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

[JewelZee]

The club have signed him to appease the knicker wetters on here… no intention of actually playing him.

Uh no.

 

[Claytop]

Only one question......can he stay fit?

He's about to sign for us, so no not for much longer...

 

[Daz_Blue]

They don't call him the Swiss Harry Maguire for nothing :)

 

[JewelZee]

I know and I agree with that. Our standards are exceptional high. Most of them won’t make it at the very top.

It’s just that if we have 4 CBs and a youngster training with the 1st team will be used as a 5th back up, do you really need another CB and on a 5 year contract they say?
It’s all guessing as I’m sure Txiki and Pep will know best for these youngsters.

Akanji can play anywhere across the back so he provides a variety of cover. I have no doubt he will thrive at City under Pep.

 

[JewelZee]

They don't call him the Swiss Harry Maguire for nothing :)

Who's they? You?

 

[JCB001]

My everton pals simply refer to them as "The Cult" which i like

In my eyes now they are the Real Red Shite

 

[SebastianBlue]

With that personnel it seems a bit pointless as it could easily be:
-------------Ederson
Walker---Dias---Laporte---Cancelo
---------------Rodri
-------KDB----------Bernardo
Alvarez------Haaland-------Foden


I would rather see it where we sacrifice a defender, like Palace at the weekend:
---------------Ederson
-----Cancelo---Dias---Laporte
Bernardo---------------------Foden
-----Gundogan---Rodri---KDB
--------Alvarez-----Haaland

Cancelo could be Walker/Stones/Akanji/Ake depending on the opponent.

——————————— Ederson ————————————
————— Walker —— Stones —— Dias ———————
Cancelo —————— Rodri ————————— Alvarez
———— Gundogan —— KDB —— Foden ———————
——————————— Haaland —————————————

Convinced this side would absolutely destroy most teams (Cancelo and Alvarez would spend most of their time on their respective corners of the opposition box, often exchanging positions with Gundogan, KDB, and Foden. Walker would offer pace to cover the counter, Stones the control to play out of the back, Rodri that dominance in midfield and threat for a long range shot that distracts defenders. Haaland getting fed throughballs/crosses from everywhere in the attacking half of the pitch. And we have like-players for most of those roles (Gomez for Alvarez, Phillips for Cancelo/Rodri, etc.)

It would be utter chaos for the opposition and much more secure at the back for us.

 

[jimharri]

The club have signed him to appease the knicker wetters on here… no intention of actually playing him.

Says....?

 

[JewelZee]

Maybe Klopp should watch it & listen to what they are saying, instead of blaming country backed clubs splashing the cash .
He goes onto say in the Mail yesterday that it makes chairman of smaller clubs nervous with spending & parker was set up for failure at Bournemouth .
Some clubs are owned by Countries but others like us & Arsenal have a structure in place ,can you believe the cheek of this ignorant person ,look at your clubs spending & wages handed out before pointing the finger .
You insult the owners ,management & the supporters of my club .
Enough is Enough ! Show respect you Fool!

Fuck Klopp.

 

[JewelZee]

Ones out on loan and the other is rumoured to be

Mbete has no reason to be on the field for us in the Prem or CL at this time. Not even close. TBH either.