John Stones

[Colin Bells Boots]

I was of the thought Aubamayang was about 22-23, he's just turned 27.

Seems you aren't actually quite up to speed on this player.

Hopefully City's negotiators know a bit more than you.

 

[Super David Silva 21]

i'm not really up with how old players are to be honest as i don't check often.

 

[Super David Silva 21]

i'm quite sure there's a lot of footballers out there i think are younger than they are.

 

[domalino]

There's no doubt Stones has potential and can probably play in CDM as well but he is prone to mistakes. That said, we need to increase our HG quota and that always adds a premium to any transfer. Denayer will qualify as HG but Pep will need to have a good look to see what he can do with him. The problem we have is that the HG players we've been linked will be very difficult to get without paying silly money, e.g. Rose, Bellerin. Others like Wilshire, Chamberlain may not be so difficult and would allow us to move on a player like Delph.

We do not need to up our HG quota.

We're currently maxed out on association trained players with Hart, Clichy, Delph, Sterling.

None of them are going to leave, so getting more HG players would do nothing for us.

 

[PaulMoulden'sRecord]

i'm not really up with how old players are to be honest as i don't check often.

There's normally an update every 12 months.

 

[RandomJ]

Look at it this way. Mourinho despite being a massive **** is one of the most successful managers there is and he's been after Stones for 2 years. Guardiola who has won fucking everything and widely claimed as the best manager in the game today wants Stones. Barcelona one of the most successful teams ever were after him. So what's more likely that they are all wrong about Stones or you are?

 

[Super David Silva 21]

Them with their Youtube clips of him :)


I'd have liked to seen a bit of him at the Euros to see how he coped on the International stage.

 

[AshLunn92]

There is a common theme in Bluemoon at the moment, especially in the Stones and Sane threads. People are living in the past around transfer fees. There is just no way in the world you are going to buy the most promising young English defender for less than 30-40m. In Khaldoon and Soriano we have some of the most astute business minds in the world, in Pep we have one of the best footballing minds in the world. Between them, their judgement of who we should and shouldn't buy and how much we should spend on them is good enough for me. Bring on Stones, bring on Sane

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

MCFC Info ‏@MCFClnfo 5m5 minutes ago
It is an 'open secret' at Everton that John Stones wants to go to City, which will likely happen after the EUROs. [Star]

 

[TonyM]

Paying for potential, though I do get what you are saying. You can't deny his footballing ability, so if we can coach the defensive side into hi, we will have one hell of a player. On the cost, 2 words... Troy Deeney

I deny his footballing ability.

I concede he can pass as well as any other professional player. He is just an ordinary defender who happens to be English. Reminds me of Boyata but with confidence. :-)

We will once again pay a fortune for a likely dud. If he was cheap then great otherwise I'd prefer to bring someone through our academy.