My guess is that he won’t want to leave unless either we win the CL or he goes to a club that is in the running to win it.Be a massive shame to lose him - especially to those entitled pricks - but can't really argue with it if he wants more playing time.
I don’t think we’d be buying him.What do you think we would be paying for him if we were buying him from another club? Damn well over 40m.
I’ll be surprised if we do get more than 35m for him
Nobody has undervalued him.
It's not, I don't think, most don't want him to go at all. A few realise if he wants to go we may let him. Monetary value people quote will be what they think we realistically can get Not what they value him at for us.Being realistic I don't want him to leave , if he does want to I'd expect about £40 mill, that's not me valuing him though.That unfortunately isn't even remotely true.
No it won't be smaller than last year, and it was only reduced last year because we suspended Mendy.
Yes if they all go and we bring in 2 a left back and centre back and Ake and Zinchenko go we'll be at 19 players that have to be registered ( not counting HG u21) Last season we had 21 but that included, I think, Mendy and Torres. So if we end up like that it will be the same as last year but with an older Palmer and Mcatee. So the same really, and apart from those last few weeks when all the defence got injured at the same time including Ake we were okay.Probably not by the end of the window, thatbis fair to say.
But the squad is currently 2 players smaller than it was last year. If we bring in Cucurella, still have a NHG space to play with.
Which means if we sell Ake we need to buy 3 players just to get to the same squad size as last year, which was already smaller than any other under Pep. 4 players, if Zincheko goes as well.
That is bringing in 8 new players in one window. Or, bringing in less and going wirh a smaller squad.
This "he gets us" thing only exists in the heads of some of us fans.
These are professional footballers, the only thing they get is what is best for their careers and bank balances.
We've seen plenty of examples of this down the years.
Fucking hell you’re loopy.Maybe unpopular but the way the board has treated Zinchenko has been borderline disgraceful.
You've had players come in left, right and center who perform for a single season and almost immediately are given extensions. Meanwhile Zin has continued to keep his head down and perform 90% of the time, and not bitch and moan like some others(Cancelo/Laporte). Disappointing how many blues are willing to toss him to the curb for a player who was liking tweets about joining City while still a Brighton player. As much as Bernardo probably wants to join Barca, can you imagine if he did that?
I'd be gutted to see him go but 100% understand that he wants to feel valued. The guy is on peanuts compared to the rest of the squad. I can't imagine it would be terribly hard to get him locked down IF we wanted it to happen.
Yes if they all go and we bring in 2 a left back and centre back and Ake and Zinchenko go we'll be at 19 players that have to be registered ( not counting HG u21) Last season we had 21 but that included, I think, Mendy and Torres. So if we end up like that it will be the same as last year but with an older Palmer and Mcatee. So the same really, and apart from those last few weeks when all the defence got injured at the same time including Ake we were okay.
This "he gets us" thing only exists in the heads of some of us fans.
These are professional footballers, the only thing they get is what is best for their careers and bank balances.
We've seen plenty of examples of this down the years.
I don’t think we’d be buying him.
We should be getting at least 35-40 for him if he leaves.
Josep doesn’t want to lose him and rates him higher than Cucurella.What has Pep told you he wants for him?
Josep doesn’t want to lose him and rates him higher than Cucurella.