He must be pretty good with his feet if pep wants him. Mind you so was bravo supposed to be and look how that turned out...
He is a bit out of the blue for that kind of cash, let's hope it's another 50m flop like shitamendi and stoned
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He must be pretty good with his feet if pep wants him. Mind you so was bravo supposed to be and look how that turned out...
He is a bit out of the blue for that kind of cash, let's hope it's another 50m flop like shitamendi and stoned
City are definitely going to end up spending upwards of £250M.
Can't see it being £45m personally, same way I didn't see B.Silva being €70m. Time will tell though. Another keeper good with his feet, hope this one can save!
If Mourinho gets Matuidi and Perisic, they would probably be short-term signings as they're both around 30. In SAF days short-term signs used to be less than £10m. Now its about £35m I suppose.
At Manchester City, Ederson gives the (huge) step to become proprietor of the brazilian selection. There's plenty of quality
City are going full football manager it seems
Sky sports already calling him the "most talented young goalkeeper in the world".. I doubt they've even ever fecking heard of him.
It would equal Buffon's transfer from Parma to Juve no? City are looking at buying like 5 or 6 players. If it continues like this, they will end up spending like 300m euros with these huge transfer fees. If Ederson goes for 45m, I'd like to think we would get at least 70m for De Gea. Not that De Gea is leaving anway.
Correct. I dunno if he's worth a record breaking fee but he's a very good keeper. And this comes from a Sporting fan and United sympathizer. Tbf i've been impressed since his Rio Ave days. City doing good business so far but ofc let's see how Ederson and Bernardo Silva adapt.
Oh Dear...do I see a " Caf Meltdown" coming over City signing Ederson?? That's 2 targets for City and Poor Woodward's going to get the blame for taking holidays!
More talented than Donnaruma?
I don't see them paying more for Ederson than they did for Silva. Knowing us we won't get anything like a fair fee for De Gea.
Nope but he's close.
I hope he turns out to be the goalkeeping equivalent of the last player they bought from the Portuguese league: Mangala.
Fee of £34m now creeping out on social media from Portuguese sources, that sounds more realistic, but again it shows the kind of market we are in. Definitely see De Gea going for £60m+ if these figures stack up, only problem is how much would it cost to replace him?
Its all hyperbole. You cannot measure talent. I do think ederson is a good keeper, all stats and reviews from benfica fans say so(i read some forum views when we linked to him as DDG replacement). They seem to think that he has very good reflexes and is amazing with passing and kicking the ball. He also likes to rush out from his position playing like a sweeeper keeper. Only Little concern over his handling of crosses.
You'd think so the way they are going on about him.
Not really, think De Gea will stay
What sources are quoting £34m?
He's only played one season in Portugal too, he hasn't been tested honestly.
37 games after coming from the B team and suddenly you're a 45m keeper, Jesus.
Pickford just had a great season in a much harder league for a shit team that average 20 shots against every game....how much is he worth?
37 games after coming from the B team and suddenly you're a 45m keeper, Jesus.
Pickford just had a great season in a much harder league for a shit team that average 20 shots against every game....how much is he worth?
Depends on what route we go. You don't need a superhuman GK to win trophies, a good solid GK will do if you have a good defence, so we could well keep Romero for 1-2 seasons and re-assess or we could sign a Schmeichel/Handanovic type for a reasonable fee. If we go for top drawer, Oblak/Donnarumma/whoever else is hot these days, we'd probably not get much change from the DDG fee.
That's a pretty huge concern in the PL.
I think that is only for Benfica. He is coowned by third party or something like that. So the fee will be more.
The reason why these fees from Portugal are so insane.
When they brought Bravo he was supposed to be one of the best keepers in the world with some La Liga fans claiming he was near DDG level.
City can't wait for this kid to adapt. If he struggles under the directness of the EPL then City could be in trouble
He played at Rio Ave and was good there. He was also always very good in the CL for Benfica as well. Oblak played at União de Leiria and they got relegated. Ben Foster played at United and is now a decent keeper at West Brom in the almighty Prem. Who's better? Gk is a very specific position. Besides comparing English talent, when was the last time England "produced" a decent gk talent? I'd definitely go for the lesser league, Benfica keeper rather than Pickford.
He's played in the Champions League as well and was one of their best players.
Relentless from city.
It's as if the journalists saw City signing one or 2 players then they decided to link them to all players in the world. Impossible that they're negotiating will all these players at once.
They have signed two already, it is clearly strategic. It is not impossible and being done systematically.
When we were discussing De Gea replacement's this chap wasn't mentioned at all I don't believe, we had Donnarumma, Schmeichel, Oblack, Leno (I believe) but never this chap so surely he can't be that good?
He's been linked with them throughout the season. With Walker also likely to be their new RB then hopefully this means Fabinho to United.
Probably been planning for months. Plus transfers don't take so long especially when you willing to pay anything at all costs.
Carvalho would be a underwhelming signing for them. Hope they get him than Fabinho. But both are not the pass masters that Pep needs to dictate games.
Will someone phone Woodward and tell him to stop selling our players cheap.
Pep really not messing around. He knows another trophyless season and he'll be booted out. He can't take any chances this season.