Ferran Torres

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charlie9872 said:
Two footed and can play on either wing, though he has mainly played on the right.

If we are in for him, the club will have scouted extensively and will be confident he can play on the left.

Whatever winger we buy, they won’t be to play predominantly on the right when we already have Mahrez, Bernardo and Sterling who are at their best there.
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Not seen much of the lad apart from la liga highlight shows or youtube videos. He looks tricky and has a decent turn of pace but maybe not to Sane's level.

Completely agree with the last part though. We're quite heavily stocked with players whose best position is right wing
 
Has been a star in the making at Valencia for years and the equivalent of someone taking Foden.

Their youngest ever CL goalscorer, their youngest player to reach 150 games, etc.

He could prove to be a really smart purchase... Or the next Navas. Only time will tell.
 
Ballague was on youtube before the CAS verdict broke saying we'd lined up our replacement for Sane. It's a highly rated young player who can go inside and outside.

He has a contract issue with his club which means should be easy for City to sign (Torres is out of contract 2021).

Presumed it was Torres when he said it, the Sky Germany stuff confirms it really
 
Otamendi's Beard said:
Has been a star in the making at Valencia for years and the equivalent of someone taking Foden.

Their youngest ever CL goalscorer, their youngest player to reach 150 games, etc.

He could prove to be a really smart purchase... Or the next Navas. Only time will tell.
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very much more skillful.

more close to be next david silva.
 
Sleeping_Easy said:
Not when Sane played. This lad is being touted as Sane's replacement.

Hence the question about how this lad would fit in as Sane's replacement.
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He's not a direct replacement as someone left footed who plays on the left, but Torres is still a winger in the true sense. The use of Sane was someone who could get behind the defence to put a cross in for Sterling to tap in. Pretty obvious, but Sterling isn't the type of winger who is used in the same way as Sane was. He's not good as good at crossing so he's usually the one ghosting in to put it into the net and used more of an inside forward.

Our other wingers, Bernardo and Mahez both cut inside from the wide position. So they can't provide service to Sterling as much when he's playing on the left. It was mainly provided by Kev's crosses. Teams were figuring this out and trying not to let Kev cross it as much. If you have someone like Torres then there doesn't have to be as much reliance on Kev and equally though link up play either player could get forward to put in a cross with their right foot for Sterling to tap in.
 
Doesn’t seem particularly quick and he is right-footed. But options are slim and we’re never going to bring in someone of Leroy’s quality.
 
Homar said:
Doesn’t seem particularly quick and he is right-footed. But options are slim and we’re never going to bring in someone of Leroy’s quality.
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I swear, the less Leroy played the better he got for some people. I really liked watching him play, but he wasn't some sort of irreplacable singular talent. Ferran is by all accounts very highly rated in Spain and has similar production in La Liga as Sane did at Schalke.
 
g180aj said:
Have we had any concrete links?
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Yes we`ve put in an offer for Blue Circle.

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We do seem to like these types of deals, players coming to the end of their contracts or with release clauses.

This one seems promising.
 
Homar said:
Doesn’t seem particularly quick and he is right-footed. But options are slim and we’re never going to bring in someone of Leroy’s quality.
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Exactly, we just lost in theory a $100mil player. Can't expect to replace that.

abu13 said:
We do seem to like these types of deals, players coming to the end of their contracts or with release clauses.

This one seems promising.
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It seems like smart business. City have spent theres no doubt, but responsibly with many deals like this. I like it, but when theres a glaring need like this summer at CB, we may need to splash come cash. Come on City! we have to start battling it out for some of the worlds best if we want to win the world's best trophies
 
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