It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[waspish]

Real Madrid want him.

bet they do he is top class 80m will do

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

With what, monopoly money?

I want Jessica Alba in a big paddling pool of jam but c'est la vie

Raspberry or Strawberry?

But remove yourself first from this mental picture please, Pudge?

 

[waspish]

People are forgetting the bonuses the club will land from our own stable of sponsors for winning the Champions League.

It's sizeable.

so is the players bonuses for winning it I suspect..

 

[Lkzerinho]

Jack fell down but won the crown and a striker came tumbling after.

But whose the striker?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Ake's mare at Newcastle raises questions and the others aren't there. Laporte is a first choice CB in any other team and it takes one injury to Dias to be back at square one.

Agreed. We must keep Laporte, even if we have to sell Ake to placate him.

City did not legislate for two things last summer - a right-footed Dias being better on the left-side of a two, Stones reminding people why we bought him the first place.

I don't see anything in Ake which suggests he is nothing but a slightly above average centre-back which was bought to back-up Laporte.

Now that Laporte must also compete with Dias, the smartest decision is to get our £40m back on Ake while we can, coupled with relatively low wages other teams can still afford.

Nathan can still walk off with his medals.

Ain't happening is it? :(

 

[domalino]

Raspberry or Strawberry?

But remove yourself first from this mental picture please, Pudge?

I think selling Laporte for £70m+ and buying someone who can play centre back and defensive midfield would make us a more balanced squad.

I know it wasn't the biggest link, but the lad from Marseilles, Kamara, would be the perfect understudy for Fernandinho and he's played a couple of seasons in Ligue 1 and Europa at CB so he's not makeshift cover.

As much as I love Fern and hope he renews, it wouldn't surprise me at all if physically he falls off a cliff over the summer and ends up playing <10 games as a 36 year old.

The big question is how much Pep rates Aké.

There's no point selling Aké to keep Laporte happy only for Laporte to demand a transfer next summer because he's still not starting.

 

[samuelyeboah]

The additional benefit of selling Ake is that he's one of very few players in our squad that is actually roughly the level of Spurs and would therefore agree to go there in a deal for Kane.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

so is the players bonuses for winning it I suspect..

Indeed, although treated separate - the players' bonus pool will come out of the Champions League money - the sponsors' money for winning trophies is written into the agreements.

 

[waspish]

I think selling Laporte for £70m+ and buying someone who can play centre back and defensive midfield would make us a more balanced squad.

I know it wasn't the biggest link, but the lad from Marseilles, Kamara, would be the perfect understudy for Fernandinho and he's played a couple of seasons in Ligue 1 and Europa at CB so he's not makeshift cover.

As much as I love Fern and hope he renews, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he falls off a cliff over the summer and ends up playing <10 games as a 36 year old.

The big question is how much Pep rates Aké.

what about Declan Rice!

 

[Gumzy97]

Agreed. We must keep Laporte, even if we have to sell Ake to placate him.

City did not legislate for two things last summer - a right-footed Dias being better on the left-side of a two, Stones reminding people why we bought him the first place.

I don't see anything in Ake which suggests he is nothing but a slightly above average centre-back which was bought to back-up Laporte.

Now that Laporte must also compete with Dias, the smartest decision is to get our £40m back on Ake while we can, coupled with relatively low wages other teams can still afford.

Nathan can still walk off with his medals.

Ain't happening is it? :(

Madrid are talking to Sevilla about Kounde, but could see them come in for Laporte with. Varane, money, their two starting CBs are gone this summer Ramos and Varane. So they will have cash from Varane money to get Laporte.