Josko Gvardiol

[Tugay One Cup]

i think part of being in a world cup winning team has given him alot of cache

People were actually clamouring for Rodrigo De Paul after the World Cup. Fucking bonkers.

 

[mancboy]

Wonder why… They wouldn’t have coped with the Mido saga.

I think its down to us having a multitude of fans who definitely should be either running or managing the club, tbh im not sure what they are doing on here instead of running the club

 

[waspish]

So,this is the big day.

An announcement is expected by 1800hrs.

Nahh if say we sell Laporte or Cancelo or even Walker we might bid what they want at the moment I feel like city are cool and with so much time left in the transfer window too!

 

[waspish]

Mac Allister at £35m would have been an excellent signing for our midfield as well imo.

55m it was

 

[Semper aggressus]

Is it just me or is the transfer forum a lot more toxic this year than years past? I know we have a tendency for it when we don’t get a signing for a while but it seems particularly bad this year

I think because there’s a lot of frustration that we missed out on Bellingham then Rice (particularly galling as it was to last season’s closest rival) compounded by losing Gundo and the uncertainty around a number of our squad like Bernie and Walker and now the time it’s taking to get Gvardiol, or not.

Quite reasonably many of us are a bit worried the squad will be weaker this season unless the board can work its magic and pull a couple of decent first team standard signings out of the bag. Hopefully they will.

Unfortunately, the way some express these frustrations by criticising the club or Txiki (wrongly in my opinion) leads to other posters vehemently defending the way we’re run. It just keeps on in circles with everyone arguing blue on blue, yet all we want is for City to be successful and win the title again (and maybe a cup or two) next season. We’re all on the same team here!

For what it’s worth, my opinion is we definitely do need at least one top class midfielder in, and ideally a fast winger. I personally don’t believe any of Bobb, McAtee or Palmer are anywhere near the level of Bernie, Gundo or Mahrez, (never mind Rice or Bellingham), so we will be a lot weaker if we don’t buy top players to replace any who leave, or even just to refresh the team.

Yes we have a great core of first teamers, and of course we won the Treble, but that’s gone now, we’re going for it again this season, we have to. We can’t afford to be complacent.

 

[waspish]

Is it just me or is the transfer forum a lot more toxic this year than years past? I know we have a tendency for it when we don’t get a signing for a while but it seems particularly bad this year

Yeah it’s all the new none city supporting sign ups and the new 100 itk turning up it’s all fun and what a football forum is all about

 

[Lavinda Past]

If I remember correctly, it was always the long term plan/demand of the owners, to have half the starting x11 made up of academy products. Perhaps that time has started to come to fruition.

Battling for top five next May if that's the case.

 

[cookster]

Annoying isn’t he?

Very

 

[richards30]

55m it was

with add ons but £35m upfront mate?

 

[Complex Simplicity]

Bellingham.

I'll leave it at that.

Does he though? Not sure.