Josko Gvardiol

[richards30]

Agree 100%, pay the £, get it done.

Lets not be scrambling on our key targets this summer? Gvardiol and Dias would be literally unbeatable!

 

[MarsLlama]

The issue is setting the market. Once you establish that top tier centerbacks are worth 87 million pounds there is no going back. All clubs will want that price in the future. I'm sure our leadership thinks about that.

Chelsea recently established that fairly average CBs are worth that much.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Lets not be scrambling on our key targets this summer? Gvardiol and Dias would be literally unbeatable!

Just imagine that with Stones, Akanji, Ake, Walker. Utter madness.

 

[1Basti]

Gvardiol is there to replace Laporte and Cancelo. Cannot regress after a treble

Ake is the replacement (LB/LCB) & we pay £86M for Laportes minutes. As it stands Laporte/Cancelo/Gomez are still at the club. The market for Laporte is small (PL/PSG). La Liga/Serie A clubs who could be interested will pay max. £20M.

 

[richards30]

Just imagine that with Stones, Akanji, Ake, Walker. Utter madness.

Plus the sheer piss boiling has already started over this signing! Lol

 

[minimus]

r/soccer has a thread about City's interest in Gvardiol. These are literally the latest comments there ...

football is kill (again)
As a Croat, this is heartbreaking ...
City just replace one huge signing with another it’s obscene
City needs to go away.
Fuck this man
This is the greed they talk about in the bible
Damn they're buying another cyborg
Oh piss off you already have the best squad around
de bruyne has already hurt me enough, don’t do this
Go away man
Gvardiola

and from a United fan:
The day after winning the treble City are going in for one of the most promising CB’s in the world, yet after watching them win a treble we’re getting linked to Jordan Pickford
Just about sums it up really

r/soccer is a toxic sub that has become even worse now that Arsenal fans feel robbed of the title and Real Madrid fans saw City obliterate their club in the semis. They have joined the self-righteous fans of Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs.

One comment that got hundreds of upvotes about City’s pursuit of Gvardiol claimed that City’s second best 11 players could easily compete to win trophies. The evidence? Pep subbed on Foden for De Bruyne in the CL final.

Even worse is that The Athletic is publishing article after article of clickbait saying City‘s accomplishments are all down to money spent by skirting FFP. Those articles get hundreds of anti-City comments from angry subscribers.

Nobody acknowledges Guardiola’s brilliance both tactically and at improving players. So many City players are far more valuable now than they were when they joined the senior squad because of Pep - Haaland, Foden, Bernardo, Rodri, Ake, Akanji, Alvarez, Dias, Stones, Rico. Rival fans refuse to acknowledge this and harbor conspiracy theories that transfer fees and wages that City paid for these players are grossly understated.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Plus the sheer piss boiling has already started over this signing! Lol

Saw some glorious replies to Fabrizio tweet hahaha love it.

 

[richards30]

Saw some glorious replies to Fabrizio tweet hahaha love it.

He’s one worldie and kovacic could be a very clever signing. I do hope we have another worldie or two coming in as well though ;-)

 

[Tony - MCFC]

He’s one worldie and kovacic could be a very clever signing. I do hope we have another worldie or two coming in as well though ;-)

Think a lot depends on who goes. Still unsure on 4-5 players.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Think a lot depends on who goes. Still unsure on 4-5 players.

Obviously Gundogan’s future is a big one but the noises have been more positive of late.

The same issue as the last few summers may arise with both Bernardo and Laporte. They want out but don’t seem to have many options.

We obviously want shot of Cancelo but he’ll be difficult to move on.

Then there’s the unexpected Saudi interest in Mahrez. Finally we had the surprisingly poor season from Phillips.

Lots of question marks.