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Manchester City are very close to signing playmaker Isco (24) from Real Madrid this summer. [Mundo Deportivo]

Isco has rejected a new contract offer from Madrid and has several options, but City's is the most lucrative right now. [Mundo Deportivo]

City believe Isco can be a major star in the Premier League and have been looking for a player of his style. [Mundo Deportivo]

Isco has one year left on his contract and would be available at a decent price. This would be a great purchase. He can play practically anywhere in midfield and on the wing. He's not the best winger but is definitely an improvement on Navas, Nolito. After Sane and Sterling the drop off in quality we have in those positions is very big. Also an injury to Silva or KDB and we have no back up for them. Both KDB and Silva have played a lot of games this season, and if one them doesn't play ,we have no creativity in midfield as seen vs Huddersfield. Personally think Silva is playing too much, he is such an important player for us and should be rested here and there, an injury to him and we are not the same team. Silva is 32 next year and we should slowly begin the transition. I would like him to retire at City but he has spoken about finishing his career at Las palmas when his contract ends in 2019. For the price Isco will be available for, we should just buy him and worry about game time later, I'm sure he'll play more than at Real. Would be much better buying him and spending the rest on defense than spending 70m on Bernardo Silva.
 
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Nope. Would made more sense if Pellegrini was still in charge, Bernardo Silva would be the better bet for this stage and especially if Aguero is part of the deal either.
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I disagree, Bernardo Silva has a reported €70 mill buyout clause and let's face it Monaco held out for big money on the previous 2 stars they sold (James and Martial). I see Isco as a €30 mill buy in the circumstances.
 
g180aj said:
I disagree, Bernardo Silva has a reported €70 mill buyout clause and let's face it Monaco held out for big money on the previous 2 stars they sold (James and Martial). I see Isco as a €30 mill buy in the circumstances.
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If we can get Isco at that price or lower then why not(there are other areas that need addressing first), but Bernardo Silva does looks like the real deal.
 
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If we can get Isco at that price or lower then why not(there are other areas that need addressing first), but Bernardo Silva does looks like the real deal.
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If he's not playing and unhappy with a year left on his contract I wouldn't be too happy handing Madrid a profit on their original transfer fee, regardless of what's happened to the market. This is the second time they've fucked him over after promising him more game time to stay and they're playing Ansensio ahead of him a fair bit as well now, he should be pushing like fuck for a move and making sure we get him for €20m or less, preferably less.
 
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Manchester City are very close to signing playmaker Isco (24) from Real Madrid this summer. [Mundo Deportivo]

Isco has rejected a new contract offer from Madrid and has several options, but City's is the most lucrative right now. [Mundo Deportivo]

City believe Isco can be a major star in the Premier League and have been looking for a player of his style. [Mundo Deportivo]

Isco has one year left on his contract and would be available at a decent price. This would be a great purchase. He can play practically anywhere in midfield and on the wing. He's not the best winger but is definitely an improvement on Navas, Nolito. After Sane and Sterling the drop off in quality we have in those positions is very big. Also an injury to Silva or KDB and we have no back up for them. Both KDB and Silva have played a lot of games this season, and if one them doesn't play ,we have no creativity in midfield as seen vs Huddersfield. Personally think Silva is playing too much, he is such an important player for us and should be rested here and there, an injury to him and we are not the same team. Silva is 32 next year and we should slowly begin the transition. I would like him to retire at City but he has spoken about finishing his career at Las palmas when his contract ends in 2019. For the price Isco will be available for, we should just buy him and worry about game time later, I'm sure he'll play more than at Real. Would be much better buying him and spending the rest on defense than spending 70m on Bernardo Silva.
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Good assessment. I'd be happy with either but happier with Bernardo. Fingers crossed that Monaco hold onto him for another year. In a vacuum I'd pay the premium for Bernardo bc it blocks the move to a Pl team. I think there's a ton of value in factoring that in. I was one of the biggest Kante supporters last summer bc I knew how much he'd improve our rivals and he's proven he isn't a fluke like mahrez and vardy.

The rags will be back into form in a couple years and I'd hate to see our dave clone over there.
 
With Otta reported as being a target for RM could be a good deal all round
 
aguero93:20 said:
If he's not playing and unhappy with a year left on his contract I wouldn't be too happy handing Madrid a profit on their original transfer fee, regardless of what's happened to the market. This is the second time they've fucked him over after promising him more game time to stay and they're playing Ansensio ahead of him a fair bit as well now, he should be pushing like fuck for a move and making sure we get him for €20m or less, preferably less.
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It is the case of persuading Real for that fee but they do have habit of selling their un-wanted and players who have only a year left (Ozil one of the most recent) stars for very good fees.
 
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It is the case of persuading Real for that fee but they do have habit of selling their un-wanted and players who have only a year left (Ozil one of the most recent) stars for very good fees.
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Özil wasn't desperate to leave and had played nearly every game the previous year, Arsenal were desperate to get him. Isco (apparently) is desperate to leave, is barely playing and we don't have any desperate need of him. Entirely different scenario.
 
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Özil wasn't desperate to leave and had played nearly every game the previous year, Arsenal were desperate to get him. Isco (apparently) is desperate to leave, is barely playing and we don't have any desperate need of him. Entirely different scenario.
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Aye you right mate and the Isco deal seems the more sensible deal.
 
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Good assessment. I'd be happy with either but happier with Bernardo. Fingers crossed that Monaco hold onto him for another year. In a vacuum I'd pay the premium for Bernardo bc it blocks the move to a Pl team. I think there's a ton of value in factoring that in. I was one of the biggest Kante supporters last summer bc I knew how much he'd improve our rivals and he's proven he isn't a fluke like mahrez and vardy.

The rags will be back into form in a couple years and I'd hate to see our dave clone over there.
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Good point. Kante has been the difference at Chelsea. Its also likely if Bernardo leaves this summer he'll go to a PL team as Barca, Real, Bayern, etc don't really need him. I've always been an Isco fan so I might be a little biased here. Can't comment too much on Bernardo as I've barely seen him play but 70m is still a little steep. If he has the potential to be as good as Silva the fee might be worth it but it is debatable due to our budget. If our budget is 200-250m, I still think the money would be better used buying quality defenders and a goalkeeper. That would take us to the next level IMO and would also cancel out Bernardo going to a rival. Would rather have for example Isco plus Laporte/Van Dijk for 70m than just Bernardo.
 
fuck isco he had his chance, it looked done and dusted, then he turned his back on us.
 
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Good point. Kante has been the difference at Chelsea. Its also likely if Bernardo leaves this summer he'll go to a PL team as Barca, Real, Bayern, etc don't really need him. I've always been an Isco fan so I might be a little biased here. Can't comment too much on Bernardo as I've barely seen him play but 70m is still a little steep. If he has the potential to be as good as Silva the fee might be worth it but it is debatable due to our budget. If our budget is 200-250m, I still think the money would be better used buying quality defenders and a goalkeeper. That would take us to the next level IMO and would also cancel out Bernardo going to a rival. Would rather have for example Isco plus Laporte/Van Dijk for 70m than just Bernardo.
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I definitely agree Isco is the right play if it's the isco+defense or Bernardo+less defense scenario. Actually I was being a little biased myself haha. I've never understood why everyone is so fixated with him but that's just me. I'll gladly have him if he wants to fight for his place, at least for another year with Dave. We also need quality outside of our best 11. The likes of Navas, Nolito, and Delph just won't cut it. That injury to KDB devastated us last year and I'm paranoid something is gonna happen to dave...right when everything is starting to click for us.

I admit that this is a petty POV...but it's slightly annoying buying a 'cast off' from Real/Barca...as if his quality isn't good enough there but it is here.
 
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