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Which would be close to 30m Euros one of the highest ever fees paid for a bundesliga player.

Never ever seen a 6 ft 4 winger. But if this report ismtrue, there i s a good chance inter will go for cuad, as vfl have proclaimed perisic as unsellable.

IMO KDB is twice the player Sterling ist. Just because Sterling is PL proven does not mean he is better. KDB might be Wolfsburg star player in a tailor-made system, but he performs to amazing efficiency. The consistency at that age is what makes him special. But I can't see him replicating his Vfl form here either. Still he will come back to england as a matured player. He knows how to make an impact by now. But I don't see him fitting in City's system. The got enough lazy payers already. I guess he will be Yaya's long term replacement which will mean City have to change their style. Robben was sold because our medical team could not keep him fit. He had the same injury problems at Real, but Dr. müller-wohlfart is specialized on his kind of knee and groins problems so bayern could get him fit faster. But we probably just should have upgraded our medics instead of selling him. could have even got dr.müller-wohlfahrt (Bayern obviously did not pay him too well as he is completely broke now btw) Sturridge was a mistake as it meant keeping and playing torres without alternative. cost us one season. also he scored like 13 goals in 19 games from the right wing under AVB. would still be useful having a left-footed player who can actually score in the team.

I think in the theoretical scenario of rooney and bony completing the same number of matches in the same team, Bony would score more. Rooney is vastly overrated imo, only having scored the amount of goals his reputation would suggest in two seasons. In any other season he scored less than 20. Not sure if Bony is the all round superior striker tho.

I agree, said it before. If he stays, he will play one good season for them and then leave for something in between. On the other hand City and Utd will bid for him next season, too. The resulting bidding war will consolidate the price, but it won't be as high as 34m. We are the only ones in it so far because we probably want him to be JT's successor and due to our lack of English players. But there are so many cheaper young CBs with similar quality: Umtiti, Tah, Jedvaj, romagnoli, ginter, rugani, jetro williams. The dubbed 34m pounds are only about 1.25m shy of Aymeric Laporte's buy out clause (50m euro, 35,25m pounds) and I reckon he is a bit better than Stones already. That sort of crazy money would probably even tempt the madrid teams to sell Gimenez or Varane. Heck I guess we could sign any defender we want for that sort of money bar maybe Silva, Marquinhos and Boateng. Probably those 34m pounds are an exaggeration by the media anyway. The point is. We need a CB and we should sign one even if we miss out on Stones.

just as Stones is not a 34m player and baba is not a 17m player. Big EPL clubs usually overpay by huge sums.

this. IMO in a game like this, Fabregas and Ramires should not be anyway near the starting lineup. IMO we should play Matic-Oscar-Willian in midifeld and Remy or Moses on the right wing. Our fixtures in 2013/14 against themshowed, beating City is about raw pace. Which is why Mourinho will probably play Ramires and that is ok, but playing both Ramires and Fabregas is the worng step, as they are both not deensively solid, only offer that much pace in combination with matic, are not particularly mobile plus usually perform mediocre at best in big games. Willian on the other hand is the only player in our squad apart from Hazard who can lead the transition from a deep position with precision and pace. Hence he is imo best suited to a role in a mid 3 having hazard and another winger next to him when sprinting forward keeping up with his pace and exploit the space behind their fullbacks. I said it before and will say it again. City, esp when they get in KDB are probably the most potent title threads. Yaya knows this is his last year on the top. Also for people like Cichy, Sagna, Zabaleta, navas, demichelis maybe even Kompany, time is running out. And if they keep Agüero injury free whilst avoiding a mid-season slump like they had last season we don't have the squad to prevent them from regaining the title.

Could well be pogba. But i guess he wont come here as we surely would have sent him a private jet for a 80m move. Also there are no direct flights from Turin to Manchester...

That is mainly becaus azpi while being a brilliant player is vastly overrated by mou and on here. Also we play a much more reactive style of defending than fca

More like he will sit on the bench whole season. Also would be curious how he overcomes the space time continuum to play two positions at the same time.

After shaq to stoke it is also rondon ( who was linked with us a few years ago) to wbrom. The whole league getting stronger with us standing still.

Welcome to Chelsea. Make the best out of it and be the proper fullback we have longed for.

So we get in 2 players for 50m who won't improve our first 11,won't win us any titles. We could as well play our own youth products in those positions who are not much worse but simply not as hyped and still win fa and/or coc this season. For more our squad is not good enough with or without baba and stones.

More like 17.7 m pounds. but it is 25 m pounds anyway according to guardian. If we are held to ransom by this excuse of a club then we create a dangerous precedent. We were dumb enough to sell Luis first and making a mess of this and no we give in to their ridiculous demands? Felled or ghoulam are no worse than baba but would cost half.

Hope this deal collapses. We are getting absolutely ripped off here. He isn't a 25m player and never will be.

Leighton Baines has never been fast but still been the best fullback in England for a few years. Alaba and Lahm (who is not fast anymore either) are surely better players and would be better players if that dickhead Pep would actually play them there.

I believe we could outdo Real by offering him a starting position here once we got rid of iva. But the sad thing is we are not even interested.

except if you are called Totti, pirlo, neymar, gerrard etc.... yeah yeah we got that everyone wants to go to Real to get a couple of runners-up medals in copa del rey, we know that already.... so maybe we should sign coentrao then. cheaper than baba and surely better.

If we pay 25 m for baba, i am convinced 30m could land Ricardo who is twice the player baba is. And why should rm go for him? They got central and Marcelo. But never going to happen sadly

Arse really don't look like scoring. Why the heck did we make such a mess of our game last week?

good one. After all those"arse are ready for the title" talk getting spanked at home by westham is a nice touch

After that horror start, we must win this match not to trail 4 pts on its and arseanl already. We are not good at chasing. Honestly I would just leave cesc out of this completely. He has not even shown anything vs Swansea so what will happen vs city? As we have just one quality DM, I would go Back five Matic Willian Oscar Moses Costa hazard Control, passing, defensive stability and a bit of creativity via a rejunevated Oscar and Willian. If Costa gets his scoring boot on, we might even have a chance of winning this. Considering city only have an aging yaya next to fernandinho, delph, sterling, Silva, their midfield is as lightweight as ours so no worries.

Easy. Walk out of this one. He will never be more expensive than this. Rather promote ake who has been solid or kalas who have performed every time when called upon. Not that we can't pay the money. But we shall not be held to ransom. Leave Augsburg with an unhappy player.

It is not that this result has come as a surprise. The writing has been on the wall since we beat those very swans half a year ago. We changed nothing since then. Hence we will get found out more often and those results will be no rarity. Call it knee jerk, but deep inside you know it: This squad won't win a big title.

our defence is still poor. Iva has been ripped a new one by montero. good zouma is on now. would be great if we would find awinner but a draw would be ok given the circumstances.