Sergio Ramos

[Deleted member 87819]

. I would prefer to keep a fully-motivated Laporte on board.

That ship has sailed I think

 

[hertsblue]

Nailed on to United I reckon lol

Would be perfect for them as they are officiated with different rules and escape nailed on card offences every game. Ref would have him booked in the refs mind before kick off if he played for us

 

[Tevez City]

That ship has sailed I think

Same thing was being said about Stones last summer.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Same thing was being said about Stones last summer.

No, different scenario. Laporte seems to want to leave and his body language the past few months seem to indicate this. Getting into the Spain national team makes it even more likely that he will end up at a major Spanish club. And I would guess City has been aware of this desire for awhile, and that’s why it wouldn’t shock me if conversations with the Ramos camp have indeed been happening for months

 

[Tevez City]

No, different scenario. Laporte seems to want to leave and his body language the past few months seem to indicate this. Getting into the Spain national team makes it even more likely that he will end up at a major Spanish club. And I would guess City has been aware of this desire for awhile, and that’s why it wouldn’t shock me if conversations with the Ramos camp have indeed been happening for months

In this case, they have to pay a minimum of £57 million that City paid for him.

Ake should be good enough to be our 3rd choice CB

And 4th choice could be filled with anyone. ( Rodri, Fernandinho, Walker, or someone from EDS )

 

[Semper aggressus]

To replace Laporte with a 35 year old is a big downgrade. Ramos probably earns more than Laporte too. I just don’t see how he’d be a worthwhile signing.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Not really seen him play for a year or two, before that watched him very often, always seemed a moment away from a red card, and benefited quite a bit from playing in a Real Madrid shirt, has much changed ?

 

[Deleted member 87819]

In this case, they have to pay a minimum of £57 million that City paid for him.

Ake should be good enough to be our 3rd choice CB

And 4th choice could be filled with anyone. ( Rodri, Fernandinho, Walker, or someone from EDS )

I respectfully but strongly disagree
We had a solid season based on defensive solidity. We can’t go into another season with TWO less CB options and improvise one. Ake so far hasn’t been good enough to be anything but a fourth choice, and certainly isn’t to be trusted in the bigger games yet. In fact, he would probably have been behind Garcia last season on a technical comparison if contexts had been ignored. Ake/Stones just doesn’t seem like a solid pairing to me
If Laporte does leave, there will be a vacuum to be filled. There is a situation to be addressed which is that, for a team that rotates a lot, we overplayed Dias and got lucky he escaped an injury. We had to do that because of his commanding leadership in the back line, as well as technical ability. A Ramos fills that vacuum and bring in lots of experience as well. This seems like the kind of signing we could make for a couple of years focusing on the UCL before sending him to the US as a “smart financial engineering” deal. But even if it’s not him, it should be someone of his profile. To get what Chelsea got from Thiago Silva

 

[colin's bell helmet]

That ship has sailed I think

Hasn't Laporte had a pop at a journo on social media calling him out as a know nowt re his link to a move to Spain this summer? I'm sure Pep knows his value to us and will no doubt be impressed with his first few games for the Spanish national team, I wouldn't be so sure that his time at City is over just yet.

 

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Hasn't Laporte had a pop at a journo on social media calling him out as a know nowt re his link to a move to Spain this summer? I'm sure Pep knows his value to us and will no doubt be impressed with his first few games for the Spanish national team, I wouldn't be so sure that his time at City is over just yet.

He was disputing a specific quote, but the journalist stood by the story. Anyway, if Laporte were to stay, then there’s no issue. But I think he’s the most likely player in our squad to leave at this point. We’re discussing with that scenario in mind