Welcome to The Chavs Marc Cucurella - A Snip at £62m

[Nigels Tackle]

off to chelsea apparently

[carl_feedthegoat]

off to chelsea apparently

I’m actually happy we stick to our economic principles on transfers but I’ll be pissed off if we do not sign someone before the season starts .

[trueblue64]

Chelsea in advanced talks and willing to pay £50 million

[nottsblue]

Chelsea in advanced talks and willing to pay £50 million

Hope we have a plan B

[trueblue64]

Chelsea in advanced talks and willing to pay £50 million

Hope we have a plan B

Somehow I doubt it. I feel we will go into this season without a left back again.

[Outcast]

Rentboys are buying players left right centre out of desperation, they can't even shift their deadwood. I dont think he's suited to their style. What do I care

[Mase]

Rentboys are buying players left right centre out of desperation, they can't even shift their deadwood. I dont think he's suited to their style. What do I care

How are they able to afford all these players? They wasted £200m on Lukaku and Werner and then Lukaku went back on loan for pennies. Chilwell was £50m. Plus what they’ve already spent this summer, I don’t understand it.

[Indianablue]

Fits in better at Chelsea, Sideshow Bob mark 2

[carolina-blue]

Sometimes I don’t understand our stance
On one hand we spunk What was it 40 odd mill on Mendy unproven in the prem and won’t go the extra for someone who has prem experience and although I don’t know to much about him by all accounts he is good. we all know L B has been and is an issue And yet we seem very non fussed about it

[branny]

It will cost us against the decent teams, especially if it's Cancelo and Ake playing on the left.

[Outcast]

Sometimes I don’t understand our stance
On one hand we spunk What was it 40 odd mill on Mendy unproven in the prem and won’t go the extra for someone who has prem experience and although I don’t know to much about him by all accounts he is good. we all know L B has been and is an issue And yet we seem very non fussed about it

Over 50m for that lump of shite. I think that stung us badly, hence the haggling.

[PeterParker]

It's just fantastic how we refused to over pay a fee for a player, but somewhat we are ruining football.

Is there any shame left in this world?

[blues2win]

https://twitter.com/ManCityNumbers/stat ... 0&ref_url=

Apparently we’re in for Sergio Gomez. Here are his assists. Needs to defend too mind. La Masia graduate.

[City64]

https://twitter.com/ManCityNumbers/status/1554428068273405952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1554428068273405952%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

Apparently we’re in for Sergio Gomez. Here are his assists. Needs to defend too mind. La Masia graduate.

Peps brother is his agent or owns the agency company or something like that .

[blues2win]

Plays for Anderlecht. Belgian media are running the story.

[sheblue]

Gomez, never heard of him. But that means nothing. On the face of it, looks like a risky signing.
Seems we should have kept Zinch.

[PeterParker]

If this has legs is Vinny all over the name.
He trained him, he knows him. I trust Vinnie. Sign him up.

[City64]

Gomez, never heard of him. But that means nothing. On the face of it, looks like a risky signing.
Seems we should have kept Zinch.

Getting the feeling we are hell bent on showing a healthy profit this season. Maybe we have been tipped off that the fascist racist Tebas and his mafia mates in UEFA are coming for us again as La Liga has hit rock bottom ?

[PrezIke]

Here's the deal.

I like Cucurella and have wanted him. However, whilst I can make some sense of a 50m fee given the need and other economic factors I wrote extensively about on BM the other day, if you're going to overpay, maybe it's better when for players that makes more sense to take the risk by being either:

1. English/HG registered eligible - We know this is a requirement for PL/CL registration and a factor into why the fees for English HG players are always inflated for top PL clubs. Finding high quality players to fit our level is difficult, and adding English players helps with creditibility/reputation that we are seeking to improve in England.

2. More clearly seen as a either world class talent, or a viewed as a better bet to become a future world class calibre talent.


Does Cucurella as a massive overpay fit this profile? Not really, even if he is a very, very good player that we could use.

Look at the consequences we have seen for clubs that overpay too easily? That was us in the past, and now seems to be Chelsea following Utd's lead desperate to improve their squad to get back to prominence.

For example, Gvardiol, the young Croatian wonderkid defender from Leipzig whom we know top analysts hold in very high regard, and we've heard top clubs like Barca, Chelsea, Utd and us have been scouting closely for over a year. He will cost A LOT of money when he goes and is all but certain, baring some outlier events, at some point.

Gvardiol, played against us once in CL last season but I didn't recall him too much then. I watched some more Bundesliga games this season, and you can see why we'd be interested as we are hearing surface again, even if the fee may be A LOT.

If you see advanced statistics about his contribution to buildup play, and even if you just watch a good highlight video from last season

***just like none of us did when we "scouted" Alvarez when we learnt he was coming... ***

You can tell that Gvardiol is a bit of a left sided (left footed) fusion of Cancelo's technical prowess - loves to get forward and cut inside, acting like a midfielder yet with less shooting - and the hybrid RB/CB that Walker plays on the right, both of which are exactly what Pep is looking for from the back line and is 100% seen as this type of player from what I understand and has been for longer.

I have a feeling this is what is going on with our transfer policy the past 2 summers, whilst still placing limits based on value.

If Kane was younger and Haaland was never going to be available, then maybe we pay what Levy wants. We passed and look what we got instead.

You can see why we are more ready to take this position because more and more players want to play for us than 5 years ago, and right now Spanish clubs are broke, and Bayern and Serie A can't hang.

[City64]

Here's the deal.

I like Cucurella and have wanted him. However, whilst I can make some sense of a 50m fee given the need and other economic factors I wrote extensively about on BM the other day, if you're going to overpay, maybe it's better when for players that makes more sense to take the risk by being either:

1. English/HG registered eligible - We know this is a requirement for PL/CL registration and a factor into why the fees for English HG players are always inflated for top PL clubs. Finding high quality players to fit our level is difficult, and adding English players helps with creditibility/reputation that we are seeking to improve in England.

2. More clearly seen as a either world class talent, or a viewed as a better bet to become a future world class calibre talent.


Does Cucurella as a massive overpay fit this profile? Not really, even if he is a very, very good player that we could use.

Look at the consequences we have seen for clubs that overpay too easily? That was us in the past, and now seems to be Chelsea following Utd's lead desperate to improve their squad to get back to prominence.

For example, Gvardiol, the young Croatian wonderkid defender from Leipzig whom we know top analysts hold in very high regard, and we've heard top clubs like Barca, Chelsea, Utd and us have been scouting closely for over a year. He will cost A LOT of money when he goes and is all but certain, baring some outlier events, at some point.

Gvardiol, played against us once in CL last season but I didn't recall him too much then. I watched some more Bundesliga games this season, and you can see why we'd be interested as we are hearing surface again, even if the fee may be A LOT.

If you see advanced statistics about his contribution to buildup play, and even if you just watch a good highlight video from last season

***just like none of us did when we "scouted" Alvarez when we learnt he was coming... ***

You can tell that Gvardiol is a bit of a left sided (left footed) fusion of Cancelo's technical prowess - loves to get forward and cut inside, acting like a midfielder yet with less shooting - and the hybrid RB/CB that Walker plays on the right, both of which are exactly what Pep is looking for from the back line and is 100% seen as this type of player from what I understand and has been for longer.

I have a feeling this is what is going on with our transfer policy the past 2 summers, whilst still placing limits based on value.

If Kane was younger and Haaland was never going to be available, then maybe we pay what Levy wants. We passed and look what we got instead.

You can see why we are more ready to take this position because more and more players want to play for us than 5 years ago, and right now Spanish clubs are broke, and Bayern and Serie A can't hang.

Agree with this .
Cucarella is only worth region of £30 million after only playing 18 times at LB for Brighton. And £30 million is a gamble ! £50 Million a complete joke !!!

Can see us buying maybe 2 cheaper younger options and develop them .