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

[Manx Blue]

I would imagine Chelsea will be in for him tomorrow.

Chelsea spunking 90 on Gvardiol or whatever his name is, and loaning back to Leipzig for a year.

 

[ancoats]

So are Laporte and Ake long-term injuries

 

[Manx Blue]

So are Laporte and Ake long-term injuries

No.

I think he will cover CB and RB behind Walker, with Gomez and Cancelo on the left.

Under the radar cheeky bit of business. (UTRCBOB)

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Same here mate and I'd never heard of gomez either.

I'd heard of her before.

 

[TonyM]

As far as I'm concerned this is the best signing of the summer. And that's saying something given that I've never ever heard of the guy.

 

[TonyM]

I'd heard of her before.
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We need a CreepyLike button.

 

[madloaf]

We need a CreepyLike button.

I can imagine what the icon would be....

 

[Claytop]

So are Laporte and Ake long-term injuries

Ake looks to be back in training so assume not.

 

[JWCH-99]

So are Laporte and Ake long-term injuries

Ake back in training today

 

[1Basti]

There are different variations how you can play the three at the back in the 3-5-2 system.

offensiv minded = 1CB,2WB
"neutral" minded = 2CB,1WB (used by Pep in the past, Tuchels approach)
defensiv minded = 3 CB (Conte,Simeone,Ole)

Personally i would love to see Walker, 1CB, Cancelo at the back. I think 3 CB is counterproductive to how most of the teams will set-up against city.