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Nathan Ake
- Thread starter jaiguruKun
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Sorry, are we in f***ckin financial crisis that we are letting everyone go? We need to buy a replacement if Ake could go, while we are planning every deal so slowly, what are we doing? We need 4 CB's. C'mon. We have the thinnest squad in the league and now we are become much thinner.
I just think if you can get £50m+ for your 4th choice CB you should recycle some funds back in. Dias, Laporte & Stones are 3 top class CB’s and aslong as we get a proper LB (which Ake did have to cover a few times) then why would we want somebody so valuable sat on our bench when we could better reinvest those funds?Our best all out defender for much of last season imo. If he's happy to stay we couldn't hope for a better "4th choice".
Ballymagash Blue
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Ake's a terrific player. And no such thing with Pep as first second third choice.
If he is to be sold, 70m min.
If he is to be sold, 70m min.
We don't need cash, but we are looking like someone who desperately needs to move out some players because of having 30 in the first team. As I said before, we have the thinnest squad in the league. 5 subs, World Cup season, we just cannot be as thin as in the last season, we need experienced and proven professionals like Nathan Ake.
FromPollockToSilva
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We don't need cash, but we are looking like someone who desperately needs to move out some players because of having 30 in the first team. As I said before, we have the thinnest squad in the league. 5 subs, World Cup season, we just cannot be as thin as in the last season, we need experienced and proven professionals like Nathan Ake.
Do you have to post the same thing every five minutes?
stan bowles
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Why did we buy him if we're open to selling him 2 years later ? Stones already misses his fair share of games, Dias had a serious injury at the end of last season, Ake is versatile, PL experienced and a current Dutch international. He came on strong in the last half of the season and looked a real asset.
stan bowles
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I don't see how making £10 million profit is a big factor for us. We're here to win trophies and for that we need a deep, strong squad to go full in on 4 fronts. We were down to the bare bones at CB last season and we need Ake to stay. A replacement will cost at least £50 million and will need time to adjust to the way we play.I like Ake a lot, and think he gives us that bit of physicality and grit we lack outside of Dias. But realistically - we can't expect him to stay as 4th choice here when he could be starting at Chelsea, and it'd be insane for City to turn down an offer where we'd make a healthy profit off of him.
So if Chelsea is serious, I'd imagine he's gone. We do need to find a replacement for all of these outgoing though.
Quite the shake up this summer is shaping out to be.