James McCarthy

[Yates]

So he was trained in England for the whole of 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12, turning 21 during the latter season. So, HG by both PL and CL rules.

Ah yes of course, he was still to turn 19 when he signed, silly me haha

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

A really top drawer player, a few injuries issues with his hamstrings though.

Technically, very sound and might even be able to improve.

 

[dachoosen1]

Are we linked with him at all?

 

[Damien10]

He's a good option.

 

[.A.]

A really top drawer player, a few injuries issues with his hamstrings though.

Technically, very sound and might even be able to improve.

I'd never realised he was Home Grown; I checked last season and he wasn't registered as so by Everton. That's the only reason I'd assumed we'd looked past him when pursuing midfield options such as Delph.

Tell your contacts to get hold of him and Stones; both would represent fantastic investments and perfectly supplement the signings of Sterling and Pogba.

Would also go a long way to making the deluded scouse footballing community realise that Manchester is the northern footballing superpower.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

£20m isn't a bad price imo, he's a very tidy player and would fit in well with our style of play. It's probably £5m more than he's worth, but we could do with a HG midfielder so he's easily worth that premium as it would completely free us up to go after whichever foreign players we wanted for the two or three other positions we're after. Unlike Delph, I think McCarthy is actually good enough to play for us regularly, so I'd be all over it. He's a proper footballer

20 doesn't seem to far off for me for a HG player. Delph's actual value is probably 15 of so if Villa put him up for sale. I would expect McCarthy to be a bit more.

 

[Sheikhspeare]

Seems to be some dispute if he's homegrown or not? If he is sure, good target, but if not I cant see why we'd sign honestly. Many better than him in Europe for similar prices

 

[CityFan94]

I'd be delighted if we got him for £20 million.

That's not a high price at all in today's market.

 

[thereWasATime]

I'd never realised he was Home Grown; I checked last season and he wasn't registered as so by Everton. That's the only reason I'd assumed we'd looked past him when pursuing midfield options such as Delph.

Tell your contacts to get hold of him and Stones; both would represent fantastic investments and perfectly supplement the signings of Sterling and Pogba.

Would also go a long way to making the deluded scouse footballing community realise that Manchester is the northern footballing superpower.

Excellent post A, Stones is definitely for the future, Signing him with McCarthy would be golden!

 

[Sheikhspeare]

Also, if were looking for one more HG player, why not sell Caballero and bring in an HG backup? Xhaka, Krychowiak, Bender, or Kramer would improve us more than McCarthy would imo.