Who would you like us to sign and sell in the summer?

[carlos tevez is a blue]

We are being linked with Yuto Nagatomo in Italy (but so are United and Real). He would be a great replacement for Kolarov on lower wages, actually think he's a better player than Kolarov. Only 26, Japanese (possibly commercial benefits), and earns around £35,000/week at Inter so we wouldn't have to go over the top on wages like we did with Kolarov and others. Can also play as a winger and on the right hand side.

I'd say Kolarov's a better defender than him.

I wouldn't agree, I think Kolarov is a very poor defender with woeful positioning who has only been kept so long because of his (patchy) attacking ability and doesn't justify the wages he gets. I also think Mancini has lost a lot of faith in him as he used to rotate the left-backs a lot more. But even so, it's good to have a backup to Clichy (who is one of the best defensive left-backs) with some attacking ability just not one who probably earns MORE than Clichy (when Kolarov was linked with Inter last summer, an Inter rep said he was earning £105,000/week at City which is ridiculous and made any deal impossible)! It sounds like United are slight favourites to get him but the report said we've been in contact with his agent and so have Real. An ideal Kolarov replacement as part of our wage reduction attempts IMO. Digne has far more upside but just signed a new contract with Lille so might not be available.

I think he's improved a ton defensively this season(he's also about 3 inches bigger than Nagatomo.) if we were still in in the Champions League we would see him played more often but sadly(or luckily for my bank balance.) we ain't, I agree that Kolarov earns too much for a back-up left back, if he was up for sale I could see Juve being all over him like a cheap suit or if it's true Inter like him and we like Nagatomo there might be a swap, as others have mentioned Luke Shaw would be a great buy.

 

[BlueTony84]

Luke Shaw would be a good back up for Clichy I think. Great potential too from the little I've seen of him.

Definitely agree, has looked great this season, perfect one for the future style back up!

 

[NQCitizen]

Cavani, Deloufeu, Shaw and a solid midfielder like Strootman maybe.

 

[kun]

IN: Shaw, Hangeland, Fernandinho, Rodriguez, Griezmann, Cavani

OUT: Wright, Kolarov, McGivern, Bridge, Wabara, Boyata, Lescott, Kolo, Ibrahim, M.Johnson, Barry, Elabdelloui, Nasri, Sinclair, Dzeko, Nimely, Scapuzzi, Santa Cruz

New contracts for Zabaleta, Milner and Tevez

Promote Johansen, Helan, Rekik, Razak, Lopes and Suarez

GK: Hart, Pantilimon, Johansen
RB: Zabaleta, Richards, Maicon
LB: Clichy, Shaw, Zabaleta, Nastasic, Rekik, Helan
CB: Kompany, Nastasic, Hangeland, Rekik, Richards, Garcia, Rodwell
CM: Yaya, Fernandinho, Milner, Rodwell, Garcia, Razak, Zabaleta, Kompany, Suarez
RW: Rodriguez, Silva, Griezmann, Milner, Tevez, Lopes
LW: Silva, Rodriguez, Griezmann, Milner, Tevez, Suarez
ST: Cavani, Aguero, Tevez, Guidetti

 

[Joehannes]

I don't think Mancini will be here. In fact, I can even see us getting a manager who more than anything is going to have a good relationship with the management team. One that is willing to cooperate, change systems and formation, probably to 4-3-3.

As much as I'd like to see a Cavani or a Falcao, I can't see it (realise this probably isn't the aim of the thread). I see Aguero being treated as the main man up front, a lone striker with players either side of him.

It's time that the scouts really earned their money this summer. We need fewer average players who simply aren't good enough - like Sinclair and Garcia - and fewer good players who either don't fit the system or can't be arsed putting a shift in. The scouts need to be looking for good players, not necessarily exceptional although it'd be a bonus, who are capable of developing into very good players, and at the time of joining will display passion and competence in whichever position they are put in by the manager.

Obviously we need more pace and width too. I appreciate Mancini doesn't play with wingers but I'm working on the basis that I don't think Mancini will be here next year.

Out:
Tevez
Nasri
Sinclair
Garcia
Kolarov
Maicon
Dzeko
Lescott

Somewhat harder to say who I'd like to see join as the pool of player is so much larger than those who could leave, but a couple that would probably be available are Erik Lamela and Jackson Martinez (read somewhere that Porto reckon he's gonna be better than Falcao).

Finally, I'm not a huge 'Yaya as a defensive midfielder' fan, in fact I'm not a fan at all, and feel that the only way we'd be able to fit him in any system alongside Silva, whether that be 4-2-2-2 or 4-3-3, would be if we had a Mascherano, Vidal or De Rossi behind them which would be highly unlikely.
He's a monster going forward as he showed last term but we've very rarely seen that side of him this year and while his passing is very good, it doesn't really press any buttons, so to speak.
In short, I can't see him extending his contract so if we could get a decent fee for him that went some way to bringing in a top winger (Bale) and a deep-lying playmaker, I'd be satisfied. Honestly.

 

[LoveCity]

Noticed a lot of aging Brazilian stars have gone back home in recent years, wonder if we could get our money back for Maicon from Cruzeiro or someone? Another utterly pointless signing considering how much he's been on the treatment table. Approaching £100,000/week I'm sure and don't think he's even reached 10 appearances yet, it's a joke how little some footballers do to earn money we can only dream of.

 

[LoveCity]

Anyone know what this is (top-right)? Unfortunately it's in the rubbish Daily Star but I'm willing to hope it's true (at least the Nasri part):

[bigimg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCscMFtCYAA0Mfw.jpg:large[/bigimg]

 

[nehe11]

Noticed a lot of aging Brazilian stars have gone back home in recent years, wonder if we could get our money back for Maicon from Cruzeiro or someone? Another utterly pointless signing considering how much he's been on the treatment table. Approaching £100,000/week I'm sure and don't think he's even reached 10 appearances yet, it's a joke how little some footballers do to earn money we can only dream of.

Apart from the Tottenham game at home when he came on I can´t honestly see what he has contributed to the team. Like Kolarov I get the impression that he doesen´t give a 100% which is a shame but it´s our fault for signing them, would rather see our youth players get a chance ahead of them but that won´t happen with Mancini.

 

[LoveCity]

MONACO!

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The wealthy Ligue 2 leaders are set for promotion this summer and have targeted the Premier League champions' pair to bolster their squad in a £35 million move
By James Goldman

Monaco will tempt Manchester City this summer with a stunning £35 million offer for Samir Nasri and Carlos Tevez.

The ambitious Ligue 2 leaders are vying for a return to the French top flight following their shock relegation in 2011 and, bankrolled by billionaire Dimitry Rybolovlev, are already making ambitious plans for next season which involve a double raid on the Premier League champions.

The Russian businessman, ranked the 93rd richest man in the world, is determined to put the former Champions League finalists back on the football map and rival the supremacy of fellow big spenders Paris Saint-Germain.

Monaco unsuccessfully attempted to lure Roberto Mancini to the principality last summer despite the offer of a £7 million-a-year contract but are more confident of prising Tevez and Nasri, both of whom are no longer automatic starters at the Etihad Stadium.

Rybolovlev’s fortunes render Monaco one of the few clubs in Europe who could comfortably match Tevez’s £198,000-a-week salary, while the ability to offer tax free salaries would also aid their attempts to prise two of City’s highest earners.

Tevez, 28, who has one year remaining on his current deal, has slipped behind Edin Dzeko in Mancini’s pecking order and spoke openly last month about his intention not to renew his current deal.

In an interview in Argentina, Tevez said: “I’ve got a year left on my contract at Manchester City and they want me to sign for two more seasons.

“I would prefer to return home, but it is very difficult because City won’t let me leave for nothing.

“I will stay in Europe for another two years and then go back.”

Tevez was absent from City’s 3-1 defeat at Southampton on Saturday that left their hopes of retaining their Premier League title in ruins, while after another subdued performance Nasri was substituted after 56 minutes.

 

[NQCitizen]

MONACO!

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The wealthy Ligue 2 leaders are set for promotion this summer and have targeted the Premier League champions' pair to bolster their squad in a £35 million move
By James Goldman

Monaco will tempt Manchester City this summer with a stunning £35 million offer for Samir Nasri and Carlos Tevez.

The ambitious Ligue 2 leaders are vying for a return to the French top flight following their shock relegation in 2011 and, bankrolled by billionaire Dimitry Rybolovlev, are already making ambitious plans for next season which involve a double raid on the Premier League champions.

The Russian businessman, ranked the 93rd richest man in the world, is determined to put the former Champions League finalists back on the football map and rival the supremacy of fellow big spenders Paris Saint-Germain.

Monaco unsuccessfully attempted to lure Roberto Mancini to the principality last summer despite the offer of a £7 million-a-year contract but are more confident of prising Tevez and Nasri, both of whom are no longer automatic starters at the Etihad Stadium.

Rybolovlev’s fortunes render Monaco one of the few clubs in Europe who could comfortably match Tevez’s £198,000-a-week salary, while the ability to offer tax free salaries would also aid their attempts to prise two of City’s highest earners.

Tevez, 28, who has one year remaining on his current deal, has slipped behind Edin Dzeko in Mancini’s pecking order and spoke openly last month about his intention not to renew his current deal.

In an interview in Argentina, Tevez said: “I’ve got a year left on my contract at Manchester City and they want me to sign for two more seasons.

“I would prefer to return home, but it is very difficult because City won’t let me leave for nothing.

“I will stay in Europe for another two years and then go back.”

Tevez was absent from City’s 3-1 defeat at Southampton on Saturday that left their hopes of retaining their Premier League title in ruins, while after another subdued performance Nasri was substituted after 56 minutes.

I would rip their arm off so hard they'd unzip from the ribcage. (And I quite like Nasri)