Gundogan

[yankcitizen76]

17 mill is all their asking?! Sign it. The upside is more than worth it.

 

[Dax777]

It's not an ideal situation but Gundogan is that good, he's worth the wait. Judging by the more reliable posters he'll be fit when the Champions League group stages begin and that's when the "squad" is stretched so we'll be absolutely fine. I can't imagine he'll be the only central midfielder arriving either, considering the only true all rounder we have is Fernandinho.

That said I think we'll be playing a 3-6-1 next season, with two holding midfielders and two central attacking midfielders. It's the only way to get De Bruyne and Silva in the same team in their favoured positions.

Perhaps one of them wouldn't get in :)

 

[Maxi]

He will be fit in October according to reports, and then he may need a month to hit top form, therefore I prefer to wait until January and sign him when he is fit and have only 6 months left on his contract.

 

[johnmc]

He will be fit in October according to reports, and then he may need a month to hit top form, therefore I prefer to wait until January and sign him when he is fit and have only 6 months left on his contract.

Happy that he might go elsewhere in the meantime?

 

[Maxi]

Happy that he might go elsewhere in the meantime?

He can wait if he really want to join us.

 

[johnmc]

He can wait if he really want to join us.

He might also be open to other teams though. At £17m there could be some major teams willing to take a punt now rather than wait. Holding off doesn't send the right signals to the player if there are other clubs willing to do the deal now.

 

[chemicalboy99]

I dislocated my kneecap - it has never been the same since. I think we should pass on this player.

You must have been really unlucky.

I dislocated mine, did all the required physiotherapy at the hospital and have never had a problem with it since.

I assume he'll be getting the best treatment possible so we shouldn't think twice about getting him.

 

[Delphacito]

Who cares if we have to wait a couple months for him or for Laporte too? We're signing them to be long term players for us. 1-2 months are nothing compared to 4-5 years which is what we're hoping to get from them. Sure I'd prefer them to be healthy at the start of the season, but if we have to wait a month then so be it. If anything it knocks his price down a little bit. Where else can you get a player of his quality for 17M? If somebody told you they'd sell you an Aston Martin for a thousand quid but you gotta wait a month for it, you wouldn't want to wait?

 

[MillionDollarDream]

He either signs with us or he's signing a longer term deal with Dortmund. We want it sorted out as much as Dortmund want it sorted out on their end. You see they are trying to do business quickly tying up other re-signs and bringing in Dembele. There's no waiting till January/let him run down his contract. Dortmund don't like dealing with uncertainty, you can even look at how they handled the Klopp situation where he knew he had to make a decision one way or the other so they could make sure they got Tuchel in as he was the manager on the rise.

Some are upset with not getting Xhaka, like I said previously, he picks up plenty of cards/suspension . As much as we have issues with injuries we also have issues with our MF picking up needless yellows and Xhaka's style will see a lot of those in the PL.

Pjanic looks like he's possibly off to Juve and others are still in play to pick up along with IG. One thing we see now is the Bundesliga is moving pretty quickly with their transfers so we're probably looking to wrap up IG/Sané and possibly Thiago. Have to think longer term, he would normally command a higher fee, he's still young and he's still coming off an excellent season.

 

[the_game_161]

weird how our top two signing targets are both hurt.