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Stupid player sales
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Didnt we sign him with cruciate’s gone in both knee’s? Gave Hughes away for £400k. The mind bogglesAnd every time he played he looked so dishevelled, as if he had been on a 24 hour bender. I am probably doing him a disservice but I find it hard to believe he was a model professional.
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We’re probably “doing this again” as you won’t accept anyone else’s view, which is fine, but you’re wrong and my post was accurate.I can't beleive we're doing this again.
Yes, he chose to leave...because Pep was very publicly chasing a £60m sack of shit for the LB position.
He didn't want to leave, he couldn't have made that any clearer than when he described leaving the club as a sad day he never wanted to happen...he wanted to stay so much he refused 2 previous attempts to sell him, but the manager stopped playing him even when Cancelo's form nose-dived again and then the club let everyone know they were after Cucurella.
In any other job, if someone stopped giving you any shifts, told everyone you were looking for new work, then hired someone to take all your old shifts you'd call it constructive dismissal. It's the definition of being forced out.
People keep trying to frame it as if he got bored of Manchester and told Pep out of the blue he was leaving and there was nothing anyone could do to stop him because it's a fantasy that rids the club and Pep of any wrongdoing.
It also appears that my view is the majority which doesn’t necessarily make it accurate but may explain why you’re frustrated.
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I'll agree about Tueart and Francis but Gio was never going to play in the third division.Yes, me too. Some players we sold seemed to have a lasting impact/like losing icons. Tueart was one, I know he was after the money but don't know why City did not fight tooth and nail to keep him. He was the stand out player for me once the King was crocked.
Francis was another as was Gio.
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We were fucked financially and had to sell him. More than ten years after ditching Swales we were still a basket case having been badly run by several 'saviours'.SWP :(
East Level 2
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Reid got away with some of his ridiculous decisions simply because he'd played for us. He was a crap manager.Colin hendry, player of the year at the time…. Reid was a clown
I think it was correct to let Zinchenko go if he wanted to. And I think it's only with hindsight that we're now calling Arsenal rivals. Our mistake is that I don't think Zinchenko would have asked to leave if he felt properly valued. His annual reward for digging us out of the shit for the final 10-15 games of a season was to start next season on the bench again. Also, as many have mentioned, he was a real presence in the dressing room and a real fighter. We wouldn't have turned that Villa game around without him that's for sure. I still remember watching him during that game willing the team on after Villa's second goal went in while other players (Cancelo for one) had dropped to their haunches. He's clearly been a really valuable addition to Arsenal's squared in terms of experience and mentality.
Tugay One Cup
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We’re probably “doing this again” as you won’t accept anyone else’s view, which is fine, but you’re wrong and my post was accurate.
It also appears that my view is the majority which doesn’t necessarily make it accurate but may explain why you’re frustrated.
He is right thought. It couldn't have been more clear that Zinchenko wanted to stay.
I know you didn't rate him and weren't arsed about seeing him leave but the reality is that the club dropped a massive fucking bollock when it came to handling the situation.
What you posted was popular because it paints City in a good light and this is a City forum.
Tugay One Cup
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I think it was correct to let Zinchenko go if he wanted to. And I think it's only with hindsight that we're now calling Arsenal rivals
It's not hindsight, it's the current situation we've helped create by selling them two quality players with winning mentalities.