Welcome Josko Gvardiol | Signing confirmed on a five-year deal

[RodneyRodney]

Just thinking of us lining up in attack and defence for certain big games in the league and Champions League.


---------------------- Rodri -----------------------

---Gvardiol - Dias - Stones - Walker---


------------- Rodri ----- Stones -------------

------Gvardiol ------ Dias ------- Walker ------


Speed, height, strength, aggression, excellent on the ball. There are no weaknesses in this line-up. Set pieces are also going to be fun to watch.

So we're allowed to clone players now ? Great way to evade FFP charges.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Yep they were brilliant for us last season. I'm assuming that Ake at least was being kept in the loop before he signed his new contract. It's harsh on at least one (if not both) of them. But I guess that if you spend the thick end of 80m on a player, he's not been bought to sit on the bench. I get it, that he won't play every game for us. But I'd imagine he'll be in the team for important (aren't they all?) match.

Shows what I know. An area I thought couldn't be improved.
Maybe Pep's inventing yet another new incarnation of football.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Quick shave and off to Wembley

 

[jacko74]

Can we, partialy, view him as a midfield signing?

From what I've seen it almost feels his skills would be wasted playing purely as a traditional CB, even in the modern game of playing out from the back.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Feel for Ake and Akanji.
Perplexed.

I don’t GM it’s going to be a very very hard season they will play no doubt about it.

 

[p.taker]

He's like a hotter Otamendi. Giving serious thoughts to switching teams if you know what I mean

 

[SWP's back]

Based on what?

What do you think it’s based on?

He has more progressive passes and carries in one season than Stones has in two and that’s not to decry Stones. Gvardiol is just the best in the business at it.

 

[HelloCity]

What do you think it’s based on?

He has more progressive passes and carries in one season than Stones has in two and that’s not to decry Stones. Gvardiol is just the best in the business at it.

A bit different to doing it for a club like Manchester City in midfield against the likes of Real Madrid in Champions League semi finals.

None of us have seen enough of him to know that he could reach that level. You say he’s the best in the business at it but you’ve barely seen him play to make that judgement and you definitely haven’t seen him do it at an elite level.

He’s an excellent young defender with potential. Let’s not start declaring him better than the world’s best based on numbers or ‘just because’. Let him settle in and see what’s what. Going from defence to being in midfield is hard as ****.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Welcome hairy butter man.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Quick shave and off to Wembley
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Foden is rapid too.