Matheus Nunes

[TheBlueCat]

We could probably get Geoff Thomas to sign for us now

Still walking up to M6

 

[mancboy]

Yes. I only call in about once a year, too much like the politics thread for me.

if you want to get some traction, you have to go with nunes is the worst player ever, kovacic is too old and a chelsea flop, gvardiol aint as good as maguire and doku is just the new traore and all of them are miles better than kalvin phillips who is absolutely the worst player ever to walk the earth.

 

[LongsightM13]

hahaha! how did they reject £47m then?

Because maybe the clause is for more than £47m

 

[117 M34]

I quite miss the likes of Steve Sidwell turning us down.

I remember his team mate steed malbranque doing the same and I hated him for it.
Gave him shit for years afterwards.

 

[SWPISHOME]

I remember his team mate steed malbranque doing the same and I hated him for it.
Gave him shit for years afterwards.

I'll always remember that headline on the BBC text "Man City bid £5m for Steed Malbranque".
Sitting in the sitting room thinking "Holy fuck we've bid that amount of money for a player"....Little **** turned us down then!

 

[richards30]

Because maybe the clause is for more than £47m

yeah, i read the post wrong mate :-(

 

[JewelZee]

Fair enough. I wasn't on here at the time but it wouldn't have surprised me.

My only issue with Phillips is whether he's blocking someone else coming in. I'm happy for him to stay and see out the contract we decided to give him but we also need a genuine rotation option with Rodri.

I was all for the wait and see approach with KP until the opener against Burnley where Pep made 5 subs in a 3 nil match but yet chose not to bring him on and give Rodri a break even with the Sevilla and Newcastle games coming up within the week. It couldn't be more obvious than that that Pep does not rate him or see him as being up to the task.

I have a feeling that if we bring in Nunes KP will be out the door either on loan or on a permanent move. City don't want to seem even more vulnerable at HM before a move for Nunes is completed...JMO

 

[LongsightM13]

yeah, i read the post wrong mate :-(

I don’t think we’d need to raise it by too much more tbh, Mendes will be desperate to get Cancelo to Barca and so may exercise some of his obvious leverage at Wolves and with his fellow client Nunes to keep us sweet. He’ll get paid for both deals. Wheels within wheels…

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

I'll always remember that headline on the BBC text "Man City bid £5m for Steed Malbranque".
Sitting in the sitting room thinking "Holy fuck we've bid that amount of money for a player"....Little **** turned us down then!

I was gutted that fell through. Quality player Malbranque

 

[xMatMcC]

If people were swooning over D.Rice then they should pull down their pants for him. He`s more talented & has a better all around skill set than Rice. Mendez has so much leverage over Wolves that he should deliever him for £55-60m.

This is so wrong in so many ways. Rice is way more talented and it's mostly due to his better all around skill set. Nunes' best trait is probably his ability to glide by people with deceiving pace for his size and progress the ball through dribbling. Rice literally was the best player in world football for that last season. Progressed the ball more than any other player in Europe. So Rice is better than Nunes at what Nunes does best. Essentially all other categories Rice is superior too. Rice and Bellingham are 2 leagues ahead of any other midfield target we've had this window once they were sold.

Just because we didn't sign Rice, doesn't mean we need to be silly and pretend Matheus Nunes is better. Generational talent vs a good utility/squad player. Would still love Nunes but c'mon.