It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

JewelZee said:
Totally agree...its the only leverage we have...I find it amazing that many of the same people saying we get fleeced when selling, which is a total myth, are OK with a top player in his prime leaving on a free...of course this doesn't apply to DS, Kun, Kompany, or now Dinho as the circumstances are completely different...it would set a terrible precedent and I can't see how its good for business...I'll use Rudiger as an example...Chelsea let him run his contract down with the belief that maybe he'll stay or at least he'll help us this season...well he's gone, Chelsea won fuck all, and got nothing in return...Sterling is a valuable asset at this moment so there are three options IMO...he re signs now, he moves now, or he's made to understand that if he doesn't renew or agree to go then he can expect a whole lot of bench time...him purposely running down his contract is a fuck you to the club no matter how you spin it...my loyalties and interests are with City, not with the interests of any single player if its detrimental to the club...so if his plan is to fuck us next Summer I'm perfectly OK with City fucking him first by leveraging his playing time...
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Has the club ever benched a player to send a message? There are numerous solid reasons why that is a god awful idea.
 
If both Sterling and Jesus leave we'll have replaced our two biggest wasters of chances with two absolute killers in front of goal. Of course theres much more to both Jesus and Sterling than the chances they've missed and they've both been great servants to the club, but part of me would be happy to not have to worry about a Lyon miss happening again.
 
WNRH said:
He can play on the right of a front three, like Sterling. You don’t have to be a like for like player to be a replacement.
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Would be stupid not to have a right footed right wing option - especially with Haaland coming in.
And palmers lack of experience alone means he isn’t even a direct replacement for Sterling no matter what
 
We really need a RW

Got 4 players who can cover there but not 1 who is right footed.

Walker sits back and covers the counter all the time as well
 
BillyShears said:
Di Marzio isn’t particularly reliable these days. Chelsea haven’t even contacted City so not sure where they’re getting their confidence from.

A lot of games being played this summer. They’ve been balls deep for Dembele on a free for a while. He has to take a pay cut to stay at Barca. Suspect a lot of what we’re seeing are people negotiating contracts whilst trying to put pressure on the deals.
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Barca are increasingly confident Dembele will stay. Due to their new “funds” Laporta is taking out another loan as well. Also trying to sell the nou camps naming right. Their actually a mess
 
andyhinch said:
If you’re not comparing similar situations I’m not sure what your point is other than having a small dig at the club ?
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My point is we have more previous for selling low than not, that's a fact not a dig.

So does possibly selling Sterling, with a year left, potentially down the pecking order, for less than his true value would be surprise me? No. If he wants out the club facilitate that at their behest not the bottom lines.

Hardly a dig, again.

You can't really argue that other than trying to prove you're a bigger blue or something by nitpicking.
 
Why do some posters think that if a club is interested in a City player he will go and as a fanbase we panic?

Is there still a belief that the history clubs can tell us what players they want and we just go along with it? If that’s our policy it has worked out quite well in the past few years.

Evolution is nice but every now and again all clubs have a bit of a clear out particularly as a lot of top players want to move on a free after they have run their contracts down.

We actually lose very few players we want to keep and if players put playing every game over winning trophies maybe it’s best they go anyway.
 
Possibly Chelsea are using the Mane fee Bayern payed as a bargaining tool.
 
WNRH said:
We have him already. Cole Palmer.
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Cole Palmer has started 1 premier league game.

We all have high hopes for him but you can't expect Palmer to replace a seasoned international like Sterling in this team. It would be a huge gamble for the club and it wouldn't be fair on the lad.
 
WNRH said:
I don’t know why anyone is baulking at the £35m. The player doesn’t want to be here, we don’t want him, he’s ok £300k a week minimum, Chelsea don’t really need him.

It’s totally different to Jesus and no different to Mane.

It’s a good deal all round. We get £35m cash, save £15m wages for his final year. We get back what we paid for him and he has been a magnificent servant for us.

We got value for what we paid and we are getting value for his sale whilst already having his replacement here.
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Are you bringing logic to this discussion, lol...of course its the right move...Mane is the perfect example of what needs to be done...
 
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