Bernardo Silva | Bouhafsi - 70m Euros, 5 year contract. Going to City CONFIRMED
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Who are you to judge?
I don't think we do honestly, against possession based teams we'll play on the counter and a player like James who is far more direct in his play would suit us better than someone like Silva. Even in general, with the type of football we play we need more direct players than the tricky silky smooth artists like Silva. He has chosen the perfect team for his playstyle, we'll pursue a different type of player (if any) for wide options. People forget we have similar player of his profile (not saying better) in our squad. Mkhi, Mata being perfect examples of this.
It's all a moot point though because I believe we are not gonna sign James since Griezmann looks likely and Silva is off to City.
We never wanted the guy ffs
I am sure you'd argue we never wanted kante and mane and hazard and matic and sanchez as well.
Still learning the art.
Mata is slow and not a winger , and Mkh is being overrated here, he looses the ball too many times in high pressure. It makes us go defensive.
Looks like the fan boys will have to buy a City shirt to have his name on the back.
Will they win every game 6-5?
You can't win them all, but Silva is not a Mourinho style of play. You might have wanted him but he clearly didn't.
Can see why he bought him after this.
Nooooo
Oh well. We'll be after better players. I'd take Griezmann over Silva anyway.
Oh well. We'll be after better players. I'd take Griezmann over Silva anyway.
He'd suit Chelsea, or a replacement for Ozil at Arsenal.
Yes, Mkhi has not quite turned out to be the player we were all hoping. He is still neat and tidy and I am hoping the "takes a season to settle properly" thing is true.
You talk like he's going to unearth a ronaldo from protugal like sir alex did when we missed ronaldhinho. There are very less top quality out there in the market for sale.
Not gonna argue with any of that. I guess it's a matter of my personal preference ( which matters feck all).
If fair weather fan like you who thinks City will be better to watch wants to go. go with my blessing.
Seriously, you won't be missed
You missed the point again, neither of them are wingers. Not Bernardo Silva either, he is not going to utilize width of the pitch or beat his full back and whip a cross in. He's likely to cut inside and play much more centrally in tandem with other Silva and KDB. Which is exactly what Lingard, Mata, Mkhi do when we play them on wing. We need a different type of option out wide, Silva is a great player but not the player we were in need of.
I've spent my lunch break catching up on this saga since page 49. Some mental meltdowns in here! I'm gutted we missed out on him as he's a magical player, but after reading some of the articles on show I think we were interested but it was never concrete and City's interest was, and that he was not one of the main targets Jose gave to Woodward. Shame he's going to City but we will sign some cracking quality players too I'm sure, season only finished 48 hours ago!! Stay strong muppets
I believe he's joking. @Ban is normally one of the most positive on this forum.
Oh thank you dear sir, thank you for letting me go and giving me your blessing.
Forget Silva.
Jose, please get Renato Sanchez!
I hope Bayern gives us that lad. He is going to become a big star.
People here will forget Silva once they see Griezmann, James, and Sanchez combining.
Jose, please get Renato Sanchez!
I hope Bayern gives us that lad. He is going to become a big star.
People here will forget Silva once they see Griezmann, James, and Sanchez combining.
Who? Never even heard of the guy, let them have him.
Very correct.
If only we can have the real Mikhi next season.
Many of the transfer talks here would be meaningless if Mikhi and Martial had shown us their real forms.
Or did we just witness their REAL forms???
This. So wanted him last year
No you are missing the point, I know of bernardo silva's shortcommings against bus parking defenses , but when you play against the likes of pep and klopp and bayern and barcelona you need a player who can hold the ball better under pressure and circulate it. Or you need a bale or ronaldo to make off the ball attacking runs and passing range to release the pressure and strech the high line which is pressing to win the ball back.
We all saw what happened when city played at old trafford in the first half, we are just helping them playing second fiddle inthe market.
I was joking mate!
You don't have my blessing
please, I want to leave where grass is greener and the sun is brighter.We have Angel Gomes. Folks are forgetting that he promoted him to 1st team action at 16! He could have gone with older players but didn't.
I think he's seen something special there
Good point.
Yeah sure because he is so good defensively
Both tranfers won't make City a better team. Hope it continues like this
Yeah, agree about Mendy. I was watching this Monaco match once and he was attacking and I was like "Wow, that is great", and then the opposition made a simple counter and he was all over the place and was struggling to put in a simple tackle and that immediately made me doubt his defensive abilities.
Don't think Mendy is one of our targets. City should get him. Would turn out to be something like Mangala.
How can you say we're playing second fiddle in the market when we're most likely going to sign a player that finished 3rd in the Ballon d'or?
I go away for a few hours and come back to this drama
Going by the rumours, Jose wants Griezmann and another striker, it leaves no space for Silva. We still have Mata, Micki, Rashford and Martial. It's all good if we get Griezmann in the end
Still, it's good business by City. Seemed to come out of nowhere too, hope their summer isn't this organised. They seem to have a clear plan atm
Going by the rumours, Jose wants Griezmann and another striker, it leaves no space for Silva. We still have Mata, Micki, Rashford and Martial. It's all good if we get Griezmann in the end
Still, it's good business by City. Seemed to come out of nowhere too, hope their summer isn't this organised. They seem to have a clear plan atm
James does not suit us , at all. nither does sanchez and pogba can play together in a 4231.
Would have been a nice player to have, but not for that amount. I'd pay the extra £16-25m and grab a superstar in Griezmann.
I go away for a few hours and come back to this drama
Going by the rumours, Jose wants Griezmann and another striker, it leaves no space for Silva. We still have Mata, Micki, Rashford and Martial. It's all good if we get Griezmann in the end
Still, it's good business by City. Seemed to come out of nowhere too, hope their summer isn't this organised. They seem to have a clear plan atm
Our wings are still shite though.
I must admit I'd never even heard of Silva before this season, I watched him againest City and he was very impressive.
Was he always a top young player who was due a breakout season?
Was he always a top young player who was due a breakout season?
Where the feck did City come from? I checked this thread in the morning and saw nothing, suddenly 14 hours later I log back on to see he's already doing a medical with City
City are in for one crazy summer.
70 m for a great player. Then on to replace:
Yaya
Fernandinho (32 years)
Clichy
Zabaleta
Sagna
70 m for a great player. Then on to replace:
Yaya
Fernandinho (32 years)
Clichy
Zabaleta
Sagna
Gurardiola sticking his nose in our buisness and doing negetive campaigning against us , the war is truly on and its gonna get bitter now , We Effing get to our senses he and city is going to do everything to again and competitve edge and force his philosophy down to epl teams. He dint even need a creative player yet sticking his nose here.
We must get fabinho now.
We must get fabinho now.
Some of the reactions are hilarious .
He didn't suit what we needed what so ever. It's annoying City are signing a true talented player but he just wasn't made for us.
Can't believe Monaco got that amount of money too
.He didn't suit what we needed what so ever. It's annoying City are signing a true talented player but he just wasn't made for us.
Can't believe Monaco got that amount of money too
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