João Mário

[It's too big 625]

Apparently he was left off the Sporting Lisbon squad presentation - whatever that is. It is a possible sign he's leaving, but going where is anyone's guess. Could it be to us? It would be a good signing imo, and would sure up central midfield so we can concentrate on defence and maybe one more striker. 

[nono 791]

If we're going for a Portuguese man I hope we go for Ruben Neves. I am tired of buying players who are clearly not at a top level. We have enough of them already in our squad.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

31 minutes ago, It's too big said:

Apparently he was left off the Sporting Lisbon squad presentation - whatever that is. It is a possible sign he's leaving, but going where is anyone's guess. Could it be to us? It would be a good signing imo, and would sure up central midfield so we can concentrate on defence and maybe one more striker. 

It's us.

 

[The Chels 2,502]

40 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

It's us.

What makes you so sure?

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

2 hours ago, nono said:

If we're going for a Portuguese man I hope we go for Ruben Neves. I am tired of buying players who are clearly not at a top level. We have enough of them already in our squad.

Amen. 

Ruben Neves will be a star. Think another couple seasons at Porto would do him well, to establish exactly what type of midfielder he wants to be. But I hope we're all over him when that time comes for him to leave. 

[Tomo 21,751]

7 hours ago, nono said:

If we're going for a Portuguese man I hope we go for Ruben Neves. I am tired of buying players who are clearly not at a top level. We have enough of them already in our squad.

The obsession with 'top level' on this forum is getting ridiculous, unless it's a world class or borderline/potential world class player linked people lose their shit, sometimes I do genuinely wonder if theres members of the Real Madrid board room on here.

Conte is a manager known for making a team bigger than the sum of its parts, if he thinks Joao is the right man to partner Kante in the centre that's good enough for me. Pep has signed Nolito and Gundogan, not world class signing by any stretch of the imagination but I bet they will improve City.

What needs to he done this summer first and foremost is to build a solid unit again, i still get nightmares on how easy it was for City to counter us back in April.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

The obsession with 'top level' on this forum is getting ridiculous, unless it's a world class or borderline/potential world class player linked people lose their shit, sometimes I do genuinely wonder if theirs members of the Real Madrid board room on here.

Conte is a manager known for making a team bigger than the sum of its parts, if he thinks Joao is the right man to partner Kante in the centre that's good enough for me. Pep has signed Nolito and Gundogan, not world class signing by any stretch of the imagination but I bet they will improve City.

What needs to he done this summer first and foremost is to build a solid unit again, i still get nightmares on how easy it was for City to counter us back in April.

Gundogan not a world class by any stretch? holly shit. He's about top 5 in his position when he's fit. And who knows he'll might put the injury days behind him at city.

[Tomo 21,751]

6 minutes ago, nadavTKL said:

Gundogan not a world class by any stretch? holly shit. He's about top 5 in his position when he's fit. And who knows he'll might put the injury days behind him at city.

He looks a shadow of his pre injury self, theirs a reason he was gettable for a relitevely cheap price.

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

The obsession with 'top level' on this forum is getting ridiculous, unless it's a world class or borderline/potential world class player linked people lose their shit, sometimes I do genuinely wonder if theirs members of the Real Madrid board room on here.

Conte is a manager known for making a team bigger than the sum of its parts, if he thinks Joao is the right man to partner Kante in the centre that's good enough for me. Pep has signed Nolito and Gundogan, not world class signing by any stretch of the imagination but I bet they will improve City.

What needs to he done this summer first and foremost is to build a solid unit again, i still get nightmares on how easy it was for City to counter us back in April.

I think you're right mate and I hold my hands up to thinking I would much rather have a complete, top of their position player than someone that is either young,old or never heard of.

I think why it is is because altho you got Leicester last year making it look easy and having a relatively unknown lot but come together with a real sense of teamwork or you get Italy, a group of players missing alot of their 1st team but all have a strong sense of self belief. These are rare occurences. Yes I would much rather have the lads plating together as a unit rather than a bunch of talented individuals and I must remember it more often

But I do still think it better to have a player with the skill level we need to start out with. Whether hes a £100mill or £100k

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

20 hours ago, The Chels said:

What makes you so sure?

You want a source ?

 

 

[Diego 433]

39 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

You want a source ?

 

 

sure

[The Chels 2,502]

40 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

You want a source ?

Sure, why not?

[nadavTKL 1,787]

23 hours ago, Tomo said:

He looks a shadow of his pre injury self, theirs a reason he was gettable for a relitevely cheap price.

That's not true, he played to his best for most of the last season.

[It's too big 625]

Set to offer £46 million for him 

http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=4&id=623213

[lucio 5,418]

Well , a dynamic alternative to fabregas would be nice, if he can provide that