It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[blueparrot]

Doubt it. Cancelo/Walker will still be the first choice.

Don’t think any will be first choice they are 3 very different fullbacks, different strengths and will be picked on whichever is most suited to the opponent .

 

[blueparrot]

No, you make it clear he can go...just a few weeks later.

Its hardly "treating a player like an object" its preseason ffs.

Makes no difference, Brighton want as much as they can possibly get whether we have alternatives or not. If we say don’t pay what they want or are willing to compromise at we won’t get him. If it’s above what we are willing then we need an alternative.

 

[Kamaro011]

No, you make it clear he can go...just a few weeks later.

Its hardly "treating a player like an object" its preseason ffs.

Did you not read my post carefully, Arsenal will not wait because they have their own pre season plan to think of and wants their own player transfer plans is sorted as soon as possible. The moment Zinchenko already signed the damn contract, City have no under obligation to hold the player any longer and need to be announced soonish.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Did you not read my post carefully, Arsenal will not wait because they have their own pre season plan to think of and wants their own player transfer plans is sorted as soon as possible. The moment Zinchenko already signed the damn contract, City have no under obligation to hold the player any longer and need to be announced soonish.

City didn’t have to accept their bid.

 

[Kamaro011]

City didn’t have to accept their bid.

And you get pissed off Zinchenko that wants to leave, sure treat the player who already given everything for this club even if he is not a reguler member for the most part of his career this poorly.

Good thing our management have some decency and empathy of human being than some poster of this forum.

 

[Coatigan]

And you get pissed off Zinchenko that wants to leave, sure treat the player who already given everything for this club even if he is not a reguler member for the most part of his career this poorly.

Good thing our management have some decency and empathy of human being than some poster of this forum.

Where were you when they sold us Sanhez?

Not saying it is something we should have done, but clubs regularly accept bids but hold off completing the transfer till they have replacements in. Like all the time.

The fact Zinchenko deserves better is another matter, but it is naive to argue it can't and doesn't happen.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And you get pissed off Zinchenko that wants to leave, sure treat the player who already given everything for this club even if he is not a reguler member for the most part of his career this poorly.

Good thing our management have some decency and empathy of human being than some poster of this forum.

Zinchenko would have stayed if he got the same amount of game time as last season.

 

[BlueBanger]

Did you not read my post carefully, Arsenal will not wait because they have their own pre season plan to think of and wants their own player transfer plans is sorted as soon as possible. The moment Zinchenko already signed the damn contract, City have no under obligation to hold the player any longer and need to be announced soonish.

Yeah because waiting a couple of weeks would really make them want him less. Our own persuit of a LB shows there are not many top targets available...arsenal would have waited.

But whatever, we're obviously confident or else we WOULD have kept zinny on ice.

 

[alexmcity]

He has played the grand total of one Carabao Cup game v Wycombe and missed much of the last 18 months with injury. He isn’t in a position to be demanding more minutes in our first team

I get your point but it's more about our plans than about his demands. We don't plan the squad and the future of the academy talents with regard to the minutes they played in previous seasons. Otherwise, it would be hopeless for them.

Take Palmer. He started only one PL game last season and played a small fraction of Sterling's minutes. But we expect big things from Palmer and won't sign a player, say a winger, who could block his future integration in the team. The same holds about McAtee.

If we expect JWE to improve by leaps and bounds, we may be wary of signing a player who could block his development. Such considerations play a role in our plans. Whether we plan the future squad with JWE is anyone's guess, though. It's a bit academic right now. He should get over his injuries. We need an experienced LB, that much is clear.

 

[freshie]

What happens if we pay 45-50m for Cucu and JWE turns out to be a highly talented LB who wants to play much more minutes?

If JWE competes with a cheaper new LB, he can displace him and play gradually more and more minutes. But if a 50m LB stands in his way, his playing time will stay limited even if he improves a lot.

From JWE's perspective, it's not the same whether we buy a back-up LB to rotate Cancelo or a first choice LB. An expensive first choice LB would limit JWE's minutes over the next 2-3 years much more than a squad player like, say, Sosa.

This is probably a minor point, but it might have some weight for Txiki and Pep.

Too many ‘ifs’ in your post. The club isn’t run to work on hypotheticals