It's Quiet - a new dawn

[better dead than red]

I think Zaha would be a good signing but for him choosing to play for Ivory Coast instead of England and losing him to ACON every two years. Nevertheless, could be a useful player for us.

His name coming up again reminds me of @tolmie's hairdoo ABBA video a few years ago hinting we were looking at him. The negativity towards him then was high. Now a lot have changed their tune, so to speak.

It is similar to the Tielemans argument now. Buy a young player with potential for say £15-30 million and nurture him, get something out of him and watch him become very good/great or wait 3 or 4 years until he is great and compete with other teams to sign him for £50+ million and maybe lose him to Chelsea, PSG, RM, etc.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Currently we have Clichy and Zaba,we could have Walker and Mendy.....let that sink in for a bit.

 

[Akiva]

I would rather have Rose. He's a top player.

What about Goalkeeper, heard anything Tolm?

 

[domalino]

I would rather have Rose. He's a top player.

Rose is very injury prone. He's missed 2 months already with this knee injury, plus another month in September for a hamstring.

In fact he's missed at least a month or 2 every season since 12/13, and it's always his knee or hamstring, which should be a massive warning sign.

If we're blowing big money on a left back, I'd like him to be fit. Mendy would be cheaper, is also 5 years younger so the money is going further, he's going to be here longer. Plus his attacking output is obviously better.

I wouldn't complain if we went for Rose, obviously, but Mendy's got quite a few things going for him that Rose doesn't, even if he doesn't have the Premier league experience and we don't know quite how good he'll be over here.

 

[richards30]

It smacks of Alderweireld agent knowing Walker is upset with wages and has City option, so is trying to leverage a better deal for his guy.

Txiki was interested when he was at Southampton though.

Good luck and congrats by the way!

cheers mate, hoping for a calmer one this time as my 4 year old daughter was born with down syndrome and a major heart defect so has had 7 open heart surgeries so far! :-( all good news regarding city keeps us going sometimes! lol

 

[g2aham]

Roy Walker used to say "say what you see" on catchphrase......

 

[richards30]

Currently we have Clichy and Zaba,we could have Walker and Mendy.....let that sink in for a bit.

when you put it like that...............

 

[BAB.DAB]

Currently we have Clichy and Zaba,we could have Walker and Mendy.....let that sink in for a bit.

Hope they happen soon sick to death of people coming on here saying ' I hope pep gets some new full backs'

 

[richards30]

Hope they happen soon sick to death of people coming on here saying ' I hope pep gets some new full backs'

pep will want players in asap you would assume so moves might happen and be agreed before players go on their holibobs?

 

[BAB.DAB]

cheers mate, hoping for a calmer one this time as my 4 year old daughter was born with down syndrome and a major heart defect so has had 7 open heart surgeries so far! :-( all good news regarding city keeps us going sometimes! lol

Hope you have a calmer one this time
All the best to you and your family