... He's been on record many times saying how much he likes the EPL. His house is also in Marbella, Spain. On the coast. Don't think he's planning on commuting from there to Madrid every day.

Hard to imagine Torres sold, Mahrez off to African cup and us not bringing in another body. We're too ambitious.

The Haaland looked-to-be goodbyes. He's a massive City fan. To me, this is as much of a nailed-on thing as Mbappe is to Madrid. Only thing that could mess it up is Raiola.
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It just feels like he is coming and that all parties are doing everything to hide the fact. The question is does anything happen in January? Transfer? Precontract deal?
 
Something that I think is a bit sobering is to think of City as a proposition for Haaland without Pep. We are still competitive but the dominance of recent years is down in large part to his leadership.

Being close to the club we know how well run it is but from the perspective of an outsider I think it'll be harder to tell. Every club pitching to the Haaland camp will be talking up their grand plans and how well run they are.

I don't think this is a decisive factor but it's something to bear in mind for posters saying that if he wants to win trophies it just has to be City. They'll be looking at their chances over a 4-5 year window. Signing for City it looks unlikely that Pep is there for that whole time. Personally I reckon he'll stay longer than his current contract but right now there's only another 18 months in writing.
 
Dobsy said:
Something that I think is a bit sobering is to think of City as a proposition for Haaland without Pep. We are still competitive but the dominance of recent years is down in large part to his leadership.

Being close to the club we know how well run it is but from the perspective of an outsider I think it'll be harder to tell. Every club pitching to the Haaland camp will be talking up their grand plans and how well run they are.

I don't think this is a decisive factor but it's something to bear in mind for posters saying that if he wants to win trophies it just has to be City. They'll be looking at their chances over a 4-5 year window. Signing for City it looks unlikely that Pep is there for that whole time. Personally I reckon he'll stay longer than his current contract but right now there's only another 18 months in writing.
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I definitely agree but this is “easily” handled by him speaking to Pep or a new extension. I say this because talks of fucking Rogers being a potential replacement, on the other hand, don’t help
 
Dobsy said:
Something that I think is a bit sobering is to think of City as a proposition for Haaland without Pep. We are still competitive but the dominance of recent years is down in large part to his leadership.

Being close to the club we know how well run it is but from the perspective of an outsider I think it'll be harder to tell. Every club pitching to the Haaland camp will be talking up their grand plans and how well run they are.

I don't think this is a decisive factor but it's something to bear in mind for posters saying that if he wants to win trophies it just has to be City. They'll be looking at their chances over a 4-5 year window. Signing for City it looks unlikely that Pep is there for that whole time. Personally I reckon he'll stay longer than his current contract but right now there's only another 18 months in writing.
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It is a good point however I would like to think that City can show Haaland that even if Pep left hes not going to get replaced by someone like Tim Sherwood. We would be bringing in another world class coach. If we signed Haaland I would be floored if Pep still walked at the end of his contract.

Across Europe there is no one with the stability that we have.
 
He's a brilliant player obviously but there would be a whole circus around him and we'd have to pay him more than everyone else which would cause resentment and disrupt things. I'm coming around to the idea of Vlahovic even though I've only seen snippets of him on youtube!
 
TheThirdDeano said:
Don't forget that ANY super star in the world HAS to be connected to united. It's an unwritten law in the media that united are still big, relevent and can attract anyone and everyone.

In reality they're fucking shit and if he really is entertaining an offer from them I can guarantee it'd be for an amount of money that is incomprehensible to us
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I once heard a debate on the radio about constitutes a big club, you know one of those debates with no answer. Everyone is thinking what makes their club a big club when giving their answer or what makes the rags and dippers big clubs. Money? Can’t be because city have money? Trophies? Can’t be because city have trophies? Records? Can’t be because city have records? Fans? Can’t be fans because City have higher attendances than Liverpool. Then one rag pipes up “profile”, you know that unquantifiable word they can paint themselves in.

Well profile needs relevance and the perception of relevance and only the media can maintain the oxygen needed to sustain that illusion. When you are playing rubbish football and winning nothing all there is left is big star transfer speculation. The funny thing, as well as the superficial nature of this is, is after a while new fans stop falling for it and their existing fan base grows old and withers away.
 
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