Kinda agrees with what Sam Lee said.
Strange we are not looking at another DM when this transfer fell through.
On second thoughts, pep probably got it right about no bothering to buy other player. Maybe he felt jorghino was unique and would have improved the squad. Just panick buying to replace him when he for some reason opted to go to Chelsea would just be wasting money and a squad position.
Martin is pretty relaible , so won't be surprise that Mahrez is our only signing then
the only one that can play the defensive part of that role well is Delph however his passing isn't as good as it needs to be to be there.
Ilky is dreadful defensively (great going forward, good goal scorer etc)
Danilo doesn't have the composure and for Zincehko (probably on his way out anyway) it would be a huge step.
What about Alex Garcia - was never too sure about him from the its Ive seen but he plays more defensive (not sure he is good enough however)
City briefings in full swing
Funny that "replacement for Yaya, who barely played last season". Well Yaya did not play because he was shit.
Funny that "replacement for Yaya, who barely played last season". Well Yaya did not play because he was shit.
Oh mate give it up.Shit will hit the fan when Mendy blows his knee out early in September and Zinchenko gets sold to Wolves.
Shit will hit the fan when Mendy blows his knee out early in September and Zinchenko gets sold to Wolves.
Shit will hit the fan when Mendy blows his knee out early in September and Zinchenko gets sold to Wolves.
i do find this Morale high ground a bit strange. I agreed with scrapping sanchez transfer as that was just for the money and would have disrupted squad harmony ,but what was the reason here ?
Napoli are scum bags and difficult to deal with but so was Levy when we got walker and we big money for him and mendy in much needed positions.
I would argue with ferna 33 , the DM position is essential to fill
If you have an agreement & someone breaks it, you don't then offer more money. What sort of club would do that ? They'd get pushed around forever.
This. And I’ve said on a previous post that it seems we are operating to a strict budget. This doesn’t mean we don’t have more to spend - we clearly do and have ‘saved’ the Jorginho fee - but I do think we’re having to be careful. Perhaps we are keeping our powder dry in case ‘a big opportunity signing’ comes our way in which case the club would seek to finance it by some means.
I agree and that's why I said Napoli are scum bags. He has apparently has gone for 57m euros. Our offer , what i read was nearly 55m euros before chelsea came into the picture . So it was basically over 2-3m Euros we were haggling over
anyway we may not know the clear picture and he has signed for them. Lets move on but I hope we simply don't depend on delph who himself is injure prone
dinho's position is vital, especially when coming up against midfields which will aim to close down quickly. there's so much pressure on dinho to receive and release the ball quickly and precisely either from a press splitting pass from ederson or recycling possession from silva/Kev.
to gamble on dinho's fitness and concentration for a whole season is unnecessary.
not sure how I'd feel in a champions league quarter final with ederson being charged down by two forwards relying on delph getting into the right position and not losing control of the ball