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tolmie's hairdoo said:
I couldn't give a shit, to be frank, bud.

I'm sure City's confidence ebbs and flows on a weekly basis, too.

Difference is, only the people at the very top are in possession of all the true facts.

Everything else is just background noise, even my great tunes ;)
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Great tunes is s t r e t c h i n g it.

To sign both Sanchez and Mbappe, even if we sold Sergio and Nacho to help fund it, would be incredible business (so long as Sergio goes abroad for big money).

Intent is one thing; pulling it off another. It is time though for City to make the kind of summer splash that would make Typhoon Lagoon look like a damp squib.
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
It surely will. Certain players will take a short term hit to get onboard project Pep, but others like Sanchez and Bonucci won't necessarily want to lose a year at the elite level due to age.
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You're underestimating the fact that we have one of, if not, the best managers in the world and when pep comes calling players sit up and take notice. A year out of the CL makes little to no difference if in the grand scheme of things you get to work with someone of peps calibre someone who will improve you massively as a player.
 
Glauber Berti said:
You're underestimating the fact that we have one of, if not, the best managers in the world and when pep comes calling players sit up and take notice. A year out of the CL makes little to no difference if in the grand scheme of things you get to work with someone of peps calibre someone who will improve you massively as a player.
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I'm not underestimating it at all. However if a 29 year old player or a player on the cusp of Ballon D'Or shortlists are asked to sit out a year, I think it hurts us.

Let's hope we just plough through our fixture list and leave the rags and dippers scrapping for 4th.
 
5 forwards for 3 positions is probably perfect for us with the league, Champions League and FA Cup and still allows us to give he likes of Sancho and Diaz game time hopefully in the Milk cup or whatever they call it these days. If the Sanchez AND Mbappe stuff is true and actually goes through then I sadly think Sergio will go because he deserves to be playing for a Barca, Madrid or Bayern if he can't play for gods own team.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We'd get £100m for Sergio and Nacho?
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So as id have thought pretty much all season Pep is going for a complete overhaul to shape his own team which i do feel is needed even though it will be some what of a gamble for him to let sergio go but thats why we went balls out to get Pep to make these decisions even if some fans may not like it :)
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
Not with sergio,hart,Toure,Nasri,all off the books!
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It's a possibility but both will want a fair wedge and we do have a limit in what we pay our players, even if we pay them additional performance related bonuses. I think It is one of the reasons why Sanchez wants out at Arsenal is they aren't prepared to meet Sanchez's demands.
 
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Thaksinssoldier said:
We'll have zero problem in that dept considering the wage bill leaving the club this Summer.
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The question is how much both players will demand. Are we going down the rag route where we pay them what they would want but will cause other problems in the process?
 
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The question is how much both players will demand. Are we going down the rag route where we pay them what they would want but will cause other problems in the process?
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We won't. These days we pay €80k per week plus incentives right across the squad.

Where these deals fall down are typically agents fees. We wont pay silly money on them these days.
 
Dax777 said:
So you reckon we'd have Aguero, Sanchez, Mbappe, GJ, Sterling and Sane? That's going to be one unhappy dressing room.
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I don't think that it will be them 6 but I would like it and think it would provide us with multiple ways of playing. I don't think they'd be unhappy either. Young players will always go through a patch of poor form and Sergio and Sanchez have had there injuries over the season. Plenty of games in the season With 4 comps.

Think we should poss loan out Nacho. Just don't think he has developed and needs games. That way if he is successful he could come and replace Sergio in a few seasons if Sergio wants to return to Argentina.

Navas is OOC and Nolito just has not kicked on from earlier on in the season.
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
We won't. These days we pay €80k per week plus incentives right across the squad.

Where these deals fall down are typically agents fees. We wont pay silly money on them these days.
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It's the point I am trying to make. We might squeeze in either Sanchez or Mbappe, once we strengthened other areas but not both.
 
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I don't think City will win the race for Mbappe. I just have a strong feeling he will get bought by Real Madrid and get loaned back to Monaco.
 
ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN said:
Not sure most fans do rate Nacho

I for one don't

Will be a decent player for a decent team

Not a great player in a great team which is where want to be
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I think he can be in great team. He's only 20 and with some game time under his belt he can become really good. Not all players develop at the same time, some hit their peaks later than others.
 
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