Kompany 30, Aguero 28, Silva 30, Hart 29.
Lets not pretend we'd be fielding an u21 team just because we bought Stones or Sané.
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Kompany 30, Aguero 28, Silva 30, Hart 29.
Lets not pretend we'd be fielding an u21 team just because we bought Stones or Sané.
If we do then both Otty and Mangala will be out of the door. We need to free up squad slots and get some money back.holy fuck!!! surely no stones then?? no way we will spend £100m on two centre backs??
dannyboiblue
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That makes literally no sense.
Also signing players like stones / sane are great but if we want to win the champions league we need some guaranteed quality and experience
£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.
dannyboiblue
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Kompany 30, Aguero 28, Silva 30, Hart 29.
Lets not pretend we'd be fielding an u21 team just because we bought Stones or Sané.
Exactly mate.
Rubbish£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.
£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.
£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.
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Stones 45m
Bonucci 45m
Zinchenko 1.7m
Peres 15m
Gundogan 20m
Nolito 13.8m
Sane 40m
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...Gundogan Silva
Stones
Clichy Bonucci Kompany Peres
Hart
dannyboiblue
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Mangal
So you agree. Dont pay 40 or 50m for a 30 year old off an italian club make that 60m rubbish it is.
Rubbish
So you agree. Dont pay 40 or 50m for a 30 year old off an italian club make that 60m rubbish it is.
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Kompany 30, Aguero 28, Silva 30, Hart 29.
Lets not pretend we'd be fielding an u21 team just because we bought Stones or Sané.
That is true but the point that was being argued to you was that you named 7 players aged 28, 29 and 30 and said our average age would be 40.
In fact it would be 29 on that basis - which is not young but is also not absurdly old.
Pep is clearly out to build a team to win things over the next 3 years, adding the youth element from within our own academies which I expect him to do much better than Pellegrini.
Fail to see how anyone couldn't want this. He's one of the best CBs there is and is perfect for Pep's system. Easy four years investment right there.
So clearly you know nothing about him if your only objection is his age. You do realise, of course, that makes you look foolish.
£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.
So clearly you know nothing about him if your only objection is his age. You do realise, of course, that makes you look foolish.
Stones 45m
Bonucci 45m
Zinchenko 1.7m
Peres 15m
Gundogan 20m
Nolito 13.8m
Sane 40m
De Bruyne Aguero SaneWouldn't mind...
Gundogan Silva
Stones
Clichy Bonucci Kompany Peres
Hart
Looks good, yes he is 29 and world class.. But does seem a bit short term?
Stones 45m
Bonucci 45m
Zinchenko 1.7m
Peres 15m
Gundogan 20m
Nolito 13.8m
Sane 40m
De Bruyne Aguero SaneWouldn't mind...
Gundogan Silva
Stones
Clichy Bonucci Kompany Peres
Hart
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.
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.£40m for a almost a 30 year old. Id rather wait for the champions league.
I dont believe anyone would sooner not win something than buy a player.Mangal
So you agree. Dont pay 40 or 50m for a 30 year old off an italian club make that 60m rubbish it is.
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£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?
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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
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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).
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?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).
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