City agree £30m fee with Swansea for Bony

Ayush_reddevil said:
In the sense that the big clubs just have to pay the big bucks these days, most of our summer signings were overpriced as well
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We've overpaid for players who would all get into our starting lineup and improve us. City have overpaid for someone who would just about make their bench when all their players are fit.
 
Polite Poster said:
He's currently on loan at Valencia but it seems there is a compulsory buy clause in the contract and the figure quoted is £25m. But who knows for sure.
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I saw €27m which works out as roughly £20m. They are still making a profit on a striker who, going only by stats, hasn't been great and/or has likely suffered injuries.
 
Polite Poster said:
Negredo wasn't happy at City and City will get £25m for him and so 'only' another £5m to get Bony who is younger and better imho.

Aguero is not leaving. Bony will play alongside Aguero. Dzeko doesn't work well with Aguero, Jovetic is more creative like a half striker half AM.

I think Dzeko will be the one to leave if anyone does but maybe no-one will. Pellegrini likes to play with 2 strikers and to do that you need 4 strikers in the squad, especially as Aguero and Jovetic seem to be injury prone.

As for those saying what's the point in buying him he's off to ACON. The AFCON is all over on Feb 8th plus I am sure City are buying him for the future not just this season.

Good signing imo. Could well help seal the PL Title.
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Who will buy Negredo for 25m???
 
If it is £30m cash or likely instalments then hats off to Swansea. Cashing in on a player at the peak of his form is a great move for a club of their size and needs.

It'll no doubt be a bitter pill to swallow for the fans but the sustainability of the club is foremost given the ownership style post-takeover under Huw Jenkins and co. With a fraction of that money they could find another Michu or Bony as they have done previously.

Bony is an upgrade to the lost position of Negredo that City have missed this season. His style entrenches the City 4-4-2 / 4-2-3-1 formation further also. His physicality and ability to make chances and goals out of nothing on his own, a la Aguero, will do well. That said, his lack of mobility should be a concern but perhaps it will allow Aguero to cover less ground, face less challenges and save his legs too. Will force the midfield to continue to do the bulk of the work in attacking phases there while also reducing their threat on pacey counters in favour of bulldozing Premier League teams.
 
30 million is not a bad price at the going rate. If he gets a chance to play, he will bring goals to the team. With the amount of scoring chances that City create, he will thrive at City.
 
Sly said:
It's implicit. It was a joke. I don't think he is good enough and Swansea will surely have to find a solution in the transfer market. By the way, i mantain the question, has he kicked the ball yet? Has he been seen in the Swansea nightlife?
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They have Batefimbi Gomis who is more than capable to lead their attack if you ask me. And £30 million is enough money for a midtable club to find a very good replacement (given they find someone who's available and wants to join them).

I don't mind Bony at City at all. He was excellent for Swansea but it's a whole other story at City. At that price, you'd want a (major) improvement on your current strikers but he's only in the same category as Dzeko (I rate Dzeko even higher to be fair). They should've waited until the summer and splashed their cash on Higuaín.
 
Very good player if that's the type of striker you're after. Will score goals anywhere, his record for this last year is pretty excellent too, isn't it?

Given how injury prone Aguero is a signing like this is pretty damn important for them.

Overpriced? Obviously, but we're hardly ones to preach given some of the money we spent in the summer.
 
SilentWitness said:
He won't be a stop gap. He's 26, which will mean that Dzeko and Negredo who are 28/29 respectively can be shifted and Aguero/Jovetic/Bony can be the three strikers which City operate with for the next couple of seasons.
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This was my immediate reaction; they sign Bony now and sell Dzeko and Negredo in the Summer, significantly reducing their salary bill and probably recouping the fee and then some, whilst acquiring a younger striker. They'll pass it off as their net spend being in the negative for 2015 (before Summer signings are taken into account).

Seems an outrageous price, but is only £10m more than Negredo's buyout clause.
 
RobinLFC said:
They have Batefimbi Gomis who is more than capable to lead their attack if you ask me. And £30 million is enough money for a midtable club to find a very good replacement (given they find someone who's available and wants to join them).

I don't mind Bony at City at all. He was excellent for Swansea but it's a whole other story at City. At that price, you'd want a (major) improvement on your current strikers but he's only in the same category as Dzeko (I rate Dzeko even higher to be fair). They should've waited until the summer and splashed their cash on Higuaín.
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Forgot about Gomis but i still mantain that with Gomis and Oliveira, they will have to buy another striker. It's not enough. Gomis is decent but he won't put up Bony's numbers. Oliveira had decent numbers at Rennes but the Premier League is harder than the french league and there's still the issue of his lack of profissionalism. Perhaps Monk can help with that.
 
I pretty much see him doing exactly what he's been doing at Swansea. Same type of goals etc.
He's just that type of striker. A bit like Benteke in that sense.
 
Mystry said:
I saw €27m which works out as roughly £20m. They are still making a profit on a striker who, going only by stats, hasn't been great and/or has likely suffered injuries.
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You may may correct.Either way it substantially eases the pain. Talk of Nastasic going to Shalke for £8-10m and Sinclair to Villa for >£3m
 
I think he'll be a good signing for them. I think he's a better option than Dzeko and Jovetic and both of them seem to be injured a lot.

Still, a little surprised at this and I wouldn't be that surprised if he flopped either.
 
He's definitely got something about him, but not sure if he's a glorified Yakubu or if he has Drogba beast potential to really kick on with age.

£30m seems steep but with the amount of chances Silva creates alone, he might score a few for them you know. I don't think it's particularly laughable, I think the funnier side of the coin is how the other two City forwards have been pretty poor goal scoring wise.
 
He will be a good signing, also the price it's probably not much off his real value like some here are implying, imo.

The thing you got to ask is why are they signing him now, considering he will be going to the ACON and will be unavailable when they need him the most?
 
Could go either way really but seems odd to splash 30 big ones on him

Would I be happy to see him in a United shirt? No. Sums up my feelings.
 
Polite Poster said:
You do know that Aguero suffers regular injuries ? And he is much better than Dzeko ! And that City have been playing without a striker for weeks !
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Well, if Aguero suffers regular injuries then you want at least someone close to his class to replace him, not another - good but nothing special striker, right?
That's the first time you've been playing without a striker in few years, because Dzeko is pretty much one of your healtiest players in the squad(one of the best things about him). Also him being much better than Dzeko is obviously bullshit. He could turn out to be, but no way you know that for sure that he is now. Actually, I am not sure(and no one else here from what I see) he is any better than him, let alone much better.

Cassidy said:
But he will likely be fit though unlike the rest tbh. Jovetic is injury prone and so is Agureo tbh. Not a bad backup to have around is Bony
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As I said, if they want someone to replace Aguero they should be in for better striker, as they already have decent backup in Dzeko, or Jovetic.
 
Clinical by city this. Only reason Chelsea didn't win the league last season is because they didn't have a proper striker. City have learnt from Chelsea's mistake and they're going to give it their all to win the league this season, and I'm sure that will see them profit on their 30m investment. If not, then fek it, they've got a decent striker anyway.
 
Bony strikes me as quite a similar style striker to Aguero. Certainly nothing like Dzeko.

I think Pellegrini is basically hiring Aguero's back up here on the assumption that he's going to continue getting injured. Perhaps this'll allow him to sub Aguero more regularly with a more competent like for like replacement to stop so many injuries.
 
Amar__ said:
Well, if Aguero suffers regular injuries then you want at least someone close to his class to replace him, not another - good but nothing special striker, right?
That's the first time you've been playing without a striker in few years, because Dzeko is pretty much one of your healtiest players in the squad(one of the best things about him). Also him being much better than Dzeko is obviously bullshit. He could turn out to be, but no way you know that for sure that he is now. Actually, I am not sure(and no one else here from what I see) he is any better than him, let alone much better.



As I said, if they want someone to replace Aguero they should be in for better striker, as they already have decent backup in Dzeko, or Jovetic.
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What a ridiculous notion. City should sign someone close in class to Aguero as a back-up ! I have news for you - there aren't too may strikers in the world that fit that bill.

I have watched Dzeko plenty and he drives me insane with his can't be arsed attitude. If he is going and Bony is coming in I, for one, am more than happy. Dzeko has scored some important goals for us but his all around play can be absolutely shocking and he rarely creates anything for himself ala Aguero and Bony.
 
Sied said:
Bony strikes me as quite a similar style striker to Aguero. Certainly nothing like Dzeko.

I think Pellegrini is basically hiring Aguero's back up here on the assumption that he's going to continue getting injured. Perhaps this'll allow him to sub Aguero more regularly with a more competent like for like replacement to stop so many injuries.
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I'd say he's definitely more Džeko than Agüero.
 
£30million does seems a bit steep, but at the same time money is no object for City so the price is largely irrelevent. Fact is, they've picked up a good player who will provide another option in the squad and might actually turn out to be quality for them.
 
26 years old, proven goalscorer and 3 and a half years on his contract, £30m is not a bad price in today's market.
 
Joemo said:
26 years old, proven goalscorer and 3 and a half years on his contract, £30m is not a bad price in today's market.
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Yeah, I really don't see how it's that steep in the context, it seems about right to me. If someone had asked me "how much should a club pay in January for the highest scoring striker in the calendar year who's 26 years old?", £30m would've seemed accurate.
 
A lot of us (including myself) laughed when City spent £34m on Fernandinho but I think he was money very well spent. Bony could help city win back to back titles and to them, that is worth £30m, especially in January. Chelsea appeared to be running away with the title earlier this season.

IMO Bony is better than Dzeko (in the EPL anyways).
 
Bob Loblaw said:
I'd say he's definitely more Džeko than Agüero.
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What makes you say that out of interest? I'd say there similar traits are the way they creates chances for themselves without necessarily relying on reliable supply, create space for themselves and their team mates, are strong and quick with low centers of gravity, can hold up the ball well, strong finishers, etc. Dzeko doesn't tick too many of those boxes imo.
 
30m might sound saucy, but aren't they currently playing Milner as a false 9?

He'll be effective for them, and at least worth the money, if not an incredible capture.
 
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