Frenkie de Jong

[leo_city]

This makes no sense at all. We pay better wages than Bayern. He makes more than Lewandowski. How would Bayern pay him and we wouldn’t when we pay (significantly) more for a midfielder than they pay for their worldclass centerforward? If anything, he will never end up at Bayern unless he made significantly less. For same or similar wages, he would come here.
It’s astonishing than even a reasonable member like yourself can’t fully accept that we are at the top of the food chain in terms of money in football

I'm not looking in terms of affordability, I'm mostly looking in terms of squad space and the fact that I cannot see us bringing in a player like Frenkie unless one of our established midfielders leave, makes less sense to bring another (sort of) high profile, highly paid midfielder in an already saturated position imo.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I'm not looking in terms of affordability, I'm mostly looking in terms of squad space and the fact that I cannot see us bringing in a player like Frenkie unless one of our established midfielders leave, makes less sense to bring another (sort of) high profile, highly paid midfielder in an already saturated position imo.

Well Fernandinho is going. And the Bernardo situation possibly could still be that he wants to go

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

He can play CB in an emergency, if you asked him to come to City and be a CB he'd hang up the phone.

For all his faults, Koeman showed De Jong's an 8, and the closer to goal the better. Playing that role last season he was arguably Barcelona's best player (which meant something when Messi was still there). He has a lot of similarities with Gundo last season, but I don't see how it ever fits.

Even if Gundo and Bernardo goes, Foden and Grealish are destined for the centre sooner or later, the club rate McAtee, there's no room for a 26 year old on €400k/week.

I didn't say to sign him as a direct centre back replacement for Laporte.

He comes as a midfielder with the added bonus of filling any back-up void left by Laporte, playing various roles as and when required.

I think he is a wonderful player and if he is up for it, then that is half the battle for someone who must accept rotation in any Pep team.

 

[Paul1970]

I didn't say to sign him as a direct centre back replacement for Laporte.

He comes as a midfielder with the added bonus of filling any back-up void left by Laporte, playing various roles as and when required.

I think he is a wonderful player and if he is up for it, then that is half the battle for someone who must accept rotation in any Pep team.

If we have a chance to get him then pep will go for him as he really wanted him before he went to Barca I like him but I do think we have sone good prospects coming through who could save us a fortune .

 

[Deleted member 87819]

If we have a chance to get him then pep will go for him as he really wanted him before he went to Barca I like him but I do think we have sone good prospects coming through who could save us a fortune .

A straight swap also saves us a fortune

 

[blueparrot]

A straight swap also saves us a fortune

It doesn’t.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

It doesn’t.

How so? One of the few players in the world that improves our team.
Letting Raz run down his contract certainly doesn’t save us any money.

We have no obligation to appease our Academy players. The point of the Academy is NOT to feed the first team. Either they are the top talents or we sign the top talents in a position, if we want to be at the top. Taking gambles is for teams with lesser ambitions

 

[BlueBanger]

How so? One of the few players in the world that improves our team.
Letting Raz run down his contract certainly doesn’t save us any money.

We have no obligation to appease our Academy players. The point of the Academy is NOT to feed the first team. Either they are the top talents or we sign the top talents in a position, if we want to be at the top. Taking gambles is for teams with lesser ambitions

Yeah, it saves us having a big earner doing nowt for us. Raz would obviously also account for tens of millions in transfer value as a makeweight.

 

[Paul1970]

Yeah, it saves us having a big earner doing nowt for us. Raz would obviously also account for tens of millions in transfer value as a makeweight.

Tbh sterling is probably done at Man City and will now look to move on as he is not good enough to be in our first team so it’s better for both if he moves. Sterling has been a great player for us over the years and we have made him a better player aswell .

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Is anyone watching him play right now for Netherlands vs Norway? Easily his team’s best player today