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Only way he would be treating badly is by coming out and saying pep is coming so far the club are doing things just fine
 
As with any summer recruitment policy. If at all possible buy early so players can settle in new surroundings & play pre-season with their new team.

With a new manager i would say its even more important.

Euro Championship (10th June - 10th July) will impact on pre-season. We may have to wait a little for transfer announcements, or not.

Pre-season tour will be interesting to see the location. Less travel would be good this summer i think, not China or USA but time will tell.
 
So a basis for pep to work with:

Aguero
Silva
De bruyne
Sterling
Fernandinho
Hart
Kompany (hopefully!!!)
Delph
Nacho

Possible outs:

Kolarov
Yaya
Nasri
Navas
Fernando
Bony
Mangala

Could we see 6-8 young top class players coming in and some of our older players out? That seems to be the plan?
I wonder if Hart will last under Pep. He's never been great with the ball at his feet and I don't thinking he's going to get better at it any time soon. Just a thought..
 
I wonder if Hart will last under Pep. He's never been great with the ball at his feet and I don't thinking he's going to get better at it any time soon. Just a thought..

Hart isn't Neur but he is still pretty decent with the ball at his feet. His distribution has improved massively under Pellegrini's goalkeeping coach as well.

Hart for me is one of the top 10 goalkeepers in Europe. I also think goalkeeping in England is far more than just being a very good shot stopper and being good with your feet.

I think even in their prime the likes of Casillas and Valdes would have had it harder in England than they did in Spain.
 
I would rather we kept Peligrini. He has the full respect from the squad, he knows when and what changes to make on the pitch, he's not interested in pissing about with the press, his low-key attitude is uncompromising, his backroom staff know the squad and how to improve it and he's an out and out professional. The only thing going against him is his age. Changing managers all the time is never going to promote stability. Plus. If pep comes in, he'll bring in a whole new squad and we'll be all over the place. I hope city don't treat peligrini like they did Sparky.
Subtle lol
 
Hart isn't Neur but he is still pretty decent with the ball at his feet. His distribution has improved massively under Pellegrini's goalkeeping coach as well.

Hart for me is one of the top 10 goalkeepers in Europe. I also think goalkeeping in England is far more than just being a very good shot stopper and being good with your feet.

I think even in their prime the likes of Casillas and Valdes would have had it harder in England than they did in Spain.
Good points mate, thanks for your reply.

I hope you're right, it's just he's prone to those 'heart-in-mouth' (excuse the pun!) moments where he tries to do too much on the ball, usually resulting in him hoofing the ball out after being put under pressure from the attacker. This was the case even against Palace the other day.
 
Hart is an excellent keeper and would get the plaudits he deserves if he played for other teams. If Pep gets us playing from the back like we have done previously, the issues with his distribution will be less apparent. Even then, the hoof up will surely be a tactical approach, despite the evidence that we only have midgets up front.
 
Claudio Bravo (GK)
Cristiano Piccini (RB)
Ricardo Rodriguez (LB)
John Stones (CB)
Paul Pogba (CM)
Isco (CAM)
Paulo Dybala (FWD)

Reckon that lot might cost a few bob
 
According to chilean newspapers Pep wants to bring Claudio Bravo to Manchester, not sure if that will mean the end of Hart at City if true. TBH I don't think Barca will let Bravo go

We should stay with Hart. He has earned his spot and he is good enough to keep it. We don't have a squad that is so good that we should be thinking about that position (I do expect we will get a new backup). Before spending the money needed for Bravo, I would like to test Kasper Schmeichel's resolve and see if twice the salary for a backup role is something he would consider.
 
We should stay with Hart. He has earned his spot and he is good enough to keep it. We don't have a squad that is so good that we should be thinking about that position (I do expect we will get a new backup). Before spending the money needed for Bravo, I would like to test Kasper Schmeichel's resolve and see if twice the salary for a backup role is something he would consider.

Schmeichel wouldn't come back to sit on the bench, he's leicester's first choice and will probably have CL football with them next season. We don't need to be thinking of keepers, Joe is awesome. If we need a new back up it'd have to be someone who's already in that role, no decent keeper will swap a guaranteed start for about 4 games a season. Someone like Boruc maybe from Southampton who's their back up might come, but he's foreign like Willy so no point. Better off having a young English keeper in reserve, have a look for one from the championship maybe they'd come as back up.
 
Schmeichel wouldn't come back to sit on the bench, he's leicester's first choice and will probably have CL football with them next season. We don't need to be thinking of keepers, Joe is awesome. If we need a new back up it'd have to be someone who's already in that role, no decent keeper will swap a guaranteed start for about 4 games a season. Someone like Boruc maybe from Southampton who's their back up might come, but he's foreign like Willy so no point. Better off having a young English keeper in reserve, have a look for one from the championship maybe they'd come as back up.
Begovic did.
 
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