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Shouldn’t be replacing Chalobah with someone of the same level though in all honesty. Should be upgrading. Particularly with Thiago having left as well. I really hope we are going for another CB and a top one or we will be stuck with an average backline. Likes of Disasi & Chalobah/Tosin aren’t the CBs you build a defence chasing a CL spot around. Plus we have Levi and Badiashile as well, both who are younger and struggled last season so the need for a top top CB has never been more appropriate. Too many 3rd/4th choice CBs.

Interesting move. Wonder how long before the fans riot and want his head 😂

He is maybe better on the ball? But thats maybe. We need a top CB to lead our backline, not an average one. He isn’t an improvement on anyone we already have but I suppose if they can sell Chalobah for pure profit and replace him for free with someone they will see it as a win. If I am honest, if a club like Brighton/West Ham/Bournemouth etc signed him on a free I’d go ok thats a sensible signing. For us, its so mediocre. But thats obviously the remit for us now. Average and some sort of ties to Man City.

Maybe they could. But again Strasbourg’s fanbase have made it clear they have no desire to be in any multi club model & want BlueCo out. Plus I don’t think we should just sign players for the sake of it either, multi club model or not. If these players are going to play at any club with the intention of coming here, yes, go for it but when Reece and Malo are 24 and 21, both top players who will likely never need replacing in the next 5-7 years, why bother signing him? Unless there is doubts around one of them? I don’t get the whole signing players for the sake of it mentality, just so other clubs don’t get them etc - look at Mudryk for example he was 100% in that category for me. I’d be surprised if we continue to pursue the multi club model in all honesty after the backlash from Strasbourg’s fanbase.

So does every other player we’ve signed apparently. Point is, Reece is 24 and Gusto is 21. Makes 0 sense. Doesn’t make sense long or short term. Also Tosin Adarabioyo? Seriously? Fucking hell. Signing another 3/4th choice CB. Wouldn’t get a game ahead of Disasi or Chalobah.

Probably get promoted with Burnley and get the job here after Maresca is sacked.

What the fuck are we going after another right back for? 🤣 When will the club do anything smart under this ownership though? Also we should go after a different profile of striker. No point having two similar CFs. Need variety in the squad but someone who has proven they can score goals is a must.

If City sell Ederson to Saudi, he will go there. Although he is s good GK he isn’t an upgrade on Ederson if City get him.

Irrespective of if it gets the credit it deserves or not, winning it with the best squad in the league by a country mile doesn’t warrant getting the Chelsea job. We had the same thing being linked with Jokanovic before (can’t remember the year but was another manager linked with us who’s achievements didn’t warrant the job). Although he was also an ex player here but don’t think that made a difference. Also on another point, if having worked with Pep is a massive selling point for a managers job at a top club then I don’t know. There has to be so much more to it than that. And based on how he got on at Parma and then Leicester (which I think isn’t remotely impressive given the players they’d retained), I don’t think there is a lot of other huge selling points outside of Pep link & playing style. For me Arteta is definitely a one off and even then it took him 2.5 years to properly get going.

Then its fair to assume Thiago Motta really won’t be that great a coach if he isn’t able to get Chiesa in his system. Considering the levels of players he worked with at Bologna and the sheer ability Chiesa has when fit, it would be absolutely farcical if he cannot get him in 😂 Sounds like a bullshit quote.

5 year deal 🤣 be a nice payout when he gets sacked within 12-18 months. Absolute insanity.

He doesn’t look like the sort who will. But yes he could do so.

Yeah I would think so. Would be surprised if he’s going to become a top top player either. Maybe he proves me wrong but I am not sure.

Young midfielder does things any midfielder should do and gets an OTT post on twitter about it. I wonder if he will remain in France for another season with Angelo. Probably be a wise move in all fairness if he’s getting games.

Maresca is a joke of an appointment if I am honest. So what if he was Pep’s number 2 for 1 season? Walked into a PL quality side in the championship and lost a lot of games. Got sacked in Italy after 14 games. He will be sacked by Christmas/next summer 100% no way he is getting us a CL spot/competing. Which is the same criteria that they used to justify replacing Poch.

Apparently Mourinho is this mystery manager. Lots of movement on betting sites with him shooting up the list.

Shame that they bought us in the first place. Boehly selling his stake would be a start, hopefully the other mob will fuck off too and sell to someone else who would actually care about the club.

Funny thing is I don’t think City have/will have missed any of them. Even Gundogan. They’re still on for a domestic double, a season after winning the treble. Many people thought they’d flaker off this season due to hangover from previous season/lack of motivation. For me, Pep very rarely gets it wrong when it comes to selling players. Doesn’t mean they’re bad players but how many bar Ibra have really gone on and proved him wrong over a prolonged period? And even then, Pep & Barca still won much more than Ibra did in that time frame. I mean Palmer could hypothetically do it (performance wise at least) but again, he is still young. The next seasons for him will be interesting as people will now expect what he did last season every season.

Its pure profit regardless so if it’s 20-25m euros I’d think we will take it. I don’t think hes particularly excelled over in Germany either (despite the usual player X goes on loan, has 2 or 3 good games and everyone complains “why didn’t he get used here!?”) so they have probably got the advantage knowing we already tried offloading him in the summer.

We will accept a lower bid just to get cash for him. But yeah knew they would lowball us.

Paul Lambert did it with Norwich years and years ago when they came up. That achievement literally buys the guy nothing at the elite level. Tough leagues to get out of maybe because the format/scheduling but the actual standard of League 1 & the Championship aren’t great. Not sure why the likes of McKenna and Enzo Maresca are anywhere near our top candidates. Well I do have a theory but it reinforces what I already think about idiots running the club. That bloke at Leicester got sacked at Parma after 14 games or so after being an academy coach at City. Leicester had a PL level squad and were always going to bounce back irrespective of who was in charge (as long as they weren’t absolutely alien to football). McKenna would maybe be best taking the Brighton job or another season with Ipswich beforehand than jumping to us or United. But lets see.

The problem is the timing. He had actually just kind of shown he was getting some work out of these guys and figuring out players that he could and couldn’t count on. If he got sacked mid season yes it would of made sense but since start of 2024 we had like 4th most points. And got some European football which was doubtful after the first 6 months and piss poor performances from this supposed CL quality squad. Plus a huge % of folk thinking Poch out were dreaming that we, with this collection of muppets running football departments, would of appointed someone of the ilk of Xavi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Thomas Tuchel or Antonio Conte etc.

Would think Olise is United bound, by all accounts been identified by INEOS long ago & also Dan Ashworth. Was rumours going round that Dan Ashworth was keen on taking him to Newcastle last season. Anyway. Are we not meant to be signing the next Brazilian big talent for the first team for basically £50m? Who is a left footed right winger? Or is this supposed generational talent kid that good, that we are going to sign Olise instead 😂? I mean it’s a bit ridiculous already considering we have Omari Hutchison & Angelo too who were apparently signed with a view of playing in the first team. A right winger is much lower down on the priority list. If any wingers were to be upgraded on, I’d loan/sell Mudryk first in a heartbeat. Sterling could be a rotation player/back up if we got a very good first choice player. Although with this crowd be another player with 21 career games aged 19 or 20. We already have Noni who featured heavily towards end of the season as well so doubtful we will buy 2 left footed right wingers if this sure thing deal for the Brazilian kid goes through. Noni, who like Mudryk is a bang average footballer, will have his role in the squad as part of dumb & dumbers masterplan. These don’t like their authority or knowledge questioned.

Will make a huge profit on him. Got him for a development fee off Arsenal as well IIRC. Its the Clearlake philosophy - buy players who don’t have any affiliation to the club & likely won’t be as good as our academy players then sell the academy lads for profit. Should of been renewing him and loaning him to Ipswich again or even to Ajax/Feyenoord. 100%. These Clearlake crowd & co-sporting directors are clueless and killing the club. Have been for best part of 2 years now.

Who are they consulting? Pep Guardiola, Arne Slot, Erik ten Haag and all opposition team managers or owners? Next appointment is his 5th manager in 2 years and yet he’s played probably 5 good club games in that spell under the previous 4. Guys defo’s not a 6 or a 10 but he has struggled to convince as an 8 paired with Caicedo or in a 3 on an individual basis not just collectively. I mean its not just a managers fault but yeah, hopefully the next manager is going to be very strict with him. Has to start by instilling some discipline in specific aspects of playing as a central midfielder. Mainly without the ball. Because he is a passenger.