Gabriel Jesus

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oldius said:
Redcafe is of the consistent opinion that most of our signings won't work and they're not bothered. I can hear the distant sounds of angst, welling up in the hearts of men who know what's coming. Like the once proud silverback whose mantle has been taken by a younger, fitter rival and who can see the gap widening as his prowess gradually ebbs. It's a beautiful time.
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I had a nosey on there ealier. The first page of the Gabriel Jesus thread they were saying he's the best Brazilian since Neymar and by the end he's average
 
waspish said:
Be Honest who had actually heard of him before we were linked? Looks a talent though and always love a flair player, think we will play him as a striker.
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I've watched a bit of Brazilian footy on BT Sport but never watched Gabriel or Palmeiras for that matter. I'd heard of him though as the commentators had discussed him and Gabigol before.
 
SheeshKebab said:
Guessing the rags didn't want him in the first place???

YES JESUS LAD. NAIL THEM CROSSES
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I can see this Jesus thing being used a lot on internet forums and newspaper headlines. I hope so. because it would be a sign of a successful career.
 
I think the last great young Brazilian forward signed fresh from the Olympics was the fabulous Jo, hope he can live with the burden of comparison.
 
ono said:
In theory that is perfect but that's not really how it will likely play out. I'd be amazed if we didn't dip into the market again next summer to make moves for next season's break out stars. What if Sane has a similar season to last season's Sterling, and then another young German has a breakout year? There's just too many variables to suggest we see perfectly set up for the next half decade.

The arguement would be, we shouldn't need to. But we all know we're probably looking at a 50-50 at best when it comes to buying young talent.
Hypothetically Moreno might be very good in Spain and rightly or wrongly judged not good enough for us. Likewise Roberts in Spain. They are young and will fetch us big fees.

What if Iheanacho doesn't want to wait until he is 23 to play regularly. Ditto for Sane or Sterling.

If Iheanacho isn't prepared to be one of two senior strikers at City under the best coach in the World before he turns 22 then I'd show him a video of Balotelli.
Regards Sane or Sterling, it's on them. They have the platform to show how good they are. A manager who will nurture their talent. It's on them. In my opinion, both won't make it here. But both will be young enough to recoup huge fees especially considering the coaching/experience they'll have had.

I'm half buzzing but half sceptical with everything at the minute. We hardly have a good track record of showing patience with young players, but we do have a track record of continuously wanted to buy the 'next best thing'. I just hope there is a method behind the madness.
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Hard to argue that currently. But we are only 8 years in. Four or five since the back of Santa Cruz & Wayne Bridge.

We have the attacking talent, we have the manager. One may become a World Class player, in a dream world two. Not a chance all will be. If every £100 million we spend on exciting youth produces 5 excellent players and two World class, we are smashing it.

Perhaps the likes of Sterling will just become a very successful squad player for us.
I agree, all very exciting, but now is the time we should see this exciting youth, our own youth by the end of Pep's time.
 
malg said:
Must admit that I'm not that excited by it as I know fuck all about him. I know other teams were allegedly after him, but it's not as if we've signed someone like Ibrahimovic who is a proven world class striker. People need to calm down, even Rashford has a better record than this lad, and he cost fuck all.......
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pmsl
 
schfc6 said:
Hard to argue that currently. But we are only 8 years in. Four or five since the back of Santa Cruz & Wayne Bridge.

We have the attacking talent, we have the manager. One may become a World Class player, in a dream world two. Not a chance all will be. If every £100 million we spend on exciting youth produces 5 excellent players and two World class, we are smashing it.

Perhaps the likes of Sterling will just become a very successful squad player for us.
I agree, all very exciting, but now is the time we should see this exciting youth, our own youth by the end of Pep's time.
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I think sterling is in deep shit to be honest I'm struggling to see where he fits in if this lad is as good as some are saying
 
Cityfan said:
I think the last great young Brazilian forward signed fresh from the Olympics was the fabulous Jo, hope he can live with the burden of comparison.
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I was reading an article a little while ago when I heard we were linked with Gabriel and it said how Brazil have always had great strikers/forwards until recent years when they've had to play Fred and Jô because they literally had nobody else.

Now they have a front three of Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Gabigol. In five years time that could be a frightening front three!
 
hilts said:
I think sterling is in deep shit to be honest I'm struggling to see where he fits in if this lad is as good as some are saying
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Sterling will be a squad player this season and will probably be sold next Summer. I've honestly never really rated him at all. I can only see him being a decent enough, Europa Lg/4th-7th in the table standard player.
 
hilts said:
I think sterling is in deep shit to be honest I'm struggling to see where he fits in if this lad is as good as some are saying
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He's got till Christmas then. I've got faith in the lad, but he needs something special. Seems he's stopped the hippy crack so that's a start. ;-).

We could all compile a video of Sterling that would match any of the World's young talent. The lad has it all. He just needs the belief of his fans, his manager and more importantLy himself.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
It could well mean we can afford to wait until January to offload Bony?

Gabriel will then be available and Bony will be off to AFCON, meaning we can balance the foreign quota with ease.

And maybe the usual panic buying at that time of year will see more of the struggling Premier League clubs come to the fore for him?
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Who the fuck is gonna buy wilfried in afcon? We did, and it was dumb.
 
KippaxCitizen said:
Sterling will be a squad player this season and will probably be sold next Summer. I've honestly never really rated him at all. I can only see him being a decent enough, Europa Lg/4th-7th in the table standard player.
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Really? Even though pep has said he is important, and everything points to him being bought for pep? Glad our new boss isnt so fickle as you lot. Oh, and we are buying lots of young forwards for 3 reasons. A. Hih resale value. B. High brand value and c. Not putting all your eggs in one basket.
 
schfc6 said:
He's got till Christmas then. I've got faith in the lad, but he needs something special. Seems he's stopped the hippy crack so that's a start. ;-).

We could all compile a video of Sterling that would match any of the World's young talent. The lad has it all. He just needs the belief of his fans, his manager and more importantLy himself.
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That's why I said if, a video compilation isn't the best way to judge anyone
 
ono said:
In theory that is perfect but that's not really how it will likely play out. I'd be amazed if we didn't dip into the market again next summer to make moves for next season's break out stars. What if Sane has a similar season to last season's Sterling, and then another young German has a breakout year? There's just too many variables to suggest we see perfectly set up for the next half decade.

What if Iheanacho doesn't want to wait until he is 23 to play regularly. Ditto for Sane or Sterling.

I'm half buzzing but half sceptical with everything at the minute. We hardly have a good track record of showing patience with young players, but we do have a track record of continuously wanted to buy the 'next best thing'. I just hope there is a method behind the madness.
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We have covered ourselves. If 2 of sane, roberts, sterling, moreno or jesus make it then we are ok.
 
balotelli's back pocket said:
Really? Even though pep has said he is important, and everything points to him being bought for pep? Glad our new boss isnt so fickle as you lot. Oh, and we are buying lots of young forwards for 3 reasons. A. Hih resale value. B. High brand value and c. Not putting all your eggs in one basket.
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It's also not a lot of young forwards. Formation depending, City could quite easily have four attacking midfielders and forwards on the pitch at any one time. With the number of games played, we will need at least six players to occupy those positions and that is conservative.
 
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