Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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Casemiro isn't here just because of the paycheck though, neither is Varane. You can tell they're both up for it.
Sanchez, Falcao, Schweinsteiger were all finished before we even signed them.
Dont give him the number 11. They all end up in jail.
how can you hate Nani? haha. Or do you want a team full of mctominays and milners.
I'm mainly talking about foreign big name players and/or getting them from established big teams but I guess Rooney's signing back then off of the back of his euro 2004 was one of the most exciting signings we've ever made so let's include him... we have Rooney, Tevez, RvP and Veron... Cantona only turned into a superstar because of his exploits with us right and was considered a risk when we got him. But still more than I thought then, but that's over 20 years of fergie? And even then it's a bit different considering we got three of these from british clubs, not exotic enough.
We've signed most of those big names I mentioned in the previous post from big foreign clubs within a relatively short period under woodward and co.
It's not a slight on Fergie, he had his own standards for recruitment and he did it well mostly. Just an observation.
Some people genuinely would. You can guarantee that there will be people that hate Antony after a few matches.
What on earth was wrong with Nani?!
I didn't check for falcao and schweinsteiger, but a quick search of your name in the old sanchez thread and you seemed pretty excited at the time. That's what I mean, almost everyone was excited for these signings, we couldn't have known almost all of them would be average to crap
He'll have pundits raging weekly Richarlison style in short order
2.32 is scandalous.
If he does that once in the PL, I don't care how much he costs, money well spent.
He was the most frustrating player to watch.
All the abilities in the world, zero football iq. If Antony is close on ability, and has some football iq, he'll be great.
Nani is one of the players i liked the least in my time as United fan - which by the way @Lowkey is not the same as hating, stop throwing that word around.
I'd rather have hard working team players than someone who can dribble and shoot hard.
If we ignore position, i'd rather have a prime Milner over Nani.
Not massively consistent and when he was having a stinker he would bring the whole team down as he never knew when to keep it simple and accept that it wasn't coming off for him. He would shoot from 30 yards half a dozen times in a game despite none of them coming close and would keep doing it despite there being better placed players.
Still a cracking player but very frustrating.
I'm a muppet like them all, but there were definitely signs of Sanchez slowing down at Arsenal before he joined. I just assumed he'd downed tools and was unhappy - but clearly that was wrong.I didn't check for falcao and schweinsteiger, but a quick search of your name in the old sanchez thread and you seemed pretty excited at the time. That's what I mean, almost everyone was excited for these signings, we couldn't have known almost all of them would be average to crap
I mean, that just won’t work in the PL though. He would do that once, the defender would just block him off and the crowd would think wtf is he doing. I’m more encouraged by the strength and balance he shows in those clips as that is what will serve him well against better opposition.
I think Falcao, Sanchez and Schweini were motivated too, not here just for the pay check.
Determining if a player is finished or not is something we're shit at clearly based on the examples above. The narrative will change if Casemiro isn't as good as he used to be or if Varane gets injured again.
Well i can tell you now that Antony is alot closer to Nani than he ever will be to Milner so enjoy
You must really have been enjoying our last few seasons then when none of our players on the pitch have had the ability to dribble or shoot hard.
We at this club have thrived on having game changers that have the ability to take on a man and cause fear in defences. That in itself opens up space for the rest of our attacking unit and something that we have sorely missed for a very long time.
This does put this signing in to perspective
Yeah because Dortmund willingly sold Haaland for some 50 odd million.
The media are too thick to acknowledge Haaland's release clause. Well, actually they aren't, they know exactly what they are doing.
The perspective of silly release clauses?
Of course it can work, against the right opponent and at the right time. It's a matter of percentage going for particular skills. PL defenders aren't immune from being toyed with
Purposefully ignorant to pretend Haaland was that cheap.
But Grealish cost around the same. Swings and roundabouts
True, and if you put the emphasis on negotiation ability it's obviously silly to compare.
But once you put that aside, the bottom line is still that whether you talk about planning or pulling power, City are doing better.
So you’re saying he’s better than both of them combined?
And they would definitely not talk about the wages, the fees paid to agents, granny, barber etc. Whereas its 150m deal for Casemiro, extremely bad business blah blah.
They’re also not acknowledging all the ‘gifts’ he’s receiving from the Middle East.
You can clearly see the defeat in Haaland's eyes with Antony showing him the L.
Probably been mentioned before but it does seem we need a better RB than we have to fully unlock him.
Not really. Haaland went to Dortmund because he knew he could get that clause in without that he would have cost €150 million. City are also not in a position where they had to buy certainties. Hence the money on Alvarez who realistically could have been/still might be a flop.
In fact, considering Fofana, gibbs white, Koylibaly etc. break down those deals andAntony really is only a marginal rip off.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12632988/erling-haaland-man-city-confirm-signing-of-borussia-dortmund-striker-in-51m-deal#:~:text=Manchester City have announced the,costs are taken into account.
Haaland was £85.5m, which is a smidge over 100m euros.
Haaland was £85.5m, which is a smidge over 100m euros.
That we know of.
Media is not interested to show the REAL numbers behind the haaland deal and even the Athletic has written that his contract has lot more conditions than other players.
So why the feck is it so widely reported as the £51m that Dortmund received?!
Is it just me or is his acceleration really good? He seems quite adept at changing directions because of that low center of gravity. This would make him a weapon against those low blocking teams. Excited to watch a flair player like him in our club, would be such a huge change
What is wrong with release clauses, it's credit to the buyer still. There was a release clause for us also, but he clearly was never interested in coming here.
Pure BS.
City paid €60M to Dortmund and €40M in agent fees, so it is €100M cost on it is own
Nani was quality for us, if Antony turn out to reach his peak, then we are having a top class player. Better than the rashfords and martials of the past 5 years.
Proper hilarious when they leave out the fact Haaland is free to leave via a release clause a few years into his City contract, they bowed to his every wish just to get him to sign on the dotted line, its just very very bad and on purpose media spin.
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