Yes. With this rate they'll break our record in number of league won in no time.
Bernardo Silva | Bouhafsi - 70m Euros, 5 year contract. Going to City CONFIRMED
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Aguero, Jesus, Sane, Stirling, B Silva, D silva, De Bruyne - I suspect all would expect to play the majority of games... plus iheanacho, Navas, Nolito as well
I have no idea how they are going to fit that into a formation and keep them all happy?
That said if they can sort a defence out then they potentially have enough goals there to do damage against anybody
I have no idea how they are going to fit that into a formation and keep them all happy?
That said if they can sort a defence out then they potentially have enough goals there to do damage against anybody
I didn't say he did - I'm saying our links to him would have made this a very easy deal to do....had we any real interest.
I said last week he was most likely a back up option and I'm still certain that was the case.
And now,it's too late
Have u not watched him against city or BVB?
But you were making the assumption that your links with Mendes would be the difference if you were.
That man is a cold hard businessman and has no loyalty to any club.
Best defence as well, but won less than us....
Silva will improve guardiola's style at city very very much, there is no two doubts about that. Guardiola just dont hijack deals if he was not a top class player.
He was an important player who could get us more control in terms of posession and circulation when facing against Top posession based philosophies.
Navas has gone, Nolito is going.
Yeah they will move dead weights like Bony and navas and so.
I've seen him, of course he looked good, but i'm not sure he's exactly what we need. I remember Mata playing some good stuff at Chelsea or Mkhi at Dortmund. Is he really so much better then the two we already have around?Have u not watched him against city or BVB?
i'd much rather have Bakayoko at United. Mourinho needs soldiers, Guardiola free spirits.
This is what football is all about. After nine months slumming it watching matches we can finally get on with the real drama. I wish the football season only lasted a month and the rest of the year was one long transfer window.
This thread is hilarious!
I think Bernardo is a wonderful talent, but I'm not sure that he's proved himself enough to be of a higher/similar value than the likes of Mkhitaryan or James Rodriguez yet. It's not a signing that worries me immediately, but I think he'll be a great buy for them and the style that Guardiola demands. I was more annoyed that they got Jesus so comfortably last summer, and I'm more concerned with the links to Mendy and Walker - they would transform them completely in an attacking sense.
Sanchez was always a preference over Bernardo Silva, James too for me, personally. I just hope we don't get suckered into overpaying for other equally unproven players like Belotti (although it's not my money, so I can't really complain).
I think Bernardo is a wonderful talent, but I'm not sure that he's proved himself enough to be of a higher/similar value than the likes of Mkhitaryan or James Rodriguez yet. It's not a signing that worries me immediately, but I think he'll be a great buy for them and the style that Guardiola demands. I was more annoyed that they got Jesus so comfortably last summer, and I'm more concerned with the links to Mendy and Walker - they would transform them completely in an attacking sense.
Sanchez was always a preference over Bernardo Silva, James too for me, personally. I just hope we don't get suckered into overpaying for other equally unproven players like Belotti (although it's not my money, so I can't really complain).
When it comes to Utd, the Mendes links go beyond players and the manager. If we wanted him, we could have done this months ago.
If Jose signed Silva last summer most muppets here would have been losing their shit saying things like "Silva who", "guy is another Mata" "too small" "we need Griezmann". He's had one good season. I have seen plenty of players who were fantastic on the ball, but never amounted to much. Not saying that will happen here, but you never know. I would be inclined to trust Jose. Have a bit of faith. We just had a good season. Laid some decent foundations for next season. Our last summer window was excellent after all!
Oh come on, mata is super slow and he aint a winger as well. And Mkh looses the ball under pressure because of our philosophy demands and we end up loosing the ball and have to go on defensive against posession based teams .
Look I know this sounds like sour grapes and while I think that Bernado Silva is a terrific player, I really don't think he is what we need! He strikes me as a very technically gifted player who I feel as he ages a couple of years will be looking to move into a number 10 type of role.
Personally, I think what we have lacked for so long is a powerful pacy right sided player who will provide us with true width (You can call him a winger if you'd like). We have really struggled to break down compact teams and by stretching the play and actually making use of the size of the Old Trafford pitch (Home advantage!) we could be devastating. In that context, I really don't think he's right for us.
Personally, I think what we have lacked for so long is a powerful pacy right sided player who will provide us with true width (You can call him a winger if you'd like). We have really struggled to break down compact teams and by stretching the play and actually making use of the size of the Old Trafford pitch (Home advantage!) we could be devastating. In that context, I really don't think he's right for us.
You can rest easy. Griezmann is on another level, compared to KDB.
Its not just about winning , its also about the style. We dont want to see us going on defensive against a top philosophy, thus we need the ball better and keep it more , Direct players tend to loose the ball in high press in a high line, Like Mkh did so many times even against city at oldtrafford and many times more.
Good for City.
Happy to see new talent joining the league.
I am sure we will be picking up a few signings that gets our rivals fans worked up too.
Happy to see new talent joining the league.
I am sure we will be picking up a few signings that gets our rivals fans worked up too.
Ha Ha.
The deal was made before Mou's comment and he knew it.
His comment was the standard "didn't want him anyway" quote.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, we'll never know but he's never going to say "we're going all out to get him and if we don't we'll make damn sure City pay top dollar for him" is he?
It's damage limitation.
I think he'll be a great buy, similar to De Bruyne, Sane, Jesus who look like bargains now. Very disappointed we weren't in for him.
Don't you think that Silva could have similar problems then Mkhi? Philosophy ain't going away and still not sure how he'd cope here.
I'd take Mahrez, Costa or even Moura ahead. Don't think that Silva fits the bill when comes down to being a proper winger.
Silva wont have similar problems because he holds the posession and circulates it under pressure ust like mata and is faster and better positioned than him, which a a great quality to release the high pressure, its his natural game. While as Mkh is much like di maria he tries to go direct and looses posession inhigh pressure which explains his struggles in big games. But Di maria was much faster.
Maharez is interesting, could definitely hold the ball better, at the same time we needed one direct player too like a dembele moura.
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It's bizarre a lot of posters saying this won't be a good signing because City need defenders, or they don't know where City will fit him in.
I'm still gutted we haven't signed him. I had tears in my eyes earlier. It might have been because I had just done a big yawn, but I'm not entirely sure.
I'm still gutted we haven't signed him. I had tears in my eyes earlier. It might have been because I had just done a big yawn, but I'm not entirely sure.
How many attacking midfield/winger types do City need?
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I think we are, just not a playmaker.
Navas has been released, Nolito may be off back to Celta, and a few clubs are after Iheanacho. Apparently West Ham want him and are hoping Zabaleta will convince him to join.
Of the other players, Silva and De Bruyne will probably take up central positions more often than wider ones from now on, with a holding midfielder behind them, Aguero and Jesus are strikers, and that leaves Sane, Sterling and now Bernardo Silva vying for the starting spots on the wing. With a bit of rotation, everyone will get games.
No, I genuinely think we weren't in for him.
Expensive, plays in the same position as Mata\Mkhi and potentially Griezman and doesn't fit the Jose counter attack profile.
Both him and Griez would boost our spending to 180m Euros before we have adressed the midfield, striker and CB situation.
Might be alien to you guys, but some football clubs operate in the real world with income\expenditure etc.
Don't use your powers for evil GifLord!
What damage? There was the odd link in France but there were few links reported that didn't expand from that.
Maybe it's been buried in the Griezmann news but we've been linked with Dier more times than Silva which should tell us something
Iheanacho going, Navas already announced he's leaving and Nolito will be leaving too.
Lets not get carried away here.Sarcasm about overreaction, thought it's obvious because I was replaying on a sarcastic post already
You ungrateful prick. It's called strategic pessimism. @Red Katie is responsible for our unbeaten streak
Any reports on his salary? I wonder why a highly rated talent like him would immediately go to City, rather than hold out for more glamorous destinations.
As others have mentioned, Navas is gone and Nolito and Kelechi are both rumored to be exiting either permanently or at least on loan. That leaves those 6, plus Silva who Pep has deployed in a deeper position pretty frequently...that's the quality of depth a side that spends as much as City should have.
like where?
They are going to need to find the new Makelele for this lineup to work in Europe.
Like United obviously
Or any other bigger club such as Bayern.- Status