Who’s gone in the summer?

I'd prefer we keep Stones. Especially if we don't manage to sign Koulibaly.

Personally I just don't see Garcia as the right kind of central defender for the Premier League, he'll probably do ok at Barca.
Otamendi no longer the level we need.
Zinchenko not really good enough either in my opinion.

I wish we'd sell Gundogan and get a midfielder with lots of pace and energy.
 
Bravo (I believe he's about to be announced at Betis)
García (to Barça's shitshow)
Otamendi (Valencia maybe?
Mendy (I don't know who'd take him, given his wages and his injury record)

Would be nice to move Fernandinho and Gundogan too, but I don't see that happening unfortunately. Maybe next summer.
Zinchenko should stay. He's a great kid, everybody loves him in the dressing room and can cover quite a few positions on the pitch. And cheap, much much cheaper than Mendy.
 
Realistically gone or should gone and already gone

Gone:
D. Silva
Sane
Bravo

Then:
Zinchenko
Ota
Garcia

Stones - may or may not go depending on what happens with Garcia but Id keep him (Stones)

Id also get rid of (but it wont happen)
Gundogan
Mendy
 
So there are people on here who want to get rid of Pep, Sterling, Ferny, Gundog, Mendy, Jesus, Stones amongst others. As well as David going and Sergio with maybe only a year left, I take it people are quite happy with a fairly major rebuild over the next couple of years and potentially not winning much in that time?
 
the_tevez_wiggle said:
But if a company is cash rich they take advantage of a bad situation. For me personally sounds horrible but for 7 years I've been saving up to buy a house, when the market opens up again properly it would most likely be the best time to buy in a decade. Other clubs will need to sell to balance the books/reinvest in the squad. We could pick up talent like thuram, isak, Bellingham, etc. Dont want to sound cold but the best thing for football is city, PSG, newcastle, chelsea, barca, etc spend big and inject cash back into the game.
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Us and Chelsea can take advantage I think that’s it no one else He won’t go to Chelsea and we won’t sell him to them Bayern could maybe take advantage but they have there winger and the Germans do not operate in this way they just by cheap Germans who want to play for Bayern having run the contracts down besides the fans and corporates would object to paying 100 million plus for Sterling PSG maybe could but they seem less busy these days and have other priorities and have Neymar and Mbappé
 
Outs
Bravo
Sane
Dave
Ota
I would then try to move on
Mendy ( I know)
Garcia ( if he wants to go let him)
Fernandinho ( perhaps to a coaching role)
Gundogan ( not because i am one of his critics but because a younger more mobile version a la Aouar would be preferable)

Ins
Ake
Torres
Steffan
Koulibali: ( or Upamecano etc)
left back : Reguilon?
Aouar
I would also want a striker because we have no idea how well Sergio will recover and we will be playing every couple of days for most of the season . So a potential injury crisis looms
Another DM a mobile one Benacer??
 
As there is nothing much else going on.....


Philippe Sandler: Currently no takers (injured)

Patrick Roberts: offer from Middlesbrough for loan

Luke Ilik: offer from FC Twente for loan

Tosin Adarabioyo: offers from Fulham Everton and West Ham for loan or buy


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sandler, forgot all about him. loan to championship probably in the next two weeks
 
Coatigan said:
sandler, forgot all about him. loan to championship probably in the next two weeks
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His ankle was in plaster a month ago not heard anything since. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him play but given him and Tosin are centre halves they don’t look to have much chance here.
 
Presumably the likes of Matt Smith, Claudio Gomes, Felix Nmecha and Joel Latibeaudiere will be going out on loan too. Even if they do go out today or in the next week or so they’ll still have loads of catching up to do. Whereas someone like Luke Bolton who went out before the season started has already played 10 games for Dundee Utd.

Whoever is in charge of getting players out on loan is doing a piss poor job to be honest.
 
I believe we need a mini overhaul come the summer,and that will include making a few big/hard decisions and placing some popular players on the list.The team has gone stale in midfield and attack,and i dont see Pep turning to the Academy for the solution,so we are gonna have to do some serious business IMO.

So,if money and availabilty weren't a barrier.....who would you replace/upgrade?

For me........

Players out
----------------

Zinchenko
Mahrez
Gundogan
Bernardo
Sterling
Dinho
Garcia
Mendy

Players in
---------------

Grealish
Bissouma
Luiz
Neto
Tierney
Saka
Haaland
 
Out: Zinchenko, Mendy, Garcia, Mahrez, Jesus/Sterling (either or).
In: Digne, Romelu, Ruiz, St Maxim, Haaland/Dybala (either or but Haaland preferably).

Every one of those players listed 'In' would improve City's offensive play. Romelu and Ruiz would add some much needed steel to the midfield where we have become pedestrian at times. Both have the ability to break up play and they have a good passing range. St Maxim is a livewire, those teams that sit back would be drawn to him thus creating some space for KDB/Foden etc to nip in behind. Haaland is a beast and would benefit from Citys' industrious build up play.
 
I’d keep Sterling. We need to be adding pace to the side, not taking away from it. Given our recent recruitment, I don’t like our odds of landing an upgrade. I only like Grealish and Haaland from that list. We need to bring in players from that upper echelon. We’ve had far too many failures recruiting from the brackets below recently. I’d also be inclined to give Bernardo one more season.

Top priorities are a striker, a winger to replace Mahrez, a competent left-back and a CDM to replace Fernandinho. If money was no obstacle, I’d bring in Haaland, Grealish, Ferland Mendy and David Alaba (to play CDM). I’d be pretty confident that we’d seriously compete for all trophies with those signings. Not bloody likely though!

I’m expecting nothing from the January window and another disappointing Summer. I haven’t seen anything to suggest that the hierarchy at the club are going to change tack and overhaul our recruitment staff and strategy. Maybe we get lucky and pick a few gems, who knows...
 
FantasyIreland said:
I believe we need a mini overhaul come the summer,and that will include making a few big/hard decisions and placing some popular players on the list.The team has gone stale in midfield and attack,and i dont see Pep turning to the Academy for the solution,so we are gonna have to do some serious business IMO.

So,if money and availabilty weren't a barrier.....who would you replace/upgrade?

For me........

Players out
----------------

Zinchenko
Mahrez
Gundogan
Bernardo
Sterling
Dinho
Garcia
Mendy

Players in
---------------

Grealish
Bissouma
Luiz
Neto
Tierney
Saka
Haaland
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Out - I'd agree with all but Sterling, just can't see anything but a weakening of the team there (with Gundogan maybe in the same boat squad wise).

In - Grealish, Luiz & Haaland. Can't see us getting either of the Arsenal lads. I'd still hope for some of the academy lads making the breakthrough to make up the numbers.
 
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