I don't think the board or Pep has criticised the club's transfer policy. Quite the opposite, Pep said it was impossible to change an entire team in one window. Hence he began the season with a mixture of old and young.
Mullock's been criticising Begiristain for a while now. Feels like he took the temperature around about a year ago and realised that loads of Blues would be quick to click any stories written negatively about Txiki/Pellegrini.
You misunderstand the point i'm making. Who was in for Silva when we went in for him? Toure? Balotelli? How come we had a relatively free run at these players? The reality is that yes, those signings were more successful than CHEAPER players brought in on LESS wages later on, but we also signed those players in a market that was MUCH less competitive.
Spurs bought Bale from Southampton and developed him. Suarez was bought from Holland for relative peanuts. What i'm talking about is the competition for top bracket players. It's fiercer now, much fiercer, than it was in 2009/2010. That's just a reality.
Im not sure I agree with that. I see no reason top clubs back in 2010, if they knew how successful players like Silva, Aguero, Yaya would have been would not actively have been pursuing them. We just identified the right players at the right time and in fairness players like Yaya, Aguero,Silva raised there profile at this club.
If anything our recent success and profile should make the acquisition of players easier now and in recent transfers (Jesus accepted) I am not sure who we were in a bidding war with for Sane, Stones, Mangala, Bony, Otamendi, Sterling. The transfer fees offered to clubs seemed to blow rivals out of the water or our rivals chose different targets not to disimilar to the 2009/2011 era
Frank some people won't ever give Cook the credit he deserves but his legacy is there for all to see. Today's match day squad will still contain many multiple champions purchased under his leadership.
The football landscape may have changed but you can only live in your era/environment.
I am surprised Txiki hasn't received more credit for identifying Jesus. At the time we agreed to sign him, he hadn't played for Brazil or won the league with his club so he must have been just one of several very talented young players in Brazil. Not only did we identify him, but we managed to get him to come to England which is pretty much a first for a young Brazilian player. Most of their top young players go to Spain.The year we won the league United still had Ferguson, Spurs had Bale, Modric, VDV, Arsenal van persie and Liverpool Suarez and Chelsea won the Champions league. In comparison to last year I am not sure the last two were even comparable.
We may have been more generous with agents but our transfer fees paid have increased substantially.
I think the major difference was the signings from that era proved significantly more successful, however this latest crop might rival them in the future.
Im not sure I agree with that. I see no reason top clubs back in 2010, if they knew how successful players like Silva, Aguero, Yaya would have been would not actively have been pursuing them. We just identified the right players at the right time and in fairness players like Yaya, Aguero,Silva raised there profile at this club.
If anything our recent success and profile should make the acquisition of players easier now and in recent transfers (Jesus accepted) I am not sure who we were in a bidding war with for Sane, Stones, Mangala, Bony, Otamendi, Sterling. The transfer fees offered to clubs seemed to blow rivals out of the water or our rivals chose different targets not to disimilar to the 2009/2011 era
I always tell the rags they threw it away, winds the ****s right up.I never heard any CITY fan suggest anything that could be construed as the Scum threw it away - seems weird that.
Edit - BTW, not suggesting you are not a CITY fan, I know you are - just seems contrary to all my memories
I always tell the rags they threw it away, winds the ****s right up.