Erling Haaland

[Kamaro011]

Really bound to Madrid at this point, couldn't careless if we didn't get him.

 

[manimanc]

Really bound to Madrid at this point, couldn't careless if we didn't get him.

 

[M12Blue]

I think Delap could prove better for our team play than Haaland could.

My thinking is that we’re pretty damn good without a striker and big strikers, like both Haarland and Delap, are not the most effective doing the tippy tippy stuff around the box against low blocks.
They are very effective in more open games and it is, of course, useful to have a player that can change your dynamic drastically at times.
This has me thinking that, yes, a big striker would be good to have in the squad but that it would need to be a player who was happy to be rotated.
I don’t think Haaland would like being rotated and I don’t think you can afford to rest a player that would cost as much as him.
On the other hand, Delap is home grown / no big outlay and more likely to accept not starting every game . . at least for a few years anyhow.

Added to the above, Haaland’s salary demands could wreck the wage structure and cause all kinds of untied style dressing room discord.
Delap’s salary demands would not eff up the wage structure and we know he’d fit in as a character because he already trains with the first team

Another Delap advantage is that his agent isn’t Raiola.

Having said all that, if City do get Haaland then they get him for a reason and the club knows far better than I do.

It's hard to know if he'll fit tge system or if the system will change to accommodate him. We'll soon know.

 

[DanJ210]

Thats 99.9% he is off to Madrid.

that quote from tebas is from the annual accounts release in december/jan apparently

 

[itisrising]

In all honesty, I'm probably caring less about this deal. We've shown how good we are without him and the performances of Alvarez look really promising.

We shouldn't have to convince the son of our former captain to join the best team in the world under the best manager.

 

[Katsunari Takayama]

I’m not sure how accurate their stats are without spending time researching it but a cursory glance at flash score shows he’s missed 14 games for Dortmund this season through injury. That’s cause for concern.

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

You can tell the Madrid rumours are swirling when people here start talking about Delap and Haaland's biscuit ankles.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

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Feed him to the pigs Errol.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Except there is a clear pathway for Delap from EDS to first team, and no one is interested in Kayky to replace any of the most valuable players today.

Quiet down little piggy, were not making our house out of straw!

Haaland in with Delap not instead of!

 

[kye1991]

Are we seriously talking about delap being better for us than haaland? A generational talent who already has broken bundesliga and champions League records?

Is this based on delaps combined 48 minutes of premier League football or his 5 minutes in the champions League?

Some serious blue tinted bias going on in this thread.