What I'm simply implying is that it would be unfair to exonerate Txixi whilst blaming Pep if things go wrong. They both are a huge factor to our success as a club next season and if Pep chooses the wrong players favouring a style of play without giving thought to the uniqueness of the premiership and the need to tweak things a little, if it doesn't work out, I'm sure he himself would admit that he got things wrong. On the other hand, when Txixi gets things wrong, he should also be blamed. I'll give you two examples. I know there were reports that Pellers pushed for Bony instead of Dybala and looking back we all admit it was a fatal error. Another one that comes to mind is the decision to go for Mangala when the opportunity arose to sign Sanchez. I know there was FFP and that we needed someone to partner Kompany and all that but I believe we didn't help ourselves there. World class players dont get avaliable for reasonable sums often. I'm sure if it was one of the clubs we aspire to be as successful as, they would have gone for Sanchez and perhaps converted a midfielder or a full back to a defender if they were shackled with the same FFP. I'll give you another example. Real Madrid president would not mind showing the door to his beloved Rafa Benitez if that would mean keeping Isco. RM decided against going for Pogba last summer and that decision was largely because of the same man. I have a few other examples but I wouldn't bore you any further. Presidents, Sporting directors, etc get invloved in their clubs transfer dealings so much because they recognise that every wrong decision would come back to them.
So we've lost the battle for both Sead Kolasinac (Free) and Youri Tielemans (21M) ... Brilliant. Can't wait for us to Sign someone in the ranks of Wilshere for 40
As I said, Txiki takes a fair share of the blame for Bony. However, you can't make players come here who don't want to come, whether it's Sanchez(back then), Isco, Laporte or Bonucci. We have ambitious targets and have gone without precisely because we haven't always bought Plan B.
If Leipzig do not play Champions League maybe we can sign one of their players. Have we been linked with any of their players?
So we've lost the battle for both Sead Kolasinac (Free) and Youri Tielemans (21M) ... Brilliant. Can't wait for us to Sign someone in the ranks of Wilshere for 40
Sergio Aguero "is happy at Manchester City" and intends to see out the remainder of his contract, according to his agent Hernan Reguera.
The Argentina international has been strongly linked with the Etihad Stadium exit this summer after being dropped in favour of energetic forward Gabriel Jesus.
Aguero enjoyed a return to the side following Jesus's recent layoff with a foot injury, adding a further 13 goals to his growing tally in the 15 matches his teammate sat out.
Boss Pep Guardiola again gave a clear indication that he intends to go with the Brazilian starlet up top next season, however, by starting him against Leicester City on Saturday afternoon.
Aguero is seemingly up for the challenge of battling for his place in the side, though, with representative Reguera claiming that talk of a move away is wide of the mark.
"Sergio is happy at Manchester City. He has a contract and wants to respect it," he told FCInterNews. "There are absolutely no problems [with Guardiola].
"Not only are there no negotiations with any other club, there hasn't even been any chat or something close to that effect. These things are not true. I repeat: there is nothing."
I'd hope our transfer strategy is more consolidated than "yesterday may have gotten our lads thinking". Has he been showing it over a full season? If so he might be in the plans, if not then we'll already be looking elsewhere surely.I've had a sneaking suspicion on this since October, but based on yesterday's performance does anyone think Kasper played himself into Pep's/Txixi's thoughts?
Young for a keeper, experienced, homegrown and was passing it around really well yesterday. Very gettable.
I do think rags will make a desperate move for him to appease fans when the donut thief leaves, but yesterday may have gotten our lads thinking.
I've had a sneaking suspicion on this since October, but based on yesterday's performance does anyone think Kasper played himself into Pep's/Txixi's thoughts?
Young for a keeper, experienced, homegrown and was passing it around really well yesterday. Very gettable.
I do think rags will make a desperate move for him to appease fans when the donut thief leaves, but yesterday may have gotten our lads thinking.
I've had a sneaking suspicion on this since October, but based on yesterday's performance does anyone think Kasper played himself into Pep's/Txixi's thoughts?
Young for a keeper, experienced, homegrown and was passing it around really well yesterday. Very gettable.
I do think rags will make a desperate move for him to appease fans when the donut thief leaves, but yesterday may have gotten our lads thinking.