Filip Stevanovic

[HaalandEffect]

Patrick roberts part 2

Depens if he have the same hype as Zoran Tosic or bigger potensial.

 

[cleavers]

Didn’t we have a player number of years back from Yugoslavia with a similar name ?

Yes replace the v with a p if I remember right.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Yes replace the v with a p if I remember right.

Dragoslav Stepanović - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Everyone bemoans these signings, but they are the reason we pass FFP. We have been making £10m profit consistently... these deals where we bring them in cheap and sell them on after getting European exposure are literally what keeps us in profit.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Would love for one of these buy to loan players to actually become a first team regular one day or do we just buy them in the hope we can sell at a profit later on?

That has literally already happened... Zinchenko. OK, he’s no longer in favour, but he was our go-to guy for quite a while.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Dragoslav Stepanović - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Captain Drag

Remember him well

 

[blueparrot]

This sort of transfer may work on Football Manager but rarely does in real life

Rarely, but it's almost impossible to predict which the rare one is, so always worth a shot when we have the network of teams we have.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I'm with you on this one.
We have the smallest panel in the champions league (21) because we have not one player in the team over 21yrs brought up through the club.
Our 3 main premier league opponents have the likes of Mount, Rashford, TAA, Reece James, Hudson Odoi now established.

I had got excited a few years ago when we bought Enes Unal, Douglas Luiz and Marlos Moreno, among others. None of them had work permits at the time and have all gone separate ways having kicked no ball for the club. I realise they may not have been up to standard but Unal is a Turkish international now and Luiz is playing regularly for Villa along with playing for the Brazilian team.
I won't even go down the Patrick Roberts route.


I recall watching Rashford score 2 for United on his debut against Arsenal in a Wembley pub prior to a Carabao cup final. He took his chance and hasn't looked back since.
Pep is a stubborn man but surely somebody in the club sees the need to bring through young players.
If they get a chance and aren't up to it so
be it.

Or if they get a chance, aren't up to it & Puyol is their agent, keep playing them for 2 years ahead of the others.

 

[bluegonads]

just glad we're not in for that striker ( the big black fella) he was absolutely pants!

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Everyone bemoans these signings, but they are the reason we pass FFP. We have been making £10m profit consistently... these deals where we bring them in cheap and sell them on after getting European exposure are literally what keeps us in profit.

We had to do that due to our low Nike deal which was £12m. Puma deal gave the club £54m increase yearly. We no longer need to do this.

But clubs are greedy and City are no different. this strategy will now give even more cash.