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

[horlock_was_super]

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

Is it because he’s got a head like a toblerone?

 

[jimharri]

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

So; you reckon Txiki, Ferran, Omar and Pep read this forum and say; "Joder, será mejor que compremos x, para mantener felices a esos locos Bluemooners", do you?

 

[Akira]

Was a little confused why we signed another CB but thinking about it, it's a good signing. Cheap and experienced. Can provide much needed cover to full back positions, and gives Pep the flexibility to play back 3/5 tactics.

 

[drthingy]

Has this gone through?

 

[PragueBlue]

So; you reckon Txiki, Ferran, Omar and Pep read this forum and say; "Joder, será mejor que compremos x, para mantener felices a esos locos Bluemooners", do you?

No. They probably say it in Catalan.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Making perfect sense now with the laporte information. I think we were all expecting that to come once this transfer news broke yesterday. If Laportes not back until October, that will be 5/6 months since he's played, he's going to need a rigourous pre-season to get upto speed, the world cup might actually be perfect timing for him if there's no setbacks, a few weeks of training then as long as he isn't overplayed he can use that to get sharp and come back to us ready to play in January. half a season missing Laporte, 2 cbs who have proven unreliable of late with their fitness, makes it a no brainer bringing him in. Our guys know what they're doing.

 

[Trickyblues]

Honestly, I hope this guy doesnt come.
Mbete and THB deserve the chance.

Well he’s already doing his medical so better get used to him

 

[Zenmanc]

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

At least Akanji would be neutral- Maguire will always be shit.

 

[Roy Munson]

Making perfect sense now with the laporte information. I think we were all expecting that to come once this transfer news broke yesterday. If Laportes not back until October, that will be 5/6 months since he's played, he's going to need a rigourous pre-season to get upto speed, the world cup might actually be perfect timing for him if there's no setbacks, a few weeks of training then as long as he isn't overplayed he can use that to get sharp and come back to us ready to play in January. half a season missing Laporte, 2 cbs who have proven unreliable of late with their fitness, makes it a no brainer bringing him in. Our guys know what they're doing.

Absolutely. Laporte, in my opinion, is our best ball-playing centre half. He's great at those clever little passes to break the lines and we look much better in possession overall when he plays.

Akanji is very good on the ball. Can easily see why we're bringing him in.

 

[Zenmanc]

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

So bring in a defender as we clearly have at least 2 if not 3 who are proving to be injury prone- a defender who is IMO better than Ake and could give Stones a run- and just sit him all to appease some of the fans...

That makes a ton of sense.