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Fuck UEFA tbh. Just get the sponsors lined up.

Unless it's up front.

I just explained this in the post you are quoting that it is probably clickbait. But it wasn't me who posted the story, I am just reacting to it. I'm not saying he is going to Liverpool, but I can see why the link would be made, even if it is made up.

I would enjoy it more if we were allowed to compete with the cartel clubs. The reality is though, as long as we are not in a position to try and win the CL on a consistent basis, or pay our top players what they can earn at those clubs, there will always be a chance that they could get their heads turned. FWIW the talk of Isak being interested in a move to Liverpool sounds like clickbait, but it is one of the few clubs where I could imagine there is interest. He's done them over enough times even if we didn't manage to turn that into wins.

Given City are not the most athletic side these days, I would think we'd want to go with a high press so back to a 4-3-3.

Salah and Nunez are right sided forwards, Isak is more left. I'm presuming they might want to sell Nunez given he's been a relative flop, and move things around if Salah leaves.

I wonder if he still lives in Liverpool? I'm guessing probably, as much for family reasons as any.

I am a bit surprised that all the talk has been of Arsenal though, considering Liverpool would be looking for a striker to replace Salah, and he is one of the few strikers who VVD probably sweats bullets every time he comes up against him.

Big plus to have him back. After flogging Miggy the wide options were looking a bit limited.

No, although if PIF are reduced to running it purely as a business, it's not the worst thing.

No idea what to expect from this game. I'm sure their fans are a lot more pessimistic than usual, but they still have a lot of players who can hurt us if we turn up at 70%. Got a feeling it will be a score draw, which is not bad. Would be expecting a bit much to go down there and win, they are still ahead of us in the table despite the shocking season they've had.

It looks the opposite of aerodynamic. It would work better if you turned his head upside down with the chin at the top. pseuedo-phreonology grift...fail.

Same here. I used to work with a fella who was living up here and he was a proper Mancunian who absolutely despised Man U, probably through always feeling like the other club because Man U won a lot of worldwide support through the Munich tragedy. This is back in the days when City were less successful than us, but he grew up there and he supported City because it was local to the side of Manchester he was from. As opposed to Man U whose support ranges from Burnley to Tunbridge Wells.

Could be snatching at chances somewhat because he's not playing regularly so not getting a chance to get in his groove. He was in a great position to get another in the second half on Saturday if Murphy had squared it, so he is getting in the right areas.

I think any draw at home against a non-cartel side has to be considered a decent one. Could have had an easier draw, but could just as easily had a much harder one. If we go out we go out, but you would fancy us to win this most days.

How many teams would be in for him given he's barely played in the last 6 months due to injury?

Think I'd much rather take a chance on him being our second striker for a season rather than gamble on Wilson's fitness tbh. At least you know you will have someone who will be available for bench duty for most of the season.

Tbf, I think he was perfectly built for a Rafa Benitez side where you could sit back and then hit the spaces. It requires a lot less accuracy and invites less pressure when you are on the ball.

Because Liverpool and Arsenal have been knocked out. They would normally be the biggest obstacles alongside Man City. Tbh, winning the FA Cup almost feels more doable than winning the Carabao Cup final even though that sounds crazy. We just never seem to beat Liverpool.

The perfectly capable squad player would work without PSR. Then we could keep players like Longstaff around and give them games now and then where we felt they could contribute to a result. The issue is, we don't have money to spend on players who will improve us. If you got £15m for Longstaff you could spend that on a young player with a much higher ceiling, whose value would appreciate. That is where you have to weigh up the pros and cons of giving out new contracts to players whose value decreases every year.

The way they are playing, every chance some other team can knock them out. I'm all for easy draws until we get to the semis.

We'll only have ourselves to blame if we can't stop them this time. Not gonna happen!

Hard to know if we undervalue him unless another team actually wants to buy him. I'm assuming there's not much interest since he's not been getting games for us and no one has come in for him.

Tbh I thought it was mad that we'd even consider giving him a contract extension, but I'm assuming the reasoning would be that we wouldn't have to spend big on a striker next season. Risky obviously, but with limited funds we might just want to prioritise other positions.

Tbh if he had the end product he'd be steal of the season. Given a bit more exposure he might not be too far off from producing it, he looks like he's got an eye for goal, just needs the polish that comes with playing regularly.