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balotelli's back pocket said:
So, according to tolm, we are in for
Stones
Laporte
Xhaka
Gundogan (done)
Pogba (done)
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Sane

anybody else want to chip in?
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Stones/Laporte - why? We'll have 4 CB's already, I suppose Mangala would have to leave alongside MDM for that to happen; or have 5 in the squad & play 3 at the back (not convinced by that decision).

Xhaka/Gundogan/Pogba, any 2 (preferably the latter 2) of those 3 would be fantastic signings. Absolutely the area we need to improve in - them alone would be a more than decent window.

Ox/Sane - again why? Maybe as a Navas replacement, maybe for the future, maybe purely for nationality, but neither are top quality players yet.

After CM's our biggest weakness is absolutely fullbacks, I suppose all these rumours of CB's would point towards perhaps playing 3 at the back, but I'd still be surprised if we didn't end up getting in at least 1 new fullback (probably LB).

Ideally for me Pogba, Gundogan & LB + RB; or if we must do 3 at the back Laporte over Stones.
 
stablemcfc said:
Stones/Laporte - why? We'll have 4 CB's already, I suppose Mangala would have to leave alongside MDM for that to happen; or have 5 in the squad & play 3 at the back (not convinced by that decision).

Xhaka/Gundogan/Pogba, any 2 (preferably the latter 2) of those 3 would be fantastic signings. Absolutely the area we need to improve in - them alone would be a more than decent window.

Ox/Sane - again why? Maybe as a Navas replacement, maybe for the future, maybe purely for nationality, but neither are top quality players yet.

After CM's our biggest weakness is absolutely fullbacks, I suppose all these rumours of CB's would point towards perhaps playing 3 at the back, but I'd still be surprised if we didn't end up getting in at least 1 new fullback (probably LB).

Ideally for me Pogba, Gundogan & LB + RB; or if we must do 3 at the back Laporte over Stones.
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Pretty much agree with all of this logic...!! Few pals of mine who are Everton fans are desperate for us to spunk a wad on Stones. Both reckon he's a bang average defender, although good on the ball...!! Hope we don't fall for it and get Laporte if we're indeed going for a CB
 
super_city_si said:
Even from a bench role I would expect he'd see lots of game time. Its a long season and as we've seen this year, we really need quality depth
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Not to mention Pep will rotate players a ton, especially in his first season here.

stablemcfc said:
Stones/Laporte - why? We'll have 4 CB's already, I suppose Mangala would have to leave alongside MDM for that to happen; or have 5 in the squad & play 3 at the back (not convinced by that decision).

Xhaka/Gundogan/Pogba, any 2 (preferably the latter 2) of those 3 would be fantastic signings. Absolutely the area we need to improve in - them alone would be a more than decent window.

Ox/Sane - again why? Maybe as a Navas replacement, maybe for the future, maybe purely for nationality, but neither are top quality players yet.

After CM's our biggest weakness is absolutely fullbacks, I suppose all these rumours of CB's would point towards perhaps playing 3 at the back, but I'd still be surprised if we didn't end up getting in at least 1 new fullback (probably LB).

Ideally for me Pogba, Gundogan & LB + RB; or if we must do 3 at the back Laporte over Stones.
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I've been thinking..I read somewhere a while back that Xhaka would be something like 39m this summer but has a release clause much lower next summer. What if we tell his agent, give us a year and we will be back for you. Reduces the price, gives us another year out of Fern, and then when next summer rolls around we thank Fern for his work for the club and bring in Xhaka and our midfield bosses the PL for a decade:

Pogba Gundogan
Xhaka
 
stablemcfc said:
Stones/Laporte - why? We'll have 4 CB's already, I suppose Mangala would have to leave alongside MDM for that to happen; or have 5 in the squad & play 3 at the back (not convinced by that decision).

Xhaka/Gundogan/Pogba, any 2 (preferably the latter 2) of those 3 would be fantastic signings. Absolutely the area we need to improve in - them alone would be a more than decent window.

Ox/Sane - again why? Maybe as a Navas replacement, maybe for the future, maybe purely for nationality, but neither are top quality players yet.

After CM's our biggest weakness is absolutely fullbacks, I suppose all these rumours of CB's would point towards perhaps playing 3 at the back, but I'd still be surprised if we didn't end up getting in at least 1 new fullback (probably LB).

Ideally for me Pogba, Gundogan & LB + RB; or if we must do 3 at the back Laporte over Stones.
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On of those 4 is 30 in April and injury prone the other is 28.
 
Are we really calling pogba done? I trust tolmie but until ric says it's done it's more like 85% to me. @Ric this is my dream target here how far along is this?!
 
aguero93:20 said:
This one.
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The old boy who sits next to me can never pronounce foreign names and just substitutes them to names/words he knows.
Our favourite Bosnian was 'Deckchair' , our new young striker is 'Ian Hat-job'. This fella is bound to be Gunga Din.
I can not print what he calls Liverpool's Coutinho!
 
Ric said:
Pretty sure he said Oxlade-Chamberlain's agent was trying to engineer a move? Also, City being interested in a player doesn't necessarily mean we'll make a move.

It's just common sense having multiple targets for one position. I imagine it'd be either Stones or Laporte, rather than both, for instance.
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If we finally sign Gundogan the things that are not going to move for Xhaka ?
 
Not sure how legit but...



Dubai Sports journo met Gundogan and was asked: "Is he 99.99% a City player?" He replied: "Add a 9 to that" #MCFC


Dubai Sports Journo's twitter handle: @hamed_alharthi... and judging by his tweets he did indeed meet with Gundogan yesterday.
 
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