Marc Cucurella

[doobyedoobye]

Thank the Lord our club has some proper governance in place…

 

[Complex Simplicity]

all those represent value for us. cucurella does not

It depends what you determine as value. If we didn't have a lack of full backs and going into a world cup season, I'd have agreed with you. For that reason he does represent value. We are in desperate need of a full back, unless JWE/Lewis turn into superstars this season.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

Mendy was a great player at Monaco and started off very well for us his injury was the mitigating factor. He was not a disaster

If he can’t be called a disaster then I think we’d have to go a long way to find a player that was

 

[DeBlueLou]

@tolmie's hairdoo any updates on Sosa or Grimaldo, mate?

 

[CityBluez]

What makes you think we'll go for 2 let alone 1 if Cucurella doesn't happen. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get anyone at all

Not a very smart move that.

 

[JewelZee]

All the players in our squad were already known and playing for top clubs before we bought them (bar Zinchenko & Jesus) we don't unearth gems, that's what a world class scouting system does.

We currently find ourselves haggling over 10million for a LB who could have been scouted a year earlier. With all our Spanish/La Masia connections why wasn't Cucurella scouted before going to Brighton.

I don't have the time nor the desire to tell you in detail how far off the mark your first paragraph is.

Assuming we didn't scout Cucurella YEARS earlier also reflects poorly on your credibility, although I'd like to think you know better and are just talking out of frustration.

Where I do agree with you wholeheartedly is that a failure to come to terms over 10 mil for a player we obviously like a lot for me would constitute a failure on our behalf.

I've stated myself that Bloom has played the part of an amateur in terms of his handling of the situation. And while I do agree this could harm Brighton over the long haul, I genuinely don't give a fuck about Brighton. I care about City. I'm finding it more and more difficult to reconcile us losing out on this guy over 10 mil. I see this as a find a way to get it done scenario, not a walk away scenario. JMO.

 

[Complex Simplicity]

That’s a fair point. He is in a rare breed of two way full backs. However, the very best in the world aren’t 2 way full backs at all, they are extremely technically gifted ones. Ones way above Cucurella’s technical level. Cancelo, Alexander-Arnold, Davies.

If the club deemed Cucurella worth it I’d back it but I back the club to walk away as well. I do hope we have a back-up plan and sign someone like Grimaldo.

I think you'll be surprised. He created nearly as many chances as Trent and Robertson last season and he is playing for Brighton. That means he created as many as Cancelo also. If he had a Haaland upfront how many of those turn into assists?

 

[TFC]

We won the league without a striker, we’ll fucking win it again with Ederson @ LB.

 

[City Raider]

We’ll be all right but we never land the saga ones. Once the post count on here reaches a certain number, thread may as well be locked, they ain’t coming

 

[MCFCTrick]

All the players in our squad were already known and playing for top clubs before we bought them (bar Zinchenko & Jesus) we don't unearth gems, that's what a world class scouting system does.

We currently find ourselves haggling over 10million for a LB who could have been scouted a year earlier. With all our Spanish/La Masia connections why wasn't Cucurella scouted before going to Brighton.

Sniff, sniff ...