Summer Transfers

kun said:
In:
Joe Hart, Free transfer
Achraf Hakimi, £43m
Dayot Upamecano, £55m
Malang Sarr, Free transfer
Eduardo Camavinga, £43m
Jadon Sancho, £85m

Out:
Claudio Bravo, Free
Scott Carson, Loan return
João Cancelo, £30m
Nicolás Otamendi, £15m
John Stones, £15m
Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Loan
Angeliño, £20m
Aleix García, £2m
David Silva, Free
Adrián Bernabé, Loan
Leroy Sané, £80m
Jack Harrison, £15m
Patrick Roberts, £5m
Lukas Nmecha, £8m
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I'm bored as I'm off today so going through this one by one to show why its very unrealistic.

Hart - still wants to play and wasn't good enough in 2016, won't be good enough now. City want Carson as 3rd choice too.
Hakimi - Madrid might want to sell him but for way more than 43m. Likely he goes into their first team.
Upamecano - Interesting, and my choice for CB, but Leipzig are expecting a bidding war, in which City won't take part as we don't do bid wars
M Sarr - Interesting, especially on a free but agent planning to move him to Seria A/Bundesliga
Camavinga - Certain he'll be staying at Rennes, a year in the UCL will double his value
Sancho - See where you're getting the figure from and hes my first choice too, but unlikely.


OUTs
Bravo - Yes he's gone
Carson - Will be back on a permanent as 3rd choice
Stones & Otamendi for 30m combined???? No way the club would sell both for such pathetic fees
Bellis - Imo should go on loan too
Angelino - Leipzig think his clause of 23 is too much. 10-15 more likely
A Garcia - is due to leave on a free
Bernabe - Yep agree on loan
Sane - 80m is a joke. No way
Harrison - His clause with Leeds is 8m and thats where he'll go
Roberts and Nmecha - 2/3m each tops. No way we get that much in this market
 
kun said:
As would be Joe Hart
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Joe will want to play. His best hopes is going to a Championship club and trying to rebuild his career for a year before looking at benchwarming again. Remember when he went to Burnley they had an injury crisis and Joe played the first 10-15 games with no competition. He'd have hoped if he'd played well he'd be no 1 there going forward. I think there'll be suitors in the Champ for him and then in a season or two some big clubs might be needing an English backup
 
kun said:
Because he's so much worse than Scott Carson...
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That was well thought out, wasn't it? When one resorts to statements such as yours, they often don't have much of an argument in their favour, do they?

Carson is 3rd choice. Joe would likely be 3rd choice behind Ederson and Steffen.

As third choice, Carson is reputedly on £15K/week. BET you Joe would want higher wages than that! Likely higher than Ederson's, Steffan's and probably more than what Bravo makes too.

Joe WAS good for us at one time. He's not that good anymore. He simply isn't. That doesn't mean one can't have fond memories. but anyone who is a realist or knows their arse from a hole in the ground knows Joe can't cut it at City (or Torino or West Ham or Burnley for that matter) anymore.
 
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King Jay said:
Because he only has 1 year left and is about to leave too.
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I think there are some big differences. Alaba plays every week for bayern so the last year of his contract is worth more as a key player than Sane who may be sulking and unlikely to be a key player. Alaba is also far more likely to sign a contract at bayern than Sane signing for us. There is a 0% chance of Sane extending with us.

I'm not sure where the number 20m came from. I said I believe City will accept between £40-45m for Sane.
 
hcblue95 said:
I think there are some big differences. Alaba plays every week for bayern so the last year of his contract is worth more as a key player than Sane who may be sulking and unlikely to be a key player. Alaba is also far more likely to sign a contract at bayern than Sane signing for us. There is a 0% chance of Sane extending with us.

I'm not sure where the number 20m came from. I said I believe City will accept between £40-45m for Sane.
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Alaba is not coming, he does not want to nor does he want to play LB, Bayern might want rid once the injuries clear up but he still will not come
Mendy Theo Hernandez far far better but first Mendy has to go, so not happening
Zinchenko Dalbert/Tsimikas both an upgrade that would suit the EPL, is Zinchenko going?
Angelinho Al Nouri quality but not the aggression needed,
so how do we improve if we can not move on more than one?
 
salfordbluetrue said:
Alaba is not coming, he does not want to nor does he want to play LB, Bayern might want rid once the injuries clear up but he still will not come
Mendy Theo Hernandez far far better but first Mendy has to go, so not happening
Zinchenko Dalbert/Tsimikas both an upgrade that would suit the EPL, is Zinchenko going?
Angelinho Al Nouri quality but not the aggression needed,
so how do we improve if we can not move on more than one?
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Not sure, but I rate Mendy and think he's worked hard to come back and I don't mind him being first choice left back next season if he can prove his fitness in the rest of this season. Alaba I would have thought would be a target as a cb rather than a lb, but can obviously play both which would be great for us.
 
hcblue95 said:
Not sure, but I rate Mendy and think he's worked hard to come back and I don't mind him being first choice left back next season if he can prove his fitness in the rest of this season. Alaba I would have thought would be a target as a cb rather than a lb, but can obviously play both which would be great for us.
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David Luis would do a better job. as for Mendy nothing he has done over the last three years suggest he is a good player
 
I’d seriously consider taking a look at Aubameyang. I know he doesn’t tie into our philosophy, but he’d be an amazing Sané replacement on the left, and a world class option for when Aguero isn’t playing/is injured. It would also take pressure off of Jesus.

If we do a straight swap of Sané for Lucas, and get Alaba for a decent price, it could look like this:

In: Aubameyang £50mil, Lucas £0, Alaba £25mil, Tosin back from loan
Out: Sane £0, Angelino £20mil
Net: £55mil

Aubameyang Aguero Sterling
KDB Rodri Bernardo
Alaba Lucas Laporte Walker
Ederson

Foden Jesus Mahrez
Gundogan Fernandinho Zinchenko
Mendy Otamendi Garcia Canelo
Zak Stefan

This is a very strong set of first 11’s, with not an huge increase in spend.
 
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