1 minute ago, Kantesmini said:

Representatives from the company LIAN SPORTS, led by Fadi Ramadani, have visited the offices of Mateu Alemany, Jordi Cruyff and Joan Laporta. Agents of Pjanic and Marcos Alonso

hope Alonso goes on a drive with that fat f**k Laporta

all jokes aside i really like Alonso, he has been a good servant and always pissing of spurs fans

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by azpi28

4 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

he's just trying to get some traffic 

half of his tweets are 

BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING 

THINGS ARE HAPPENING

SOME THING IS HAPPENING. VERY BIG BUT I CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT YET

Its beyond a joke, These tier 5 muppets are taking the biscuit

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Kantesmini

What a completely unnecessary announcement from Brighton. Obviously credible media outlets are reporting it because there is an agreement for the player, so to deny it is simply an ego trip on their part. 

Glad we have the buy back on Colwill. Sounds like they are just bitter. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What a completely unnecessary announcement from Brighton. Obviously credible media outlets are reporting it because there is an agreement for the player, so to deny it is simply an ego trip on their part. 

Glad we have the buy back on Colwill. Sounds like they are just bitter. 

Plus he handed in a transfer request, They need to secure a replacement i.e colwell and yeah bbc seem convinced its happening 

5 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What a completely unnecessary announcement from Brighton. Obviously credible media outlets are reporting it because there is an agreement for the player, so to deny it is simply an ego trip on their part. 

Glad we have the buy back on Colwill. Sounds like they are just bitter. 

Well if Barca get involved, obviously he goes there. Maybe Xavi has called him to say if he waits a day or two whilst the boys in the lever room do their thing, he will be a cule. 

1 minute ago, abister1 said:

Well if Barca get involved, obviously he goes there. Maybe Xavi has called him to say if he waits a day or two whilst the boys in the lever room do their thing, he will be a cule. 

they still need to lever their way to Bernardo Silva who is a more pressing concern than a left back

Alonso is a great La Liga left back 

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by azpi28

 

 

I think Cucurella would be a good signing, because like Koulibaly he is qualitywise probably the best player we could realistically sign for his position(LB,LWB) this window and with Alonso wanting to leave and questionmarks about Chilwell fitnesswise it is definitely a position we need to strengthen, even if the price is premium, but maybe his wages aren't to crazy, plus with his versatility he should be a good fit for our system.

As long as we get a moderate buyback clause for Colwill into his transfer to Brighton, 40m(20m net) sounds definitely like a good price if he evolves as expected, this sounds like a good deal for all parties involved.

With Koulibaly/Emerson/Cucurella for LCB and Cucurella/Chilwell/Emerson and maybe Kenedy for LWB, our left side defensively should be set for the season.

36 minutes ago, Blue2 said:

I think Cucurella would be a good signing, because like Koulibaly he is qualitywise probably the best player we could realistically sign for his position(LB,LWB) this window and with Alonso wanting to leave and questionmarks about Chilwell fitnesswise it is definitely a position we need to strengthen, even if the price is premium, but maybe his wages aren't to crazy, plus with his versatility he should be a good fit for our system.

As long as we get a moderate buyback clause for Colwill into his transfer to Brighton, 40m(20m net) sounds definitely like a good price if he evolves as expected, this sounds like a good deal for all parties involved.

With Koulibaly/Emerson/Cucurella for LCB and Cucurella/Chilwell/Emerson and maybe Kenedy for LWB, our left side defensively should be set for the season.

He is on £50k/w at Brighton, I reckon he is on btw £120k-£150k/w.

 

12 minutes ago, Kantesmini said:

 

ooooopsie 

1 hour ago, abister1 said:

Well if Barca get involved, obviously he goes there. Maybe Xavi has called him to say if he waits a day or two whilst the boys in the lever room do their thing, he will be a cule. 

We can but hope. Spending 52mill on a backup to Chilwell, or to make Chilwell a back up, is an incredible waste of resources.

We are supposed to be looking at Liverpool but they would not do this. Ignore the fact Robertson was a steal and TAA is a youth product like James is to us, they have backed them up with good back ups happy to be back ups that cost 13mill and 6 mill. Neither Cucurella or Chilwell will be happy as a back up imo and then you end up loaning or selling one at half value or worse.

Bang on, great comment.

Can someone confirm that cucu can come?

5 minutes ago, sonic90 said:

Can someone confirm that cucu can come?

Brigthon is just petulant 

and the Colwill deal is not yet completed and they probably want to wait with confirmation until they have 

If Man City, with all their riches, don't feel he is worth more than 40mill to be a starter for them, why do we feel he is worth 52.5mill to bench Chilwell or to sit on the bench?

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

If Man City, with all their riches, don't feel he is worth more than 40mill to be a starter for them, why do we feel he is worth 52.5mill to bench Chilwell or to sit on the bench?

Cucurella wouldn't be both City's best left back and a starting centre back for them like he will be here.

We need him more

City have Diaz - Laporte and Canelo 

We have Sarr, Chalobah and Chilwell coming off one of the worst injuries a footballer can have.

If City were in our shoes they'd have signed him for 60m and had him settled in the team to start this weekend.

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by HazardousChoice

1 minute ago, HazardousChoice said:

Cucurella wouldn't be both City's best left back and a starting centre back for them like he will be here.

We need him more

City have Diaz - Laporte and Canelo 

We have Sarr, Chalobah and Chilwell coming off one of the worst injuries a footballer can have.

If City were in our shoes they'd have signed him for 60m and had him settled in the team to start this weekend.

Given walkers injury issues and age I would expect a City back 4 to be:

 

Cancelo

Stones

Diaz

Cucurella

 

I don't see Cucurella as anything other than an emergency LCB. That is Koulibaly spot. TT did not want 5'9" kounde as one of his CBS.,  why do you think he wants 5'7" Cucurella as one?

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

TT did not want 5'9" kounde as one of his CBS.,  why do you think he wants 5'7" Cucurella as one?

I don't think Cucurella is signing to primarily be a centre back....

Though I'm sure he will play there on occasion.

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by HazardousChoice

1 minute ago, HazardousChoice said:

I don't think Cucurella is signing to primarily be a centre back....

Though I'm sure he will play there on occasion.

Ok so then LWB, either he starts or Ben does. One of them will make themselves the guy. It will be like Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge again, only this time the Bridge will be a 50mill plus pound player who won't be happy at being a number 2.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Given walkers injury issues and age I would expect a City back 4 to be:

with Chilwell's injury issues it's only logical to go for Cucurella as otherwise we would have Pulisic playing LWB. I think on saturday, as of now, Alonso would be a starter.

i can imagine Cucurella playing as a LCB. His speed and dynamism will be a perfect synergy with the experience and defensive intelligence of Koulibaly and Thiago Silva.

He actually did really well against us in that position

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Ok so then LWB, either he starts or Ben does. One of them will make themselves the guy. It will be like Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge again, only this time the Bridge will be a 50mill plus pound player who won't be happy at being a number 2.

I think Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge is the perfect example.

I don't rate Chilwell as high as most he's definitely more Wayne Bridge than Ashley Cole and that's before you factor in such a bad injury which could impact his level long term and we had to act.

If Tuchel has identified that Cucurella can be an Ash level of improvement for us it makes perfect sense to sign him.

Despite Bridge being decent bringing Ash in worked out pretty well for us didn't it?  If Cucu performs half as well for us I don't think anyone will regret us spending 50m

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by HazardousChoice

or maybe just maybe he wants to play Chilwell as LCB 

besides the 50 million doesn't matter

we don't have to do everything like Liverpool 

it took them like 25 years to win a title that way

I think this deal is done, both clubs know it is done but neither club wanted it leaked yet as there is a joint transaction linked to it, Colwill.

So I'd suspect Brighton's tweet is a little bit of a white lie, to..

 

Once his deal is sewn up, then you'll see a pretty quick double announcement from both clubs.

 

cue the hijack 😄  Nah in all seriousness, I'd be shocked if he isnt ours by end of the week