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Inclined to agree but IIRC, he did mention before that he would like to coach Inter one day (or was it another Italian club?) some years ago. I don't know if Italian clubs will ever be rich enough to tempt him, apart from maybe Juventus. If not, maybe he will finally feel drained out at City or feel like his time at City is done if they win the Champions League.

I too remember that the Pulisic announcement came out of the blue. Was out at the time and I got shocked when I saw the news. But there were definitely links with him back then and based on the comments in that transfer thread, don't think many were excited by the signing and/or thought we would lose him to Liverpool and hence, maybe the surprise/shock response at the end. Think the difference with the Havertz situation was that negotiations did take place and there was acceptance that Leverkusen were OK with selling, despite the negotiations dragged on. At the moment, we are not hearing much at all and a lot of players are either already out of the Euros or weren't in it at all. With regards to major signings, I suspect if we don't get any indication that a deal is going to happen over the next 2 weeks or so or by the end of July, then I don't think it'll happen at all because there would only be a month of the transfer window left and clubs may be less keen to sell once the season begins.

I feel like the biggest problem with facing City is Guardiola. Given the financial power that City have, I doubt they'll ever have much problem, if any at all, replacing players if they want to. But with Guardiola, it's a different case altogether. Since he became manager in 2008, he has failed to win a league title only three times. Yes, he has managed some of the biggest clubs in the world and has been able to get the best players around but the consistency that he has been able to get out of his teams is stupid and bonkers. Look at the points total his teams won in their title winning seasons - 87, 99, 96, 90, 79, 88, 100, 98, 86. He did get only 79 points in one of those seasons but 3 of the losses then came after winning the league and also worth remembering that the Bundesliga have 4 less games than in La Liga and the Premier League. Even when he has failed to win the league, the points tally is still reasonably high/high - 91, 78, 81. For context/comparison, we have not gotten more than Guardiola's lowest league points tally of 78 in 8 of the last 11 league seasons. Plus, the two seasons that Guardiola failed to win the Premier League were partly due him to adjusting to the league in 2016/17 and the team having a sudden meltdown in 2019/20 or aka others need to go on a crazy/silly winning run to win it or even stand a chance, like we and Liverpool did. So, the quicker Guardiola leaves City, the better really. It's also silly to see mostly one team dominate the domestic cup competitions, especially the League Cup.

What COVID-19 pandemic?

I'd say it's kinda like 50-50 when we don't hear anything about transfer incomings. On one hand, it could be that nothing is happening at all and on the other hand, there could be something happening but journalists aren't getting the inside info. However, if it concerns signing a player from another league, I'd find it hard to believe if there's no info at all - whatever the info is - because there's two different media - one on each side. That's not to say if there is info, means it's true of course and sometimes, if it's just one making all the noise, it could be BS in the end. There were reports linking us with Pulisic back then. Go to his transfer thread and you can track the stories.

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Speaking of Pedri...

33 ain't that old yet when it comes to Serie A.

Pretty sure Milan are looking at a number of options. They have also been linked with Coutinho, Tadic for example.

LOL She must be trying to get murdered by Charlotte...

Would say Pjanic. I wanted or was hoping the club would sign him when he was at Lyon but that obviously didn't happen and I think the ship has sailed now.

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry at that. lol It's almost as if people can't possibly know other people through a mutual friend etc. I mean, it's not hard to think that Rice and Gilmour could have become friends through Mount (or Chilwell) when he's a close friend of those two. P.S. I know you quoted that from an article.

That's Rachel Brookes, right? Why is she plastic lady?

Welp.

Silva might need the longest of summer breaks out of all of our players.

Seems like Dortmund won't be going after CHO...

The ironic thing about this is that the original conversation I had with Hashishi was already long over by the time you quoted my reply and before it became this. Maybe Clockwork had a point the other day in the RLC thread. Maybe we just have a different definition of those terms etc and I apologize for not spelling things out clearly..

I wasn't even blaming you. All I said I was just replying to your post.

By value there, I meant price, the transfer fee and that was reflected in the subsequent reply to the OP.

I know what point I was making...

Potential option for the backup keeper...

I believe Doku has been linked with Liverpool recently.