I thought it was going be a 4-horse race a couple of weeks ago ffsIn the most competitive league in the world
City have done very well this summer. They are a midfielder(or two depending on Toure) and a left back away from a team which is as good as any team in Europe. I think that they'll get those upgrades next summer, surely they are doing some good long term planning.
I think Sterling was £44m with £5m in potential clauses. You can't expect the finished article when signing a 20 year old player. Ronaldo was also frustrating at 19/20
I'm not complaining about FFP but getting fined for breaching it is the dumbest, least appropriate punishment possible.
Yeah, it's actually funny. 'You spent too much money so spend some more money now as a punishment.'
I think they'll just shoehorn him in where it suits them. He will have a hard time displacing Silva, but City will of course have noticed how poor they are when Silva is injured (which has happened a few times the last season), so they just see it as a win-win, I guess. Competition and depth if Silva stays fit and in form, replacement if he gets injured.
Yeah, I guess so. Will be interesting to see what they look like when they line up with their best eleven in the top matches. I suppose he'll have to be blistering to get Silva's spot centrally, but even then, Silva's perfectly capable of imposing himself on games from out wide as well.
It's not though as it has to be paid off with the club's revenue, the fine cannot be paid off from an injection of cash courtesy of the owner, so it's another form of restraining the club's spending power.
Other clubs could have spent what City have, they've just chosen not to or being unable to conclude deals for the targets they wanted. City are spending their revenue and will comply with FFP.
I'm not saying City won't comply to FFP now they've really started getting huge sponsorship deals. I'm saying fining a club for spending too much dumb.
As I've pointed out, it's not though, as the club has to use it's own income which is money that would otherwise go towards transfers, wages and any other costs the club incurs.
You'd think 1 Billion Euros would at least buy them a CL. Maybe a 2nd Billion will do the trick.
Nah, the clubs just give themselves another cash injection via a "sponsorship". It's admirable in it's brazen shadyness. Roman needs to get on it.
A business taking advantage of its owner's contacts, it's hardly headline news.
Sorry but Nasri and Navas are just average compared to Silva and Aguero. So 1/2 of the attackers have now been improved in that front 4. You probably haven't seen De Bruyne play last season if you aren't scared of his signing. You are basically saying that they won't improve vastly unless they sign Messi, Ronaldo or Suarez
The time isn't necessarily what I was referring to. I'm saying there's been little drama over the deal, or maybe I haven't been paying much attention.
He barely got a game at Chelsea.
Nasri was a good player when he went there and look at him now. Who's to say the same won't happen to Sterling that's what buying players mainly interested in money does.
Messi can't win you titles alone. That's being proven time and again with Argentina.
The answer to that is no, you are right, I doubt that Sterling and KDB will stop City getting pummelled by the European heavyweights (although it will undoubtedly improve them in their attacking department). That isn't the problem though, the problem is that they are adding top class players to their team in a league where their rivals (Chelsea, Arsenal and us) have done feck all to strengthen their arguably weak attack forces. Whilst they have got Sterling and De Bruyne, we are left with an dysfunctional attack with youngsters who are not ready yet and a past it Rooney. So City now have a world class Silva and Aguero and most likely have added two top class attackers in Sterling and KDB.
I was hoping Bayern would go for him, he's perfect as a Ribery replacement. Instead they got Douglas Costa
Who is playing even better. Incredible!I was hoping Bayern would go for him, he's perfect as a Ribery replacement. Instead they got Douglas Costa
Why would Rooney's form have mattered, he's a completely different player to him.
KDB is best in the position Rooney currently occupies.
Perspective is everything. I wouldn't drink that shit that Carlsberg call Cider if you paid me. ( actually not entirely true but we would have to negotiate
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