He's alright but feck me, £30m is a bit steep for him if it goes through. Suppose that's what you get buying in January though.
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City agree £30m fee with Swansea for Bony
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He's alright but feck me, £30m is a bit steep for him if it goes through. Suppose that's what you get buying in January though.
Aren't they screwing themselves for the summer with FFP, when some top quality talent might actually be available? Or do they that desperately need another striker this season?
30 MILLION?!
Swansea doesn't need to worry. They have Nelson Oliveira 
Did he kick the ball yet?
Did he kick the ball yet?Maybe they are worried about Aguerro staying fit.
£30 mill, fecking hell!
Swansea doesn't need to worry. They have Nelson Oliveira
Probably missing in action in some club in Swansea already.
He's a beast of a striker, can play in Champions League too.
Good signing.
Good signing.
Isn't he heading off soon for the Cup of Nations? So they basically get 3 months out of him, when if they wait till summer they could have got someone better
Aguero doesn't remain fit, and I dunno what the story with Dzeko is, but they never seem to trust him. They need a proven Premier League goalscorer, and Bony is one. I did comment on him being the best shit player in the league a few weeks back though. Also, isn't he off to Africa this month? Anyway, City's gonna City.
He's a quality player and 30mil in today's market is about the going rate for a proven goalscorer.
They should have kept Negredo instead though. He's better IMO.
They should have kept Negredo instead though. He's better IMO.
Who exactly?
Can he? I read he can't due to the FFP restrictions. Maybe I'm mis-remembering that.
If he's worth 30m then maybe Messi is worth 250m
Still more than just decent signing for Premier League.
Decent striker, but nothing more for me. Don't really see how he'll ever be more than a backup's backup at City, so £30m is crazy. Particularly considering they can't exactly throw money around as they want due to FFP. But who knows, I might end up looking like an idiot when he's scored a hattrick in a CL final.
Good player, but he isn't really an upgrade on Dzeko, and for 30 million you would really expect that.
Wow that's crazy money.
I don't see why they didn't just keep Negredo? Spending for spending sake.
Oh well yeah he's a decent player but not better than Dzeko or Aguero IMO.
Oh well yeah he's a decent player but not better than Dzeko or Aguero IMO.
Another 30 million bites the dust.
And another potential Liverpool target goes to someone else, just hope they dont get Lacazette.
And another potential Liverpool target goes to someone else, just hope they dont get Lacazette.
He's a good striker who I expect to be a relative success, but dear me, £30M?
I don't know, seems like a nice fella and a good player but at that price I'm hoping he turns out to be another Benjani for them.
This is too easy for City. We can criticize all we want but at least they respond to their problems with haste.
He's like the Ba signing for Chelsea couple of years ago. Good player but doesn't worry me at all as a player who would put City on another level.
Hernandez at £30 would be a better deal for them, and more than we would get for him, not that I'd want him going there, but there aren't a shortage of good forwards.
Madness.
I was just about to say that I think he is an upgrade on Dzeko. He possesses the same power but has more to his game when the ball is at his feet, IMO.
City create an incredible amount of chances, but haven't looked too potent without an actual centre forward. I think he'll do very well there.
Still, I'd take Benteke of Bony.
30 million for a player who's off to the African Nations cup? Doesn't make much sense. Plus, can they afford him? What happened to FFP?
Great deal for Swansea if it goes through. They don't need to sell, but an offer like this might never come around again when Citys interest will probably be elsewhere in the summer. They should take it. Not worth the fee but a handy player who can score goals consistently for them right now.
Reminds me a bit of your Fellaini signing under Moyes. Decent footballer going for about £10m more than he should. Could (should) have signed him for £11m less in the summer. I'm grateful because it means I won't have to watch him sign for us.
January tax means a £20m player goes for £30m.
Strange signing really if he is a stop gap as he is going to ACN, so won't be around for a while. I don't get it.......
Think he is decent and will probably do OK, but he's hardly a superstar
Strange signing really if he is a stop gap as he is going to ACN, so won't be around for a while. I don't get it.......
Think he is decent and will probably do OK, but he's hardly a superstar
You would expect one of there Strikers will be sold since they now have 5 good ones on the books if you include Bony
Not sure about Hernandez at £30 million being better, personally.
And I actually don't see many strikers out there.
Bony's one of those who'll just score goals. Put him Arsenal's team, Tottenham's, Liverpool's - he'll score goals.
Barring a horrendous injury or him being benched every game, I don't see any reasons why he couldn't translate his Swansea record (or close to that record) to City. And he's made for this league. no question marks in that regard.
The double standards regarding prices here
In what sense?The double standards regarding prices here
Is he that much better than Dzeko? or even better for that matter.
Or maybe they're going to get a big fee for Aguero in the summer
Instead you can watch the world class Balotelli and Lambert line up for you instead. Bony would have been a decent signing for Liverpool.
He's a good player but the fee is just silly. At the end of the day, they're going to have two £30 million strikers on the bench come full fitness.
But I think we need to accept that that's how squad's are now assembled. Squad players cost more than ever before and the rotation policy team's adopt ensures that there is, more often than not, enough games for everybody.
I think Bony is a good player, but there's something clumsy about him. And while I don't think it necessarily will happen, I wouldn't be surprised if this run of form was more of a prolonged purple patch at the smaller club; the ultimate result of that meaning he completely falls off the radar.
But I think we need to accept that that's how squad's are now assembled. Squad players cost more than ever before and the rotation policy team's adopt ensures that there is, more often than not, enough games for everybody.
I think Bony is a good player, but there's something clumsy about him. And while I don't think it necessarily will happen, I wouldn't be surprised if this run of form was more of a prolonged purple patch at the smaller club; the ultimate result of that meaning he completely falls off the radar.