Not a great defender better in the attacking aspect expect city to ship goals again next season, pep won't learn or listen.
Benjamin Mendy | Man City player
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This one hurts more than the Silva signing
City not fecking about are they.
Great signing and the man will get about 10-15 assists next season with how good his crossing is.....
There's a long summer ahead so wouldn't get ahead of ourselves too soon, but they're doing the business early that's for sure.
With regards to the second part, a full season of Jesus for them, plus Aguero too of course, is not a shabby front line.
Why are Monaco allowing all their talent to be pilfered so easily? At this rate they'll be struggling to field a team come September.
Can't help but admire City's "if you can't beat them, buy out their team" strategy. If you've got the cash though..
Can't help but admire City's "if you can't beat them, buy out their team" strategy. If you've got the cash though..
Fabinho?
Shush all of you, you're not supposed to complain.
You're supposed to fine with great players that play in positions we need to strengthen going to your closest rival. Especially if there are feck all options in the market apart from said players.
You're supposed to fine with great players that play in positions we need to strengthen going to your closest rival. Especially if there are feck all options in the market apart from said players.
He got 5 this year with Monaco scoring bucket loads in the league. Two in champions league. I know he is a great young player who will keep on improving but i think him signing for city is overhyping him.
He's a good player, not great though, he has a few glaring weaknesses that can be exposed. He'll improve them no doubt but there are still other options out there.
The problem is that the moaning becomes tiresome because it's the same shite every year. It's not just with City either, it also happens when the likes of Chelsea or Arsenal sign someone. Constant crying of 'can't believe we weren't in for him' and other nonsense.
I think the main reason why people are worried is that we're linked with relatively average players like Dier and Keane when we really need serious improvements.
Don't be surprised if they have replacements lined up for these players either from within the club or cheap as chips from some other side in the league who turn out to be just as good.
It's their scouting network and youth development we should be eyeing up.
With this rate Monaco will fight for relegation next season 
Anyway, he's a typical Pep full back. Full backs are very important in Pep's style so it's not strange they're gunning for Mendy and Walker.
Anyway, he's a typical Pep full back. Full backs are very important in Pep's style so it's not strange they're gunning for Mendy and Walker.
Our plan should just sign whoever Monaco are looking at as his replacement.
It changed Manchester calm down lol
I can't say his name in my head without it sounding like the latter half of Moyes failed attempt to say Illarramendi. feck you Moyes.
Yeah because we should trust the keyboard monkeys who have scrolled through the Football Manager database and decided that Mendy has the best potential rating.
Like others have said Mendy is good but not great, definitely potential, but not there yet.
We can't go buying every good player simply to stop our rival doing so. Chelsea did that in 2005 and that didn't turn out very well.
Left back is far from our priority. Yes we need to sort it out but we have much more significant priorities to deal with.
I would trust Mourinho and the network of coaches and scouts to figure out what we need and strengthen and who to strengthen with.
Well, he is a player who I was hoping we'd get to solve our problem of LB. Every single time someone plays in our LB postion, we either have a RB, or CB playing and basically they are making do. I won't bother mentioning Shaw, because he just isn't good enough to play for us (he has proven this beyond doubt, during the last 3 years).
We need a specialist LB.
This is true. The Keane link, is just bizarre. I think all our current CBs are better than Keane. What also worries me about Keane is, why aren't any other top clubs interested in him?
Indeed. Attack has been our weakness all season long.
We need to replace our 6 league goal per season attackers with personnel who have an eye for goal.
I don't know if it's very realistic for clubs to think they can pull off the trick of developing players to that level and then replacing them with cheaper versions and remain competitive in the way Monaco currently are. I'm struggling to think off any club who have consistently won titles, gone far in Europe and still sold off their best players repeatedly.
Do you think Mendy only exists in video games? How ignorant does one have to be to think that everyone who rates a non-PL player just watches them on YouTube or plays FIFA?
Just because you don't watch him doesn't mean others don't. This is the worst type of argument.
My argument is that because we haven't signed every single good player within 4 days of ending the season that all of a sudden the people whose job it is to scout players no longer know what they're doing. People throw all their toys out of the prom without having the slightest clue as to who United are even targeting. If you need any further evidence of this just jump over to the Perisic thread.
Not true.
I hope we hijack this, a la Willian back in the day.
How many of you have seen more than 2-3 matches from this guy?
I'd imagine quite a number, Monaco have been really good to watch. I know quite a few people who have taken time to watch them due to their ridiculous scoring rate which people started to pick up on around January or something like that.
Let me rephrase, I don't think the majority of people who feel bad about City signing this guy actually know how good/well-fitting he actually is.
He is a good fit, I won't deny that. He's not as bad as some are making out (exaggerating his weaknesses etc) but he's also not as good as some others are making out, he'll fit their system though we'll just have to hope he plays rubbish all season!
That's sensible. So far, from i see Pepinho is going all-in on attack and it will be interesting to see who else they're signing and how they perform/fit the team.
I'd say he would make a better wing back than orthodox LB and if they (City) get Walker as well I could imagine a back 3 being played allowing more attacking options in midfield
City is going bananas with their spending this summer
So he's not on the plane to Manchester but at the Champs Elysees? So much for panic eh
Maybe he is doing a small tour in Paris before going to Manchester. I am not too fussed anyway about him.
I think best comparison you can have is if Valencia was converted to a full back at a younger age. Also with a little less pace. Mendy is quick, but valencia was quicker. Good signing for whoever he signs and can become one of the best, but is not there yet. Having watched him i can tell you he gives away ball too much. He tries risky passes and that causes possession loss which i think Pep will hate. Also he is also like Valencia limited in use of the weaker foot.
I have a feeling and i think it might happen that Pep plays him in Central defense also in some games. He can build from the back and step out of defense. He can play the Left back, left wing back and even left centre back(but his position is suspect) maybe in a 3.
I think he will also improve further as he seems to have a good attitude. Whoever signs him gets a good player but not Dani alves nor bosingwa. Somewhere in the middle with a greater future if he can apply himself.
I have a feeling and i think it might happen that Pep plays him in Central defense also in some games. He can build from the back and step out of defense. He can play the Left back, left wing back and even left centre back(but his position is suspect) maybe in a 3.
I think he will also improve further as he seems to have a good attitude. Whoever signs him gets a good player but not Dani alves nor bosingwa. Somewhere in the middle with a greater future if he can apply himself.
I think smaller clubs on the relative scale know that the sharks are always going to be circling when they strike gold, and for that reason, have to have a contingency plan in place for their own good. Even if they don't want to sell, once those players have their head turned, they've lost them in part, even if they make them stay, so it makes sense all round to sell.
Porto's model was successful for a long time but has lost a bit of steam over the last few years.
Monaco did it in the last 3 years, obviously there will always be down seasons like last year. At the moment the only players that aren't really replaced are Fabinho and Bakayoko, the rest already have their successors at the club and they are pretty good, in the case Mendy if Monaco manages to sign Maouassa they will have someone arguably as talented as Mendy.
I love watching Maouassa play, have Monaco been linked with him? That's the first I've heard of that, but you just got me very excited. I hope they can seal the deal in that case.
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