The Gazumped becomes the Gazumpee?
Kevin De Bruyne
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The Gazumped becomes the Gazumpee?
Are you sure he wouldn't be the star? Right now this team looks to me like it's missing a bit of star dust. Eventually Memphis could be but maybe right now it's best for him if he can get on with settling down etc. KDB could be our star. And I'm sure LVG has the right experience to handle different players in different ways.
Absolutely agree with this though! Transfer fees these days are almost becoming irrelevant. If you want a player and they will improve the side then you pay the money.
Reportedly the talks with City are about as advanced as we were with Pedro - it could be done. The real question is, are we actually interested? If so I'd be all up for it, he's a cracking player.
I agree I worry about griezmann in the epl and we still have smaller frame players already who get push off the ball to much...adnan, mata, Herrera to name a few
'Mama always used to say the transfer market is like a box of chocolates. The powerful clubs come along and take all the nice ones, and then you're left with your pick of the coffee or strawberry creams'.
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De Bruyne
let be honest, we clearly will not be able to steal De Bruyne. And Even if we did, it would be yet another pointless muscle flex show for the world and not really solve any problem with the squad. If we want a better No.10 performance out of the squad we have either player Mata there or Herrera. We do neither.
Yes De Bruyne looks an unreal player. But at the moment he is only a one season wonder imo. He, like Harry kane, have got it all to prove this year. De Bruyne fits Citys system and style 100% more than ours currently anyhow.
We are in abit of a mess if we are honest.
Yes De Bruyne looks an unreal player. But at the moment he is only a one season wonder imo. He, like Harry kane, have got it all to prove this year. De Bruyne fits Citys system and style 100% more than ours currently anyhow.
We are in abit of a mess if we are honest.
What's the difference between our front 3 and City's? If they buy him they will still have a number 10 on the right wing. If Mata was good enough to play there he would.
Why? What difference does it make to us?
I am really confused at these posts.
Needs more gazump.
No Gazumping here 
with time, opinions change?.
Hope we nick this deal at the very end.
So in the space of three days he's gone from the best number 10 to a potential one season wonder. And you gone from saying we don't have a number 10 to that we don't need one.
Ok.
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Herrera isnt a No.10 but would still work there seeing as last season he scored goals from a central midfield position. Mata is a classic No.10 as how I see them. Doesnt have the pace to work as a winger and drifts inside to his favoured position every chance he gets. Other than that this club doesnt have any proper No.10's besides the 2.
De Bruyne was last seasons best Assister and No.10 just like for me Harry Kane was the best No.9 for periods. But that was last season. This year is another year and my point is they COULD struggle to emulate last seasons performances.
And whilst I do think we need one long term (a no.10), what I mean is going forward with Van Gaal is seems obvious to me he isnt going to play the system that would utilize players like De Bruyne and Mata etc in their strongest ways. And really we have bigger problems with basically no striking options. We need an Aguero way more than a No.10
Would love him here, but I don't think he is a player that would thrive in LVG's rigid system, I think he needs more leeway. He's already failed under a similar strict manager in the PL.
Won't solve our problems.
He's more of a creator than a scorer isn't he? We seem to need to strengthen in other areas more, but it's odd because City IMO need him even less than we do. At least we have januzaj starting as a number 10 currently and he'd be a big upgrade I imagine, they have David Silva.
Yes but he will score goals AND also we need a creator. As much as every talks about our team without DiMaria we lack a real creatiive assists machine. We still need a striker though too
Not Louis's player. Ed trying to save his face after Pedro fiasco.
The strawberry creams are usually one of the first to go
Both. He had 20+ goals and 20+ assists last season.
But then Mata had the same numbers in his last full season for Chelsea.
As with Griezmann, we're most likely not in for him. It'll be Bale, Muller, Neymar or Noone, I presume.
Thats the part I doubt. We will sign someone, in a panic.
I don't think we will. LvG stated that we don't require a forward, we let Pedro (pacey and creative) go to Chelsea... makes me think big name or nobody (an Ed Woodward present).
Mata used to play more centrally though
Not seen enough of him to say whether he'd be a top class signing, though the stats look fantastic and it'd be nice to put one over on City!
Not convinced we're even in for him though anyway. Van Gaal has stated he sees the 'number 10' role as being more for a striker than a midfielder in his formation. Unless the plan is for him on the right and Mata centrally?
I'd be happy with any signing that give us speed and creativity in attack. If that's De Bruyne, fantastic. But it'd be a surprise to me if we're pursuing him.
Not convinced we're even in for him though anyway. Van Gaal has stated he sees the 'number 10' role as being more for a striker than a midfielder in his formation. Unless the plan is for him on the right and Mata centrally?
I'd be happy with any signing that give us speed and creativity in attack. If that's De Bruyne, fantastic. But it'd be a surprise to me if we're pursuing him.
that is basically what he is really. He's more of a direct player like kaka than a dictator like silva. He's also very good at crossing which LVG clearly likes, so I think if muller isn't available he would be a really good next option.
City basically have this in the bag though don't they?
They had it for weeks now it seems but nothing concrete still. He is supposed to be in Manchester today, so I read.
Haven't we already got a similar player in Mata? Need something different like a Neymar or a Bale IMO.
This is what I think - a Fellaini style signing - pretty much whoever we can get at the last minute - Bolasie probably.
Is he considered premier league proven?
Ugh. Awful things.
He'll cost a bomb but he's one of the few top players we can realistically buy
I cant believe the amount of money that is being demanded for him. Seems ridiculous when someone like Goetze is up for grabs cheaper ALOT cheaper. Or how much Pedro went for instance. Huge amounts of money for a player thats had a good 18- 20 months.
I'm still not totally convinced by him. He looks to have a good pass and seems a clinical finisher. But he certainyl isn't the quickest and isn't the most technically gifted from what I've seen. Also seems to drift in and out of games too often. He's a good prospect. Probably a very good one. But he is certainly not worth the sums mentioned.
Just been on looking on the Bluemoon forum and I'm the KDB thread, think I've found the team supported by the most unemployed fans ever. Over 23,000 replies on the one thread, scrolling down to the Pogba thread and over 28,000 replies. That's some amount of muppet suicide if we landed KDB and Pogba goes to Chelsea.
Or maybe not. He's training with the team in Wolfsburg.
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