Strange signings/Players still contracted to City but on perma loans.

jimharri said:
You should try to get in touch with Frau Pep.


*sits back and waits*
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Lol nah the man is a genius. We play the tactics he created. Tho if you have his email I could forward him a 433 formation that would work well. He only needs to buy Alfie’s son and Mbappe for it too work :)

You can’t seriously call Pep a fraud unless you are from the Mersey?
 
bluealf said:
So having received FM21 for Xmas and looking through City's squad there were a couple of names standing out.

Mix Diskerud 30yo is still at the club, now he wasn't doing that well for NYC and we signed him on a 4 and a half year contract and loaned him out to poor standard leagues ever since.

Also, Thomas Agyepong 24yo came from the right to dream academy and is still here, well not here lol but another on permanent loan.

Erik Palmer-Brown 23yo been on loan forever but has been capped by the US recently.

and finally 2 Japanese players Meshino Ryotaro 22yo and Itakuru Ko 23yo.

Oh and let's not forget Marlos Moreno who is on his 5th loan club at progressively lower levels and the scorer of 5 goals, maybe not the striker for us after all.

There does seem to be a lot of fillers at the club with zero hope of making it or landing us a big fee and you have to wonder what the scouts have seen in these players, to begin with tbh.

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I remember listening to an interview with Tim Vickery (South American based football correspondent) who was very position about Jesus and Moreno but reckoned that the latter was the better player. There was quite a buzz about both players at the time.

I guess one of the two becoming a first team regular is a reasonable outcome.

The OP was interesting - some of those signings are very strange indeed.
 
jamesha said:
I remember listening to an interview with Tim Vickery (South American based football correspondent) who was very position about Jesus and Moreno but reckoned that the latter was the better player. There was quite a buzz about both players at the time.

I guess one of the two becoming a first team regular is a reasonable outcome.

The OP was interesting - some of those signings are very strange indeed.
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Moreno was one of those who looked useful on YouTube. In fairness, I think he got a pretty bad injury soon after going on loan to Deportivo and looks like it’s been all down hill for him since. I don’t know how to feel when you see a player on the books after so long. I suppose you could say we’ve stood by him, but when I look at the likes of Angelino, I can’t help feeling we messed him about a bit.
 
jamesha said:
I remember listening to an interview with Tim Vickery (South American based football correspondent) who was very position about Jesus and Moreno but reckoned that the latter was the better player. There was quite a buzz about both players at the time.

I guess one of the two becoming a first team regular is a reasonable outcome.

The OP was interesting - some of those signings are very strange indeed.
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Didn’t he do the same with Fernandinho and Paulinho.
 
Collins Tanor has been with us since 2016 and is ALWAYS on our end of season retained list but I know the square root of f*ck all about him.
See also Mohammed Aminu.
Exactly.
 
Ken Shabby said:
Collins Tanor has been with us since 2016 and is ALWAYS on our end of season retained list but I know the square root of f*ck all about him.
See also Mohammed Aminu.
Exactly.
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2015 apparently (yes, I Googled as I thought it was a joke that went over my head).

Tanor doesn't even appear to have been anywhere else since the Summer of 2019.
 
Ken Shabby said:
Collins Tanor has been with us since 2016 and is ALWAYS on our end of season retained list but I know the square root of f*ck all about him.
See also Mohammed Aminu.
Exactly.
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Even FM21 has forgotten him but his last known action was 2019?

Mo Aminu has been on two loans and not played a game? Supposedly scouted by Real and Bayern but chose us.
 
We sold him a few years back, but Bruno Zuculini was another one of these. In fact he may have been one of the originals
 
There's been so many that haven't made it through since the takeover, interesting to see where many ended up (Appearances include City and post-leaving City)

Rony Lopes (Nice), 24, previously: Lille, Monaco, Sevilla. Club: 178/34, International caps: 2/0.
John Guidetti (Hannover 96), 28, previously: IF, Burnley, Feyenoord, Stoke, Celtic, Celta Vigo, Alaves, Club: 231/69, International caps: 29/3.
Thierry Ambrose (Metz), 23, previously: NAC, Lens. Club: 89/14.
Felix Correia (Juventus U23), 19, previously: Jong AZ. Club: 45/6.
Paolo Fernandes (Castellon), 22, previously: NAC, Perugia, Club: 46/2.
Aleix Garcia (Dinamo Bucaresti), 23, previously: Girona, Mouscron, Club: 71/8.
Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea), 20, previously: FC Twente. Club: 7/1.
Tosin Adarabioyo (Fulham), 23, previously: West Brom, Blackburn. Club: 87/3.
Cameron Humphreys (Excelsior), 22, previously: Zulte Waregem, Club: 6/0.
Aaron Nemane (Torquay), 23, previously: Rangers, Go Ahead Eagles, Tubize, Club: 76/4.
Pablo Mari (Arsenal), 27, previously: Girona, NAC, Deportivo, Flamengo, Club: 83/5.
Manu Garcia (Sporting Gijon), 22, previously: Alaves, NAC, Toulouse, Club: 137/9.
Brandon Barker (Rangers), 24, previously: Rotherham, NAC, Hibernian, Preston, Club: 101/10.
Jeremie Frimpong (Celtic), 20, Club: 28/3.
Lorenzo Gonzalez (St. Gallen), 20, previously: Malaga, Club: 6/0.
Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), 22, previously: Girona, Club: 90/3, International: 5/0.
Ian Poveda (Leeds), 20, Club: 11/0.
Javairo Dilrosun (Hertha BSC), 22, Club: 49/6, International: 1/0.
Ashley Smith-Brown (Oldham), 24, Previously: NAC, Hearts, Oxford, Plymouth, Club: 68/1.
Demeaco Duhaney (Huddersfield), 22, Previously: Boston, Club: 20/0.
Pablo Maffeo (Huesca), 23, Previously: Girona, Stuttgart, Club: 103/1.
Will Patching (Dundalk), 22, Previously: Notts County, Club: 19/0.
Larry Kayode (Sivasspor), 27, Previously: Girona, Shakhtar Donetsk, Gaziantep, Club: 61/13, International: 4/0.
Jacob Davenport (Blackburn), 21, Previously: Burton, Club: 33/2.
Angus Gunn (Stoke), 24, Previously: Norwich, Southampton, Club: 72/0.
Rodney Kongolo (Heerenveen), 22, Previously: Doncaster. Club: 62/3.
Yaw Yeboah (Wisla Krakow), 23, Previously: Lille, FC Twente, Oviedo, Numancia, Celta B. Club: 134/13, International: 1/0.
Bersant Celina (Dijon), 24, Previously: FC Twente, Ipswich, Swansea. Club: 158/23, International: 26/2.
Kean Bryan (Bolton), 24, Previously: Bury, Oldham, Sheff Utd. Club: 52/3.
Jason Denayer (Lyon), 25, Previously: Celtic, Galatasaray, Sunderland. Club: 216/9, International: 17/1.
Brahim Diaz (AC Milan), 21, Previously: Real Madrid. Club: 30/2.
Rabbi Matondo (Schalke 04), 20, Club: 32/2, International: 7/0.
Bruno Zuculini (River Plate), 27, Previously: Valencia, Cordoba, Middlesbrough, AEK, Rayo, Verona. Club: 74/4.
Enes Unal (Getafe), 23, Previously: Genk, NAC, FC Twente, Villarreal, Levante, Valladolid, Club: 179/49. International: 17/2.
Ruben Sobrino (Valencia), 28, Previously: Girona, Alaves. Club: 145/23.
Olivier Ntcham (Celtic), 24, Previously: Genoa. Club: 178/26.
Zackarias Faour (Assyriska IK), 22, Previously: IK Sirius, Osters, Oskarshamns, Leixoes. Club: 18/3.
Jadon Sancho (Dortmund), 20, Club: 120/38, International: 18/3.
Seko Fofana (RC Lens), 25, Previously: Fulham, Bastia, Udinese. Club: 178/15, International: 6/1.
Florian Lejeune (Alaves), 29, Previously: Girona, Eibar, Newcastle. Club: 162/11.
Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal), 28, Previously: Real Sociedad, Montpellier. Club: 116/0, International: 2/0.
Jack Byrne (Shamrock), 24, Previously: SC Cambuur, Blackburn, Wigan, Oldham, Kilmarnock. Club: 149/30, International: 4/0.
Jordy Hiwula (Portsmouth), 26, Previously: Yeovil, Walsall, Huddersfield, Wigan, Walsall, Bradford, Fleetwood, Coventry. Club: 229/64.
Devante Cole (Motherwell), 25, Previously: Barnsley, MK Dons, Bradford, Fleetwood, Wigan, Burton, Doncaster. Club: 215/45.
Jose Pozo (Rayo), 24, Previously: Almeria. Club: 136/9.
George Evans (Derby), 26, Previously: Crewe, Scunthorpe, Walsall, Reading. Club: 143/10.
Martin Samuelsen (Hull), 23, Previously: West Ham, Peterborough, Blackburn, Burton, VVV, Haugesund. Club: 115/21, International: 3/1.
Albert Rusnak (Real Salt Lake), 26, Previously: Oldham, Birmingham, Cambuur, Groningen. Club: 192/44, International: 28/5.
Emyr Huws (Ipswich), 27, Previously: Northampton, Birmingham, Wigan, Huddersfield, Cardiff. Club: 136/12, International: 11/1.
Omar Elabdellaoui (Galatasaray), 29, Previously: Stromsgodset, Feyenoord, Eintracht Braunschweig, Olympiacos, Hull. Club: 245/12, International: 47/0.
Denis Suarez (Celta Vigo), 26, Previously: Barcelona, Sevilla, Villarreal, Arsenal. Club: 223/27, International: 1/0.
Vladimir Weiss (Slovan Bratislava), 31, Previously: Bolton, Rangers, Espanyol, Pescara, Olympiacos, Lekhwiya, Al Gharafa. Club: 259/71, International: 67/7.
Greg Cunningham (Blackburn), 29, Previously: Leicester, Nottm Forest, Bristol City, Preston, Cardiff. Club: 278/9, International: 4/0.
Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), 30, Previously: Barnsley, Burnley, Tottenham. Club: 395/11, International: 25/1.
Ben Mee (Burnley), 31, Previously: Leicester. Club: 344/7.
Ahmad Benali (Crotone), 28, Previously: Rochdale, Brescia, Palermo, Pescara. Club: 243/42, International: 8/3.
Shay Logan (Aberdeen), 32, Previously: Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Stockport, Tranmere, Brentford. Club: 453/22.
Robert Mak (Ferencvaros), 29, Previously: Nurnberg, PAOK, Zenit, Konyaspor. Club: 261/53. International: 62/13.
Adam Clayton (Birmingham), 31, Previously: Carlisle, Leeds, Peterborough, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough. Club: 447/23.
Joan Angel Roman (Miedz Legnica), 27, Previously: Barcelona B, Villarreal, Braga, Nacional, Slask Wroclaw, AEL Limassol, Panetolikos. Club: 114/15.
Loris Karius (Union Berlin), 27, Previously: Mainz, Liverpool, Besiktas. Club: 239/0.

Find it interesting to see where people I used to read on the back of programmes or read about in academy threads or in the FA Youth Cup Final have ended up over the years.
 
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