You can buy gold too dear.I find it bizarre to say you want Rice and Guimareas but refuse to go anywhere near the asking price.
Given the money available to the club, in fact, I find it downright absurd.
Who is the CM ?But you could go through those 5 and say:
KDB - has hardly featured since 22/23 and has already been replaced by Foden (current form notwithstanding)
Gundo - well past his best but we didn't have him last year and won the league.
Walker - Rico is 19 and already better. He's already been replaced.
Stones and Kova - can be great squad players for the next few years.
I honestly think if we add a top class CM in Janaury we'll be laughing. After that it's a case of identifying the next generation and phasing out the likes of KDB, Bernardo and Stones who'll mostly be rotation options from next year.
"Guimares was not for sale."You can buy gold too dear.
Arsenal would've outbid us, he was their only choice and he made it clear that he preferred to stay in London.
Guimares was not for sale.
Lavia should have been retained but wanted first team football which he's had for the last 18 months and probably wouldn't have got at City until recently.
18 months is a long time for a young player to wait.
Who is the CM ?
I absolutely agree that they deserve criticism just unfair to blame Txiki.
Made a massive mistake in persuading Walker, to stay I said 3 seasons ago he was on the wain, a replacement should have been purchased and Walker allowed to leave with some transfer fee recouped now we are stuck with him on a 3 year contract. Rico is not a fullback, he can be a stand in but we need a specialist preferably with pace
Early in the window, until the end of June, Guimaraes was available with a release clause of £100 million. Eddie Howe confirmed this, we simply refused to pay it!You can buy gold too dear.
Arsenal would've outbid us, he was their only choice and he made it clear that he preferred to stay in London.
Guimares was not for sale.
Lavia should have been retained but wanted first team football which he's had for the last 18 months and probably wouldn't have got at City until recently.
18 months is a long time for a young player to wait.
Early in the window, until the end of June, Guimaraes was available with a release clause of £100 million. Eddie Howe confirmed this, we simply refused to pay it!
Perhaps but I wouldn’t be surprised if he came off the bench and banged in a trophy-winning goal. A lot of players are struggling for fitness. Ake and Foden miles off it for example. I remain an optimist.Sadly I think the decision to bring him back will be shown to be a mistake, he looks a very old, leggy player, still willing and still classy but simply unable to compete physically, the game is passing him by.
He had a release clauseYou can buy gold too dear.
Arsenal would've outbid us, he was their only choice and he made it clear that he preferred to stay in London.
Guimares was not for sale.
Lavia should have been retained but wanted first team football which he's had for the last 18 months and probably wouldn't have got at City until recently.
18 months is a long time for a young player to wait.