Who joins us in January?

When Pep said in his last interview it's going to be hard to sign players in the winter window i feared he was saying that we don't have many options and don't really want to sign panic signings, Options could be loans to patch up the holes for now, We Need goals in the team and holding midfield players.

I was saying Rodri should not be the reason why we have dipped, But when you think about that role it opens up Foden and Silva and KDB to push forward and become a goal-threat, Also the defence needs Rodri to give them room to spread

One man doesn't make a team, Well in City's case it's bloody does because of the reasons why others are struggling and not scoring
 
The issues in midseason is targetting the right quality to make an instantious impact. Thin on the ground unless you are willing to actually pay over the odds in securing them.
 
The club have known for 3 months that we've got a huge problem in hold and central midfield. If you've got to overpay - do it - both in wages and transfer fee. If 2 new players aren't in by the time the Brentford game rolls around I'm not sure wtf those in recruitment at City are playing at.

Deals can be done - Guimaraes for example was added by Newcastle in the Jan window, as was Trippier as was Van Dijk.

This needs sorting and asap and it's been known for a long time.
 
chesterbells said:
Re that last para mate, surely we’ve become Exit Clause FC to allow for any player/agent concerns over the outcome of the case. I would have thought that would be a fairly easy workaround for that potential issue.
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Even with those clauses. I can see why many wouldn’t want to uproot themselves and, if they have one, their family, with the danger they might have to move elsewhere again soon anyway. I can see why they’d not bother and either stay-put or sign elsewhere.

I think this has really fucked us, and if we are found innocent of the charges, I’d be all over compensation for reputational damage and doubt hangning over the club creating situational aversion to signing for us.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Even with those clauses. I can see why many wouldn’t want to uproot themselves and, if they have one, their family, with the danger they might have to move elsewhere again soon anyway. I can see why they’d not bother and either stay-put or sign elsewhere.

I think this has really fucked us, and if we are found innocent of the charges, I’d be all over compensation for reputational damage and doubt hangning over the club creating situational aversion to signing for us.
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Maybe, maybe. But then the life of a footballer is pretty itinerant anyway; most of them follow the money wherever it takes them, often staying for short spells, and as we and our manager (until perhaps our recent form blip) are a pretty attractive prospect otherwise, I’m not sure it will always be a deal-breaker as much as it might have been.

This next month could tell us a lot either way.
 
Lee the Blue said:
The club have known for 3 months that we've got a huge problem in hold and central midfield. If you've got to overpay - do it - both in wages and transfer fee. If 2 new players aren't in by the time the Brentford game rolls around I'm not sure wtf those in recruitment at City are playing at.

Deals can be done - Guimaraes for example was added by Newcastle in the Jan window, as was Trippier as was Van Dijk.

This needs sorting and asap and it's been known for a long time.
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This summer euro's Rodri got injured and City still didn't sign somebody else to play in his role.
City has gambled for 3 seasons with Rodri and waved the warning signs away, Maybe City and Pep should have signed a hold midfielder or at least work with somebody from the youth into that role, But to play Gundogan and Kovacic knowing both are not holding midfield players is daft.

This season can not end quick enough for me and lets rebuild and get our title back
 
I think Pep has made it perfectly clear to those who need to listen with his public comments, that players need to be bought.
Not only is our squad under strength, but players just aren’t fit enough to play our usual game.
Walker has dropped off a cliff, Stones, Ake, Akanji, Dias, KDB, Foden, are either struggling for fitness or coming back from injury, that’s even before we talk about the Rodri sized hole in the team, he was the keystone holding everything together.
We need replacements for Walker & Stones, & cover for Rodri.
We’ve got the £ we need CL football next season, so whatever it takes, because whoever is in charge of player recruitment has fucked up.
 
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