He didn't want to play for us so good riddance.

If we don't specifically replace I'm not overly bothered, I'll take the style of play and the enjoyment of watching it without him in the team weve had so far all day long.

Even with the way we've started and the excellent transfer window we've had so far (in and outs) the negativity on here is baffling, and the stubborn refusal to give the club any credit for it is just plain petty, I'm sure some on here would prefer to see us fail so they can say they we're right about blue co.

I'm looking forward to this season for the first time in a few years.. its a great feeling !!

Good riddance. Had the occasional goal in him, papering over the cracks of his overall match performance. I never doubted his passion, but that hardly ever translated into leadership. Now watch him become a star at City 😄

2 hours ago, BlauweReetAap said:

f**k this pansy ass bitch AND that f**king snake Maresca and the whole of Manchester sh*tty. Scumbags the lot of em.

What's up?

5 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Good riddance. Had the occasional goal in him, papering over the cracks of his overall match performance. I never doubted his passion, but that hardly ever translated into leadership. Now watch him become a star at City 😄

For once he's got a manager who can get the best out of him

...oh wait..

2 hours ago, acaeus said:

I think I made that very clear in my earlier post. He will help them, and their squad is big enough to keep him fresher while also demanding less of him. Their passing style should also minimize some of the deficiencies people often point out here, particularly tracking back and winning duels.

So no, I don't like City signing this "sh*tty" £125M player while we get nothing or an emergency last-minute CM rando.

Personally, I hope he stinks and weakens them instead, but that's not what I expect to happen. I have no problem separating what I hope happens from what I actually expect.

He’s a huge liability in the pivot and he’s going to take game time away from Cherki in the 10. There’s no upside of this transfer for City.

21 minutes ago, chelseablueboy said:

He didn't want to play for us so good riddance.

If we don't specifically replace I'm not overly bothered, I'll take the style of play and the enjoyment of watching it without him in the team weve had so far all day long.

Even with the way we've started and the excellent transfer window we've had so far (in and outs) the negativity on here is baffling, and the stubborn refusal to give the club any credit for it is just plain petty, I'm sure some on here would prefer to see us fail so they can say they we're right about blue co.

I'm looking forward to this season for the first time in a few years.. its a great feeling !!

I'm enjoying the way we are playing now and happy with the appointments of Alonso and with the players we've bought. I never want Chelsea to lose, it's not what any fan should want.

If we can get back to where we were, that's good. BUT it would mean we've spent record amounts and spent 4 years to basically stand still... And we don't know if that'll happen yet.

Nah, I can't give them credit for that..

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19 minutes ago, All Barco no bite said:

He’s a huge liability in the pivot and he’s going to take game time away from Cherki in the 10. There’s no upside of this transfer for City.

Huh? We don't even know where he's going to play or how City will use him. Saying he's a liability in Chelsea's pivot (something I don't fully agree with) therefore means he'll be a liability in City's system is the one assumption that makes no sense to me.

They're completely different systems, with different players around him. Maybe he won't work there, but we have no idea yet. His weaknesses at Chelsea don't automatically carry over unchanged to City—same way they don't to Argentina.

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Monaco have to sell someone and the guy going to Everton has failed his medical

BBC have just reported that we have Camara for 55 million euros.

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