Josko Gvardiol

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Claytop said:
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This guy replaces Laporte and Cancelo. With the way we play now and Stones doubling as a deep mid why in the world would we get rid of Ake? There would only be 6 guys on the squad playing in that modified back 3, Dias, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Stones, and Gvardiol. Rico is not for that role and neither is Gomez.
 
It might sound a bit harsh after their contributions last season but if you take our CL final team (including Foden and Walker as subs) the two players who are a little weaker than the rest are Akanji and Ake.

If Gvardiol is as good as some are saying he'll strengthen an already extraordinary team.
 
Bluewonder said:
It might sound a bit harsh after their contributions last season but if you take our CL final team (including Foden and Walker as subs) the two players who are a little weaker than the rest are Akanji and Ake.

If Gvardiol is as good as some are saying he'll strengthen an already extraordinary team.
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I’m sorry but if this is true- what even is the point. They have made it clear what they want. They’ve already raised 150m euros in transfer sales so far this summer. They don’t need to sell him. I get we have our valuations and I have no issue with that I just don’t see the point in bidding under other clubs sale figures continually and then walking away when it was always obvious what would need to be paid to get it done
 
Love_Each_Day said:
Is there a danger of a Croatian clique in our dressing room, thought it's been something we've looked to avoid. Especially as Kovačić said in his interview he doesn't know any of our players which seems a little unusual.
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Give it a week and Erling will programme in a Croatian accent to go with the Yorkshire one it's all part of his AI data base upgrade for languages .
 
JWCH-99 said:
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I’m sorry but if this is true- what even is the point. They have made it clear what they want. They’ve already raised 150m euros in transfer sales so far this summer. They don’t need to sell him. I get we have our valuations and I have no issue with that I just don’t see the point in bidding under other clubs sale figures continually and then walking away when it was always obvious what would need to be paid to get it done
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And, do you think it is true?
 
JWCH-99 said:
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I’m sorry but if this is true- what even is the point. They have made it clear what they want. They’ve already raised 150m euros in transfer sales so far this summer. They don’t need to sell him. I get we have our valuations and I have no issue with that I just don’t see the point in bidding under other clubs sale figures continually and then walking away when it was always obvious what would need to be paid to get it done
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Ignore the media noise. The director of sport for Leipzig already came out and said we are negotiating with them. He wouldn't say that unless he was confident a deal would be reached. This will get done.
 
mosssideblue said:
And, do you think it is true?
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deciding what report is true and what isn’t is a minefield, but city do have previous for this type of negotiation tactic now- it’s got as much chance as being true as the more positive reports from last night- just cuz those ones were more positive doesn’t make them anymore true
 
KingGeorge said:
Ignore the media noise. The director of sport for Leipzig already came out and said we are negotiating with them. He wouldn't say that unless he was confident a deal would be reached. This will get done.
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City were negotiating with West Ham for rice and although Sullivan didn’t directly say it to the media he effectively put it out their through a number of his media friends. Just cuz we are negotiating with them doesn’t mean we have any intention of paying what they want- we had lengthy negotiations with Kane and cucurella also. He clearly stated that the deal would be done for a particular price that’s all he really said
 
JWCH-99 said:
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I’m sorry but if this is true- what even is the point. They have made it clear what they want. They’ve already raised 150m euros in transfer sales so far this summer. They don’t need to sell him. I get we have our valuations and I have no issue with that I just don’t see the point in bidding under other clubs sale figures continually and then walking away when it was always obvious what would need to be paid to get it done
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Prefer Tolmie's take
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JWCH-99 said:
deciding what report is true and what isn’t is a minefield, but city do have previous for this type of negotiation tactic now- it’s got as much chance as being true as the more positive reports from last night- just cuz those ones were more positive doesn’t make them anymore true
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I tend to look at it by thinking if they are negotiating, then there something to negotiate. No point getting worked up about it based on twitter
 
mosssideblue said:
I tend to look at it by thinking if they are negotiating, then there something to negotiate. No point getting worked up about it based on twitter
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Beat me to it. Whilst they are talking progress is being made. Think this will get done and will include enough add ons to satisfy Liepzig.
 
JWCH-99 said:
City were negotiating with West Ham for rice and although Sullivan didn’t directly say it to the media he effectively put it out their through a number of his media friends. Just cuz we are negotiating with them doesn’t mean we have any intention of paying what they want- we had lengthy negotiations with Kane and cucurella also. He clearly stated that the deal would be done for a particular price that’s all he really said
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What lengthy negotiations did we have for Kane? Pep said Levy wouldn't even take our calls. He wanted no part of a deal. The Cucurella scenario was completely different as well. There was another bidder in the mix.

We can't just show up and meet everybody's valuation right out of the gate. If we did that all the selling clubs would take us to the cleaners. We have to be disciplined in order to get good deals. Let Madrid's negotiation for Bellingham be your guide. Dortmund got slightly less than their valuation for him in the end. I suspect Leipzig will get something similar here.
 
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