The Squad planning thread

PragueBlue said:
Out of our 3 older players in CM, Kovacic is the one I'd rather keep.

It's going to be an interesting Summer for incomings and (especially) outgoings.
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think it'll be Silva but can see it going any other way right now.
 
Bold prediction, I think Viana guts the squad.

Ederson goes
One of Ake or stones ( injury issues)
Bernardo (because of his wages)
Nunes
Grealish
Phillips
McAtee
Vitor Reis ( loan)
Gundo ( maybe , but might stay for experience not on as high of wages as Bernardo)
 
I’m having trouble with 3 players
O Riley
Rico Lewis
Akanji

I love O Riley I think if old guard is gone he should get enough mins. But im afraid even if one stays and then we get Reinjders MGW or whoever, Nouri and Nico G is still here .. where’s he gonna play ? I want a LB he can be a back up LB and be a rotational CM but he could leave and get consistent game time somewhere good like Dortmund or Atletico Madrid. I hope he stays

I used to enjoy Lewis but after this season I’m not the biggest fan. His physicality, lack of end product, creativity made me abit sour. And if the rebuild goes well. We get a new RB, 2 midfielders. He’s not start ahead of any of them. So when does he play ? Cup competitions only ? Again it would be cruel to sell him but I don’t see him playing at all. Considering we need the homegrown numbers I never thought of selling him but the question is still valid.

Akanji has played his best games at RB but Pep is obsessed with making him a CB and last season tried forcing him into midfield likes he’s Stones and I’m strongly convinced it’s why we lost against Madrid and struggled so much in the league but anyway. Another issue is, he’s simply not good enough to start games, back up RB fine. But he’s part of Pep’s favourites. If he wasn’t here. He has no option but to play Nunes and we possibly win the Fa Cup. I think he’s one of those players we have to get rid off so Pep has no access to them. Like Gundo, Bernardo etc
 
BluestBlue said:
I’m having trouble with 3 players
O Riley
Rico Lewis
Akanji

I love O Riley I think if old guard is gone he should get enough mins. But im afraid even if one stays and then we get Reinjders MGW or whoever, Nouri and Nico G is still here .. where’s he gonna play ? I want a LB he can be a back up LB and be a rotational CM but he could leave and get consistent game time somewhere good like Dortmund or Atletico Madrid. I hope he stays

I used to enjoy Lewis but after this season I’m not the biggest fan. His physicality, lack of end product, creativity made me abit sour. And if the rebuild goes well. We get a new RB, 2 midfielders. He’s not start ahead of any of them. So when does he play ? Cup competitions only ? Again it would be cruel to sell him but I don’t see him playing at all. Considering we need the homegrown numbers I never thought of selling him but the question is still valid.

Akanji has played his best games at RB but Pep is obsessed with making him a CB and last season tried forcing him into midfield likes he’s Stones and I’m strongly convinced it’s why we lost against Madrid and struggled so much in the league but anyway. Another issue is, he’s simply not good enough to start games, back up RB fine. But he’s part of Pep’s favourites. If he wasn’t here. He has no option but to play Nunes and we possibly win the Fa Cup. I think he’s one of those players we have to get rid off so Pep has no access to them. Like Gundo, Bernardo etc
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Pep has refused to play the following midfielders in midfield:
Foden
Grealish
McAtee
Nunes
Zinchenko
Phillips
Palmer
I really don't understand what people see in O'Reilly that makes them think he's going to be an 8/10 next year. IMO Rico is more likely to play there bc Pep loves a conservative, possession oriented player, which is why I throw him into your list of players Viana needs to get rid of to protect Pep from Pep.
How wild is it that perrone was never given a chance bc he lacked physicality for the PL, but Rico is still here? HG makes a big difference
 
Players who will definitely be here next season:
Gvardiol
Khusanov
Rodri
Nico G
Foden
Marmoush
Haaland

Players who won't be sold but could leave on loan:
Reis
Echeverri

Players who will almost certainly stay unless we receive a huge offer:
Dias
O'Reilly
Bobb
Doku
Savinho

After that, no one is safe.
 
kun said:
Players who will definitely be here next season:
Gvardiol
Khusanov
Rodri
Nico G
Foden
Marmoush
Haaland

Players who won't be sold but could leave on loan:
Reis
Echeverri

Players who will almost certainly stay unless we receive a huge offer:
Dias
O'Reilly
Bobb
Doku
Savinho

After that, no one is safe.
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They are if they wish to be as they all have contracts.
 
BluestBlue said:
I’m having trouble with 3 players
O Riley
Rico Lewis
Akanji

I love O Riley I think if old guard is gone he should get enough mins. But im afraid even if one stays and then we get Reinjders MGW or whoever, Nouri and Nico G is still here .. where’s he gonna play ? I want a LB he can be a back up LB and be a rotational CM but he could leave and get consistent game time somewhere good like Dortmund or Atletico Madrid. I hope he stays

I used to enjoy Lewis but after this season I’m not the biggest fan. His physicality, lack of end product, creativity made me abit sour. And if the rebuild goes well. We get a new RB, 2 midfielders. He’s not start ahead of any of them. So when does he play ? Cup competitions only ? Again it would be cruel to sell him but I don’t see him playing at all. Considering we need the homegrown numbers I never thought of selling him but the question is still valid.

Akanji has played his best games at RB but Pep is obsessed with making him a CB and last season tried forcing him into midfield likes he’s Stones and I’m strongly convinced it’s why we lost against Madrid and struggled so much in the league but anyway. Another issue is, he’s simply not good enough to start games, back up RB fine. But he’s part of Pep’s favourites. If he wasn’t here. He has no option but to play Nunes and we possibly win the Fa Cup. I think he’s one of those players we have to get rid off so Pep has no access to them. Like Gundo, Bernardo etc
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O reilly has got to stay as he was great last season and is the future but arkanji should be gone as he carry on getting worse and tbh we can’t carry on with his side passing all the time but Rico Lewis will stay and be a squad player .
 
Players that I would definitely want to keep are:

Ederson
Gvardiol
Dias
Khusanov
Reis
Akanji (only as he is usually more available than Stones or Ake).
O'Reilly
Nunes
Bobb
Rodri
Gonzalez
Kovacic
Marmoush
One or both of Savinho/Doku (depending on incomings)
Echeverri
Foden
Haaland

Loans out for Bah, Simpson-Pusey, Lewis.

Any of the others can be sold or loaned.

That is what I'd like to see. The reality will, of course, be somewhat different as it is likely that players such as Stones, Ake, Bernardo, Gundogan will see out their contracts with us.
 
Agents speak privately of most of the #ManCity squad being for sale if the price is right and it remains likely that the team who start next season will be all but unrecognisable from the one that started the 2024/25 campaign.

[via @MailSport]
 
waspish said:
Agents speak privately of most of the #ManCity squad being for sale if the price is right and it remains likely that the team who start next season will be all but unrecognisable from the one that started the 2024/25 campaign.

[via @MailSport]
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Anyone any idea who the journo was?
 
waspish said:
Agents speak privately of most of the #ManCity squad being for sale if the price is right and it remains likely that the team who start next season will be all but unrecognisable from the one that started the 2024/25 campaign.

[via @MailSport]
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That's true every season though isn't it? Everybody is for sale "if the price is right". (See Alvarez last year.)
 
What's concerning is that for the first time in probably the last 10 years, I literally have no clue who could be leaving or arriving this summer.

It's never absolutely clear, but usually you can guess with some degree of accuracy based on noises coming out of the club via the media.

This year I couldn't rule out almost any player leaving. And incomings, well it could literally be anyone or nobody.

Not sure what that says, either I'm just not clued up , the club are being seriously well secretive, or the club don't actually know themselves (the most worrying scenario)
 
We are in the difficult position of having a wealth of experience, but that wealth comes with age and injury, meaning few teams will now be willing to take it off our hands. At the same time, we have a new DofF, who presumably wants to invest in a larger, younger squad with an eye to the next manager, but that desire is tempered by Guardiola’s insistence on a smaller more experienced squad for the now.

Bending to the latter might mean that a crop of young talent now goes elsewhere, and that may see us having to play catch up in a couple of years. Difficult balance to strike.
 
Based on Tolmie's for sale list, if we could do the unlikely and sell Ake and Stones, and if Bernardo could finally find a suiter, maybe we end up with something like this:

ST: Haaland
LW: Marmoush, Doku
RW: Foden (HG), Savinho, Bobb (HG)
CM: Reijnders, MGW (HG), Rodri, Gonzales, Gundogan, O'Reilly (U21, HG)
FB: Ait-Nouri, Liveramento (HG), Lewis (U21, HG), Nunes
CB: Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Khus, Reis (U21), Bah (U21)
GK: 2 of whoever, suspect we get an english back up
24 + Carson

Grealish, McAtee, Stones, Ake, Walker, Phillips, Bernardo out with like for likes if either keeper leaves

Not sure if this keeps us in check for PL/CL rules on HG/ Club Trained.
 
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Moss Side's Finest said:
What's concerning is that for the first time in probably the last 10 years, I literally have no clue who could be leaving or arriving this summer.

It's never absolutely clear, but usually you can guess with some degree of accuracy based on noises coming out of the club via the media.

This year I couldn't rule out almost any player leaving. And incomings, well it could literally be anyone or nobody.

Not sure what that says, either I'm just not clued up , the club are being seriously well secretive, or the club don't actually know themselves (the most worrying scenario)
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the bit im most looking forward too.. bring it.
 
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