Welcome Erling Haaland

[Beefymcfc]

So, it’s true. Not quite Samaras levels of quality, but he’ll do

[salford city]

Just saw a whatsapp picturing Haaland and Alvarez reading that they cost less than hardy maguire. Concentrate on your own shit recruitment rather than worrying about citys business

[CTID Hants]

Just saw a whatsapp picturing Haaland and Alvarez reading that they cost less than hardy maguire. Concentrate on your own shit recruitment rather than worrying about citys business

Here you go mate, you WhatsApp it to me

[salford city]

Just saw a whatsapp picturing Haaland and Alvarez reading that they cost less than hardy maguire. Concentrate on your own shit recruitment rather than worrying about citys business

Here you go mate, you WhatsApp it to me

I know mate I was on a call for work ta

[CTID Hants]

So, will we modifie his old man's terrace song


Erling Haaland is a Blue , is a Blue is a Blue, Erling Haaland is a Blue .. he hates United....?

Surely has to be done?

[Nick]

The madrid line is bs btw please dont talk like we will let him go

[PrezIke]

Take a bow Txiki and Ferran

Outstanding business.

What did they do mate? It’s literally his buy out clause. They didn’t negotiate it.

Pretty sure there was a bit more to this that Txiki did (maybe Soriano) than be just the first club to get the release clause cash to Dortmund.

He's our DOF.

He has to convince the player, agent, etc. and negotiate the contract, image rights, etc.

It's a huge job and I don't think ANYONE 1 season ago felt we were the favourites to land him.

Most felt it was a Spanish club.

Bayern were DESPERATE to sign him so I hear.

[john68]

I think the signing of Haaland is a significant and major step in City's rise to the very top of global football.
I think the rest of the old elite know it too and fear its significance.

I also think we are a far better team than our tiny lead in the Prem would seem to signal.
I further think we are the best team in Europe, despite our apparent failures in the CL.

Having, over the years, lost such World class players as Yaya, El Mago, Vinnie, Aguero and replaced them with what would appear to be lesser individual players, this current team have pushed on to higher achievements and a style of football that has never before been seen in the Prem. We have dominated the Prem in recent years and daft as it may seem and despite the result, for most of the recent CL semi, we dominated Real Madrid.
Records show that we have the best defence and our creativity is second to none.

Our major problem that holds us back is our poor 'chance to goals' conversion rate. Our false nine strategy has got us through domestically but though we score a shed load of goals, we miss a shed load more. 4, 5, 6 and even 7 goal wins may sound brilliant but in reality those winning margins should have been so many more.

Haarland and Alvarez will both need time to settle. To instinctively learn where they should be when KDB, Berardo or Foden put those amazing passes through. Where and when to make those runs, so we may need to be a little patient initially.
But I am in no doubt that once that becomes embedded and instinctive, City's chance to goal conversion rate will dramatically improve.
A mate of mine has worked out that a mere 2% improvement wouldhave yielded us 111goals this season.

As Francis Lee was the final jigsaw piece for Mercer/Allison, I really believe that Haaland and Alvarez could be the same for this current side.

[Dimples]

IMO a huge signing from many perspectives.
Our style of play will evolve, again!
Our finishing will be more clinical, that is huge for the big games.
Squad is freshened up with the intro of Haaland and Alvarez (I know zero about him).
Ots of options. Foden and Grealish no longer have to play false 9 role. That means Foden can start to develop as a midfielder with Grealish on the left wing. Or Bern in the middle with Foden and Grealish in competition on the left. Jesus on the right or Mahrez or Sterling depends on who stays.
So many options.

That leaves us the Summer to sort out our defense.
A LB, a Kyle backup and maybe an animal in the center who is not made of glass and who can concentrate for 90 minutes.

[Tokyo Blue]

We got 56 million for Torres and pay 51 for Haaland.

[salford city]

We got 56 million for Torres and pay 51 for Haaland.

That's not too shabby is it? Torres wanted out and we did a deal. Did it weaken us and help Farca possibly cash-wise with instalment payments but this deal was clearly in the pipeline
Agree with John, he and Alvarez will need time to settle into our style, Haaland having the extra media jealousy to contend with. The problem for the rest of europe is that we already create chances for fun and only our profligacy in front of goals has kept some of them in games that we have then lost.in time that chance conversion stat is going to rise rapidly. Thats the front sorted with so many options lets see what we can do for a left back
Some fun times ahead. Well done to everyone who made this happen. How are you feeling now Mr Kane?

[Mase]

Take a bow Txiki and Ferran

Outstanding business.

What did they do mate? It’s literally his buy out clause. They didn’t negotiate it.

Pretty sure there was a bit more to this that Txiki did (maybe Soriano) than be just the first club to get the release clause cash to Dortmund.

He's our DOF.

He has to convince the player, agent, etc. and negotiate the contract, image rights, etc.

It's a huge job and I don't think ANYONE 1 season ago felt we were the favourites to land him.

Most felt it was a Spanish club.

Bayern were DESPERATE to sign him so I hear.

No one felt it would be a Spanish club apart from the bias media so desperate for him not to come here.

Bayern were barely mentioned.

It was always going to be City.

[Original Dub]

Great job getting him in. Well done to all involved.

For all the fantastic players we got through the years since the takeover, we never signed arguably the world's best in his position until now.

Delighted

[Bluemoon4610]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

[Mase]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

We paid more for Mendy

[gmercer1]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

FFS Mendy cost more than Haaland!!!

[nottsblue]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

No way KDB was £68m or Sterling £57m either

[Mase]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

No way KDB was £68m or Sterling £57m either

Sterling was £44m and QPR got £9m of that. Liverpool got £35m and used that to buy Benteke.

[nottsblue]

What a signing. And he even makes the City top 10 most expensive signings list. Eat that, you corrupt, rag-loving media cnuts!!!!!!!!

No way KDB was £68m or Sterling £57m either

Sterling was £44m and QPR got £9m of that. Liverpool got £35m and used that to buy Benteke.

Correct. Though there were £5m of add ons that the conditions were met, taking it to £49m in total

What rarely gets mentioned either when the media bang on about how fantastic the dippers are in the transfer market, is we bought Aguero for £38m and the dippers bought Andy Carroll for £35m. One became a club legend and the record goal scorer and one was sold for £15m a couple of years later

[Harry Dowd scored]

The bile on the HYS section of the beeb Haaland story is unbelievable, some out and out racist anti Arab stuff, I felt it necessary to have some removed, saying, failure to remove this defamatory comment will mean the BBC endorses the content, that soon gets it removed