No Foden is in the squad on merit, the other 3 are most likely there for CL quota`s, and the cups so he can rest his first team players, I might be wrong but i believe Pep does not like dropping squad players for the CL because of quotas, team spirit and all that, it did help that the 3 were also in places that City were struggling in as well, as for Tosin he far ahead of the 2 CB`s as he is playing every week and learning responsibility whether he ever gets good enough for city is still dependent on growth of abilityBy this logic City do not believe in Foden, but they do believe in Aderbiola(sp), who has been out on loan for two seasons.
In my opinion they do believe in them , but that does not guarantee the next step. Garcia has played a fair bit in the cups, the other two are younger and have made their debuts, and trained with the first team. If you are training with the first team at City , someone likes you.
No Foden is in the squad on merit, the other 3 are most likely there for CL quota`s, and the cups so he can rest his first team players, I might be wrong but i believe Pep does not like dropping squad players for the CL because of quotas, team spirit and all that, it did help that the 3 were also in places that City were struggling in as well, as for Tosin he far ahead of the 2 CB`s as he is playing every week and learning responsibility whether he ever gets good enough for city is still dependent on growth of ability
The loss of Sane and D. Silva in one transfer indow is going to be huge -
Is foden ready to step up - as good as he is at the moment i dont think so but if we can get a deent replacement for Sane (someone with similar attributes) then I think we will be fine - we have Foden, B.Silva that can supplement what we lose with David Silva - but we have nothing to supplement the loss of Sane
We desperately need at least one centre half if not two and a decent left back to challenge and cover for Mendy's next injury and poor form
We also need to be way ahead in thinking who replaces Sergio or at least supplements our attack once he goes.
Edit - a huge couple of transfer windows are incoming and then you have to add up what Pep will be thinking of doing - will he stay or go - that will affect the targets who we go for and also the players who may/may not want to come in
As much as I get what you are saying Siva hasn't been himself this year and Sane hasn't kicked a ball Aouar and Foden will be able to fulfil that burden, I don't see us replacing Sane just premote Braaf.
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I see the only way we sign a winger is if Mahrez looks to leave, I think that could be a good thing if it means we sign a left winger and move Raheem back to the right hand side.
Moussa Diaby would be perfect for that. Technical and left footed left winger. I'd argue he is even faster than Sané, especially off the mark. He's not the finished product but he seems to get better for every Leverkusen game I watchPersonally would still look at dembele at Barca to replace Leroy if sancho couldn’t happen. One thing hopefully to replace like for like with Leroy is blistering pace? We used to tear teams apart on the break With them De Bruyne through balls behind the defence for Leroy to cut in and set raz up at the back stick for a tap in.
Moussa Diaby would be perfect for that. Technical and left footed left winger. I'd argue he is even faster than Sané, especially off the mark. He's not the finished product but he seems to get better for every Leverkusen game I watch