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supercity88
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The issues is getting the players to move and that would involve throwing more money around than usual. Something that we really do on a regular basis. We have tried to sign Mahrez mid-season after being rejected by Sanchez for the millionth time but Leicester didn't want to sell at that particular time (ie wanting more money than we were willing to pay at that time). We did sign him the following summer.
The club are going to have to pay up. The financial reward for CL progress or qualification next season is seriously at risk. Even if the fee goes up substantially, they're going to have to stick their hands in their pockets. There's a summer tournament that is incredibly lucrative as well.
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This is simply the reality of the situation in which we find ourselves. We hold no aces. Whilst our unwillingness to get ripped off is admirable, we will need to pay the premium this January. It will cost us more if we don’t invest in the next seven weeks.The club are going to have to pay up. The financial reward for CL progress or qualification next season is seriously at risk. Even if the fee goes up substantially, they're going to have to stick their hands in their pockets. There's a summer tournament that is incredibly lucrative as well.
We attracted the likes of Yaya Toure , David Silva, Mario Balotelli, Vincent Kompany, Edin Dzeko and Robinho without Champions League Football. There is no desperate need for this season to overspend in landing any target. Summer is an entirely different situation. We may end up having to do so.
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supercity88
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We attracted the likes of Yaya Toure , David Silva, Mario Balotelli, Vincent Kompany, Edin Dzeko and Robinho without Champions League Football. There is no desperate need for this season to overspend in landing any target. Summer is an entirely different situation. We may end up having to do so.
It's not just about attracting players, it's about being in the premium competition. City should be in the Champions League. I'm not interested in the Europa and neither should any other fan be. We have barely spent anything in recent signings compared to our income, so go spend some money to make sure we stay in the premier European competition.
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Agree with this, January should be substance over style, lets get a DM or two that is efficient, even if it comes from the championship.We attracted the likes of Yaya Toure , David Silva, Mario Balotelli, Vincent Kompany, Edin Dzeko and Robinho without Champions League Football. There is no desperate need for this season to overspend in landing any target. Summer is an entirely different situation. We may end up having to do so.
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How available is Angel Gomes in January? Well impressed with him in the u21 Euros and his England appearances. Played with Phil in the England youth teams all through his Childhood. English, home grown and technically excellent.
His diminutive stature the only downside but he seems to have developed a nice nasty streak recently. Wharton and Zubimendi other players I like for the midfield
Milos Kerkez, Leif Davies, Tino Livramento all good young full backs. Ola Aina another more experienced option.
Branthwaite is class and I reckon you'll never get him cheaper than this January. Jonathan David is quick skillful scores goals and is out of contract in the Summer.
Any of those I've mentioned could come in and make an instant impact imo. Go and get a few of them.
His diminutive stature the only downside but he seems to have developed a nice nasty streak recently. Wharton and Zubimendi other players I like for the midfield
Milos Kerkez, Leif Davies, Tino Livramento all good young full backs. Ola Aina another more experienced option.
Branthwaite is class and I reckon you'll never get him cheaper than this January. Jonathan David is quick skillful scores goals and is out of contract in the Summer.
Any of those I've mentioned could come in and make an instant impact imo. Go and get a few of them.
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Agree with this, January should be substance over style, lets get a DM or two that is efficient, even if it comes from the championship.
indeed it would be but I'm not advocating short term fixes. I'm pointing out that if the correct players that would fit in well with our squad are available we should not wait until the summer. I would imagine that the new DOF would work very closely with Pep and the transfer team to ensure the correct players are recruited and paying over the odds for very good players is position we find ourselves in. We should learn from this and keep recruiting in the summers as you rightly say but we cannot go back in time and there is still an awful lot to play for this seasonIt would be un-professional if we just get a short term fix in January and we have a job on moving him on. We still have to pay over the odds for inconvience of trying to bring in players mid-season when it should have been done the previous summer.
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TAA and Davies both out of contract in the summer, difficult but not impossible.How available is Angel Gomes in January? Well impressed with him in the u21 Euros and his England appearances. Played with Phil in the England youth teams all through his Childhood. English, home grown and technically excellent.
His diminutive stature the only downside but he seems to have developed a nice nasty streak recently. Wharton and Zubimendi other players I like for the midfield
Milos Kerkez, Leif Davies, Tino Livramento all good young full backs. Ola Aina another more experienced option.
Branthwaite is class and I reckon you'll never get him cheaper than this January. Jonathan David is quick skillful scores goals and is out of contract in the Summer.
Any of those I've mentioned could come in and make an instant impact imo. Go and get a few of them.
Kimmich possible and very handy for this year and cover for DM and FB in the squad, brings huge experience
Livramento hard but Newcastle will sell for the right money
there are options and it's time to put on the big boy pants and compete with Bayern and Madrid, we have done this before and got our players in Kev, Sane, Haaland
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TAA and Davies both out of contract in the summer, difficult but not impossible.
Kimmich possible and very handy for this year and cover for DM and FB in the squad, brings huge experience
Livramento hard but Newcastle will sell for the right money
there are options and it's time to put on the big boy pants and compete with Bayern and Madrid, we have done this before and got our players in Kev, Sane, Haaland
It's the worst kept secret in football Trent and Davies are signing for Madrid in the Summer. Kimmich has missed the boat imo.
It's more vital we sign the right sort of players to bring the qualities that have aged out of the squad. Tenacity, pace, physicality, aerial ability etc. We need numbers in more than we need an expensive marquee signing imo. Phil, Oscar, Haaland, Savinho and Doku are all massively talented. We need the legs behind them to allow them to flourish more than we need a Wirtz or Musiala imo. Though if we did sign either I won't be complaining!