LB is a priority and we have one of the hardest jobs in replacing Aguero. If we get those right, we'll do well. If not, I think we'll struggle. Just hope Cancelo performs well on the left and Aguero/Jesus have good seasons without much injury.Think some have had unrealistic expectations in a unique window due to Covid. In a Covid market I don't think we have done too bad with signings. We have adressed the CB issue and brought in a wide player. This will be a brilliant window if we get a LB in, good window if we don't. Addressing these areas and keeping net spend acceptable hopefully means we go big on a ST in the summer next year. £100+m big.
Agreed and LB needs adressing now in all honesty as once again someone will be playing out of position to cover LB and it's not ideal. I think that If this is potentially Aguero's last season then he will want to go out with a bang and will be pretty hungry when back from Injury to give us a season to remember.LB is a priority and we have one of the hardest jobs in replacing Aguero. If we get those right, we'll do well. If not, I think we'll struggle. Just hope Cancelo performs well on the left and Aguero/Jesus have good seasons without much injury.
Is he Edinson Cavani’s brother?Just watching SSN, they were saying that Ederson Cavani is available. This would only cost the club his wages,as he is a free agent.
Bloody hell he’s got another brother n’allFor this to be an excellent transfer window for us, we do need to bring in a striker. Even if it means one on loan. On the other hand there is a striker who for one or two seasons would cost us nothing apart from his wages, that would be Edison Cavani, as he is a free agent as his last contract at PSG has run its course. If we can get him on a two year contract that would allow us time to find another striker to take over from Sergio
The whole balance of the team is affected by the left back problem. The better opposing teams exploit it in every match. Our centre backs are forced to cover the left flank leaving gaps in the middle. It has damaged us badly in the last two seasons (after Zinchenko got injured)LB is a priority and we have one of the hardest jobs in replacing Aguero. If we get those right, we'll do well. If not, I think we'll struggle. Just hope Cancelo performs well on the left and Aguero/Jesus have good seasons without much injury.
What's TB?Funnily enough I’ve just listened to the latest Statsbomb podcast. They work for a lot of top clubs and help them with their recruitment via their analytical models.
Their opinion is that City used to be very good but in the last couple of years have let it slip and are relying too much on the subjectivity of TB rather than what is actually best for the team.
Their view was that Torres might turn out OK, Ake would not solve our defensive problems and Dias was a surprising choice given the analytics.
Overall they thought we had had a below average window.
I don’t necessarily agree with them and time will tell but it was interesting to get a specialist opinion from a company that usually praise City’s transfer decisions.
Liverpool isn’t one of their clubs but they said yet again their analytical department had bought well and were leaving other clubs behind.
It wasn’t all bad news though...United are terrible!