It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[citytill1die84]

Everyone has commented on Messi coming to City. One thing counts above everything else.................would Messi improve City?

Would the best player in world football improve City? Let me think about that for a minute.....


Don't need a minute, he absolutely would :)

 

[Keeper!]

the Messi rumour is starting to gain some traction in the mainstream media - may mean very little but the story/possibility is starting to spread

It is, but also PSG becoming more involved in those rumors, Neymar going back to Barca in some sort of exchange?

 

[himalayan_blues]

wow

 

[mosssideblue]

wow

Wow, what?

 

[himalayan_blues]

Me too especially Timo Werner. Last time I was this confident of a player was VVD.

I was reading how City’s analytical dept was headed by one guy (promoted from within after the original guy left to set up his own company) who had responsibility for the whole of CFG but that the plan was to copy the Liverpool model of 6 people dedicated to just looking at potential first team signings. The idea was scrapped/delayed for some reason. I can’t help thinking that was an error on our part but who knows.

Only mentioning as Werner was picked out by Statsbomb as our perfect signing and then Chelsea picked him up at a bargain price.

Don't worry about chelsea. The players they signed were not courted by other bigger clubs but are good enoughg for them and they neede them badly. They have signed good players but not extraordiniary players.

 

[himalayan_blues]

Wow, what?

Any thing that is going to happen to us about transfers. May be its a dream. But the dream itself is beautiful. Reality is not bad either.

 

[himalayan_blues]

No way will he leave Barca, he controls the club

The control battle is going in Barcelona. Politics is too much there. Board doesnt want to be known as the one who let messi leave. Messi doesnt want to leave but is forced out by some of the board members. He wants a good team that is fighting for titles. Which in a barcelona team that is in transition may not give for 2/3 years. In that time he will be too old. So he is considering leaving. It goes on and on...

 

[himalayan_blues]

He is not coming here lads

May be not. But lets dream for some time minimum till the transfer window closes.

 

[himalayan_blues]

Alot more media reporting it now. Could this actually be a thing

Lazy journalism. Even a boy can make such news. Some day they will say bernardo will be exchanged for messi. Suarez/busquests is offered to us etc...

 

[Gingers Dad]

I must be alone in this but, should it happen, the Messi deal would worry me. I just don't think he can cut it anymore. To me it looks like his legs have gone and I think he'd flop now in the Premier League. Maybe he'd get a 2nd wind coming to us but equally it could be a very expensive mistake.

Come to think of it I'm not overly excited at the prospect of Koulibaly either but I appreciate we need someone back there to lead as we've no leaders left in defence.

How would you feel if he was signing for the Rags or Dippers. Would you be thinking he just can't cut it any more or would you be thinking the lucky barstewards?