Florian Wirtz

It may actually take another full season for Pep and our new look team before we sre able ho again win the PL.

Personally that what i am expecting and anything more is a bonus
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the looming court decision that might be putting the big players off from signing. I can imagine rivals telling them to think twice about joining us, as it might affect their careers. We really need these charges dropped and decision in our favour as soon as possible so we can rebuild properly.
 
The fact we have lost out given our desperate need for a player in this position especially to Liverpool tells me something else is happening here. There is no way we’ve walked away on price so what are they able to offer that we seemingly aren’t?
 
1. Court decision uncertainty
2. Pep lost his shine
3. Aging/declining squad
4. Possibly squad disharmony
5. Possibly no CL
6. Possibly fan disharmony
7. Media hate us
8. FAs hate us
9. Rain
10. Not a huge glossy city

Lots of possible reasons for a player not to choose us.

We need the sort of positivity that got us masterful players years ago. But I don't know where that X factor is coming from. Maybe we could be awesome in the CWC and create a buzz?

Otherwise we need to use money as the main lure which is grand if it works. Whatever gets us back to a positive place is good by me.
 
Scott McTominay has been Napoli's best midfielder and he's fucking shite so that tells you all you need to know about Serie A.

Foden, for as good as he's been, will never reach KDB levels. That's just delusion at it's finest.

Livramento is bang average.

Gibbs White is also bang average.

All well and good signing these players but where's the world class players to supplement them?
I said current KDB levels...

Foden at his best can easily match current KDB levels...
 
What if City put out the story to help them with other negotiations that are going on, and we are still currently interested in him?

All we have heard, from a journalist nobody has heard of, is we have “cooled” interest.
 
Whats the alternative, write him off and stick him on the bench?

We have no choice but to assume hes going to get back to his best. Even in this shit season hes hardly been as bad as some are making out. 10+ g/a again.
He went through a short period mid season when he looked like he may be turning the corner but faded badly again. Ankle injury slow to heal mentioned but not sure about that excuse.
 
I haven't got a problem with us not getting Wirtz, I have got a problem with our recruitment over the last few years ( similar to what happened with we won the league with Mancini and Pellegrini).

I'm also concerned we keep buying players who Pep publicly says are not good enough - Phillips and Nunes being the obvious ones and the way Gonzalez and Khusanov have been treated doesn't bode well.

I actually think Nunes is our most improved player this season and has settled in at fullback now he's got a consistent partner next to him but that doesn't explain why we bought him in the first place.
I am fairly certain we didn't buy him to play fullback. I agree he has improved but hard to forget his fuck up against the rags. Nearly ruined Christmas that.
 
Yes but I'm not a big fan of these £100m+ signings. Too much can go wrong. PSG look a lot better now they've abandoned the policy of signing the likes of Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. And Real Madrid signing Mbappe hasn't improved them. No coincidence PSG and Inter are CL finalists. For me, the future lies in signing the right cogs for the machine rather than the biggest available star.
I agree. I posted the other week that I'm not exactly over enthused about FW or MGW for that matter.

Why can't we do what the likes of Brighton and Palace do and find decent players who want to play for a prestigious club, give their all and not for daft money.

I think - and again have posted on here that PSG are the best team we played this season. So envious watching them and remembering how we used to play.

I'd like them to win the CL purely for Luis Enrique ( loss of daughter aged 9) and the irony of MBop moving to Real Mardarses and his old team win the CL.

But I'm not averse to an Inter win either, two smashing teams without a galactico in sight.
 
You realise Liverpool are an attractive proposition don’t you? Doesn’t matter how much we hate them but they are serious players and now current PL champions. It is what it is and if Wirtz has chosen them, fair fuck to him.

You can only do what you’re able to do. If a player doesn’t want to sigh for us then that’s his choice and out of our hands. The flack Nunes gets is uncalled for, for me. You need squad players.

From what I’ve seen this Wirtz character looks frail as fuck and so who says he will succeed? The deal is worth £150m if you believe what info there is out there. If Liverpool blow their entire budget on that, it’s their gamble. Our spend could be a lot more wise and refresh what needs to be done.
Wirtz is the best young player in Europe that is available for transfer this Summer. It’s the reason he could take his pick of Bayern LFC or City. ‘Frail as fuck’ is nonsense.

It’s not gonna be anywhere near £150m for starters - and it’s not blowing all their budget as they have already signed Frimpong and are signing Kerkez. Thats a brilliant window for them.

Wirtz obviously didn’t fancy City. That’s fine. But switching from elite targets to far inferior options has not worked for us in the last few tfr windows and don’t trust our recruitment team at all.
 
Wirtz is the best young player in Europe that is available for transfer this Summer. It’s the reason he could take his pick of Bayern LFC or City. ‘Frail as fuck’ is nonsense.

It’s not gonna be anywhere near £150m for starters - and it’s not blowing all their budget as they have already signed Frimpong and are signing Kerkez. Thats a brilliant window for them.

Wirtz obviously didn’t fancy City. That’s fine. But switching from elite targets to far inferior options has not worked for us in the last few tfr windows and don’t trust our recruitment team at all.
You’ll upset a few talking like that..
 

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