Dortmund will have a big hole to fill when they sell Sancho
https://www.optasports.com/news/opta-s-event-definitions/First & second assists are a new one on me - what do they mean?
You should just work on the basis that whatever your immediate reaction is to something, it’s diametrically opposite to what the club should actually doAt £13.5m surely worth a punt?
Real Madrid outcast James Rodriguez, 29, is lining up a £13.5m move to city rivals Atletico Madrid
Maybe this is naive but I can't understand how City are going to avoid FFP infringements if they spend like crazy (Surely UEFA won't make the same mistake twice) and any sponsorship will be under increased scrutiny from both UEFA and the PL. Maybe they are actually going to avoid big name transfers and concentrate on puffing up the squad cover that they missed last season which looks to be way with the transfers of Torres and Ake (assuming they don't go and buy Koulibaly)!It's incredibly frustrating. We've spent years monitoring Sancho and Havertz in particular, but couldn't bring either of them because they both had unfinished business in Germany and we didn't have the money. We've stayed prudent and hardly spent anything on transfers last year, putting us in a position for a big outlay this summer, just in time when our front 3 perhaps needs a refresh and quality competition. We've also managed to win everything in the last 2 years, making us the most desirable destination in football for a young star-level talent. And just as the stars seem to be aligned, the pandemic hits and we're suddenly unsure about future revenues and therefore out of the game again...
Meanwhile, Man City escape their deserved ban on a technicality and immediately start spending like drunken sailors (mostly on shit defenders, thankfully). Abramovich (why is his kind still allowed to operate in the UK?) is buying everyone in sight like it's 2003. And even United, who rely on the same sources of revenue as us and should be subject to the same headwinds of uncertainty, just seem to decide to put their future on a credit card and spend like nothing has changed. We look like an island of sanity in a world of wild irresponsibility and corruption – on one hand it's a good thing and I wouldn't trade our situation for any other club's, but it's fucking exhausting at times.
Sky running the story that Guardiola wants 5 more signings (not including Ake and Torrres).
A CB, a LB and replacements for Silva and Aguero. They mention Lautaro Martinez as a target.
What a fucking tit Guardiola is. Basically wants to buy a brand new team so he can beat us to the title.
Sounds like a lovely fella:
New Manchester City winger Ferran Torres says he left Valencia in part because they would not make him captain and one of their highest-paid players.
Torres, 20, said he was "excited and happy" to join City, after completing his £21m move from the La Liga side.
"I wanted to stay and I put forward the conditions to do so. They weren't above the club's means," he told Marca.
What a brilliant coach he is. Always so daring.
Basically, they've indirectly fired a bunch of people to pay him.Really strange move this. I don't get it.
Basically, they've indirectly fired a bunch of people to pay him.
2 year deal vs 3 year deal.From his side though.
Leaving Chelsea who offered him a new contract, who are better than Arsenal, in the same city, in the Champions League, he was getting plenty of games.
Odd.
Maybe he wants to be reunited with his buddy.From his side though.
Leaving Chelsea who offered him a new contract, who are better than Arsenal, in the same city, in the Champions League, he was getting plenty of games.
Odd.
From his side though.
Leaving Chelsea who offered him a new contract, who are better than Arsenal, in the same city, in the Champions League, he was getting plenty of games.
Odd.
Not if you think Lampard is a prick. It's the biggest fuck you to himIts still a strange move.
It’s really not. Signing bonus, different incentives, 3yr deal structured differently, much higher base salary. His agent is very very happy.Its still a strange move.
Really strange move this. I don't get it.
It’s really not. Signing bonus, different incentives, 3yr deal structured differently, much higher base salary. His agent is very very happy.
Coutinho's agent is........Willian agent - Kia Joorabchian
David Luiz agent - Kia Joorabchian
Cedric Soares agent - Kia Joorabchian
Alex Iwobi to Everton transfer - Kia Joorabchian represented Arsenal.
Kia was the agent of Edu (now Arsenal technical director or something) and they both have some business relationships in Brazil also.
Add to that
It looks like Kia is starting to run that club. A very good thing for us.
Coutinho's agent is........
Cheeky fiver should be placed on a certain club to get him.