It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Cityinmud]

We didn't. Pep got asked a question, he answered.

No one asked him.. he went on explaining multiple times the numbers in grealish transfer.

 

[chaddblue]

Hope not.. this window can't get any more worse

Surely nobody leaves if nobody comes in

the window suddenly goes from poor to catastrophic if that happens

 

[Bill the Blue]

We basically scored the same goal 3 times on Saturday. Norwich were beyond poor.

I’m deffo not doubting our team but Norwich isn’t a real reflection imo

Fully agree but you can only beat what's in front of you..

They gave the dippers a game for half an hour, had 14 shots at goal, had more passes and more possession than bingo's team..

Against us they never got out of their half for most of the game and I can only recall 1 long range shot that went way over the bar and Eddie doing his superman impression and clearing a trough ball with a diving header, probably showing off for the cameras..

Anyone finishing above us will win the league in my opinion..

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

We're not the big draw for players that some people on here seem to have convinced themselves.
Top 'elite' players will only come to Manchester City for one or both of two reasons...
1. To play under Pep Guardiola
2. Money
When Pep goes, it's 100% down to the money. If we want to keep playing with the big boys, we'll have to start throwing big money around soon or we may find ourselves doing without CL football in a couple of years time.

We’ve qualified every year since 2010/11 and won 2 of our 5 PL titles before he arrived. I think we will be ok...

 

[Great Kompany]

Why do we have to explain ourselves fucking 100 times that we didn't pay 100M for grealish then? Whatever you say we care what other think.

You know which people go over the top claiming their innocence.
The guilty ones'.

Pep never had to deal with this smear campaigns in his previous clubs.
Barcelona was in peak of their powers and had everyone in UEFA under their thumb.
With Bayern, the entire league was up on their fours wagging their tails when Bayern wanted a player.

City!
Well City is different Josep Guardiola

 

[decmancity]

No one asked him.. he went on explaining multiple times the numbers in grealish transfer.

No one asked?

So he sat down in the press conference and just said "Grealish cost 40m. Thanks, goodnight" and walked off?

 

[Manchester_lalala]

again, what demands? It’s widely reported we never spoke to Levy. There were no demands. Levy simply refused to negotiate. Our valuation didn’t come into it if you believe all the stories that came from reliable sources this past week.

No one knows truly knows what went on behind the scenes, there’s been so many briefings and articles about what’s going on with Kane deal. Some were saying Spurs would take £150m and City would only go up to £125m, that to me seems about right seeing as we had a £100m bid rejected a few weeks ago. Levy refusing to negotiate with City may have been because City were unwilling to meet his price.

 

[chesterbells]

Who’s said we didn’t spend £100m on Grealish?

I think it was our current manager wasn’t it?

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

No one asked him.. he went on explaining multiple times the numbers in grealish transfer.

And it’s wrong. We paid 100 million. Pep should have just owned it. saying we sold 20 youth players or whatever to offset it is like saying Chelsea paid for Liverpool’s transfer of Andy carroll when they bought Torres. It’s dumbfounding.

Own it. United don’t hide from their infamous “statement of intent” signing fees. Real, Barca and PSG flaunt them. We don’t have to be that, but nobody is buying faux humility.

 

[decmancity]

again, what demands? It’s widely reported we never spoke to Levy. There were no demands. Levy simply refused to negotiate. Our valuation didn’t come into it if you believe all the stories that came from reliable sources this past week.

Why would we speak to Levy?

Is that not what he pays Paratici for?