Josko Gvardiol

[jaiguruKun]

This is reminiscent of the Mangala saga in 2014- hopefully it ends better for us than that one did!

 

[Toranaga sama]

This is reminiscent of the Mangala saga in 2014- hopefully it ends better for us than that one did!

I'm still wondering why it took a very long time to conclude the Mangala deal.

Maybe something to do with third party ownership. Who knows.

 

[celf]

what is this now? gvardiol happy hour on twitter :D

waiting intensifies!
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Must be in Manchester, it's pissing down outside of that window

 

[117 M34]

I'm still wondering why it took a very long time to conclude the Mangala deal.

Maybe something to do with third party ownership. Who knows.

We had to wait for Porto to stop laughing when they heard we were going to pay 32m for him.

 

[RayCTID]

This is reminiscent of the Mangala saga in 2014- hopefully it ends better for us than that one did!

Hopefully we aren't overpaying with Gvardiol like we did with Mangala and it will end up with a better outcome.

 

[Willtaylor]

This has become incredibly boring.

Deal completed, just move on till announcement

 

[Toranaga sama]

We had to wait for Porto to stop laughing when they heard we were going to pay 32m for him.

Well, It was £42m. So i guess they are still laughing.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Well, It was £42m. So i guess they are still laughing.

According to Transfermarkt it was 45m€. Still absolutely mad money. In 2014 that was huge money for a defender. We bore with him for two years, and then started loaning him out in the hope of getting some of that back. Finally, in 2019, we let him go on a free to Valencia. They themselves released him the following year. He is currently without a club. He's 32.
Probably the biggest single recruitment cock-up since the takeover. That won't happen again. And please don't anybody say Phillips. It just isn't on the same level, at all.
And Phillips may just surprise you a bit, if he stays. Not saying he'll be brilliant, or anything silly like that. But he may just surprise a few people.

 

[vanchi]

Must be in Manchester, it's pissing down outside of that window

i’m actually really jealous, your weather forecast seems like heaven to me. we have a heat dome with severe extreme high temperature warnings, it’s 25 degrees now (feels like 32) and it won’t go much lower tonight. if my air con dies i will die too.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Wouldn't be using him as a tier one source, he was full of shit for months over Haaland.