Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 32 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: 😬 yeah that was what i expected. City, one of the richest clubs in the world, are actually gonna sign a 100x better replacement for the dreg and make a profit in the process. Could not make this up. Absolute amateur hour from our board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,937 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 If City get Gvardiol after selling Ake to us... oh my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,381 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Who are City signing that is willing to stay on the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Ake was their CB4, I dont think the players mentioned above would want that role at City. Laporte and Stones would also not be happy with being CB4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,533 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 The only plus side for me if we signing Ake really is some of us can trawl through our attics for our Gullit wigs and might come across something more valuable. Magic Lamps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Pizy said: Imagine if we sign Aké and fund their move for the vastly superior Gvardiol who WE should be after. 🤣🤣🤣 Whoever they get will be an upgrade on Ake. Edited July 8, 2022 by LAM09 Magic Lamps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,902 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, LAM09 said: Whoever they get will be an upgrade on Ake. Yeah, I just got done watching some footage of him at City from last season and it was VERY underwhelming. He looks like your average PL defender who you’d see at a midtable side. Nothing standout about him at all. He’s not quick, he’s not physically dominant, he’s just average on the ball, I didn’t really see any passing range or distribution in his highlights so it must not be particularly good. I guess we just have to trust Tuchel’s judgement here. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 July 8th and nothing. I'm depressed, I'm not going to come back here for a while. I wonder if Tuchel will get fed up and leave after a bad season because we didn't help him improve the squad. We just bought duds and more duds. Laylabelle and Hermione 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Just now, Pizy said: Yeah, I just got done watching some footage of him at City from last season and it was VERY underwhelming. He looks like your average PL defender who you’d see at a midtable side. Nothing standout about him at all. He’s not quick, he’s not physically dominant, he’s just average on the ball, I didn’t really see any passing range or distribution in his highlights so it must not be particularly good. I guess we just have to trust Tuchel’s judgement here. That’s what I have been preaching all summer he is still the exact same player we sold to Bournemouth Heard he will have a 77 rating in fifa 23. The fifa players can confirm that is the exact same rating he had on his first non rare gold card in fifa 18. Even the duds at ea have recognised he has not developed one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didi007 69 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Tomo said: Why such linear thinking? City and Liverpool both brought a player we deemed not good enough at a point we were better and that (unfortunately) didn't go too badly did it? Did they pay £50m for the player???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Pizy said: Yeah, I just got done watching some footage of him at City from last season and it was VERY underwhelming. He looks like your average PL defender who you’d see at a midtable side. Nothing standout about him at all. He’s not quick, he’s not physically dominant, he’s just average on the ball, I didn’t really see any passing range or distribution in his highlights so it must not be particularly good. I guess we just have to trust Tuchel’s judgement here. I have no idea how big of a bearing HG quota plays nowadays, but aside from that aspect, it seems like we're almost buying him for the sake of it. It's highly unlikely he'll improve, so we have to be content with the player he is now. Koulibaly should have always been our number one CB target when assessing the available options this summer. I guess there's still time for things to change, though. 8 minutes ago, didi007 said: Did they pay £50m for the player???? De Bruyne cost €76.00m Edited July 8, 2022 by LAM09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, didi007 said: Did they pay £50m for the player???? Tha's not even the question. Did they buy a washed up 27 year old who has not played regularly for years and has not developed at all? Salah and KDB were always good players, sold bc of a short-term manager and who made great progress as players. They were signed before entering their peak years and put in a system tailor made for them. Nothing of this holds for ake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 bad news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,902 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Still have no clue how Barca are paying for Dembele’s wages, adding Raphinha’s wages on top of his huge transfer fee, potentially adding Lewa’s wages on top of huge transfer fee, want Azpi + Alonso who are on big wages, and then also want Koundé who will be on big wages + big transfer fee. For a club up to their eyeballs in debt and begging their current players to slash their wages. Economic “levers” or not, it’s all so fishy. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didi007 69 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Tha's not even the question. Did they buy a washed up 27 year old who has not played regularly for years and has not developed at all? Salah and KDB were always good players, sold bc of a short-term manager and who made great progress as players. They were signed before entering their peak years and put in a system tailor made for them. Nothing of this holds for ake That's my point. Why pay £50m for a fourth choice player like Ake when you can buy Koulibaly for €30m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 we will offer money to city and they will buy a better center back than ake no words about it I prefer not to thinking about how we will help them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, didi007 said: That's my point. Why pay £50m for a fourth choice player like Ake when you can buy Koulibaly for €30m. Apparently bc ake can play lb (terribly), is homegrown and left footed apparently when you check those it is irrelevant that you suck at football Hermione 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,381 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Nice to know we’ll get Barca’s seconds (and I even doubt that’ll happen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 minute ago, MoroccanBlue said: Nice to know we’ll get Barca’s seconds (and I even doubt that’ll happen) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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