PedroMendez
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Definetly; last thing we need is similar loan-deals as Vietto or Kranevitter. Or the likes of Vietto or Kranevitter. Sevilla have until thursday to decide wether to activate Jovetic's clause or not. The clause is at 13 million Euros I think. It looks like we will be losing Jovetic.
I am quite happy that we won't attempt to get Nasri. He was surprisingly great in Autumn, but came off as completely disinterested in Spring, and his actions in the second leg vs Leicester is still unforgivable. He'll never mature, might as well stay at City with his big salary. But I hope we have the funds to keep Jovetic, despite him being injury prone. He was one of the few positive aspects in a dissappointing spring.
We are about to get Teodorczyk from Anderlecht. I have never seen him play, but surely this 26 year old can't be worse than the current strikers in the squad. As you say, our squad is very average, so almost any type of signing is welcome at this point (except for Vietto, Kranevitter, Casillas-esque type of loans/signings).
I am a bit torn when it comes to Jovetic. He is a quality player with very positive attitude, but also expensive (wage) and I wasn't entirely convinced how Sampaoli used him. I am still not sure if he can lead the lines on his own or if he needs another central forward next to him. Imo Berizzo has to make the call and decide if he fits into his plans. We shouldn't be penny-pincher if he sees him as important part of his squad, but otherwise I'd let him go. Having an expensive player, that doesn't fit the system, forces the manager to make questionable compromises.
Totally agree on Nasri. He confirmed all my problems with him. He is talented, but he has a terrible character. He is great as long as things go his way, but when things get tough, he'll go missing (or become a huge liability). Sooner or later he is always going to let his team down. That said, we urgently need to replace him with another CM who can pass the ball.
We were already linked to Teodorczyk in the past. So we'll have extensive scouting information about him and he scored a decent amount of goals in Belgium and the Ukraine. I don't know him at all, but that transfer looks quite promising. He could be a typical late bloomer. Wass from Celta might join us as well, which would be a good thing (compared to Aspas, who I really don't want).