andyhinch
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Who's the 143 page Johnny Evans thread about ?.someone good I hope.
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taleofbluehalves
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£40 m more for VVD? Lol! They don't want to sell.Instead of spunking £20m on Evans we could spend £40m more and get VVD who's at the right age and would be a serious successor to Vinny
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Well it looks like either Southampton aren't selling or VVD doesn't want to come to City.Instead of spunking £20m on Evans we could spend £40m more and get VVD who's at the right age and would be a serious successor to Vinny
It is looking like perhaps we have exhausted all our options for CB and so have turned to an experienced option. If we have been given the nod for Sanchez or Mbappe then we need to allocate the money for them.
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If it's both then we would also need the 2 non homegrown spots for them. Maybe that's the reason for a homegrown 4th centre back.Well it looks like either Southampton aren't selling or VVD doesn't want to come to City.
It is looking like perhaps we have exhausted all our options for CB and so have turned to an experienced option. If we have been given the nod for Sanchez or Mbappe then we need to allocate the money for them.
dadnlad
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probably not on huge wages ha ha wait till we try to get shut of him then we find out his wagesPragmatic about this. 4th choice centre back, knows the league, probably not huge wages. Not too bothered. I'd rather we brought a solid player in rather than a Savic type, who though now a good player, was a bag of nerves and made mistakes.
Instead of spunking £20m on Evans we could spend £40m more and get VVD who's at the right age and would be a serious successor to Vinny
If we spent £60m on VVD he would expect to be a regular starter, we would expect him to be a regular starter. At the moment Vinny's stature within the club and leadership qualities mean that if he's fit he plays. Which would mean much less game time for Stones (unless we play 3 at the back every week). I still think Pep has very high hopes for Stones, expects this season to be the year when he really makes it big. I think Pep would rather work with Stones this season rather than bring in a big money signing.
The proviso of course is that Kompany stays fit. The fact that we've left it so late to buy a 4th centre back and are now going for the cheaper option suggests to me that the club feel that Kompany has done enough in pre season to allay fears over his fitness.
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If we spent £60m on VVD he would expect to be a regular starter, we would expect him to be a regular starter. At the moment Vinny's stature within the club and leadership qualities mean that if he's fit he plays. Which would mean much less game time for Stones (unless we play 3 at the back every week). I still think Pep has very high hopes for Stones, expects this season to be the year when he really makes it big. I think Pep would rather work with Stones this season rather than bring in a big money signing.
The proviso of course is that Kompany stays fit. The fact that we've left it so late to buy a 4th centre back and are now going for the cheaper option suggests to me that the club feel that Kompany has done enough in pre season to allay fears over his fitness.
In that case then its a massive gamble expecting Vinny to remain fit for the whole season, if we persist in playing three at the back then a fourth top drawer CB is necessary, not some past his best WBA defender.
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£40 m more for VVD? Lol! They don't want to sell.
They don't want to sell to Liverpool that's for certain, by all accounts we haven't even tested the water with a bid.
Guys if we don't sign Mbappe that doesn't mean we will still spend as much as if we had. Say we don't and get Sanchez instead for 60 million, that doesn't mean we'll be spending the remaining 100 million.
We were just willing to break the bank for mbappe, go far over our ideal spend and touch the limits. If he doesn't come we're not suddenly going to go for 2 or 3 high profile signings.
We were just willing to break the bank for mbappe, go far over our ideal spend and touch the limits. If he doesn't come we're not suddenly going to go for 2 or 3 high profile signings.
Last season , without Kompany, Stones looked fragile. Evans is captain of WBA. He's played over 200 Premier League matches. He is reliable. He can help Stones develop into the player we know he can be. This helps Stones and provides cover.
We could go down the root of spending £30m more, but then we'd end up replacing Stones, which might be a mistake. I think it's a smart move and importantly it enables us to bid for forwards.
We could go down the root of spending £30m more, but then we'd end up replacing Stones, which might be a mistake. I think it's a smart move and importantly it enables us to bid for forwards.
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