city91 said:
If there is a £20+ million obligatory clause in the loan deal then I think its a great deal for the club.
It doesn't really matter whether we get a replacement this window as we could always switch to a 4-2-3-1 formation like we played under Mancini. Personally I think that would be our strongest formation which will allow us to accommodate Fern, Nando and Yaya.
If we can end the window with a net spend of below £10 million considering the players we have brought in then it will be a fantastic window. Next summer is when we can really take the shackles off and no team will be able to outbid us for our targets.
Its the same every summer in that genuine world class talent becomes available. This season it was Di Maria and the season before was Ozil. Next season will be no different and when Reus or whoever is after a new challenge, we will be able to go balls deep after them. Where as the likes of Arsenal and United will still be feeling the effects of spending fortunes on the likes of Mata and Ozil and not getting the expected return from them.
Just responding to say I'm with you. Seems like the consensus is that our executives have lost their minds and this is a dark day in City's history. If Richards & Nasty find last-minute homes we're going to finish this summer with a transfer profit. And if you look at our
22 players I can't see how it's not a stronger squad, better suited to fight on all fronts, than last season's (even with Negredo's exit). And the reality of FFP is that every penny saved is a penny that can go toward someone like Reus in another window. If we're that screwed in January -- without the one month of football that Negredo would've been able to play, coming back from injury -- then we go out and plug the hole. I just don't see this as the sky falling, like some others have taken to viewing it.