Your ideal central-midfield signing for next summer ?

Gabriel said:
I’m not suggesting we don’t buy someone, just that we could keep all three until 2025. That would allow us to have, in 2025, say Foden (25), Bellingham(22), Perone(22), McAtee (22) and others fully blooded and experienced; the numbers in brackets would be their respective ages in 2025. Those youngsters could do the hard running for their elders over the next two seasons. I just can’t see us allowing two thirds of our attacking midfield and all that experience to leave this summer.
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I get that. All I'm saying is KDB & Gundog can't be expected to play every three days for the next two years. Their bodies won't take it.

Yes, both are still crucial to City, but going forward their game-time will need to be carefully managed.

Again, would new signings be prepared to sit on the bench for two seasons as KDB & Gundog play their way into retirement? I very much doubt it.

If I were told I was being sought to shadow either player & share duties with them for two seasons with a view to me replacing one over a phased period, I'd be happy with that.

It's kind of like the apprenticeship Rodri had with Fernandinho. Two different types of players, but both equally effective. By the end, Rodri was the main man with Fern being rotated to give Rodders a rest, until Dinho moved on & Philips was brought in as his replacement.

This is how I see the transition from KDB, Gundog & Bernardo to whomever their replacements will be...
 
decmancity said:
We dont get a choice with Gundo really and by all accounts if Bernardo brings us an offer, we have promised to not stand in his way and we set a dangerous precedent if we force him to stay.
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I appreciate that they might want to leave, but I also think they're clever guys and that we're a clever club. If they do decide to leave, then wherever they pitch up, it's going to be a huge step down (professionally and emotionally) from the current highs they are experiencing. Similarly, we know that new midfielders take a season to bed in with our system, so that would be worryingly disruptive if they were both to leave.

We should offer Bernardo a bumper payment for seeing his contract out and then he can go back to Benfica in 2025.
 
Gabriel said:
I appreciate that they might want to leave, but I also think they're clever guys and that we're a clever club. If they do decide to leave, then wherever they pitch up, it's going to be a huge step down (professionally and emotionally) from the current highs they are experiencing. Similarly, we know that new midfielders take a season to bed in with our system, so that would be worryingly disruptive if they were both to leave.

We should offer Bernardo a bumper payment for seeing his contract out and then he can go back to Benfica in 2025.
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I agree but I won't hold anything against Bernardo or Gundo if they do the business this year and fancy a change in the summer. They might want away from the extreme standards of Pep and the sheer mental and physical toil it puts on them.

Both will head into the sunset and in Gundos case anyway, wind down in a slower league for a couple years and enjoy tapas every night on a terrace.
 
Dribble said:
I get that. All I'm saying is KDB & Gundog can't be expected to play every three days for the next two years. Their bodies won't take it.

Yes, both are still crucial to City, but going forward their game-time will need to be carefully managed.

Again, would new signings be prepared to sit on the bench for two seasons as KDB & Gundog play their way into retirement? I very much doubt it.

If I were told I was being sought to shadow either player & share duties with them for two seasons with a view to me replacing one over a phased period, I'd be happy with that.

It's kind of like the apprenticeship Rodri had with Fernandinho. Two different types of players, but both equally effective. By the end, Rodri was the main man with Fern being rotated to give Rodders a rest, until Dinho moved on & Philips was brought in as his replacement.

This is how I see the transition from KDB, Gundog & Bernardo to whomever their replacements will be...
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That's why I advocate getting the younger players in around them now. We're on the ascendancy and any player worth his salt would jump at the chance to join.
 
decmancity said:
I agree but I won't hold anything against Bernardo or Gundo if they do the business this year and fancy a change in the summer. They might want away from the extreme standards of Pep and the sheer mental and physical toil it puts on them.

Both will head into the sunset and in Gundos case anyway, wind down in a slower league for a couple years and enjoy tapas every night on a terrace.
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I agree, but they'd be wise to look at Fernandinho and Kompany. We milked every last drop from them and they got everything out of us. In the last week, neither Gundogan nor Bernardo has shown any signs of being on the wane, so they shouldn't be thinking of the easy life just yet, and we know how to look after our players.
 
If either Gundogan or Bernardo leave, I want Enzo Le Fee as the replacement. Even if Gundo doesn't leave I want Le Fee.

I think he'll be a perfect replacement.
 
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