Matt the Giant
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
I like your thinking! :)
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I like your thinking! :)
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Juan Mata (Merged)
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blue12
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Juan Mata is a must
Is that itk or wishful thinking?Freestyler said:Matt the Giant said:LoveCity said:Not worth bumping unless we miss out on Nasri for sure.
Why we would prefer Nasri to Mata is beyond my comprehension.
who says we won't get both? :)
Rammyblues
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
I don't believe that there is any player on this planet who City don't have a file about, from what the club have said. Just because we are not being linked with him in the press doesn't mean we are not thinking about him. We also have an easy point of reference in that he is David Silva's best friend. I think we are playing a very patient waiting game, and the club should be applauded, getting the right pieces to fit in our jigsaw.
I don't believe that there is any player on this planet who City don't have a file about, from what the club have said. Just because we are not being linked with him in the press doesn't mean we are not thinking about him. We also have an easy point of reference in that he is David Silva's best friend. I think we are playing a very patient waiting game, and the club should be applauded, getting the right pieces to fit in our jigsaw.
Dribble
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
Khaldoon in LA............. :-)Freestyler said:Matt the Giant said:LoveCity said:Not worth bumping unless we miss out on Nasri for sure.
Why we would prefer Nasri to Mata is beyond my comprehension.
who says we won't get both? :)
Rammyblues
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
Not heard this, is it genuine?
Khaldoon in LA............. :-)
Not heard this, is it genuine?
theevilweasel
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
Swanson reported it from the states. Said Khaldoon arrived at the team hotel in Santa Monica to speak with Cook.
I presume Swanson was speculating it was regarding transfers.
Rammyblues said:Khaldoon in LA............. :-)
Not heard this, is it genuine?
Swanson reported it from the states. Said Khaldoon arrived at the team hotel in Santa Monica to speak with Cook.
I presume Swanson was speculating it was regarding transfers.
Dribble
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
I still believe we need Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain. Considering the players we've got to off-load before September those five will massively increase the quality of our squad's gene pool and make us a serious force to be reckoned with and cost us less in wages than those we have to let go.
And before anyone starts going on about FFPR, if we sold all our deadwood and got near £50m for Tevez our total outlay for the above would amount to approximately £60m-70m which is not much more than The Rags & Pool have spent so far this pre-season and around the same as Pool & Chelsea spent in January.
This is what Mancini was alluding to in his interview the other day, not quantity, but quality with strength in depth. If we are serious about wanting to make an impact on all four fronts next season, we need to invest now & cross the FFPR bridge when we come to it.
I've always said that we needed another two big transfer windows to build the squad that can compete effectively with the giants of European football, but if FFPR forces us to do all our shopping in one window, then so be it! lets just get it done FFS!
Just imagine...... All the deadwood gone including Tevez, and we add Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain to our squad along with Chichy & Savic and the existing players we have already retained.............. any club playing Manchester City would be stupid not to be afraid and that would include Barca, Real & The Rags!!!!
Yup, been there since Friday 'to discuss transfer targets'...............Rammyblues said:Khaldoon in LA............. :-)
Not heard this, is it genuine?
I still believe we need Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain. Considering the players we've got to off-load before September those five will massively increase the quality of our squad's gene pool and make us a serious force to be reckoned with and cost us less in wages than those we have to let go.
And before anyone starts going on about FFPR, if we sold all our deadwood and got near £50m for Tevez our total outlay for the above would amount to approximately £60m-70m which is not much more than The Rags & Pool have spent so far this pre-season and around the same as Pool & Chelsea spent in January.
This is what Mancini was alluding to in his interview the other day, not quantity, but quality with strength in depth. If we are serious about wanting to make an impact on all four fronts next season, we need to invest now & cross the FFPR bridge when we come to it.
I've always said that we needed another two big transfer windows to build the squad that can compete effectively with the giants of European football, but if FFPR forces us to do all our shopping in one window, then so be it! lets just get it done FFS!
Just imagine...... All the deadwood gone including Tevez, and we add Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain to our squad along with Chichy & Savic and the existing players we have already retained.............. any club playing Manchester City would be stupid not to be afraid and that would include Barca, Real & The Rags!!!!
Re: Juan Mata is a must
Aguero, Nasri and Sneijder would do me mate. Greedy bugger :-).
Dribble said:Yup, been there since Friday 'to discuss transfer targets'...............Rammyblues said:Khaldoon in LA............. :-)
Not heard this, is it genuine?
I still believe we need Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain. Considering the players we've got to off-load before September those five will massively increase the quality of our squad's gene pool and make us a serious force to be reckoned with and cost us less in wages than those we have to let go.
And before anyone starts going on about FFPR, if we sold all our deadwood and got near £50m for Tevez our total outlay for the above would amount to approximately £60m-70m which is not much more than The Rags & Pool have spent so far this pre-season and around the same as Pool & Chelsea spent in January.
This is what Mancini was alluding to in his interview the other day, not quantity, but quality with strength in depth. If we are serious about wanting to make an impact on all four fronts next season, we need to invest now & cross the FFPR bridge when we come to it.
I've always said that we needed another two big transfer windows to build the squad that can compete effectively with the giants of European football, but if FFPR forces us to do all our shopping in one window, then so be it! lets just get it done FFS!
Just imagine...... All the deadwood gone including Tevez, and we add Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain to our squad along with Chichy & Savic and the existing players we have already retained.............. any club playing Manchester City would be stupid not to be afraid and that would include Barca, Real & The Rags!!!!
Aguero, Nasri and Sneijder would do me mate. Greedy bugger :-).
Re: Juan Mata is a must
Serious overkill there, how would you give Aguero/Balotelli/Dzeko/Higuain/Guidetti/Silva/Mata/A. Johnson/Nasri/Sneijder playing time in the attacking roles? That sort of stockpiling might even put Real to shame as only 4 of those 10 players could start every game once you get past the four defenders and the two regular midfielders out of De Jong/Barry/Yaya/Milner.
Dribble said:I still believe we need Aguero, Nasri, Sneijder, Mata and Higuain.
Serious overkill there, how would you give Aguero/Balotelli/Dzeko/Higuain/Guidetti/Silva/Mata/A. Johnson/Nasri/Sneijder playing time in the attacking roles? That sort of stockpiling might even put Real to shame as only 4 of those 10 players could start every game once you get past the four defenders and the two regular midfielders out of De Jong/Barry/Yaya/Milner.
munster
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Re: Juan Mata is a must
Interesting. Would love to be able to afford one of News International's contacts to tap into Cookey and Khaldoon's mobiles over the next week or so! :-)
theevilweasel said:Rammyblues said:Khaldoon in LA............. :-)
Not heard this, is it genuine?
Swanson reported it from the states. Said Khaldoon arrived at the team hotel in Santa Monica to speak with Cook.
I presume Swanson was speculating it was regarding transfers.
Interesting. Would love to be able to afford one of News International's contacts to tap into Cookey and Khaldoon's mobiles over the next week or so! :-)