Thanks for spotting Bernardo - silly mistake but corrected now. Also taken the risk of moving Reis to the loan list before its officially announced, as it seems to be happening.The table in the topic 2025-26 shows that we have a surplus of 5 for the PL squad https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/2025-26-squad.369055/
Is the data incorrect? I skimmed through it, and it appears OK to me with the exception of the entry for Bernardo which is incomplete.
Remember it’s not FIFA lads ! You can’t go around signing every player you want for 100mil
thats the kind of player city should be signing...
Dippers have offered €100m for Barcola as well
I don’t understand the Kova decision. Bernardo will stay, and potentially Gundo. We’ve got Gonzalez + O’Reilly who has proven himself in recent times too and have added Reijnders, Bobb, Foden, Echeverri and Cherki. That’s a crowded enough midfield. Now would have been a great time to move on as his performances worsened over the course of this season. We’re just going to lose out on money by not selling now, and other players are going to have their game time sacrificed for him to play.
Agree...Yes but we are not in danger of breaking any rules in respect to Echeverri and Reis. The squad rules (PL and CL) exempt u-21 players. We can only register 25 senior players in the PL which means that City will be forced sellers of players like Grealish, Phillips, Kabore, Wilson-Esbrand etc. If Echeverri and Reis are banging on the door demanding games, then fair enough but that seems unlikely to me. Echeverri played in the FA Cup Final and the CWC and Reis is also close to the first team. I think they will get games. We will miss them on a League Cup, FA Cup or CL night. I would rather sell Gundogan and Grealish. That opens space for Echeverri as a PL sub.
Don't think you can get rid of too many at once though. The players might not want to leave also, and we may not get buyers for them.The football director should be making decisions primarily though? The squad needs trimmed but Stones, Ake, Akanji, Gundogan, Bernardo and Kovacic seemingly stay!?
It's what years of winning does. Turns our fans into Man United fans.Why the impatience?
There are ten days to go until the first competitive game and three weeks until the end of the window.
We have all the players in that we want.
What are you expecting, minutes of meetingWhat happend to the bullshit "difficult conversations" no sign of anyone being moved on and sounds like were going with the same approach as last season. Trust the experience and pray they dont get injured
Im expecting maybe jack gaugan ornstein or that wanker romano would have some news on players leaving but all weve heard is Reis Echeverri and potentially grealish leaving. We need a shit ton more out the door.What are you expecting, minutes of meeting
Still weeks to go, let’s be patient and see what happensIm expecting maybe jack gaugan ornstein or that wanker romano would have some news on players leaving but all weve heard is Reis Echeverri and potentially grealish leaving. We need a shit ton more out the door.
You mean City aren’t keeping you informed?? That’s awfulWhat happend to the bullshit "difficult conversations" no sign of anyone being moved on and sounds like were going with the same approach as last season. Trust the experience and pray they dont get injured
I can’t. They stay but apparently the board themselves ain’t sure if they even stay injury free. We going to get him back for 2-3 weeks and then when the uncs are back he gonna join the bench again. Hopefully this year flies past me they get their chanceView attachment 165121
Several outlets reporting that we've included a mid-season break clause in Reis loan contract to Girona, to cover us in the case of injury presumably to Stones, Aké & Akanji, which suggests they're all staying.
This report states an "immediate return", but surely he can't be registered before January?
Nowt from Ornstein or Romano thoughIt’s across French media mate, they have gone in with a €100m offer? They are wanting Isak still as well
Wishing the season away before it starts, some kind of so called fan you are.I can’t. They stay but apparently the board themselves ain’t sure if they even stay injury free. We going to get him back for 2-3 weeks and then when the uncs are back he gonna join the bench again. Hopefully this year flies past me they get their chance
Well they’ll struggle to fit them all in if they get them. Can you get Salah Wirtz Ekitike Isaak and Barcola in the same side as well as Gakpo? There’d be a lot of unhappy playersIt’s across French media mate, they have gone in with a €100m offer? They are wanting Isak still as well
Bernardo still has something to offer.
As soon as Kova was injured/had the operation then he was always going nowhere
Gundo I would have let go.
Despite our financial power we have most of the time been restrained in the transfer market. We have spent lots, but well.....others have a more scatter gun approach.
I do wonder if its the optics of spending that keeps us slightly restrained at times.
I don’t think we should get rid of all three in this window, that’s a lot of experience gone if we do.This doesn't seem as much a scatter gun approach as opposed to an arms race.
I think we have played it safe this summer, but I would like to see us be more aggresive and maybe even move some players like Gundo, Kova, Bernardo (If a massive offer comes in from Saudi) and begin to build the next iteration of the team.