It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[Deleted member 87819]

Todofichajes is trash. I saw a Chiringuito reporter pushing this, so it’s probably true. Maybe there’s a way to hijack. Just hope people see that this is an actual piece of good business before they say that signing Phillips is that (it isn’t)

 

[razman]

If he’s that good the issue might be he expects to be central to his next teams plans. With Rodri where he is he’d have to accept at City he’s got to fight his way into the team. I’m guessing at Madrid they could offer him a starting place.

Has he been linked to PSG ?

yes , but wants to go abroad

 

[BlueBrain]

If they fail to get mbappe one of raz/ mahrez

Will prefer they get salah

I actually don’t want Madrid going after Salah or mane. The last thing we need is some dumb Spanish club refunding one of our title rivals with £100m+ and giving them money to splash in their own rebuild. Liverpool would want 100m+ for any of Mane or Salah and with 1 year left I'd rather see them leave on a free or get overpaid

 

[Deleted member 87819]

If he’s that good the issue might be he expects to be central to his next teams plans. With Rodri where he is he’d have to accept at City he’s got to fight his way into the team. I’m guessing at Madrid they could offer him a starting place.

Madrid “only” has Casemiro and Camavinga, but we with Rodri can’t be looking for actual quality. Okay

 

[razman]

I actually don’t want Madrid going after Salah or mane. The last thing we need is some dumb Spanish club refunding one of our title rivals with £100m+ and giving them money to splash in their own rebuild. Liverpool would want 100m+ for any of Mane or Salah and with 1 year left I'd rather see them leave on a free or get overpaid

ya fair point , though not many salah / mane replacements available. But yes , they could rebuild for other positions

 

[BillyShears]

yes , but wants to go abroad

Do you think it’s likely we’re in for him this summer?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I actually don’t want Madrid going after Salah or mane. The last thing we need is some dumb Spanish club refunding one of our title rivals with £100m+ and giving them money to splash in their own rebuild. Liverpool would want 100m+ for any of Mane or Salah and with 1 year left I'd rather see them leave on a free or get overpaid

I doubt they’d get half of that for either of them now.

 

[domalino]

Anything is possible. City may well go abroad for a CM. If it were a choice between Phillips or Nunes from sporting I’d take Phillips. I would’ve loved Pogba because he’s far more talented than he gets credit for in England. I don’t fancy De Jong. He’s on 400k a week and the contract is long. Those aren’t the sorts of figures you pay a CM unless he’s KDB. And De Jong isn’t KDB.

I don’t know a lot about Tchou outside the hype but I know loads of people rate him highly.

De Jong can be as good as KDB under Pep.

There is only one player we’ve been linked with who is capable of playing as a 6 and as an 8 and is good enough to be one of 4 central midfielders sharing 3 positions without a drop off in quality.

Everyone else is Rodri backup but not good enough to start, or is too good to be back up 80% of the time.

 

[razman]

Do you think it’s likely we’re in for him this summer?

no links , apart from scouts being sent to his games

All about Phillips , the brighton lb being linked to us

Ofcourse with the felix links from Tolmie (nothing online)

That's why I reckon - if Mbappe stays - there will be domino effect with Papa Perez doing some mad signings

Maybe Mahrez / Raz along with Jesus - gets us more room then

 

[Ajm1985]

If he’s that good the issue might be he expects to be central to his next teams plans. With Rodri where he is he’d have to accept at City he’s got to fight his way into the team. I’m guessing at Madrid they could offer him a starting place.

Has he been linked to PSG ?

This is the issue I have with some of the more fanciful links/posts for a CDM. Rodri is Fernandinho's heir, has done a fantastic job of adapting to expectations and cost a shit load. Dropping an absolute wedge on another CDM seems unlikely unless they are unhappy with Rodri. Tchouameni looks the part (really would be great) but any signing would have to accept they are the back up, at least at first. Unless Pep is going to play double pivot more often and wants Bernardo further up the pitch.

Personally, I'd see a value signing making more sense - cheaper fee and/or a prospect who is happy to learn while getting minutes in cups etc