Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Arse’s probable front 4 will be Gyokeres up top, Eze LW, Saka RW, and Odegaard at #10. Rice and Zunimendi as the midfield 2. And then their elite back line. Annoying as hell to say that they’ll probably have the best XI in the league. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 2 minutes ago, iceboy said: Dortmund trying for Chukwumeka so, koulibaly casadei auba Washington ---- sterling badiashile madueke Chukwuemeka felix nkunku disasi nico jackson Ugochukwu petrovic datro fofana Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall renato veiga Here are several players who have been bought since the club was sold. players like koulibaly, auba, casadei and washington have already been sold and all the others below are on the transfer list my god, so much wasted money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 6 minutes ago, Pizy said: Arse’s probable front 4 will be Gyokeres up top, Eze LW, Saka RW, and Odegaard at #10. Rice and Zunimendi as the midfield 2. And then their elite back line. Annoying as hell to say that they’ll probably have the best XI in the league. Looks ominous indeed. I would not be surprised to see them get Rodrygo too. Especially if Martinelli leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 2 minutes ago, Stats said: Looks ominous indeed. I would not be surprised to see them get Rodrygo too. Especially if Martinelli leaves. Don’t really see the point in them getting both Eze and Rodrygo. Both are the level of player that should be starting every match. Eze going from star boy who ran the show at Palace to squad player at Arse would be Grealish to City like. And Rodrygo would surely only go there if he’s assured of a starting role every week or else he’d be in the same situation as he is now at Madrid. Whatever happens, there are now ZERO excuses for Arteta and Arse not to win the league. Can’t keep finishing 2nd over and over again. With the sort of money spent and the few weak areas of their squad finally addressed he NEEDS to win it this year. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 2 minutes ago, Pizy said: Arse’s probable front 4 will be Gyokeres up top, Eze LW, Saka RW, and Odegaard at #10. Rice and Zunimendi as the midfield 2. And then their elite back line. Annoying as hell to say that they’ll probably have the best XI in the league. Not convinced that is so nailed on. Odegaard is potentially no longer the same player he was. Eze hit or miss. Zubi untested in PL. Gyokeres suspiciously no one has gone for, presumably because they think he's a stat padder putting in numbers in a farmers league that wont translate to here - Darwin Nunez got 26 goals in 28 apps in his final season in Portugal and not sure anyone who is a big scorer in Portugal has moved on and kept anywhere close to those numbers. Jackson Martinez another example. Believe it when i see it. On paper, I'd have thought City still have the best XI in the league if we're assuming players play at their peak and adapt to the league. Then Liverpool (for 1-2 more years). Then maybe Arsenal due to how strong / proven the defence is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 3 minutes ago, Mhsc said: Not convinced that is so nailed on. Odegaard is potentially no longer the same player he was. Eze hit or miss. Zubi untested in PL. Gyokeres suspiciously no one has gone for, presumably because they think he's a stat padder putting in numbers in a farmers league that wont translate to here - Darwin Nunez got 26 goals in 28 apps in his final season in Portugal and not sure anyone who is a big scorer in Portugal has moved on and kept anywhere close to those numbers. Jackson Martinez another example. Believe it when i see it. On paper, I'd have thought City still have the best XI in the league if we're assuming players play at their peak and adapt to the league. Then Liverpool (for 1-2 more years). Then maybe Arsenal due to how strong / proven the defence is? I do agree that Gyokeres is being overrated a bit. Everyone is so convinced that he’ll be a Haaland/RvP/Aguero level striker who’s going to score 30 PL goals but I don’t think he’ll get near that. LAM09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Dont forget Liverpool is much stronger now with great adds and City will not have the same season again but yeah I believe that they will fight for the title again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Smart of Arse to get Gyokeres done before Madueke 🤣 Now their fans won’t be as mad when that signing hopefully gets done this coming week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceboy 1,019 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 If we add Kudus and top GK then we have a chance maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 I think any of our fans still holding out hope for a new keeper coming in need to abandon that thought now. The ONLY reason there was a chance a few weeks ago is because we thought we could get Maignan for a steal of a price. But once Milan dug their heels in and we walked away I think that was the end of any keeper pursuit. The thinking was most certainly “if we can get some top class keeper for a bargain price we’ll do it. Otherwise, we’ll stick with what we have.” Sanchez will have until January to show whether he can stay. If he once again costs us points then we’ll finally do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 580 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Kudus is not negotiating with any other club, he wants to go to Tottenham. (@FabrizioRomano) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 580 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 There is quite a difference at the moment in Chelsea valuation and Arsenal valuation for Madueke. Madueke, waiting for club to club as he’s ready to join the Gunners. (@FabrizioRomano) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 So no Kudus for us then. Would’ve been a nice signing but a luxury. Not too bothered. Just hope that if someone else is brought in it’s anyone but Garnacho. mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,700 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said: Typical for our Board to be happy with comparatively small profits for decent players like Madueke and Petrovic while receiving cents on the dollar for those signings that everybody knew were pointless in the first place. It’s highly unsustainable to sign this many players and then sell most them again with huge discounts just a few windows later when they are unable to turn huge profits on the few that actually delivered. No idea how this weird transfer strategy is ever gonna be profitable Amortisation of transfer fees is important to understanding what constitutes a "profit". Also these owners are going for growth over the years. Not just turning profit on day to day and month to month operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 580 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 7 minutes ago, Pizy said: So no Kudus for us then. Would’ve been a nice signing but a luxury. Not too bothered. Just hope that if someone else is brought in it’s anyone but Garnacho. Garnacho or M.Fofana 😔 Unless you manage to convince Nwaneri!🙌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceboy 1,019 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Kudus only wants Spurs according to Romano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,437 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Give Jackson to Villa and get Rogers. mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,700 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 9 minutes ago, iceboy said: Kudus only wants Spurs according to Romano. Apparently, him and his agent are still salty from a few years back when we had terms agreed and decided to go elsewhere. iceboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Thor said: Amortisation of transfer fees is important to understanding what constitutes a "profit". Also these owners are going for growth over the years. Not just turning profit on day to day and month to month operations. Exactly my point. amortisation matters for accounting profit. Thats why it doesn’t make sense to sell immediately after a player value has tanked. Buy felix for 40m, 1 year of amortisation, maybe 8m off the books max, now he gets sold for 20m… 12m accounting loss, 20m economic loss Yes, so how does it contribute to long term growth when you randomly buy 10 players per windows, most of which never play, lose form and sell them shortly after at loss after amortisation? Edited July 6 by Magic Lamps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 580 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 (edited) Chelsea did hold talks regarding a move for Kudus, but it is understood a move to Chelsea is unlikely. [@SamiMokbel_BBC] more Sources... Edited July 6 by mkh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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