Nathan Ake

I might put this post on three threads as it applies to them all.

I just listened to the latest “Why Always Me” podcast with Pol Ballus and Sam Lee and they said that City will not now sign Cucurella until they either know Ake is staying or sign a replacement for Ake. Pep is insisting on 4 centre backs as a priority and, as a result, all City’s efforts are going into sorting this out. Only then will they try for Cucurella later in the window. The expectation is that they will get him in the end too. Zin is staying.

They also discussed why would City let Chelsea disrupt their plans like this when the obvious thing to do is keep Ake, sign Cucurella and finish. They didn’t know why other than City must have a plan and have a good reason for it in addition to only doing one deal at a time.

So if they are right keep an eye on the centre half situation before the left back signing.

That will be the sum total of City’s business and they are going as fast as they can looking for a CH but no names have been leaked so far though Pol says he is constantly trying to find out.

So it’s either one more in and none out OR two more in and one out.

It would make more sense from the outside to get Cucurella in and then we can’t lose but the feeling was that the Ake deal was much more advanced than Cucurella and City want to finish it off one way or another asap.

My own opinion is that it comes down to money. I think City are looking to use the Ake money to buy a decent centre half for less money than they receive for Ake. This excess then goes towards the Cucurella deal.

Hope the above helps. I’m just the messenger.

Watch City sign Cucurella later today now!
 
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Cobwebcat said:
I might put this post on three threads as it applies to them all.

I just listened to the latest “Why Always Me” podcast with Pol Ballus and Sam Lee and they said that City will not now sign Cucurella until they either know Ake is staying or sign a replacement for Ake. Pep is insisting on 4 centre backs as a priority and, as a result, all City’s efforts are going into sorting this out. Only then will they try for Cucurella later in the window. The expectation is that they will get him in the end too. Zin is staying.

They also discussed why would City let Chelsea disrupt their plans like this when the obvious thing to do is keep Ake, sign Cucurella and finish. They didn’t know why other than City must have a plan and have a good reason for it in addition to only doing one deal at a time.

So if they are right keep an eye on the centre half situation before the left back signing.

That will be the sum total of City’s business and they are going as fast as they can looking for a CH but no names have been leaked so far though Pol says he is constantly trying to find out.

So it’s either one more in and none out OR two more in and one out.

It would make more sense from the outside to get Cucurella in and then we can’t lose but the feeling was that the Ake deal was much more advanced than Cucurella and City want to finish it off one way or another asap.

My own opinion is that it comes down to money. I think City are looking to use the Ake money to buy a decent centre half for less money than they receive for Ake. This excess then goes towards the Cucurella deal.

Hope the above helps. I’m just the messenger.

Watch City sign Cucurella later today now!
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So they are basically clueless to what city want and are trying to do just like the rest of us!
 
birchwoodgingerste said:
So they are basically clueless to what city want and are trying to do just like the rest of us!
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I don't really know how you got that from that post.

They're saying we'll prioritise another centre back over alert back if Ake leaves and Cucurella will be put on the back burner.

Whether they're right or not is another matter but that's a fairly specific claim.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Yep, he was desperate to come here.

His missus was still working for MUTV.

Think they wanted £30m and we were closer to £20m.
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ah right, cheers mate, thats where the £30m is in my mind! Kudos to him though that after being a rag etc he would still have signed??
 
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