Bill Walker
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Yes and for us
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Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m
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blueju
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The academy doing exactly what academies are set up for
ADegenerate
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The academy doing exactly what academies are set up for
Agreed. I’d call it a half victory because he didn’t exactly come up with us but the point is fair.
I’m really rooting for the young man. For a 100 point team he didn’t look lost at all. The kid had balls too. He wasn’t afraid to give it a rip from deep outside the box in a Pep team.
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Its funny because I thought the Wolves game was by far his worst performance last year.
Is he?How much did we pay for him?
Decent player but we have sufficient cover for LB now Mendy is fit.
blueju
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Agreed,I wish any of them all the best. Academies are there to get talented players into the professional game at whatever level. The holy grail is a good homegrown kid every now and then breaking into and establishing themselves into the 1st team but the majority will hopefully find a long career in football wherever it may be.Agreed. I’d call it a half victory because he didn’t exactly come up with us but the point is fair.
I’m really rooting for the young man. For a 100 point team he didn’t look lost at all. The kid had balls too. He wasn’t afraid to give it a rip from deep outside the box in a Pep team.
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£16m would normally be good but a player who has trained with Pep and played in a team that just had a historic-record breaking season, unmatched by any team as far as a top flight season goes would surely command more if it weren't City who were selling. We are City though and it's a tidy profit on what we paid for him.
Does the move suit the player though? I seem to remember they played horrible football when they played us, they'd need a good few seasons recruitment and a new manager before that changes so I wouldn't blame him for declining for footballing reasons.
He's a quality player who could well come good some day, perhaps to some he hasn't been able to show the best of his game, due to being played out of position at LB but the training vids show he's up there with some of our best players in terms of ball control in the rondos and the keepy-uppy challenges they do, he's got quite a shot on him too. I think he will make it to top level football personally because of his attitude and his determination to succeed. On the basis that the Citywatch podcast(I think) that gave a little bit of background on him is correct about how hard he had to fight to get noticed when he had no club playing in a free agents league in Russia or something like that. Many would have given up before that point but he stuck at it and went from no club, to getting a contract with a club in Russian football, to playing well enough for City to take notice.
It's a shame Bristol weren't promoted as despite being seen as a smaller club they do play the right football, he could shine there with first team football week in week out to evolve his game. I'm not sure there is team newly promoted or in the bottom half of the table that do play the right kind of football for him in the PL.
Napoli would have been a good move for him but I guess they've cooled their interest.
If the plan for Malaga is to play to the City Group philosophy then that would be a no brainer to me.
Does the move suit the player though? I seem to remember they played horrible football when they played us, they'd need a good few seasons recruitment and a new manager before that changes so I wouldn't blame him for declining for footballing reasons.
He's a quality player who could well come good some day, perhaps to some he hasn't been able to show the best of his game, due to being played out of position at LB but the training vids show he's up there with some of our best players in terms of ball control in the rondos and the keepy-uppy challenges they do, he's got quite a shot on him too. I think he will make it to top level football personally because of his attitude and his determination to succeed. On the basis that the Citywatch podcast(I think) that gave a little bit of background on him is correct about how hard he had to fight to get noticed when he had no club playing in a free agents league in Russia or something like that. Many would have given up before that point but he stuck at it and went from no club, to getting a contract with a club in Russian football, to playing well enough for City to take notice.
It's a shame Bristol weren't promoted as despite being seen as a smaller club they do play the right football, he could shine there with first team football week in week out to evolve his game. I'm not sure there is team newly promoted or in the bottom half of the table that do play the right kind of football for him in the PL.
Napoli would have been a good move for him but I guess they've cooled their interest.
If the plan for Malaga is to play to the City Group philosophy then that would be a no brainer to me.
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I like Zinchenko. He's a very good player on the ball and played very well in several games for us. Whether he has the potential to be truly top drawer is questionable and I would rather free a place for Foden and Diaz to blossom. I couldn't give two hoots about the fee received either as there could be a low buy back figure in there. If he goes, it should definitely be with a metaphorocal pat on the back from us
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If he goes, it should definitely be with a metaphorocal pat on the back from us
Why not a real one?
Rammyblues
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Never really put a foot wrong last year playing out of position, just a pity he didn't qualify as academy trained because if he had I dont think we would have sold him. Academy trained in relation to Diaz and Foden not an issue and given the lack of these players in the overall squad I cant see them losing out. If memory serves me right we only paid a couple of million for Zinchenko so selling him for the 12m is good business on our part. I wish him well at his new club.
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