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cadds92 said:
Quite ironic how Arsenal fans slammed their players for coming to us because of money wheras now they are having to offer wages that are amongst the highest in European football to convince their best to stay.

Even City and Chelsea don't offer 300k a week.
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Yeah although I'm not sure how much truth there is to it. Surely at his age he'd want trophies. Arsenal would smash their structure and potentially the rules of ffp with that contract. Also dunno how other players would feel about it. Then again he's the only one with ambition in the team.
 
Chi-town blues said:
Yea right! Bobby .. but
Never mind. ;)
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:)

Back on topic. I'm going through the mental rolodex of potential CB options this summer and with the names which have already been wiped as not possible or not in the list, i've come up with two.

Alderweireld and Thiago Silva.

Interesting that PSG are about to sign Pepe and have just renewed Marquinhos today. TBF on paper they only have Kimpebe, Silva, and Marquinhos as CB options. But still Silva just about fits the profile.

Alderweireld is a long shot, but then when I asked Perarnau about him he did say that he fits the profile perfectly and both Pep and Txiki really like him. He just said that he thought it would be very difficult for City to take two players from Spurs so it was unlikely.

Gonna be so interesting to see who this defender is!
 
BillyShears said:
:)

Back on topic. I'm going through the mental rolodex of potential CB options this summer and with the names which have already been wiped as not possible or not in the list, i've come up with two.

Alderweireld and Thiago Silva.

Interesting that PSG are about to sign Pepe and have just renewed Marquinhos today. TBF on paper they only have Kimpebe, Silva, and Marquinhos as CB options. But still Silva just about fits the profile.

Alderweireld is a long shot, but then when I asked Perarnau about him he did say that he fits the profile perfectly and both Pep and Txiki really like him. He just said that he thought it would be very difficult for City to take two players from Spurs so it was unlikely.

Gonna be so interesting to see who this defender is!
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Buying Silva would be a backwards step. He's not a leader and he can't hold his nerves under pressure. From what I've read on here and in the media, everybody wants Stones and Kompany to start and a CB who is a natural leader to come in when the latter gets injured. Silva is the antithesis of a leader.
 
BillyShears said:
:)

Back on topic. I'm going through the mental rolodex of potential CB options this summer and with the names which have already been wiped as not possible or not in the list, i've come up with two.

Alderweireld and Thiago Silva.

Interesting that PSG are about to sign Pepe and have just renewed Marquinhos today. TBF on paper they only have Kimpebe, Silva, and Marquinhos as CB options. But still Silva just about fits the profile.

Alderweireld is a long shot, but then when I asked Perarnau about him he did say that he fits the profile perfectly and both Pep and Txiki really like him. He just said that he thought it would be very difficult for City to take two players from Spurs so it was unlikely.

Gonna be so interesting to see who this defender is!
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Koulibaly? Would probably command a similar fee to van Dijk, and there are no links, so very unlikely I guess.

And is it definitely not Boateng? Matt Law suggested he's interested in returning to England, and Chelsea have seemingly wrapped up Rudiger. We would be his only option really.
 
sky_blue said:
Buying Silva would be a backwards step. He's not a leader and he can't hold his nerves under pressure. From what I've read on here and in the media, everybody wants Stones and Kompany to start and a CB who is a natural leader to come in when the latter gets injured. Silva is the antithesis of a leader.
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Thiago silva has no nerve????

Is that you, Marv???
 
sky_blue said:
Buying Silva would be a backwards step. He's not a leader and he can't hold his nerves under pressure. From what I've read on here and in the media, everybody wants Stones and Kompany to start and a CB who is a natural leader to come in when the latter gets injured. Silva is the antithesis of a leader.
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Wow. Been a while since i've read an assessment of a player I disagree with so vehemently. Silva is literally the definition of a leader. He has led every side he's played for. Not only that but to say he would be a backwards step from Otamendi is like saying Dani Alves is a backwards step from Zabaleta or Sagna. IMO just no comparison!
 
Edwaardz said:
Koulibaly? Would probably command a similar fee to van Dijk, and there are no links, so very unlikely I guess.

And is it definitely not Boateng? Matt Law suggested he's interested in returning to England, and Chelsea have seemingly wrapped up Rudiger. We would be his only option really.
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"City is not interested in any players from Bayern or Barcelona this summer" was the message I got off Marti when I asked about Javi Martinez.
 
sky_blue said:
Buying Silva would be a backwards step. He's not a leader and he can't hold his nerves under pressure. From what I've read on here and in the media, everybody wants Stones and Kompany to start and a CB who is a natural leader to come in when the latter gets injured. Silva is the antithesis of a leader.
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Hahahahahahahaha
 
peace frog said:
I can confirm that the BVB aircraft was in this afternoon(I work at the airport) its also in nearly every day, think its the Turkish airlines
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Turkish airlines have one also. You probably see it all the time.
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BillyShears said:
Wow. Been a while since i've read an assessment of a player I disagree with so vehemently. Silva is literally the definition of a leader. He has led every side he's played for. Not only that but to say he would be a backwards step from Otamendi is like saying Dani Alves is a backwards step from Zabaleta or Sagna. IMO just no comparison!
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Ah yes, that must be why Silva is captaining Brazil every match. Oh wait, he's not. He's been benched ever since Tite took charge of Brazil. Hasn't started a single fucking world cup qualifer since then. He's a great CB but he needs another player by his side who can calm him down. Also, I'm legitimately surprised my comment is being viewed as contrarian since I was always of the opinion that most people (and coaches) don't class him in the same bracket as Puyol, Kompany or Bonucci. I would love to know more why you guys think he's a leader and is yet not leading his national team.
 
sky_blue said:
Ah yes, that's must be why Silva is captaining Brazil every match. Oh wait, he's not. He's been benched ever since Tite took charge of Brazil. Hasn't started a single fucking world cup qualifer since then. He's a great CB but he needs another player by his side who can calm him down. Also, I'm legitimately surprised my comment is being viewed as contrarian since I was always of the opinion that most people (and coaches) don't class him in the same bracket as Puyol, Kompany or Bonucci. I would love to know more why you guys think he's a leader and is yet not leading his national team.
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I appreciate that you think you're right but i disagree with you on a level can't being to express in words so we'll leave it there. Thiago Silva's probably one of the top 3 CB's of the last 10 years full stop IMO.
 
sky_blue said:
Ah yes, that's must be why Silva is captaining Brazil every match. Oh wait, he's not. He's been benched ever since Tite took charge of Brazil. Hasn't started a single fucking world cup qualifer since then. He's a great CB but he needs another player by his side who can calm him down. Also, I'm legitimately surprised my comment is being viewed as contrarian since I was always of the opinion that most people (and coaches) don't class him in the same bracket as Puyol, Kompany or Bonucci. I would love to know more why you guys think he's a leader and is yet not leading his national team.
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The only reason for that is because Silva plays for PSG and not Barca, and Madrid, or Bayern.

Using the national team as a barometer is stupid. Sissoko and Matuidi starts over Dembele and Lemar in the French team. Maybe we should target Sissoko instead since he’s better?
 
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