Welcome Kyle Walker

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Idiot. Great player though

Meh! Soon forgotten if he plays well enough.

 

[Gabriel]

It is jealousy of course (Chelsea and United also suffer from this) but there is an element of City's support who lack grace and humility and have forgotten how things once were.

That holds for every club irrespective of fortunes.

 

[Mr Partridge]

So if we sign Bertrand and Tosin gets a chance we could potentially put out an all English back 4. Wonder when we last did that?

 

[quiet_riot]

So if we sign Bertrand and Tosin gets a chance we could potentially put out an all English back 4. Wonder when we last did that?

It'd get overlooked. Or Sky would call it an all-mercenary back 4

 

[schfc6]

Good signing. Don't like the fella, but then I'm feeling more and more like that about most players these days.

Hopefully it goes some way towards playing the football we crave, and cures a problem area for a while at least.

His signing surprises me a little, due to his image, like ability. I guess he'll need to wind it in now with us.
Humble yet competitive seem to be what we want.

Never like Walker much, he'll get my full support and his pace and power will be a welcome sight.

I imagine other clubs detest Otamendi, the rest of our crew are pretty likeable.

De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Fernandinho, Bernardo & Jesus seem like the type of guys you'd want your sister to bring home!

 

[schfc6]

It'd get overlooked. Or Sky would call it an all-mercenary back 4

With reference to Arabs and oil money..

 

[stan bowles]

Welcome to City ! The fee is not particularly excessive. Consider Everton paying £25/30 Million for Jordan Pickford or Michael Keane. That's the same as us paying 45-50 million for Walker because we are that much richer than the Toffees. Out of our revenues it's probably the same % as Everton's out of theirs.

 

[Decepticon]

Oooh someone is touchy. We didn't lose anyone, we wanted to sell him. We also have England rightback Trippier to come in, who is much better going forward than Walker. 500 mins 5 assists last season in the PL against Walker's 2000+ mins 5 assists. Poch wanted him gone, and we got a record deal for him.

Our defensive record still remained amazing without walker in the side and he was the most dispensable player in our whole side, and that is a fact, you won't be able to name me another first 11 player we would have rather sold than Walker, and keep a straight face.

Enjoy your new signing, no need to get all nasty, and remember, we finished a nice distance in front of you last season.

What's up feeder...

 

[Metalartin]

It'd get overlooked. Or Sky would call it an all-mercenary back 4

They'd then mention their heritage to lessen the sting of it for themselves.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Excessive fees all summer, but the Guardian wait until this one to do their "Madness Grips the League" article, and then does another claiming that the fee is £53m. I won't link to the bunch of pricks.

 

[Metalartin]

I hope there are young footballers(if they have technical ability and pace) taking note of a gap in the market for fullbacks, clubs are paying such high fees because the quality ones are in short supply.

 

[quiet_riot]

Excessive fees all summer, but the Guardian wait until this one to do their "Madness Grips the League" article, and then does another claiming that the fee is £53m. I won't link to the bunch of pricks.

I certainly think £50million is too much...but then I see £90million for Lukaku and it's all ok

 

[sir baconface]

I'm expecting at least double figures in goals and a minimum of 40 assists. He'll get Ballon d'Or this year. No doubt about it.

From a full back? Fcukin brilliant.

 

[its a Barm]

I certainly think £50million is too much...but then I see £90million for Lukaku and it's all ok

That how I see it too, prices are double what they should be.

 

[RandomJ]

Excessive fees all summer, but the Guardian wait until this one to do their "Madness Grips the League" article, and then does another claiming that the fee is £53m. I won't link to the bunch of pricks.

I never get those type of articles. "Oh no English clubs are paying lots of money so that our league has lots of good players so the football we watch each week is even better". Would they rather all the good players fuck off to Germany or Spain and the sort of players left here are the Charlie Adam's?

 

[remember arthur mann]

that Nike City t-shirt is amazing and I want one

 

[Machiavelli]

Welcome this season's boo boy.

 

[Andouble]

not only that, I paid for the extra overseas shipping fees :/

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I never get those type of articles. "Oh no English clubs are paying lots of money so that our league has lots of good players so the football we watch each week is even better". Would they rather all the good players fuck off to Germany or Spain and the sort of players left here are the Charlie Adam's?

I get those kind of articles. They were never written when the rags were doing it in the 90s and early 2000s. They only started when Chelsea and then us threatened the status quo. They're so fucking transparent. Even in this article that's supposed to be about the crazy prices in the Premier League generally, the Lukaku deal is quoted as £75m +add ons, whereas ours is quoted as up to £53m.

They're even calling him the world's most expensive defender, which should make Lukaku the world's most expensive player.

 

[Airbags Optional]

Welcome lad. My opinion counts as nothing but I have never been impressed with him but now he is a blue he will get my full support as long as the effort is put in.