Savinho | City reject Spurs approach

[dadnlad]

Any or all could have been persuaded if given enough cold, hard cash.

then you cry when want rid of them and they wont leave because of massive wages

 

[Semper aggressus]

So now you’ve changed your argument, okay.

No. I still think he’s not good enough for us and would rather we sold him to Spurs and got Rodrygo or even waited til someone better was available. I still think he doesn’t score enough, exactly like I’ve always said. I want our wingers to be getting double figure goals and assists each season.

 

[Semper aggressus]

then you cry when want rid of them and they wont leave because of massive wages

Why would I want players of that quality to leave? No-one would have wanted David Silva or Aguero to leave would they.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Not to be pedantic, but using wagyu to make a burger is the definition of a waste of money.

Wagyu burgers are delicious though!

 

[dadnlad]

Why would I want players of that quality to leave? No-one would have wanted David Silva or Aguero to leave would they.

think niether were world superstars when we bought them good players yes but they developed into superstars

 

[blueparrot]

No. I still think he’s not good enough for us and would rather we sold him to Spurs and got Rodrygo or even waited til someone better was available. I still think he doesn’t score enough, exactly like I’ve always said. I want our wingers to be getting double figure goals and assists each season.

How many 20 year old wingers in their first season do score enough. Not many.How many don’t score many but go on to be regular goal scorers at a high level quite a few. Salah, Sterling and Mahrez to start you off.

 

[robbieh]

No. I still think he’s not good enough for us and would rather we sold him to Spurs and got Rodrygo or even waited til someone better was available. I still think he doesn’t score enough, exactly like I’ve always said. I want our wingers to be getting double figure goals and assists each season.

How many goals was Mahrez banging in at the age of 21 and where?

 

[Semper aggressus]

How many goals was Mahrez banging in at the age of 21 and where?

So buy someone who isn’t 20, 21 and look for wingers that are the finished article. We can’t really afford to wait while project players become good enough or not.

 

[NQCitizen]

No. I still think he’s not good enough for us and would rather we sold him to Spurs and got Rodrygo or even waited til someone better was available. I still think he doesn’t score enough, exactly like I’ve always said. I want our wingers to be getting double figure goals and assists each season.

Salah, Olise, Barcola and Lukaku were the only players in all of Europe to get double figures goal and assists last season.

Too high a bar.

 

[blueparrot]

So buy someone who isn’t 20, 21 and look for wingers that are the finished article. We can’t really afford to wait while project players become good enough or not.

Are your goal posts on wheels? It’s obvious we are building a young squad to build and grow into a new team, we aren’t buying expensive ready made galacticos. Everyone spent the second half of last season praising PSG and Barcelona saying we should follow their approach, we are but now some don’t have the patience or trust in the club to do it.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Are your goal posts on wheels? It’s obvious we are building a young squad to build and grow into a new team, we aren’t buying expensive ready made galacticos. Everyone spent the second half of last season praising PSG and Barcelona saying we should follow their approach, we are but now some don’t have the patience or trust in the club to do it.

I didn’t praise either of those teams. Personally I’ve always loved galactico signings, or at least stars who you know will keep us at the top and fill the void left by Silva, Kun, Fern, Vinny, etc.

Having endured the shit of the 90s and 00s I hate the fact that after the amazing ten years we’ve had, too many poor/lower cost transfers have let Liverpool and Arsenal overtake us.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Always loved Mahrez he was fucking brilliant. Wish we had his quality on the wings now.

You are somewhat changeable as a transfer guru though, to be fair...
I wonder what we'd have won if you had replaced Txiki in 2019?

 

[Semper aggressus]

You are somewhat changeable as a transfer guru though, to be fair...
I wonder what we'd have won if you had replaced Txiki in 2019?

I’ve never predicted any transfers. Just say what players I wish we’d sign, or who I’m happy we have signed.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I’ve never predicted any transfers. Just say what players I wish we’d sign, or who I’m happy we have signed.

I know but you did think we should sign Sancho and that Mahrez, Rodri and Cancelo were 'Spurs/Everton level signings'
and that Gundo and Zinchenko were not good enough either.

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[vincent]

How many goals was Mahrez banging in at the age of 21 and where?

But that the point isn’t it. Salah and Mahrez were probably below where Savinho is. But they were playing for teams nowhere near our level.

 

[Master-Lotus]

Should've sold him for 70mil and buy Barcola. But our current board is a joke so no surprises we didn't do that along with not securing GK & RB even now, 3 days before the end of the window.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Insanity.

€70 mil. This guy is shit.

Even if he scored 4 goals next season in the Prem and quadrupled his return. He’s wank.

What's wank about him?
He has a fantastic touch which is Mahrez-esque. He is rapid over 20 years and he can beat a man on the inside or outside, which is a good trait to have. He has a good delivery and should have had more assists.

He has looked very tense with his finishing and snatched at lots. He also been very unlucky with keepers making great saves.

His attitude and application has been little wayward. But, he's a kid and that can be improved.

I think he had enough quality to persevere with and he can become a fantastic player.

 

[Master-Lotus]

But that the point isn’t it. Salah and Mahrez were probably below where Savinho is. But they were playing for teams nowhere near our level.

Savinho is going to be the other way around, mid-table level player by 26.

 

[Master-Lotus]

There has been nothing to suggest spurs ever offered 70m, that we would have turned down. Lots of expectation that they are prepared to supposedly. But no real offer has ever been reported on.

Spurs 100% offered 70mil in their 2nd bid and we 100% rejected it, per Fabrizio Romano. We even refused an offer higher than that which didn't go public. You'd think we'd focus on getting a right back now.. but no, our board is dead.

 

[Blue tiger]

Should've sold him for 70mil and buy Barcola. But our current board is a joke so no surprises we didn't do that along with not securing GK & RB even now, 3 days before the end of the window.

We have no idea if £70m was bid though. I don't rate the kid and would have moved him on if we had got a decent offer, but we have no proof we did, so to slate the board is ridiculous. I think this was an agent pushed through the media type transfer. I do agree the GK and RB situation is worrying.