Manuel Akanji | City close to £15m agreement, 5 year contract

[MichaelBBack]

Well, this is a surprise! Can't say I've watched Akanji enough to have a detailed opinion, but when I have seen him he's seemed solid and very fast, so I certainly think he's got the physical attributes to fit in. Wonder what this signing means, though. Pep planning to play a back three? Worries that Laporte will be out longer than expected? Doubts about the fitness of the other CBs? It's an interesting one, either way.

 

[Shaffer92]

A bit of an odd signing considering Laporte/Ake are coming back soon but I was really impressed with him in the England/Switzerland friendly over the summer.

 

[Withnail]

Pretty much done.

Totally out of the blue, but as others have mentioned bearing in mind we have a world cup in the next few months and also we get our fair share of injuries to our cb's a sensible move.

 

[Vester]

Pretty much done.

Think the salary reported is as much bollocks as when Dortmund journos reported Haaland would earn 800k a week here too. No chance Akanji is gonna earn more than Dias & Laporte.

 

[Matt Diablo]

No way this means others will leave apart from Mbete. All will play alot of games in various postions and give Kyle/ Joao much needed competition too

 

[Dave.]

I know its only Fuckyoutube but not bad at all.

Already assisted a certain Norwegian

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

Hes older than I expected.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Looks like we've finally changed the password on the Scouting system.

I love being 'owned by a country' !

 

[ScottSinclair]

Hes older than I expected.

Yeah, I also took a double-take on his age just now

 

[TFC]

Here's what I know about him












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