It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

If we signed him, he wouldn’t be coming as a back up to Rodri. Not for £100m. Guardiola would find a way to play both. Still think it’s more likely he goes to Arsenal though.
Stop talking sense mate :)
 
If we signed him, he wouldn’t be coming as a back up to Rodri. Not for £100m. Guardiola would find a way to play both. Still think it’s more likely he goes to Arsenal though.

We played more of a diamond in midfield in the CL final than the box W-M formation. I wonder if the idea would be that Rice would be one of the side 8s and play as box-to-box, rather than thinking of him doing Stones' usual role. Maybe Rodri dropping into CB and Rice at 6ish when OOP.
 
If we signed him, he wouldn’t be coming as a back up to Rodri. Not for £100m. Guardiola would find a way to play both. Still think it’s more likely he goes to Arsenal though.
Think we are all forgetting that Stones is actually a CB and regardless of how well hes done. He's an even better CB and thats where he should be playing. Also no doubt will be injured for large portions of the season.

I like Rice and think he is the kind of player that would fit in perfectly into our squad. I also think playing two DM's seems to be the way Pep is going and Rice would give us two top DM's with Stones clearly able to cover if needed. Its a deal that makes sense (even though i expect him to go to Arsenal).
 
What would have been the plan with Bellingham then if we had signed him? Pep must have a plan and maybe things Rice can play further forward as well?
 
Seriously hope we’re not in for Rice at that £100 million price tag!
Loads of people said this about Grealish, but it's turned out pretty well. If Pep and the top brass are fine with the outlay as they can see something in him that will add real value to the squad, then I'm fine with it.
 

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