Fair enough aye, maybe it’s just the amount of times we’ve played Madrid in the CL, but Rodrygo seems like a big star to me.I'm not actually sure that Rodrygo is a world superstar , I think part of his beef is that he is eternal back up to the stars in the Madrid team.
I think the likes of Sanchez Bellingham and Messi who we tried to sign are as big stars.
Don’t assume the DoF knows either.I honestly have no idea what's going on at the moment - absolute flurry of activity & rumour over the past couple of days
Last summer?When does any transfer window NOT end up in a mad scramble like this?
Could be right.Something feels off about these links.
My best guess would be that both Ederson and Savinho stay, we don’t bring anyone else in and just offload the likes of McAtee, Ortega (both sold) and Echeverri on loan.
I’m betting that Paqueta comes in.Nico isnt going to be trusted in that position until he proves he can be, it's too vital a position to push through with players who dont get it. if the 6 isnt on it, our entire gameplan suffers badly.
Reijnders needs to be freed up for the 3rd man runs, tying him down to a midfield 2 role gives him too much defensive responsibility and removes a large portion of the threat he can offer, or if he leaves his role to offer that threat, it then leaves us wide open on transition.
He's got to be played as a second 8 that acts as a 10, putting him as an 8 with a solo 6 and another 10, again leaves us wide open.
I suspect that is more because it is hard to get those players other than when they are surplus to requirements and when they are they often don't suit us. But these two maybe do.Fair enough aye, maybe it’s just the amount of times we’ve played Madrid in the CL, but Rodrygo seems like a big star to me.
I also think, bar Messi, when have we ever signed or tried to sign a player from a team who is on the same level as us.
The first rule of the 'it's quiet...' threads is...I’m going to sound daft here but can someone explain what the ‘it’s quiet’ threads are for?
I’ve always wondered
I don’t think we’re particularly trying to sell Ederson and Savinho though, We’ve just had them bring offers to us which are currently too low. We ideally don’t want to let them go but we are realistic enough to know that if we can get a good fee then they can leave.Could be right.
But there’s a lot of noise at the moment and it’s coming from somewhere
Problem we have is we’re trying to sell and you can only sell when someone is ready to bid
But looks like a lot of late business is going to happen
exactly thisThe links to Rodrygo and Donnarumma feel entirely agent driven through Romano.
Mate we went a decade without a LB and did absolutely fine. We've Stones, Khusanov, Akanji on top of Rico Lewis and Nunes it's not as big a problem as some make out.Its exciting being linked to Donnaruma and Rodrygo but I still think we are off if the RB position hasn't been answered.
And he’d be right!………….. Gets hat.Get ready - as we speak The Tragic Twat/Nick Harris will be preparing a 35 consecutive tweet missive on why this all indicates City are guilty and about to relegated to the Chesman Sunday League
If stones were to play inverted right back, rudolf could start at 8 and move to a second 10 when stones moves across. Problem with that is that that wouldn’t suit Ait Nourie. But this new squad does seem to give us more options. We could also go 3 at the back with Ait Nouri as wing backNico isnt going to be trusted in that position until he proves he can be, it's too vital a position to push through with players who dont get it. if the 6 isnt on it, our entire gameplan suffers badly.
Reijnders needs to be freed up for the 3rd man runs, tying him down to a midfield 2 role gives him too much defensive responsibility and removes a large portion of the threat he can offer, or if he leaves his role to offer that threat, it then leaves us wide open on transition.
He's got to be played as a second 8 that acts as a 10, putting him as an 8 with a solo 6 and another 10, again leaves us wide open.
Wrexham or Leicester.Are there any news on Callum Doyle?
By no idea, it means it doesn't make sense. Seeing as it makes sense to you, perhaps you can give me the benefit of your wisdom... I'll wait.Try accepting you have no idea what is happening and wait to see how things pan out before dummy spitting
No, they ran it past meWhat you mean to say is you are not in the loop with the board