Ruben Dias - Benfica confirm sale to City

[The1nvisibleMan]

I don’t think he is good enough. Fern at his peak was amazing,

Dinho hit his peak at what early 30’s? Luiz is much younger and could easily reach that level. We’re not going to always be able to buy a ready made fit for some of these players because they may not exist/or want to join. Luiz would be cheap and if he turned out good would be here for a while and if not it wouldn’t be a massive financial risk

 

[malg]

Reminds me of the Blackadder episode with Tom Baker:

'you have a woman's hand my lord..'

 

[manimanc]

This one https://www.flightradar24.com/C750/259e627d

That's the one.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I don’t think he is good enough. Fern at his peak was amazing,

Well, there's no-one at that level currently.

 

[malg]

Wiki is fast off the mark:

Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias, known as Rúben Dias is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English Club Manchester City and the Portugal national team as a defender.

 

[Taylor]

That's the one.

If so takes about 3 hours flight time.

 

[decmancity]

Looking forward to seeing what he can do, Dias ticks a lot of boxes and Otamendi going the other way solves an immediate problem. Sevilla clearly didnt seem to keen on him and we couldn't risk spending the cash on Kounde then not moving on Ota.

 

[Neville Kneville]

You're quite knowledgeable about the EDS/youth teams unless I'm mistaken. What is stopping Doyle replacing Fernandinho. Maybe it's just my amateur eyes, but he seems to have the engine and the off the ball intelligence. He's maybe not as physically imposing as Ferna but he's very young and could definitely develop. I really hope they find a spot for him either way.

I don't go anymore. What I would say about Doyle is that he was a KDB, or maybe more Gerrard kind of player, who would put a tackle in but was essentially a forward moving player rather than a sitting player, putting balls into the box, 1-2s & shooting etc.

When I've seen him in recent times he seems deeper & less dynamic. I'd have to say not as outstanding as he was tbh, imo.

I don't know if he can be as good in this role as in his original one, but even if he is, he would be a replacement for Gundogan imo, not for Fernandinho. He'll never be as good in the air for a start.

 

[Rammyblues]

Over the bay of Biscay

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I don’t think he is good enough. Fern at his peak was amazing,

It would seem that the club haven't given upon him, so perhaps they think another year at AV might help him . Tbh Fern was outstanding and there can't be too many who come up to his level