Marc Cucurella

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SalfordGrimble said:
Because he wanted to leave.
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I don’t believe this for a second. Listening to his final speech it’s obvious he wasn’t expecting this and would’ve liked to stay. No footballer in their right mind wants to leave a team like City and a manager like Guardiola. Perhaps the board told him it will become even more difficult for him to get playing time with a new leftback planned to come in. In that case I would understand his desire to leave, but no chance that’s what he wanted before it became obvious for him he had no future here.
 
argyle said:
The club were fine with him leaving, however they should have waited until we got a replacement.

Clubs know were desperate to fill that spot and will be quoting inflated figures for their players because of it.
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Surely Txiki thought the Cucurella deal was going to get wrapped up and thought Brighton were willing to negotiate a reasonable fee it's the only explanation for letting Zinchenko go. Having said that as much as I loved Zinchenko at City we have to be honest with ourselves and say he's was a midfielder playing as a make shift left back and it's a position we really needed to improve on whether Zinchenko left or not.

I do agree though I think clubs are going to try and fleece us if we go for their left back, Although it normally happens anyway.
 
Tevez City said:
Sorry guys, it seems my friend got it wrong.


His justification is that there was and agreement with the player & a verbal agreement with Brighton then they asked for more ( Not sure if Zinchenko's early departure has a role )
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Absolutely no need to apologise. Maybe Brighton did move the goalposts with the deal. Cheers for sharing your information either way.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Surely Txiki thought the Cucurella deal was going to get wrapped up and thought Brighton were willing to negotiate a reasonable fee it's the only explanation for letting Zinchenko go. Having said that as much as I loved Zinchenko at City we have to be honest with ourselves and say he's was a midfielder playing as a make shift left back and it's a position we really needed to improve on whether Zinchenko left or not.

I do agree though I think clubs are going to try and fleece us if we go for their left back, Although it normally happens anyway.
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Zinchenko played well for Arsenal tonight, but toward the end of the first half up to his substitution, his lack of pace started to tell as he got skinned for pace a few times.

It's small but crucial things that make the difference between a good solid, technical pro & a top player. In my opinion, Zinchenko just fell short in this respect.
 
crossbar said:
I don’t believe this for a second. Listening to his final speech it’s obvious he wasn’t expecting this and would’ve liked to stay. No footballer in their right mind wants to leave a team like City and a manager like Guardiola. Perhaps the board told him it will become even more difficult for him to get playing time with a new leftback planned to come in. In that case I would understand his desire to leave, but no chance that’s what he wanted before it became obvious for him he had no future here.
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I agree he was probably told we were signing a left back which is why he wanted to leave. He’s not going to wait till we sign someone if an opportunity arises. Sure, we could’ve said to Arsenal - you can have Zinchenko once we find a replacement but perhaps we wanted to do right by Zin for all he’s done.
 
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