Marc Cucurella

[mj1991]

Fully agree with Ahsan. It's the most important position to improve and we are playing a stubborn game when we need to sign one player. In one year, or two years it would be still the same unsolved problem. It's not a wish, but an obligation. Everyone is happy with Haaland, ok, but that unsolved problem is alarming.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Maybe are we weak negotiators?

It takes two to barter. If we were weak, we’d have paid £65m for him already.

 

[RandomJ]

£50 million doesn’t seem outlandish when you consider we could get 10 years out of him. Especially since we’ve made so much money in sales as well and paid a similar fee for Walker.

If they were asking for something stupid like £80 million then sure I’d get it but £50 million seems a strange hill to die on.

 

[Cobwebcat]

You are, he wrote it in an article.

Thought it was me. Why not link to the article? Paywall?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Fully agree with Ahsan. It's the most important position to improve and we are playing a stubborn game when we need to sign one player. In one year, or two years it would be still the same unsolved problem. It's not a wish, but an obligation.

Maybe Cucurella’s price is more than we are prepared to pay.

Therefore the options are Raum/<all other available left backs> or keeping Zinchenko.

Then it will be up to Pep to either be happy to stick with OZ or we move on to another left back.

 

[Dribble]

Jack had a clause Cucu does not. We had no choice. We do have a choice on whether or not we want to be fleeced by Brighton. Walk away and keep Zin. If the latter is not possible buy the next on the list. Fuck Brighton and their passing about.

I can't quite recall what Cucu was like defensively when we played Brighton, but I know he caused us grief going forward.

I like the player, so if it's £50m for an ex-Barça Spanish international with PL experience, then a deal of £40m - £45m plus add-ons might seal it.

£32m for Zinchenko softens the blow & we can still bid for Sosa or Raum & finally have 2 specialist Left Backs for circa £50m - £60m net which will hopefully resolve a problem area for us for the next few years.

If Juvé are seriously interested in Gundog, with a year left on his contract & a fee of £20m being mooted, we should go for FDJ. At 24/25 years old & a fee of £58m being discussed, he'd be a long term replacement for £40m-ish.

That would leave a possible Sterling replacement as the only hole needing to be filled without trying to fit square pegs into round holes, or risking a whole season on Cole Palmer being at the required level.

If we can manage to pull this lot off, this would be a fucking WOW transfer window for City & one which'll set us up for years to come, with serious money still left in our transfer reserves.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Fully agree with Ahsan. It's the most important position to improve and we are playing a stubborn game when we need to sign one player. In one year, or two years it would be still the same unsolved problem. It's not a wish, but an obligation.

I don't really think many people celebrating Zinchenko maybe staying are also celebrating not signing a left back.

Most of the people on both sides still think a left back is an important signing and have been saying so for a couple of years.

 

[wolviedinho]

I don't think we need the papers to convince us, just watch the video of him walking around in a slipper reversing his ranger Rover into numerous parked cars. When your 100million pound record signing has more hangovers in a season than match winning moments it tells its own story.

Anyway this is the Cucu thread. I dont need to keep defending Grealish. Maybe his Land Rover’s reverse camera was broken -:)

 

[Mr-Mertle]

Thought it was me. Why not link to the article? Paywall?

No idea, I'm not them. You've already been to his twitter, just click the link in his bio and it's there.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

I can't quite recall what Cucu was like defensively when we played Brighton, but I know he caused us grief going forward.

I like the player, so if it's £50m for an ex-Barça Spanish international with PL experience, then a deal of £40m - £45m plus add-ons might seal it.

£32m for Zinchenko softens the blow & we can still bid for Sosa or Raum & finally have 2 specialist Left Backs for circa £50m - £60m net which will hopefully resolve a problem area for us for the next few years.

If Juvé are seriously interested in Gundog, with a year left on his contract & a fee of £20m being mooted, we should go for FDJ. At 24/25 years old & a fee of £58m being discussed, he'd be a long term replacement for £40m-ish.

That would leave a possible Sterling replacement as the only hole needing to be filled without fitting square pegs into round holes or risking a whole season on Cole Palmer being at the required level.

If we can manage to pull this lot off, this would be a fucking WOW transfer window for City & one which'll set us up for years to come, with serious money still left in our transfer reserves.

Nope.