Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[TightEnd]

If City sign Walker and Mendy they will have spent £267.6m on defenders and goalkeepers in the last 3 seasons.

anyway my post is not to have a wind up, the transfer market is crazy and prices are what they are

Walker at £55m brings what to the team that last season's full backs (when played) did not?

full back is a tough position in modern football.have to be able to defend but you are also the spare wide man a lot of times i think

[bookiebasher]

If City sign Walker and Mendy they will have spent £267.6m on defenders and goalkeepers in the last 3 seasons.

anyway my post is not to have a wind up, the transfer market is crazy and prices are what they are

Walker at £55m brings what to the team that last season's full backs (when played) did not?

full back is a tough position in modern football.have to be able to defend but you are also the spare wide man a lot of times i think

Walker never worth £55m. He thinks his speed will always get him out of trouble defensively and is over confident.

[hhyftrftdr]

If City sign Walker and Mendy they will have spent £267.6m on defenders and goalkeepers in the last 3 seasons.

anyway my post is not to have a wind up, the transfer market is crazy and prices are what they are

Walker at £55m brings what to the team that last season's full backs (when played) did not?

full back is a tough position in modern football.have to be able to defend but you are also the spare wide man a lot of times i think

Full back is arguably the most important position in a Pep set up.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm not the biggest fan of Walker, though he will be a significant upgrade on what we've had since Zabba's decline 2/3 years ago. I think I'm right in saying Walker covered more ground than any other FB in the league last season; he's a great age, good experience but the right side of 30, bundles of energy and the ability to get up and down the flank. 2 years running he's made the PFA team of the season, so whilst he's not world class, he's probably the best available option. His homegrown status has added £££ to his price, and Levy probably got a semi when the Alves deal fell through, so despite £45m being steep I wouldn't say its beyond absurd (pretty sure its £45m rising to £50m btw, with Sheff Utd getting 10%)

Mendy very close now as well so hoping that gets over the line as he looks a quality player and prospect. Lining up with Mendy and Walker (providing they both go through) this season instead of Clichy and Zabaleta already improves us immensely, and that's before factoring in Ederson, Silva and any other potential signings....

[TightEnd]

Manchester City confirm the signing of Kyle Walker. He becomes the most expensive defender in history.

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when you consider Bonucci at 28yo (best central defender on the market?) has just gone for £35m, it just shows the English premium in our leagues.

[POWWWWWWWW]

Bit different comparing the price to Bonucci. He had a massive falling out with the Juve management and his son is seriously ill so would never be moving far from Turin anyway. Best player in any position in the Prem for £50m is good value imo these days.

[POWWWWWWWW]

Seems like he's already endeared himself to the City fans a while ago.

[arbboy]

Spurs had his best years imo.  Great business for Spurs.  Levy is a genius at keeping his top top players on mickey mouse salaries.  No idea how he does it year after year.  If they want their true market rate he just fucks them off, gets a top dollar transfer fee and moves onto the next cheaper version on the production line.  If the EPL had a USA style salary cap Levy and Spurs would destroy the EPL.

[hhyftrftdr]

Isn't Bonucci 30 as well?

Welcome to Manchester, Kyle.

[POWWWWWWWW]

Levy is a genius at keeping his top top players on mickey mouse salaries.  No idea how he does it year after year.

Getting the best striker in the league on £120k for the next 5 years, the same year the monster TV money kicked in, was a masterclass.

[hhyftrftdr]

Spurs had his best years imo.  Great business for Spurs.  Levy is a genius at keeping his top top players on mickey mouse salaries.  No idea how he does it year after year.  If they want their true market rate he just fucks them off, gets a top dollar transfer fee and moves onto the next cheaper version on the production line.  If the EPL had a USA style salary cap Levy and Spurs would destroy the EPL.

He's shrewd, I'll give him that.

The problem is, for Spurs and their fans, that they will struggle to ever become a title winning club if they keep offloading their best players. And players will have their heads turned when they see what they can earn elsewhere.

Over the last 2 seasons they have been the best team in the Prem, but have nothing to show for it. I think that will be an ongoing theme whilst Levy keeps the elastic bands on his wallet.

[rinswun]

Seems like he's already endeared himself to the City fans a while ago.

Not his Twitter acct.

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[rinswun]

Fair do's

[TightEnd]

Chelsea have "serious and strong interest" in signing Sergio Aguero, according to Sky sources. Full story: http://skysports.tv/DmVl1s

[tikay]

The Times claim that Pepe Reina is being lined up to replace Bravo.