It's Quiet the £250m return

[Cobwebcat]

All City’s fault. Should have moved him on after a year and accepted he couldn’t fit our system.

Nobody is going to match what we pay him.

 

[murcian blue]

Ortega would be one of them. I'm sure this has been done to death but as I see it the 17 non-HG players will be:

Donnarumma
Khus
Nunes
Ait-Nouri
Dias
Gvardiol
Rodri
Gonzalez
Reijnders
Cherki
Doku
Gundo
Kovacic
Bernardo
Savinho
Haaland
Marmoush

So one of the above would need to go or be prepared to not be registered in the CL squad.

 

[murcian blue]

I thought Khus is under 21.

 

[Damanino]

dont know what Ortega is gonna do if he stays. he is in the Carson role pretty much then and will make Bettinelli sad.

 

[pudge]

€16.5m loan fee alone for Nicolas Jackson.... What's the Akanji deal again?

 

[nmc]

Akanji and Gundo go we won’t replace them is the word. But anyone else we will.

Lewis/Nunes/Dias/Stones/Gvardiol/Khusanov/AitNouri/Ake is enough at the back.

We’d have to sell Nunes to move on a right back

Sell Nunes to Saudi Arabia in the next week?

 

[Nevizade]

I thought Khus is under 21.

Doesn't matter in the CL unless you're club trained e.g. Lewis, Bobb.

 

[zandvoort blue]

Sell Nunes to Saudi Arabia in the next week?

And get Rico to carry his bags

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[Haaland94]

Sell Nunes to Saudi Arabia in the next week?

And replace him with who? The window closes in a few hours. Unless we want to bring Cancelo back from Saudi :).

 

[VinceYoungisaBLUE]

I would love to sign someone who can lead on the pitch as well as put in a hard tackle that can galvanize this squad, which is completely bereft of any confidence.

Wish Nigel de Jong was around

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

Donnarumma
Gvardiol
Dias
Rodri
Reijnders
Foden
Cherki
Marmoush
Haaland

Is as good a spine as Liverpool and Arsenal. Younger too.

People act like having Nunes instead of Connor Bradley or Doku instead of Trossard is costing us a place in the top 4.

Dias and Marmoush as our spine would make us an invertebrate. That list of players are not younger or better than either Arsenal or Liverpool players. Haaland, Foden*, Rodri, Donnarumma and Gvardiol are the only players good enough.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

€16.5m loan fee alone for Nicolas Jackson.... What's the Akanji deal again?

Nicolas Jackson is a 24 year old striker who's got 24 goals and 10 assists in 2 years in the Premier League - and 7 years on his contract. Akanji is a 30 year old centre back on more money, with only 2 years left on his deal.

 

[better dead than red]

dont know what Ortega is gonna do if he stays. he is in the Carson role pretty much then and will make Bettinelli sad.

Keep Bettinelli in the Carson role when he's fit. That's why he was signed.

Ortega can stay home on match days and collect his pay for doing fuck all. He had options to leave. He rejected them. Fine. That's his right, he has a contract. He can sit home and let his skills erode whilst watching daytime television or taking a walk in the park or whatever he finds to fill his time.

 

[Bluewonder]

Leaving out Ortega and Gundo gives us one free space, right?

 

[richards30]

Leaving out Ortega and Gundo gives us one free space, right?

Yep!

 

[Cobwebcat]

I can’t imagine what he is hinting at!

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Yep, we’re done after Donnarumma.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Well what a fucking let down this end of the window has been, a serious dereliction of duty regards squad strengthening. We’ve been proper kippered. Really shocked at people like Akanji, Gundo, Ortega. Thought they’d have wanted to play and given us adequate time to do proper deals.

It’s going to be a long season.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Yep!

I wouldn’t get excited mate, nowt happening.