That's the spirit!
We can only hope Pep is counting on that happening.I think you're being sarcastic but quite a few people have taken this hilariously bad. And we probably keep tabs on hundreds of players, whether we wanted him or not is irrelevant apart from dick swinging arguments based on speculation.You do realise that, now that they got him, we need to do everything in our power to find faults in him. Most importantly, we can never admitt we wanted him. Too much sense and objectivity could get you shunned from the tribe you know.
Since Pep "doesn't defend" I assume he will be buying as many attackers as possible, with those left over being played at the back.
That was my reaction too. Team already full of great attacking options but with a shit defense and a questionable midfield buys another expensive attacker. Go Pep!
You mean you couldn't care less? If you could care less then you're not trying hard enough! That's not the Caf way!
Mental that they're spending this sort of money on yet another dribbly midget for their attack when they have no viable keepers or defenders. Willy's gone, Hart is out of favour and a bit shit and Bravo is absolute trash. Kompany is good for about half a season, Otamendi and Stones aren't title-winning quality and Clichy, Sagna and Zabaleta are all fecking off. Mangala and Denayer aren't fixing any problems City have either when they return from loan.That's the spirit!
Seriously though, I have no idea how good the guy is. But as long as City aren't improving their defence, I'm happy. Although, Stones could suddenly become world class, you never know.
This is Pep we're talking about here, the guy's a genius. He will easily turn Silva in to a CB.
Yeah. Pep is life.
Think he will. I said weeks ago that Pep is going to spend big this Summer because he has to. He will be sacked if he under performs again next season. This signing is just the start. It's a good start for them though I must say...
They probably will try to improve the defence at some point but as you say, they have too many who for various reasons aren't good enough back there. It's impossible to replace everyone. Pep prefers ball playing defenders but it's not that easy finding those who can also defend on a very high level.
So you mean he'll attempt to buy the league, something in which Pep fans boys dismiss him ever doing.
FFP has been dead in the water for about 2 years now. No one cares for it for nobody is gonna enforce it.
of course he will buy the league. He hasnt got a top team and to win it here, he needs one. The only option is spending 250m this summer. He also has to win the CL soon, thats why they hired him in the first place.
I think he's just the first of many, rather than being picked ahead of a defender. We are obviously in the market for fullbacks (Mendy and Walker speculation is high), a keeper (Ederson?) and another defensive midfielder (Fabinho links). It's not reasonable to expect us to land all of those, but failure to land them I'd hope we had backups. We are looking at all the right areas.
FFP has kind of become irrelevant now.
Whoever buys the league next year, it will leave other managers without the title who have also spent a fortune. This is a big summer for everybody involved, except Wenger.
That's wrong, it only doesn't apply to PL teams because of their TV deal.
I was of course being sarcastic, and I agree with what you're saying here.
Yep I think so. Can easily see them going over £200m this Summer. But yeah of course Pep fans won't mention money, that only applies to Pogba and United. Let's just hope his signings go the way of £50m John Stones, who's price tag seems to never be mentioned.
well yes, every team wants the league title, even Liverpool. I didnt say the others wont spend, pretty confident City, Chelsea and United will be the big spenders this summer. But Pep is no exception. I personally think titles matter in the end. In 20 years no one will care how much the clubs invested, only the trophy cabinet counts.
They're obviously going to strengthen, but it's insane to me that they can throw €70 million at an attacker when they have so much work to do at the back. They'll be breaking records for spending if they manage to fix all their problems this summer. There's too much to buy an very little supply of what Pep wants and needs for those areas.
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