My patience with Rashford was wearing thin last season but he was putting up good numbers in terms of goals so could half forgive him. I feel he tried to do too much and has lost his dribbling ability that was once tearing fullbacks like TAA. Sancho will be a warm welcome as he’s a dribbling master.
Jadon Sancho | £72.9M fee agreed
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For 22/23 season
Sancho (aged 22) ------ Haaland (22) ------- Amad (20)
Rather exciting, young & talented front 3.
He was literally injured for most of the season to be fair, probably the main factor in him not being himself.
and we pay for Sancho and Haaland with NFTs of the hyphens in your post?
Really big signing this if it happens which I think it will !
Rashford — Cavani — Sancho
Martial — Greenwood - Amad
Now that’s a lot better depth and besides Cavani a very young exciting set of attacking players, if next year you could add Haaland in that bunch then game over
Rashford — Cavani — Sancho
Martial — Greenwood - Amad
Now that’s a lot better depth and besides Cavani a very young exciting set of attacking players, if next year you could add Haaland in that bunch then game over
Sancho on the left, Cavani in the middle, Greenwood on the right. Rashford on the bench. Martial on the plane.
Yeah but three of those 4 turns 29 or 30 this season - we will have three players turning 20, 22 and 24 - so there is a difference
Yeah that's been the narrative of a few people on here since last summer because he's not 100% right. And because he supposedly knows about every transfer (which he clearly doesn't post about all of them) and he was posting other people's info (he corrected that and started crediting).
would've been nice to have him last year but I think it's good we didn't just pay what they wanted
we need to cultivate a better image in the transfer market, both with transfer fees and wages.. or teams and agents will keep taking us for a ride
Phew! This must be one of the easiest transfers ever. Smooth sailing all the way. Well done Murtoch!
We can lock up this thread in the next 24hrs and start the Sancho Performance thread immediately. Bet miraclously, Sancho starts on Tuesday!
#agentsouthgate
We can lock up this thread in the next 24hrs and start the Sancho Performance thread immediately. Bet miraclously, Sancho starts on Tuesday!
#agentsouthgate
I can’t see the post you are responding to - I have the poster in ignore. But well said
I'd love to go back to a 4-4-2 formation against low block teams.
------------------McTominay---------------
---------------------Bruno---------------------
Sancho-------------------------Rashford
-------Greenwood---Cavani------
------------------McTominay---------------
---------------------Bruno---------------------
Sancho-------------------------Rashford
-------Greenwood---Cavani------
I have it on good authority that this deal will be done in the next 48 hours. Brad Pitts from Preston and Bjork from Bonar Regis confirmed on twatter a few minutes ago..
Followed by Nick "the butcher" Notley from Bolton.
The stars are aligning.
Followed by Nick "the butcher" Notley from Bolton.
The stars are aligning.
Not me....i think they are slowly in the decline with their impact and effectiveness plus their age.
The only advantage is that they know their system and have played together for three seasons.
We most certainly need a top defensive midfielder, I ain't comfortable with McT there.
Eh.. Liverpool?
He along with the medical team and the management agreed that a half-fit Rashford needs to be out there every game. So he takes big part of the blame for all those half-arsed performances.
Well maybe a half fit Rashford was still better than our other options. I doubt anyone else in our squad would have contributed as much
Yep
You would really need a Casemiro type CDM to even think about getting away with something like this.
I think a good pairing at centre-half with McTominay learning the trade would work. I'm not suggesting using the system against the very top teams but against teams who use low blocks. It worked with Scholes/Carrick and Scholes/Keane who were hardly specialist defensive midfielders.
If City were verge of signing young, home-grown talent we let go as a youngster we’d not hear end of it. His City roots seem to have been expunged from all coverage
Very true
Have to say and not trying to be a dick because its a monster forward line we are assembling but so much less aggressive than Rooney Tevez Ronaldo. It Really needs Haaland in there or someone like that next once Cavani winds down and a pure bastard in DM
No surprise there. It’s not an interesting story because City are stacked and are winning everything in sight domestically and going deep in European competitions.
You are afforded more missteps when you’re winning and scrutiny of every decision is much higher for teams who are struggling to perform at the expected level.
Might be because he only truly established himself in Germany after leaving there
Yeah you know old oil-rich money-bags Liverpool
It would be like City signing Pogba that time.
That's because nobody cares about City. They don't generate clicks.
Only because they were top tier midfielders, mctom is nowhere near their levels
Have to say and not trying to be a dick because its a monster forward line we are assembling but so much less aggressive than Rooney Tevez Ronaldo. It Really needs Haaland in there or someone like that next once Cavani winds down and a pure bastard in DM
I was not really saying quality wise. Just when we need a goal we should be going for broke like Fergie used to do and sacrificing a Midfielder to get all our best forwards on the pitch.
Ole only ever seems to do like for like subs.
At 17! Him and Foden are the same age! Two months difference in it only.
I've always found him underwhelming for the fees that are banded about for him. Granted i don't watch him week in week out, but the top German games i've watched him i've never seen the hype. It's the same whenever he's got minutes for England, it's always underwhelming.
But young enough to have a high ceiling, in a position that is not easy to find.
But young enough to have a high ceiling, in a position that is not easy to find.
Yea he was earmarked for big things from the start.
He was a part of arguably the best U-17 English side ever and was probably the highest rated player on that team. Even more than his academy mate Foden.
No surprise that we wanted to sign him when he announced he was leaving City
Was a bit of a shame for him he actually didn't play in the latter stages of the under 17 world cup since he was playing first team football by then
Well kinda disappointed tbh, I was expecting some news today, granted there's no need to rush anything but let's get it finished and move into the next target,
If Ben White is going for at least £45M quid, then Jadon's £75M is starting to look reasonable.
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