Leonardo Bonucci

[Viridian]

If we manage to get Stones & Bonucci and end up keeping Mangala I think we could be looking at a back three next season.

 

[razman]

Stones 45m
Bonucci 45m
Zinchenko 1.7m
Peres 15m
Gundogan 20m
Nolito 13.8m
Sane 40m

De Bruyne Aguero Sane
Gundogan Silva
Stones
Clichy Bonucci Kompany Peres
Hart​

Wouldn't mind...

Looks good, yes he is 29 and world class.. But does seem a bit short term?

 

[domalino]

Stones 45m
Bonucci 45m
Zinchenko 1.7m
Peres 15m
Gundogan 20m
Nolito 13.8m
Sane 40m

De Bruyne Aguero Sane
Gundogan Silva
Stones
Clichy Bonucci Kompany Peres
Hart​

Wouldn't mind...

Why spend £50m on stones and play him in midfield when you could buy many better defensive midfielders for cheaper?

If we still went after Stones, more likely would be Stones on the bench when Kompany is fit. Starting when he's not.

What an education for Stones though, learning from Kompany, Bonucci and Pep.

It also doesn't make sense to play KDB out of position on the wing where we know he's less effective.

Sterling LW Gundogan as the pivot, and KDB in the middle would be much more of a pep lineup but would need to be careful defensively.

 

[Viridian]

£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.

To be fair, he's 29 and he's an Italian center half so you might as well take off three years considering they age like many of his home nation's fine wines.

 

[jamiecav]

Mangal



So you agree. Dont pay 40 or 50m for a 30 year old off an italian club make that 60m rubbish it is.

I dont believe anyone would sooner not win something than buy a player.

 

[Healdplace]

£40m for one of the best defenders in the world, who embodies what Pep wants from a CB.

We'd probably get 4 years service out of him minimum.

Everyone who saw City last year knew that we were struggling at the back. If we had had a half decent defence we could have won the league and the CL.

Poor as we were a handful of results stood between us and doing both.

Pep has identified the issues and wants the best players to fix it.

Is that not what matters?

 

[Silva_Spell]

Why spend £50m on stones and play him in midfield when you could buy many better defensive midfielders for cheaper?

If we still went after Stones, more likely would be Stones on the bench when Kompany is fit. Starting when he's not.

Because he'd be here for 10+ years and I think he has the attributes (similar to Busquets) to play there when VK is fit. Can't really see us signing someone like Kroos if we signed the above players.

It also doesn't make sense to play KDB out of position on the wing where we know he's less effective.

That's in a MP team. If we have a CM which can dominate the game KDB will be more involved there under Pep than last season.
It's not like it's a team etched in stone anyway

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

The guardian story is written by our good friend Jamie Jackson :(

 

[Viridian]

Completed:
Ilkay Gundogan - £20m
Nolito - £13.8m
Oleksandr Zinchenko - £1.7m

£35.5m

Provisional:
John Stones - £40m - £50m (so, £45m)
Leroy Sané - £35m - £40m (so, £37.5m)
Leonardo Bonucci - £40m - £50m (so, £45m)

£127.5m

Total: £163m (a club record for a summer transfer window and £9m more than our total spend for the 2010/11 season under Roberto Mancini).

 

[TonyM]

Completed:
Ilkay Gundogan - £20m
Nolito - £13.8m
Oleksandr Zinchenko - £1.7m

£35.5m

Provisional:
John Stones - £40m - £50m (so, £45m)
Leroy Sané - £35m - £40m (so, £37.5m)
Leonardo Bonucci - £40m - £50m (so, £45m)

£127.5m

Total: £163m (a club record for a summer transfer window and £9m more than our total spend for the 2010/11 season under Roberto Mancini).

Add in Kross too for 50m?