I do.
I'm not convinced we we spend anywhere near £300m I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up winning the net spend trophy again.So, we have Kovacic for £25m and hopefully Gvardiol for £85m soon. We have sold Trafford for £14m and Charles for £10m and have the Porro sell on £10m as well? Tolmie mentioned a £300m transfer chest for this summer and maybe 2 more incomings? I wonder why the club won’t just do the Gvardiol fee and get it done? I’m also quite surprised we didn’t do Maddison for only £40m as I don’t see us getting any huge name transfer so the budget won’t get used?
That's no longer an option...Well for all his faults Cancelo is a very good player, and Jesus is a quality player who we were happy to sell to arsenal…
I’m not arguing about whether it’s a good or bad idea to sell to a rival by the way, I’m just noting that Pep has often said he won’t stop players from leaving and we have seen last season that City seem quite happy to sell to arsenal.
The Arsenal rumour I've read - and it's what sprang to mind when a swap was mentioned - was Tierney for Cancelo/Laporte. No 'good' sources tho.
What a terrible swap… yikes. Again, City shouldn’t do business with Arsenal…The Arsenal rumour I've read - and it's what sprang to mind when a swap was mentioned - was Tierney for Cancelo/Laporte. No 'good' sources tho.
We're back on Monday the 17th. We play Yokohama F Marinos on Sunday the 23rd. CFG owns 20% of that club...I completely trust the club as they rarely get it wrong when it comes to transfers - but it is unsettling that nothing seems to be happening.
- Kovacic was done and dusted months ago
- We made a bid for Rice, got rejected, and pulled out
- Gvardiol seems to have all gone quiet
- No one who I expected might leave seems to be leaving - Silva, Laporte, Mahrez, Cancelo
- Even the usual young players being loaned out isn't happening
We've just won the treble, we now need to defend these trophies and to do that we need quality additions, and dead wood shipping out.
I'm not complaining - just surprised as the players are back in training next week (or the week after?) and we normally have all our transfers wrapped up within a few weeks of the season ending.
And Silva and Mahrez are not dead wood...
- Kovacic was announced just 9 days back, not months back (whether sorted or not)
- We perhaps made a bid for Rice but WHU wanted more than we were prepared to pay
- Why would City or Leipzig give daily updates on Gvardiol?
- You weren't expecting Gundogan to leave?
- We've already sold or let go at least two youth players, but they usually get mentioned or sorted towards the end of the window (1st of September BTW)