Marc Cucurella

[vincent]

He doesn’t know, he has no containrar at city.

His information in this saga has come from Cucurella.

Yes but City will be speaking to his agent.

 

[hammocity]

The issue is we’ve lost all width, sold Sane and Sterling. So we have Grealish, Mahrez and Foden who all cut in or drift centrally. Cancelo usually cuts in, and Walker doesn’t offer much in attack.

A natural LB, Cucurella or otherwise, allows Cancelo to go RB and gives us the option of width again.

Could also see both Walker and a recognised left back playing with Cancelo in midfield, just ahead of the full backs.

 

[blueparrot]

So ,no plan B?

Only of hou think a bloke on twitter would know who else we have considered.

 

[Jokithedruid]

Been handled badly this so far imo, was a key signing alongside Phillips and the two mentioned before the season ended was Haaland and Cucurella? Haaland was done early, Phillips went smoothly and surely we spoke to Brighton way before now to gauge the price?

I really feel like they did a Levy and moved the goal posts, let them have their ”victory” and let’s move to another lb.

 

[Jokithedruid]

Yes but City will be speaking to his agent.

I think we’ve just said: This is our highest bid, you are our first choice lb.

 

[joshr]

Cucurella not even being in Brighton's squad yesterday was odd. No mention of any injury so is he in talks with City?

There was mention of a injury potter said he had a problem with his calf

 

[vincent]

I think we’ve just said: This is our highest bid, you are our first choice lb.

Who knows. Lots will be going on behind the scenes and City may have communicated to his agent we will try once more with a slight improvement and if that is rejected then we will not go any higher.

 

[Rammy Blue]

So ,no plan B?

We should have started at £40mil package. Just get it done.

 

[jrb]

You can applaud Bloom stance. He can getaway with, so he is doing it.

But in Reality he is being a knob. Brighton paid £15mill for Cuckoo. A good spot and they beat all other clubs to him. Fair play to Brighton.

Cuckoo has played 1 season in the PL. Yes, he looks good, no doubting that. He was Brighton’s player of the year. He’s young. Etc. Etc.

Let’s be honest, £30mill was too low. And it looks a it‘s got Bloom’s back up and made him even more determined to hold out for x.(we don’t know the exact figure)

But if the latest rumours are true and City have up their offer to £40mill, that in my opinion is a fair offer. An offer City should have gone in with straightaway, with a few small add-ons.

A £25mill profit should be accepted by Bloom. If not, which looks increasingly likely, City have to move on at some point. Frustratingly, City don’t always get their first transfer choice. This could be 1 of those occasion?

 

[It'sBlue93:20]

So much for Naylor saying we have ended negotiations

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

And just one of those weird coincidences that their best player plays on the right wing for them, if only we had a left back that's not as good as our current left back then they wouldn't have passed to Salah at all

Teams have been targeting our left side for a few seasons now, especially the better ones, for example Real Madrid. We need a specialist left back who can defend as well as he attacks. Ake did a great job yesterday coming across to cover that left side when Cancelo was not in position. But that stretched Dias and that's where Nunez got space. Cancelo is a fantastic right-sided wingback but not a defensive left back in my view.

 

[MurtazShelia]

It feels very naive to do business this way.. leaving yourself short by letting zin go without having another deal agreed. If Zin had said he wanted to go, by the character of the man I doubt he would have complained if we had said we need a deal agreed for a replacement before letting him go... In the business world deals are back to backed all the time!

I wonder whether Cucu's agent said he could get him out of Brighton for that price and they took his word, as they did with Kane's brother/agent last season...

Despite generally being incredibly well run, we end up having this issue with transfers year on year.. central defender, defensive midfielder, striker... and we have had a year without each one because of it .. I can only imagine Pep swears under is breath in private..

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

if you think we got ‘found out’ against Real then you must have a telly in an alternate universe, @mrsprkl
We outplayed them over both legs. The entire defence, including Ed up to a point, went AWOL for about five minutes either side of the full time whistle. Nothing to do with Cancelo as such, or only in so far as he was part of a collective failure for, as I say, five minutes, eight at the outside.

I agree you can't blame Cancelo for shipping the goals against Madrid but not having a strong left back (like Walker/Cancelo on the right) affects the balance of the whole team. It is our weak link and Pep knows it and the club is trying to address it.

 

[oakiecokie]

I`ve said it before but I`ll say it again.Anyone who thinks Cancelo is our answer to a left back needs to think again.
Excellent on the offensive but an absolute beginner defensively. Time and time again he was anywhere but out on that left flank and Salah had a fucking field day.God knows why Cancelo has too constantly find himself in the middle of the defence where he marks no fucker.
Not been yelling too much about Txiki and getting Cucoo signed, but by fuck after yesterday this proves beyond doubt we need a natural left sided full back.

 

[oakiecokie]

Teams have been targeting our left side for a few seasons now, especially the better ones, for example Real Madrid. We need a specialist left back who can defend as well as he attacks. Ake did a great job yesterday coming across to cover that left side when Cancelo was not in position. But that stretched Dias and that's where Nunez got space. Cancelo is a fantastic right-sided wingback but not a defensive left back in my view.

Spot on bobby and my point exactly.

 

[oakiecokie]

So ,no plan B?

After yesterday that should be our only plan.

 

[not my fault!]

Just a thought… maybe Pep played him on the left yesterday to send a message to get Cucurella signed? It was clear to anyone watching that we need someone there. Just possibly this was Pep saying look, get this signing over the line so we can stop fucking about.

 

[yeseye]

What would it take to trigger a tribunal or isn’t that an option?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

You can applaud Bloom stance. He can getaway with, so he is doing it.

But in Reality he is being a knob. Brighton paid £15mill for Cuckoo. A good spot and they beat all other clubs to him. Fair play to Brighton.

Cuckoo has played 1 season in the PL. Yes, he looks good, no doubting that. He was Brighton’s player of the year. He’s young. Etc. Etc.

Let’s be honest, £30mill was too low. And it looks a it‘s got Bloom’s back up and made him even more determined to hold out for x.(we don’t know the exact figure)

But if the latest rumours are true and City have up their offer to £40mill, that in my opinion is a fair offer. An offer City should have gone in with straightaway, with a few small add-ons.

A £25mill profit should be accepted by Bloom. If not, which looks increasingly likely, City have to move on at some point. Frustratingly, City don’t always get their first transfer choice. This could be 1 of those occasion?

The problem is there are not many strong left backs out there. We may have to bite the bullet and pay up. This position has got to be sorted for this season. The Word Cup presents a significant injury risk to Walker and Cancelo in any event as Portugal and England will probably go deep into the tournament. An extra £10m will not make a difference in the long term.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I`ve said it before but I`ll say it again.Anyone who thinks Cancelo is our answer to a left back needs to think again.
Excellent on the offensive but an absolute beginner defensively. Time and time again he was anywhere but out on that left flank and Salah had a fucking field day.God knows why Cancelo has too constantly find himself in the middle of the defence where he marks no fucker.
Not been yelling too much about Txiki and getting Cucoo signed, but by fuck after yesterday this proves beyond doubt we need a natural left sided full back.

Was summed up in first few minutes when Cancelo got square on in the box as Salah ran at him full belt, awful defending.