Kevin de Bruyne

[LAM09 7,043]

We either made a profit or basically get a multimillion signing for free, win win for all parties, players included.

We've lost out on arguably one WC player, one on his way to be & another in Lukaku that would easily have a place in our squad.

Selling the likes of Atsu, Djilobodji & Di Santo to name a few, isn't winning in my book.

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, LAM09 said:

We've lost out on arguably one WC player, one on his way to be & another in Lukaku that would easily have a place in our squad.

Selling the likes of Atsu, Djilobodji & Di Santo to name a few, isn't winning in my book.

I agree Lukaku could have had a place in our squad, probably the role Bats has got now would suit his ability's, problem is he wanted an undisputed starting place something he isn't good enough for now let alone then.

Di Santo was long before this policy begun but re the other two, yes not all will work out but it's been a policy thats worked well for us. The players that aren't quite good enough or want to be more than squad players (Ake, Traore, Lukaku) we can sell on and with the money buy players that are good enough, it's worth noting selling Rom basically payed for Costa a move thats been more than justified. Then when we find players that are good enough we basically have a big money signing for free, i dread to think how much Tibo and Christensen would have cost had Leti and BM owned them.

[LAM09 7,043]

I agree Lukaku could have had a place in our squad, probably the role Bats has got now would suit his ability's, problem is he wanted an undisputed starting place something he isn't good enough for now let alone then.
Di Santo was long before this policy begun but re the other two, yes not all will work out but it's been a policy thats worked well for us. The players that aren't quite good enough or want to be more than squad players (Ake, Traore, Lukaku) we can sell on and with the money buy players that are good enough, it's worth noting selling Rom basically payed for Costa a move thats been more than justified. Then when we find players that are good enough we basically have a big money signing for free, i dread to think how much Tibo and Christensen would have cost had Leti and BM owned them.

We've been settling for players that are supposedly good enough for too long and using the profit on players that aren't better than our some of our back ups. Pasalic could have easily filled the Drinkwater role. Money poorly spent.

I have started to wonder how the board/Roman see things going forward. Is everything going on hold till our stadium is sorted out?

[grotenbees 15]

maybe the best player in the league for the moment and no more comments for a long time

[Riquelme 4]

On 2017-12-17 at 1:02 PM, BlueLion. said:

Funny how people are slagging Mourinho off for getting rid, NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND could have predicted his development. I went to a League Cup game in 2013 away at Swindon and he was, by far, the worst player on the pitch. 

When he arrived, I thought he would be a success as one of two central midfielders with a défensive midfielder behind.

I think the problem between Mourinho and Him was because of his temper. 

Not really a yes man and have argue with coaches in past and more recently with Martinez of national team.

[Pixies 1]

People referring to the Swindon game is incredible: before that game he single-handedly was responsible for the qualification of the Belgian national team for the WC in Brazil, he was the stand out player during his loan spell at Bremen, he had a terrific pre-season tour in Asia and was voted MOTM in his first ever Premier League game at the age of 21 ... all before that important Swindon game (at that time Mourinho had managed despite all the above, somehow to ignore KDB and completly ruin his self esteem). Bur hey... impossible to predict the guy would become a world class player 😆😆😆

[Fernando 6,585]

Look at what Mourinho is doing to Pogba. 

Hopefully Mourinho continues at United for a long time! 

[Special Juan 28,112]

Mourinho is cancerous, fact.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

On 21/12/2017 at 2:59 PM, BlueLion. said:

You can even go back through the posts in this thread, not many people really gave a shit when he left.

It's easy, lazy, and convenient to blame Mourinho for letting him go. 

Your right. Old post but yeah selling De Bruyne for profit as well as Mata (although at the time I hated the fact he'd sold him as he was our best player in the previous seasons since arriving) while resigning Matic was a masterstroke in the short term imo. Matic was needed more than any of those two at that point considering the likes of Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle and Willian were playing more regularly and consistently than those two. Salah came in, didn't get a huge chance (as we've seen now with him scoring goals for fun at Liveprool) but at the time nobody complained. In the short term, when we won the title the next season, nobody cared. 

[Vesper 30,100]

Kevin De Bruyne suffers major injury blow for Man City
Manchester City midfielder suffers knee ligament problem in training

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kevin-de-bruyne-injury-knee-15034190


 

[Unionjack 7,531]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Kevin De Bruyne suffers major injury blow for Man City
Manchester City midfielder suffers knee ligament problem in training

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kevin-de-bruyne-injury-knee-15034190


 

Bugga! Poor old ginger minge! same leg as last time I wonder?

[Vesper 30,100]

3 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Bugga! Poor old ginger minge! same leg as last time I wonder?

Same knee, the right one 

Kevin De Bruyne could be out for four months after suffering knee injury in training

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/08/15/kevin-de-bruyne-could-two-months-suffering-knee-injury-training/

[Unionjack 7,531]

22 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Same knee, the right one 

Kevin De Bruyne could be out for four months after suffering knee injury in training

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/08/15/kevin-de-bruyne-could-two-months-suffering-knee-injury-training/

Going to be out 3 or 4 months then eh? Dont like seeing players injured and they got backups but they will be missing our midfield!

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

City will be fine. De Bruyne is a brilliant player but Bernardo Silva has shown he is more than capable of playing in that role and excelling. If the community shield and also the game against Arsenal is anything to go by Silva's performances probably would have kept him in the team anyway. Scary how they can just lose somebody like De Bruyne to injury and pop somebody in as good as him or even play Gundogan in that position. Crazy squad depth.

[Vesper 30,100]