People around saying that Man City may not replace more outgoings, and that Pep more and more likes working with a smallish squad.. and that Grealish, Haaland was the replacements etc. What they are forgetting is that they are replacing Kun and Torres as well from back when City had a much bigger squad really.
19 senior* pros is at LEAST one to few I feel.
Ederson
Ortega
Walker
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko/Cucurella
Rodri
Phillips
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Silva
Foden
Grealish
Mahrez
Palmer*
Álvarez
Haaland
*Including Palmer
Its pretty crazy that a lot of journalists and fans of other teams thinks this really.. they still think City got the widest squad in da world. Its like 2020 talk.
They are all extremely high quality but you need pure numbers at times as well.
Edit: in my mind though, I do think that Grealish signing was a thought of cos they probably knew that Sterling was not gonna re-sign and they wanted to pre-cover themselves in that eventuality (sale, 1y contract left) but all the rest is not.
e2: For comparison 1 sept. 2020, City had 21 comparable including Foden that had a senior high wage contract by then, +Garcia. Only position that wasn't double-covered then was AM/CM with 3 instead of 4.
19 senior* pros is at LEAST one to few I feel.
Ederson
Ortega
Walker
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko/Cucurella
Rodri
Phillips
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Silva
Foden
Grealish
Mahrez
Palmer*
Álvarez
Haaland
*Including Palmer
Its pretty crazy that a lot of journalists and fans of other teams thinks this really.. they still think City got the widest squad in da world. Its like 2020 talk.
They are all extremely high quality but you need pure numbers at times as well.
Edit: in my mind though, I do think that Grealish signing was a thought of cos they probably knew that Sterling was not gonna re-sign and they wanted to pre-cover themselves in that eventuality (sale, 1y contract left) but all the rest is not.
e2: For comparison 1 sept. 2020, City had 21 comparable including Foden that had a senior high wage contract by then, +Garcia. Only position that wasn't double-covered then was AM/CM with 3 instead of 4.
Last edited: