Welcome Erling Haaland

[branny]

This doing the rounds on City xtra.

"We've got super Guardiolaaaaa"
"He knows exactly what we need"
"Dias at the back"
"Haaland in attack"
"City's gonna win the Champions league".

[Nickyboy]

Name wise, is he the biggest transfer we made?

Looking at Sergio, KDB or Sterling, big names before coming here, but as big as his?

Robinho is still the biggest name imo.

mikhail kavelashvili is a pretty big name

[Mase]

Name wise, is he the biggest transfer we made?

Looking at Sergio, KDB or Sterling, big names before coming here, but as big as his?

Robinho is still the biggest name imo.

mikhail kavelashvili is a pretty big name

So is Shaun Wright-Phillips.

[Mase]

Daily Mail running that Haaland will, at £500k a week, become the highest paid player in the Prem.

Have I missed something? Even if he gets £500k a week there’s a few more players on more than him - Ronaldo is on £1m a week pre-tax ffs!

[Bluemoon4610]

Daily Mail running that Haaland will, at £500k a week, become the highest paid player in the Prem.

Have I missed something? Even if he gets £500k a week there’s a few more players on more than him - Ronaldo is on £1m a week per-tax ffs!

Their take will be that ladyboy will be gone next season, so Haarand will be top paid player - giving them a stick to beat us with. How many negstive reports have they written about Ronaldo's wages? Or Sanchez before him? Let me know when you find one......

[Mase]

Daily Mail running that Haaland will, at £500k a week, become the highest paid player in the Prem.

Have I missed something? Even if he gets £500k a week there’s a few more players on more than him - Ronaldo is on £1m a week per-tax ffs!

Their take will be that ladyboy will be gone next season, so Haarand will be top paid player - giving them a stick to beat us with. How many negstive reports have they written about Ronaldo's wages? Or Sanchez before him? Let me know when you find one......

I read that when it kicked off with Zouma and he was fined for booting that cat and his wages revealed, a lot of West Ham players were pissed off about how much he was getting. It was mentioned Antonio, a player that’s never scored more than 10 goals a season in the Prem is on £100k a week!!!! They need to focus on that because it’s absolutely ridiculous money for such a poor player.

[Nigels Tackle]

done deal. will be announced this week. could this be the end of the finishing thread?

[nottsblue]

done deal. will be announced this week. could this be the end of the finishing thread?

It’s a done deal when he signs.

[Mase]

Sam Lee will say, “Yeah I knew about this but I didn’t want to confirm it. I knew 4 years ago he was joining City.”

[blues2win]

No here we go from Fabrizio Romano yet. He tends to be very cautious so I’ll take it from him. With Haaland and Alvarez we’ll be a very different proposition next year. Ornstein suggesting Pogba turned us down. I doubt we were interested. Where would he fit in? He’s no replacement for Fernandinho.

[Mase]

No here we go from Fabrizio Romano yet. He tends to be very cautious so I’ll take it from him. With Haaland and Alvarez we’ll be a very different proposition next year. Ornstein suggesting Pogba turned us down. I doubt we were interested. Where would he fit in? He’s no replacement for Fernandinho.

RE: Pogba - Gundo one year left on his contract. Fern leaving. Bernardo likely going. We’ll be short on bodies in the middle potentially. Pogba would be around the same age as Fern and Walker when they came to City.

I personally wouldn’t go for him, but if that’s what Pep wants then so be it.

[sheblue]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

[Mase]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

Dortmund’s final game this Saturday so we’ll probably find out then.

[Dimples]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

Dortmund’s final game this Saturday so we’ll probably find out then.

If he is coming, it will not be announced until the PL title is decided. To distracting.
An announcement the day before the CL final would be nice.

[Dimples]

........Ornstein suggesting Pogba turned us down.........

This should be moved to the laughing thread.

[Mase]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

Dortmund’s final game this Saturday so we’ll probably find out then.

If he is coming, it will not be announced until the PL title is decided. To distracting.
An announcement the day before the CL final would be nice.

It won’t be announced by us. There’s nothing to stop Dortmund being sly and leaking it. Judging by all the noises coming from them already - “We’ve never seen a salary so high for a player like the one from City for Haaland” I’d imagine they’ll leak it ASAP

[sheblue]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

Dortmund’s final game this Saturday so we’ll probably find out then.

If he is coming, it will not be announced until the PL title is decided. To distracting.
An announcement the day before the CL final would be nice.

It won’t be announced by us. There’s nothing to stop Dortmund being sly and leaking it. Judging by all the noises coming from them already - “We’ve never seen a salary so high for a player like the one from City for Haaland” I’d imagine they’ll leak it ASAP

Ah here come on now! I will miss the good old 'He is making his mind up in two weeks' line.

[Mase]

Is he not still 'making his mind up in two weeks'.

Dortmund’s final game this Saturday so we’ll probably find out then.

If he is coming, it will not be announced until the PL title is decided. To distracting.
An announcement the day before the CL final would be nice.

It won’t be announced by us. There’s nothing to stop Dortmund being sly and leaking it. Judging by all the noises coming from them already - “We’ve never seen a salary so high for a player like the one from City for Haaland” I’d imagine they’ll leak it ASAP

Ah here come on now! I will miss the good old 'He is making his mind up in two weeks' line.

I like the, “he’s always injured and not that prolific anyway” line.

[blues2win]

Pogba wouldn’t be a replacement for either Fernandinho or Bernardo. Nowhere near the same player. I suspect City were happy to go along with the suggestion they might be interested post the Real match. Moves the story on. Doubt there was anything in it. His wage demands would be very high he’s 29 and his attitude is hardly always the greatest. He’s a good player but we’ll be looking for a more defensive midfielder. Couple of excellent French possibilities.

[salford city]

Pogba wouldn’t be a replacement for either Fernandinho or Bernardo. Nowhere near the same player. I suspect City were happy to go along with the suggestion they might be interested post the Real match. Moves the story on. Doubt there was anything in it. His wage demands would be very high he’s 29 and his attitude is hardly always the greatest. He’s a good player but we’ll be looking for a more defensive midfielder. Couple of excellent French possibilities.

Don't discount us playing the dark arts in an attempt to keep him at the swamp