Josko Gvardiol

[Lifelikecity]

Get the feeling this deal will drag on like de bruyne back in 2015

 

[Mad 4 It]

Missing out on your 3 top targets (Bellingham, Rice, Gvardiol) while also failing to keep 2 players you offered new contracts to (Gundo, Walker) definitely qualifies as a masterclass of a window no doubt

Your not allowed to tell it how it is :)

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Missing out on your 3 top targets (Bellingham, Rice, Gvardiol) while also failing to keep 2 players you offered new contracts to (Gundo, Walker) definitely qualifies as a masterclass of a window no doubt

That’s quite an impressive amount of complete fabrication to include in an apparent summary of the window.

Firstly, given our lack of engagement with the player it’s pretty clear Rice was never a top target for us - and had we secured our actual top target for that position (Bellingham) we’d never have even considered bidding for Rice.

So including both in our top targets list is disingenuous at best.

Kovacic was clearly one of our top targets, given how quickly we moved for him - so of our top three targets, that’s one secured already.

And as yet we haven’t missed out on Gvardiol. Clearly this is a difficult deal to get over the line, but it’s clearly not dead and the Clubs are clearly talking. It was obviously very close earlier this week before being leaked (unless you decide not to trust a number of credible sources on both Clubs’s sides and the players agent).

So the current situation against our actual top three targets is one in, one missed out on, one still being worked on.

Not as melodramatic as your statement, granted - but a lot more accurate.

And as yet Walker hasn’t left.

But you crack on with the melodrama if it makes you feel better - just be clear it isn’t actually the truth you’re stating, but a load of hysterical overreaction you’re chucking out there instead.

 

[ElMago_DSilva]

People have too much time on their hands

They do. It's a very sad existence if we're being honest.

Not even the City players will know what's going on, why would people on a Manchester City forum or on Twitter know any different?

Comical.

 

[geek24601]

Lads. I'm not even blaming the club/txiki/whatever for what's happening so far this window. Things happen and you can't control what players final decisions end up being. I'm not even inferring how this will affect our season because my confidence in pep is that big.

All I'm saying is that objectively this has been a terrible transfer window so far, and I don't think any of you will disagree! I don't even think people at the club would disagree. I'm sure txiki and ferran are just as annoyed as missing out on top targets as we are. There's time to fix it, but let's not hide from that simple truth - we have not achieved what we set out to do so far this summer.

100%. And again let’s all hope by the close of the window that things look much better! Right now it’s been a stinker.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

So we should just close every transfer forum and not react to news? That’s all people are doing and with the lack of progress so far this window I think fans have the right to be concerned.

I think there's a middle ground somewhere.

This transfer window has been shit so far. Every other top club in the country has strengthened and we've not done anything.

But it's also pretty tiring reading the other shit from people crying about Txiki and basically acting like entitled little bitches. The doom and gloom nonsense on here all the time is just pathetic.

 

[Haaland94]

Not sure if this has already been posted.


For me, why the fuck do they care that much. They already bought several (like 7 or 8) players, and everyone knows Gvardiol will be expensive as fuck, but Leipzig are acting childish regarding the leaks anyway. Leipzig were the one telling the media for months he is gonna cost 100m euros.

 

[mosssideblue]

So we should just close every transfer forum and not react to news? That’s all people are doing and with the lack of progress so far this window I think fans have the right to be concerned.

Not at all. It's possible to discuss without being critical

 

[samuelyeboah]

That’s quite an impressive amount of complete fabrication to include in an apparent summary of the window.

Firstly, given our lack of engagement with the player it’s pretty clear Rice was never a top target - and had we secured our top target for that position (Bellingham) we’d never have even considered bidding for Rice.

So including both in our top targets list is disingenuous at best.

Kovacic was clearly one of our top targets, given how quickly we moved for him - so of our top three targets, that’s one secured already.

And as yet we haven’t missed out on Gvardiol. Clearly this is a difficult deal to get over the line, but it’s clearly not dead and the Clubs are clearly talking. It was obviously very close earlier this week before being leaked (unless you decide not to trust a number of credible sources on both Clubs’s sides and the players agent).

So the current situation against our actual top three targets is one in, one missed out on, one still being worked on.

Not as melodramatic as your statement, granted - but a lot more accurate.

And as yet Walker hasn’t left.

But you crack on with the melodrama if it makes you feel better - just be clear it isn’t actually the truth you’re stating, but a load of hysterical overreaction you’re chucking out there instead.

It's not disingenuous, you are the one being disingenuous. If you miss out on your top target and someone else replaces him as your top target, missing out on them qualifies as missing out on your top 2. We've bid 90m for him! That's the definition of missing out

I also feel like your reading comprehension is very poor. I clearly insinuated that IF the current rumours persist (walker gone & gvardiol not happening) then that's 5 players you missed out on. Simple facts. But you prefer cheap shots and semantics. Bluemoon special.

 

[Blue and true]

you are being critical without knowing the facts

The only fact is the club are yet to secure his signing, despite the season starting in two weeks. It's piss poor, irrespective of what happened last month; we're talking about the here and now. That's reason enough to be critical, if one so feels, on a public forum built on opinion