It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

city warrior said:
It would be a disappointing transfer window, especially when there is such a clear necessity of a 6/8 that can play with Rodri and give him rest. Also, KDB should be worse than last season, Bernardo had his worst season and it's getting older, Nunez doesn't seem to be at our level. Rodri and Foden are the only midfielder that I expect to play at last season level or even better. I feel this is a glaring omission.

And I think our defense needs an agile CB/RB that can compete with Walker and be part of the rotation in case Stones has another injured season + Ake can also be injury prone + Walker declining + Dias not having his best season. Only with Akanji and Gvardiol (and Ake if he is healthy), I have zero doubts that they will be close or even better to the level they had last season.
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Warrior? Fucking lol
 
If Phillips and Cancelo leave then we make a move for a midfielder surely? If Alvarez goes then again you bring someone in?
 
oldius said:
I would really, really like us to stick with the squad we have.
Granted, I have a long-held desire for the academy to bear first-team fruit, but winning the league with a team including Foden, McAtee, Lewis and Bobb would be wonderful, especially if others began to come through in other competitions.
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Totally agree with this. Would be incredible to see academy players throughout the first team over the coming years
 
Obviously Phillips and cancelo aren’t considered city players in pep’s mind.

I’ve been saying for months it’s quite clear the plan is for Bernardo to play more central next season. He can play next to Rodri or kovacic when Rodri needs a break. This is more than sufficient cover imo.

We keep ederson and it’s been a good window imo
 
ninjamonkey said:
All Pep is saying there is the squad is currently full and we have to drop the deadwood first. We're expecting several peripheral squad departures including cancelo and phillips. If those 2 depart, we can bring in a player in each of the 2 positions we badly need strengthening, rodri cover and fullback, if we're including them in the squad then we're currently full.

Ederson, Ortega, carson (H) walker (H) gvardiol, Ake (H) stones (H) dias, akanji, cancelo, lewis (CT) rodri, Phillips, kovacic, kdb, foden (CT), bernardo, Nunes, Bobb (CT) mcatee (CT), savio, doku, grealish, Alvarez, Haaland.

That's our current full 25 man squad with all the homegrown (H) and club trained (CT) slots filled too. Phillips and grealish both also qualify for homegrown status but have to be registered in the free spots after the alloted 4 are taken already.

We cannot sign anybody else until the futures of the likes of cancelo and phillips have been resolved And this is ignoring returning loanee's like perrone, couto who we expect to be sold or loaned back out. We're not going to risk sitting on £90+ Million worth of players we cannot even register to use by signing their replacements and the vultures then swoop in low balling us knowing we have no alternative but to accept whatever scraps they offer.
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Hallelujah at last some common sense and a great post NM.
 
ninjamonkey said:
All Pep is saying there is the squad is currently full and we have to drop the deadwood first. We're expecting several peripheral squad departures including cancelo and phillips. If those 2 depart, we can bring in a player in each of the 2 positions we badly need strengthening, rodri cover and fullback, if we're including them in the squad then we're currently full.

Ederson, Ortega, carson (H) walker (H) gvardiol, Ake (H) stones (H) dias, akanji, cancelo, lewis (CT) rodri, Phillips, kovacic, kdb, foden (CT), bernardo, Nunes, Bobb (CT) mcatee (CT), savio, doku, grealish, Alvarez, Haaland.

That's our current full 25 man squad with all the homegrown (H) and club trained (CT) slots filled too. Phillips and grealish both also qualify for homegrown status but have to be registered in the free spots after the alloted 4 are taken already.

We cannot sign anybody else until the futures of the likes of cancelo and phillips have been resolved And this is ignoring returning loanee's like perrone, couto who we expect to be sold or loaned back out. We're not going to risk sitting on £90+ Million worth of players we cannot even register to use by signing their replacements and the vultures then swoop in low balling us knowing we have no alternative but to accept whatever scraps they offer.
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I agree with everything in the last paragraph until you said sign their replacements. Players that aren’t even considered part of the squad don’t get replacements. Only a first team player leaving who was part of last years squad and got a reasonable about of minutes will result in us entering the market. Philips and cancelo are not them. Couto and perrone not even close. Alvarez, Ederson, kova, nunes etc are. But it’s unlikely any of them leave with fees. It may not be what people want but it’s a stretch to suggest otherwise
 
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