Look at the quality he has around him at city in comparison to Dortmund and Leipzig. City will set him up with so many goals it’s going to be ridiculous. This guy is the real deal, insanely good and still so young, he will improve a lot.
man is a mercenary to the core.
If you watch City regularly you’ll have noticed that even with our existing style, since Aguero left we don’t have anybody with the movement and composure to regularly finish the volume of chances we create in and around the box. We put the ball in the box into dangerous areas countless times each game and Jesus has managed just 17 goals in 57 PL appearances in the last 2 season playing pretty much solely as the front man.
I hear you. I think he will score more goals than whoever you have had, I agree. Just not sure that improves the team. He will score plenty of 5th goals when you might have scored 3. But when the going is tough he might add value and be the difference in those games because you can go direct or get balls into the box. But maybe he will make a difference in those games in a plan A way as well.
Was more alluding to the fact that he has a release clause for 2024-2025.
If he's THAT insanely good then isn't it fair game to expect him to win it (or at the very least challenge) even with an unfavoured but hardly untalented side? Mbappe, Courtois and Hazard at a similar age all dragged much more unfancied sides/clubs to titles, to some extent CR7 with you guys in 2007 could be added to that (no one gave you a prayer of toppling Jose's Chelsea at the time).
Is it just me or this unveiling or whatever is incredibly sleezy and artificial.
They have to do roadshow unveiling to make it seem “packed” in a narrow road as it would be a bit embarassing if they did it in a stadium.
Even though I think Haaland will score plenty and City will win the league again, I’m actually not sure they’ll beat their recent points/goals in a season over last few years.
The question is, can he make the difference in games where they need a goal. Not the ones where they are winning 3 nil already and he bags a hat-trick
It’s going to be interesting to see. City are effectively going to have to make a major change to how they attack compared to what they’ve done last 2 seasons. Playing a system with a false nine who is constantly involved in build up to then change to an out n out striker who will barely get involved in build up is quite a drastic change. I’m sure Pep will come up with something but it’s not a certainty they will start off flying.
You’d have thought they’d have got used to a non full stadium by now….
It’s one of those where you have a special guest come from abroad but you take them out to a restaurant because you’re too embarrassed to bring them to your house.
Which is fair enough. He wanted the proper development and not going for big money too early. BVB gave him the time he needs to flourish and got a nice sum on top of a great striker for 3 season.
When did these happen? For Mbappé at Monaco, he wasn't their best or main player that season, Falcao was. And B. Silva, Lemar and Fabinho were all atleast as valuable as Mbappé to the team that season.
Reportedly there is a £150 million release clause but for only clubs in Spain that activates at the beginning of the 2025/26 season.
I think Pep has concluded that he needs a system change to win old big ears. Wouldn’t put it past him to bench Haaland though and keep him as a plan B in the big league games!
You're stretching the meaning of the word similar a bit here. Haaland has averaged a goal a game for club and country for three years.
They both wear boots on their feet and shirts with numbers on their backs, ergo: similar players.
Hasn't played yet.
Not an actual injury. It's preventive, as he has only a couple trainings yet.
We can only hope
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Hazard was an unbelievable player and once carried Chelsea to a league title.
Was always going to happen, barring major injury. To quote Guardiola:
Was always going to happen, barring major injury. To quote Guardiola:
"If this afternoon [Friday] there is nothing wrong in the training session, or tonight he [doesn't] feel bad and falls out of bed and breaks his ankle, then he will play."
Pep clearly doesn’t believe in jinxing
As a Norwegian I keep two sets of books. Cognitive dissonance ftw.
This could be terrifying, even in a friendly, watching De Bruyne popping balls through to Haaland.
Sad thing is, I was talking to this 25 year old the other day, that said he always liked City because he grew up watching them play great football... So there is a new generation of football fans that grew up with this version of City, unfortunately.
