City signed Grealish who will improve under Pep and become a big time player. 20 -30 goals per season players are rare. They are targetted in the PL so injury is always a problem that accumulates as we saw with Aguero and are seeing with Kane.
City did not go for Ronaldo and Messi who could both prove to be a more expensive Sanchez.
City did try for Kane whom Spurs did not want to sell.
Lukaku wanted to go to Chelsea.
Lewandowski will stay at Bayern.
The above are all top quality but ageing. Harland and Mbappe are the young guns who City may or may not try for. New ones will emerge and may have already been identified.
With football already cash strapped, why take on a short term risk and gamble at massive cost with potential debt with knock on effects with the rest of the squad and unknown contribution to the team? City management are not fools. They are juggling short term needs with long term ambition and targets.
As Pep said, we need a player who can change a game like Yaya, Sergio and even Vinnie. Few strikers can do this at the highest level and fit into the City style of play. We are PL Champions with a global scouting network, CFG clubs and the Etihad Academy. Yet we have doom and gloom posts bemoaning our lack of signing a striker, DM and LB when other clubs would love our squad.
It smacks of entitlement that we should sign all the best players and win all competitions. Maybe we will but sport is about surprise not the predictability of computer games or gambling where the favourite always wins. Fans should support City and enjoy the ride as we always have done with all the ups and downs.
City did not go for Ronaldo and Messi who could both prove to be a more expensive Sanchez.
City did try for Kane whom Spurs did not want to sell.
Lukaku wanted to go to Chelsea.
Lewandowski will stay at Bayern.
The above are all top quality but ageing. Harland and Mbappe are the young guns who City may or may not try for. New ones will emerge and may have already been identified.
With football already cash strapped, why take on a short term risk and gamble at massive cost with potential debt with knock on effects with the rest of the squad and unknown contribution to the team? City management are not fools. They are juggling short term needs with long term ambition and targets.
As Pep said, we need a player who can change a game like Yaya, Sergio and even Vinnie. Few strikers can do this at the highest level and fit into the City style of play. We are PL Champions with a global scouting network, CFG clubs and the Etihad Academy. Yet we have doom and gloom posts bemoaning our lack of signing a striker, DM and LB when other clubs would love our squad.
It smacks of entitlement that we should sign all the best players and win all competitions. Maybe we will but sport is about surprise not the predictability of computer games or gambling where the favourite always wins. Fans should support City and enjoy the ride as we always have done with all the ups and downs.