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domalino said:
Keeping a 33 year old injury prone Aguero as back up to Haaland and selling off 23 year old Jesus would be one of the biggest mistakes of the past 13 years of Abu Dhabi ownership in my opinion.

Best case scenario, 12 months later we'd be back in the market for a back up striker having given Aguero his year alongside Messi and we'd not get anyone better than Jesus.

More likely scenario - Haaland gets injured during the 50% of the season Aguero is likely to be out too leaving us with no striker cover. Like Dzeko did 5 years ago, Jesus scores 40+ goals in a side that starts him every week and lets him build up his confidence (all he'd have to do is score at the rate he did last season). Everyone at the club look like complete tits for selling one of the best young strikers in the world in a depressed transfer market and replacing him for a lot more money a year later.
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I do wonder if Gabby will be happy to stay behind other forwards coming in?

All the tough answers seem to suggest Aguero is allowed to leave, for the long term benefit?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I do wonder if Gabby will be happy to stay behind other forwards coming in?
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I think that's why Pep has spoken about him playing on the wing more recently.

If Jesus played on the wing more often alongside a striker then I think the side would be in a much better place. In the same way Son was able to play 9 without Kane very successfully under Pochettino, if the back up striker is getting regular game time then you solve a lot of problems. Less pressure to make this count, more games and goals under their belt means they're probably in decent from and confident.

Also bearing in mind Messi is not going to do any real pressing, having Jesus' work rate on the wing, or dropping into midfield from #9 would really help out in some games.
 
domalino said:
I think that's why Pep has spoken about him playing on the wing more recently.

If Jesus played on the wing more often alongside a striker then I think the side would be in a much better place. In the same way Son was able to play 9 without Kane very successfully under Pochettino, if the back up striker is getting regular game time then you solve a lot of problems. Less pressure to make this count, more games and goals under their belt means they're probably in decent from and confident.

Also bearing in mind Messi is not going to do any real pressing, having Jesus' work rate on the wing, or dropping into midfield from #9 would really help out in some games.
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Have always thought Jesus' best games for us have been playing wide left, his dribbling skills are better than Sterling's, certainly.

Can't believe still only 23.
 
domalino said:
Keeping a 33 year old injury prone Aguero as back up to Haaland and selling off 23 year old Jesus would be one of the biggest mistakes of the past 13 years of Abu Dhabi ownership in my opinion.

Best case scenario, 12 months later we'd be back in the market for a back up striker having given Aguero his year alongside Messi and we'd not get anyone better than Jesus.

More likely scenario - Haaland gets injured during the 50% of the season Aguero is likely to be out too leaving us with no striker cover. Like Dzeko did 5 years ago, Jesus scores 40+ goals in a side that starts him every week and lets him build up his confidence (all he'd have to do is score at the rate he did last season). Everyone at the club look like complete tits for selling one of the best young strikers in the world in a depressed transfer market and replacing him for a lot more money a year later.
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Back on planet earth ,gabby does not get fourty goals ,he has had a year to step up

Losing sane is the worst thing we have done
 
kaz7 said:
Back on planet earth ,gabby does not get fourty goals ,he has had a year to step up

Losing sane is the worst thing we have done
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Well he scored 22 goals and got 10 assists in the 33 games he started last year, despite being in and out of the side.

If he played a full 40-50 game season, I've no doubt he'd be putting up the kind of numbers Dzeko did when he got his starting role back.
 
domalino said:
Keeping a 33 year old injury prone Aguero as back up to Haaland and selling off 23 year old Jesus would be one of the biggest mistakes of the past 13 years of Abu Dhabi ownership in my opinion.

Best case scenario, 12 months later we'd be back in the market for a back up striker having given Aguero his year alongside Messi and we'd not get anyone better than Jesus.

More likely scenario - Haaland gets injured during the 50% of the season Aguero is likely to be out too leaving us with no striker cover. Like Dzeko did 5 years ago, Jesus scores 40+ goals in a side that starts him every week and lets him build up his confidence (all he'd have to do is score at the rate he did last season). Everyone at the club look like complete tits for selling one of the best young strikers in the world in a depressed transfer market and replacing him for a lot more money a year later.
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Not for me. I think Jesus is done at City full stop. Sometimes it doesn't work out for a player and they have to move to find their real value/potential. He falls into that basket. Think it's telling the shots that Pep has fired at him both directly and indirectly in the last few weeks.

In terms of Haaland/Messi/Aguero has options for the 9 position I think that's pretty impressive with the false 9's we have the in squad too.

Jesus will get replaced with a young player too I imagine.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Allowing Sergio and Fern's deals to elapse this summer is worth roughly £350k a week to City, that is obviously a big chunk of change.
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Now going along with BillyShears' hypothetical, if you had asked Sergion AND dinho for another year , or messi, (cant have both), that makes it more interesting .


Still Messi.

But i had to think about it.

The thing is, legends that they are, both dinho and sergio Are replacable, and how much they'd do in their last year is a question. Messi really is one of a kind.
 
domalino said:
Well he scored 22 goals and got 10 assists in the 33 games he started last year, despite being in and out of the side.

If he played a full 40-50 game season, I've no doubt he'd be putting up the kind of numbers Dzeko did when he got his starting role back.
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Put it this way if Gabby was at Dortmund they'd sell him for over £100mil
 
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