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tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't rate Luiz at all. He's at Aston Villa for a reason and think his familiarity with Pep and our club is overstated.

I don't put Luiz in the same universe as FDJ.
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Luiz is far better than FDJ at 6. FDJ will get torn to shreds in the pace and physicality of the PL
 
Agueroooo9320 said:
means? of course Rodri is better, he has a longer legs that he can use to get ahead in a 50/50 in the first few steps and also he is far far physically stronger than FDJ to deal with PL.
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Rodri needed to adjust as did Fernandinho, FDJ could too. I think he could play in our team I just don’t think we need to spend the money on him because I don’t think hes better than what we have now. Unless Bernardo leaves.
 
skillman said:
Replacing Torres wouldn’t be us being weakened to be fair.
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To really be fair we cannot say that. It's only a viewpoint based on a short time span at the start of his career. We don't know because he has not been a selection option recently or for long periods of his time at City. It is fine to argue we wouldn't be weakened at this very moment, simply because he is not here, but the club believe he has the potential to be a top player for us for the next 5 to 10 years, so if he wants to go a big fee is required to replace him. In a few years time he may well be the best player ever to slip through our hands, or not, but that will be the better time to have a fact based judgement of whether we have been weakened.
 
skillman said:
The FDJ one makes too much sense for us not to be at least thinking about it.

They want Torres. Torres wants them. They can’t afford Torres but have a player who would suit us down to the ground who has spoken about liking the Premier League in the past. All while saving them some wages.

Maybe I’m biased because he’s a brilliant, brilliant player but it does just make sense.
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Is he 'brilliant' though? or a big fish in a small pond?

I've watched a fair few Barca games since he's gotten there and I can't recall a single one where I walked away thinking," wow, what a player" .. Not to mention his ridiculous wages. He's a box to box midfielder but doesn't have a strong attacking output, and he's not exactly a destroyer defensively like Fernandinho was in his hay-day .
 
Lavinda Past said:
One thing we can pretty much guarantee... However much he goes for, if Torres does move to Barcelona, his release fee will no doubt be in excess of €300m.
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To be fair, its just their way of "removing" the release clause they have to include by law. Its the same as not having a release clause, just like all of our players. Always funny how people seem to think that's how high they value the player! They just put a fee nobody would ever pay so they are never forced to sell against their will:) Doesn't always work out (like Neymar).
 
FDJ looks like shit in Barca because Barca are shit. That always happens to players in that role, they need the others to know their roles as well.

Luckily for FDJ at City, everybody knows where to be, he would slot in perfectly and I think considering how Pep has been making us play almost with a midfield 2 of Rodri and Bernie, FDJ could rotate for either better than our other options. Zinchenko could be molded there as well.
 
FIFA are close to introducing a rule which will cap agents commission at ten per cent of any transfer fee paid and three per cent of a player's wages for contract negotiations.

It has already passed through three stages of Fifa's approval Council and will be ratified in the coming months.

Agents will also be prohibited from working for two clubs on the same deal.

You can read more about it today in Mail On Sunday, if that's your thing.

Whilst all the above would be very welcome, it could be very important for us concerning Haaland.

Mino is on the clock and knows the player is truly his final big pay day, certainly if wanting to realise anywhere near the £41.89m he received from Juventus and United for Pogba in 2016.

We can use it to our advantage either way, if that means forcing the issue in January or being able to bring down the overall costs and ensuring Alf Snr gets wedged also.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
FIFA are close to introducing a rule which will cap agents commission at ten per cent of any transfer fee paid and three per cent of a player's wages for contract negotiations.

It has already passed through three stages of Fifa's approval Council and will be ratified in the coming months.

Agents will also be prohibited from working for two clubs on the same deal.

You can read more about it today in Mail On Sunday, if that's your thing.

Whilst all the above would be very welcome, it could be very important for us concerning Haaland.

Mino is on the clock and knows the player is truly his final big pay day, certainly if wanting to realise anywhere near the £41.89m he received from Juventus and United for Pogba in 2016.

We can use it to our advantage either way, if that means forcing the issue in January or being able to bring down the overall costs and ensuring Alf Snr gets wedged also.
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Will this make a difference, if BVB is the January blocker anyway?
 
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