It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[MadchesterCity]

It’s going to be Olmo isn’t it. I’m not that fussed on Frimpong either

Olmo seems unpopular choice, is he not good enough?

 

[MadchesterCity]

If we had £85m set aside for Paqueta then surely Palace would accept the same for Eze?

Or Olise?

 

[Skrastins]

Olmo seems unpopular choice, is he not good enough?

he is very injured prone, plays less minutes per season than Stone

 

[richards30]

Or Olise?

OliseIs more of a winger though isn’t he mate? If Savio comes in and stays and Jack stays then we have enough wide players? Pep would have had a plan for Paqueta no doubt playing higher up with the Bruno signing so Eze could be that guy?

 

[berniethebusman]

Olmo seems unpopular choice, is he not good enough?

Easily good enough the question is he fit enough

 

[Ajm1985]

Apparently Ian Cheeseman said the same thing yesterday. Really hope it isn’t true, one of our most important players

Who would buy him for the fee that would be suitable? His book value is around £40m so we'd want at least that.

 

[Gabriel]

Olmo seems unpopular choice, is he not good enough?

I don’t think people are questioning whether he is technically good enough, more whether he would be consistently fit enough to prove that he is.
If we had a larger squad of dependable players, his signing would be understandable, yet with certain players already plagued by injuries (Stones, de Bruyne, Ake), certain players unproven (Nunes) and certain players hard to shift permanently off the books (Cancelo, Phillips), an injured Olmo would likely only add more minutes to those who already have tired legs.

 

[berniethebusman]

Apparently Ian Cheeseman said the same thing yesterday. Really hope it isn’t true, one of our most important players

I'm hoping its not true, but its not looking good when people so close to the club are hearing it.

 

[berniethebusman]

Who would buy him for the fee that would be suitable? His book value is around £40m so we'd want at least that.

Villa, prodigal son returns to give his CL experience to his boyhood club. Maybe even a swap deal with Bruno.

 

[Gabriel]

OliseIs more of a winger though isn’t he mate? If Savio comes in and stays and Jack stays then we have enough wide players? Pep would have had a plan for Paqueta no doubt playing higher up with the Bruno signing so Eze could be that guy?

The problem we might have with both Olise and Eze is not so much the fee but rather whether they could transplant to Manchester. We might find ourselves in a similar situation to the one we faced with Rice last summer: chasing a player all summer who had little intention of ever leaving London. No matter what we can offer them, some people just prefer to stay in and around London. Olise had problems settling with us before and that may not have changed.