jonny1403

Injured again.

Paid him off probably but hopefully a small saving on wages.

And I covered all of this in my message. There’s literally a contractual clause that has been in place all summer that City literally activated. To suggest they wouldn’t have done despite reports to the contrary had the transfer taken place a few weeks earlier is a very odd take.

Again, multiple journalists have reported City had a contractual right to match our bid. Having a ‘free run at him’ earlier in the window does not mean City wouldn’t have stepped in anyway once a bid was accepted. There’s plenty of links out there confirming this.

Exactly this.

If they had a contractual right to match our bid then no, we didn’t have multiple chances to sign him without them stepping in.

If City matched our offer then it doesn’t seem to matter when / if we bid for him as this would have happened regardless?

You spent £60m on Casemiro paying him £375k a week, despite knowing the depth you would need for Europe. For that kind of outlay and knowing how it will impact the rest of your spending in a PSR environment, you expect a key player for years to come. Instead you have a player who struggled to maintain a starting place after his first year and became a bit of a laughing stock in the media. That's entirely on you and a failure of transfer policy to prepare accordingly. Martinez has played in less than half of the games he could have been available for. Of course he's been a disaster.

Explain it to me then. You knew you'd be fighting on four fronts at the start of the season but chose to spend £200m on four players who have all been a disaster. That's entirely on you.

Froggy, with respect, what tf are you talking about. You signed Weghorst on loan after a season in which you spent £82m on one of the worst signings in your history, another £60m on Casemiro, and another £50m on Martinez. Over £200m wasted on dreadful players. 'All you could afford' ffs

The only one of those players we have actually signed is 23 and has bags of time to potentially increase in value

Why don’t you wait until the end of the window before deciding whether it’s a complete let down?

He literally says we need depth in the squad in the quote

if Isak didn't go I'd be delighted with that at this stage tbh.

Pope is the least of our worries. He was fine for us in the CL last time round.

Learn under Ederson for 1-2 seasons and then slowly push him out. Makes sense to me.

He hasn't played up front for most of his career, so these stats don't mean much.

Please can you provide some evidence that suggests that African/South American players peak earlier than their European equivalent? Otherwise what was the point of your post.

FFS can someone report this clown.

They’ve currently got too many non EU players registered so they might have to.

He said alternative option. As in having two options up front?

Why on earth would he be?

For all the bedwetting over the last few pages, signing Wissa for £30m before moving on to a top level CB in the next couple of weeks would leave the window looking good to very good. Finish that off with Gallagher and I'd be very happy.

Income tax 100%. But not property values.

No its not