Ok thanks, I haven’t followed the net spend numbers that closely so wasn’t sure exactly.No we haven't. But we've spent above net consistently over the years despite not being profligate. Thus far this window, we are +~£30mil and seemingly no closer to landing Gvardiol. We're yet to spend a penny when we should have wriggle room to attack the market aggressively. If the window stays as it is, it's concerning.
Don't get me wrong mate, the figure I used is a rough estimate. But if we factor in the Mahrez fee, that's basically paid for Kovacic. And we've made around 30-40mil off youth talent thus far, yet are still being ultra-cautious.Ok thanks, I haven’t followed the net spend numbers that closely so wasn’t sure exactly.
Tbh after last season, I’m pretty relaxed about this particular window. Based on those last 2 warm up games we still have a lot of incredible talent, but I do accept the fact any more who leave from now on might alter things.
Didn’t we try to buy Bellingham for over £100m and then Rice for £90m?A bit early to panic yet, but are Sheikh Mansour and Khaldoon reigning in the spending and taking the money now City have (finally) won the CL and done the treble?
Those 3 plus Palmer and Bobb should br fine imo.Eventhough I want another exciting entertaining star to replace Riyad, I think we should be ok with what we already have.
Jack, Bernardo & Foden should be good enough to fill the RW/LW positions.
As well as Alvarez, Palme & Gomez to fill in when required.
And what about his contributions for the first 2 years of our current 3 PL win. Not just the PL but the CL as well. Did you manage to factor that in your absolute shit take.Whilst I agree that we need a winger now, his goal contributions weren't all that great (with the exception of 21-22).
Never scored more than 11 league goals, only got more than 15 goals total once (24 in 21-22).
They may not have the same impact but for this season we will still notice their losses in the team. Kovacic signing is a good one and is so far showing encouraging signs but still will take time to fully adapt. Mahrez was good for 15 goals last season and was always useful for getting double figures throughout his time at City.Let's be realistic here we've lost Mahrez who had become a non regular starter and Gundo who was probably on his last best season for us. We've still retained the team that won the treble. People are acting like losing these players means we're left with half a team when this is just not the case.