Yes they comply with FFP by inflating revenue with made up deals, using clubs like Girona as pawns and cooking the books. Well done.
Pep Guardiola agrees 1 year contract extension | Includes additional 1 year option
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Nico Gonzalez for 60m seems like a desperation deal to get in a younger midfielder with some legs. Has he really done that well at Porto? Its a surprisingly huge fee for a guy that to my understanding was never viewed as one of the better La Masia products of this generation.
I think both sides wanted this dealt with a long time ago. Needless to say, but anyone wanting us punished because they think we are guilty has no relevance to reality. We either are or we aren't. The verdict will fall and public perception will not change at all.
We either get punished or the case isn't strong enough, which doesn't correlate with how bang to rights most people think we are.
And the reason I write this is not because I am so convinced we are guilty or innocent of anything. I don't know. But if we are punished my ire and frustrations would be aimed at those responsible within the club. Certainly not the Premier League for charging us with something that obviously would be justified in that event. So with that outlook it is extremely tiring reading people 'just wanting us to get punished because they think we are".
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He was probably the second best midfield in the league behind Hjulmand in my opinion. I think City got a very good player. Porto fans aren't happy though. They lost their best player when they are still in the championship run. They are just 6 points behind us. I don't think they have what it takes now to win the league without him though. A week ago they were ecstatic after he scored the goal to qualify them for the playoffs and now they lose him to City. Sucks for a Porto fan this late into the window.
Fair enough. We will go back to this after the verdict.
On a lighter note, congrats. You got one hell of a player that will help city instantly. Porto's best in my opinion.
Good to hear, I know very little about him. Have you watched us this season? Do you think he has the skill-set to walk into our current midfield and thrive despite no physicality around him, or is he the type of player that functions better when there is runners around him?
Weird question I know, because every player is better with good players around him, but the issue is I think even Rodri would have struggled immensely gluing this together. We at least need someone that can impose themselves physically on a midfield, while being brave enough on the ball to relieve pressure on our backline.
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They’re getting a really crappy ‘punishment’ of a transfer ban aren’t they. The rest of the league can only hope they’ve bought poorly and Pep continues to struggle.
Yes, I've watched some city games including our 4-1 win against you at the stadium for the CL, where the result was very flattering for us considering your decent first half, the chances you missed and the infantile penalties you gave away.
I think due to current city predicament Nico González can be a very useful player. He's strong and tall (1.88m - 6'2"), very versatile, he can adapt to various positions in the field, good ball carrier and passer, specially in transition. He leads various departments in what concerns midfielders, namely short passes, expected goals, aerial duels and goals by headers. He's a very technically sound player. He will give a much needed boost to city's midfield.
Baldius Fraudi Maximus has bought yet another player has he? 
Brutus, pass thou thine chequebooketh.
Brutus, pass thou thine chequebooketh.
It flattered you a bit maybe, but it also perfectly highlighted how much space there is both in front of our defence and behind it, how slow we are in recovery, how stale our attack can become when we don't put pur chances away and most of all how fragile we can be under pressure.
Appreciate your thoughts on Nico. The exciting thing is that he is the excact profile that Pep seems to get the best out of over everyone else
Was today years old when I figured out Nico González is the son of Deportivo legend Fran