Yeah genuinely the most laughable comment i read today. City is the definition of anti- fair play.
Erling Haaland
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Perfectly said.
If it happens, this will be the first time City have successfully gone all in for the super high profile player. We weren’t in protracted bidding wars for Dias, Bernardo, Walker, Rodri, Toure, Silva etc and De Bruyne was branded an “ex-Chelsea flop” when City paid £60m for him.
Since Pep arrived (and before that - after the initial silliness with Kaka etc), City have generally focused on recruiting players who don’t have huge “brands” or egos. The Grealish signing changed that, but I don’t think it’s fair to compare us with the consistent signings of R9, Zidane, Beckham, Owen, Bale etc yet.
Raiola ruining yet another young career. Making 21 yo kid, whose biggest achievement so far has been winning German Cup, the highest earning player in the PL is a recipe for disaster. Just mentally, that’s a immense burden on him.
Anyways, feck those oil merchants.
Anyways, feck those oil merchants.
I’m interested in the recent signings and how the squad will shape up as Pep hasn’t ever really rebuilt one of his own teams before.
Grealish an odd one don’t think he’s half as good as your current starters and you have Alvarez coming in , I’d imagine big money on Haaland and most likely Rice. Will be interesting if that works under pep and who else he goes for.
News to me
Looks like he’s agreed personal terms with Man City, will be on the region of 500k a week.
He’s a sensational striker and will score bucket loads of goals but the jury’s out on if City as a team will improve with Haaland in the side!
Ruud Van Nistelrooy was a great striker for us and ridiculously productive but only helped us to one league title!
Ruud Van Nistelrooy was a great striker for us and ridiculously productive but only helped us to one league title!
Has he ever managed to stay fit the whole season though.
Will be surprised if Pep goes for him if he has the option for Kane as he is more of a footballer than the white Lukaku and Pep is all about good footballers.
I wonder what football club City will buy his dad
Bryne would be my guess. His and Erling's boyhood club.
Haven’t been this excited about a signing in a while so fingers crossed. Lots of people seem to be comparing him with other strikers at their peak (e.g. Kane) but he’s only 21. The way I see it is that he’s an absolute monster in front of goal and any other weaknesses can be addressed in good time - 82 goals in 85 games at Dortmund is ridiculous.
At the same age Kane was half way through having his first breakthrough season at Spurs when he scored 21 PL goals. The two aren’t all that comparable at their respective ages.
At the same age Kane was half way through having his first breakthrough season at Spurs when he scored 21 PL goals. The two aren’t all that comparable at their respective ages.
Never set foot in England and already the highest paid in the land wow, this is why players hire Raiola no matter how much we hate it as fans
What? He was born there.
Of all the transfers that will happen this year, i hope this is the one that will be an almighty massive flop.
No surprises if he goes to City. Most reasonable clubs would absolutely shudder at paying Raiola the kind of commissions he wants
Genuinely glad we aren't involved in this. I could imagine the numpty Woodward chasing the guy all summer and offering to pay that vile agent more than City.
Half a million per week in wages. Footballs gone mad. It’s ruined
greedy and corrupt.
Footballs gone mad. It’s ruined greedy and corrupt.So weirdly completely unbothered. If anything there’s hope it goes a bit like Grealish because on paper he isn’t the ideal Pep striker at all.
He's a little injury prone yes
Had they got him this season they'd probably have at least done for the treble. Good for Liverpool that they are still CF less.
Will be very interesting to see how Haaland adapts to Guardiola football. Seeing as he is a very individualistic player. Joining a team that play as a collective will be a challenge.
Also be good to see him up against PL defenders. He may turn out to be as good as very one says or we will discover as we have with Sancho and Werner that Bundesliga teams leave themselves far too open for counters on transitions and that when going up a level in league quality, the performances haven't matched the output in the Bundesliga.
Also be good to see him up against PL defenders. He may turn out to be as good as very one says or we will discover as we have with Sancho and Werner that Bundesliga teams leave themselves far too open for counters on transitions and that when going up a level in league quality, the performances haven't matched the output in the Bundesliga.
Could of "vitamins" and tokes on an inhaler prescribed by Uncle Pep and he'll have bones of steel and muscles/ligament like thick rubber.
No I reckon he won't fit in well with City. He would take away from the overall play of City. I think people are in for a big shock regarding Haaland. City also constantly play against low blocks so that would severely limit Haaland's go-to weapon that is running in behind.
I could be completely wrong ofcourse. Just my gut feeling.
I'm worried he might add some personality to City
You know we have a 37 year old on that already? Neymar, Messi and Mbappe earns more.....Half a million per week in wages.
City would be unbeatable.
Fecks sake there was a time players chose United before City. How time's have changed
Fecks sake there was a time players chose United before City. How time's have changed
did I say that their wages weren’t ridiculous?
I’m pretty sure I said football is mad right now?
Cool, so instead of city winning 4-0 they'll win 5-0 instead.
He will give City a different option that's for sure, but in the end it won't change much IMO. If anything it's probably future proofing for when Pep does leave.
He will give City a different option that's for sure, but in the end it won't change much IMO. If anything it's probably future proofing for when Pep does leave.
Really hope that's the case. I found his general play unimpressive and hence wasn't convinced by the hype initially, but then the fecker just kept scoring at a phenomenal rate. Hopefully we are all together in our hope for him to be a massive let down at City !
It will help them win title face-offs like the one against Liverpool which they'd have won easily with a quality striker.
It'll change back once we get a proper manager and Guardiola leaves.
Does he fit in playing ticki tacka vs teams parking the bus ? Also most galacticos flop anyway so.
So we agree that it was already mad? The numbers are insane, but did you really think Haaland would demand less in the current market?
City and PSG are a disgrace but then, no one was stopping them.
As with any signing there is a degree of risk especially at that price.
he’s undeniably a quality striker with the numbers to back it up but Werner was ripping it up in the Bundesliga as was Sancho and that’s not to discredit the league it’s just different.
He has all the hallmarks of a premier league striker however he also has a horrible injury record as of late and it’s only going to get more physical in England, he’ll need a season or two to fit in and there’s no guarantee he will be a success.
The biggest thing it will cause is a meltdown in our fans and the few city fans who already are confident they’ll win the league will enjoy the idea of a charismatic goal scorer.
we’ve got one of those already
he’s undeniably a quality striker with the numbers to back it up but Werner was ripping it up in the Bundesliga as was Sancho and that’s not to discredit the league it’s just different.
He has all the hallmarks of a premier league striker however he also has a horrible injury record as of late and it’s only going to get more physical in England, he’ll need a season or two to fit in and there’s no guarantee he will be a success.
The biggest thing it will cause is a meltdown in our fans and the few city fans who already are confident they’ll win the league will enjoy the idea of a charismatic goal scorer.
we’ve got one of those already
What you're describing is just City switching back from a style that hasn't worked very well and is only necessary because we have no striker, back to the style that worked really well when we had a striker. I welcome it.
Everything we've achieved in the last few years has been in spite of playing strikerless, not because of it.
Given the fact his overall game won’t be at their level yet, I can’t begin to imagine how many of those manhandling, manic, post-game, pitchside pep talks he’s going to be seen giving Haaland, where he spends four or five minutes after a 6-0 win gesticulating in his face.
I can't for a second figure out why we'd want Rice
Well that’s the league done for the next year or two anyway
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