Well we only really sold Greaves and Philo who made much impact. If we sell 2 players next year for 40mil and keep the rest of the team together then it's hardly a problem. This year the issue was the over reliance on loans and a squad still full of l1 standard players. Next year that shouldn't be an issue.
They clearly feel Zambrano is a long term successor to Seri think you could see similarities in it just didn’t show himself enough but think he’ll get there. Tufan’s goals from midfield feel like something we are missing still
We’ve done much better business in terms of permanents or loan to buy deals. We will be in a much better position moving forward with the number of players we have to bring in. This is however, heavily reliant on all these players not being dogga!
Tufan the only one who has left that is a genuinely questionable transfer imo. Suspect there was a strong personal element to it with acun and ozan, all others who left were either not good enough or offers met our valuation
A proportion of fans never rated Tufan, which I found baffling. Ömur and Mehlem are essentially his replacement providing the former can get central. Before the window ends I'd like to see Meffert, a LB, a striker and two wingers. I'd be happy with that. I think we've had a really good window so far. Big fees for players we knew would make way, lots of deadwood gone and often for a fee. Lots of aspiration brought in with the rebuild, for the new manager. Badly run clubs are on the verge of collapse yet we seem to be operating well within our restrictions and limitations. Too many fans clearly have an axe to grind and they're not even subtle about it.
Rushworth expected today…Meffert and Kamara hoped to be sorted today (no doubt announced tomorrow). Another winger and Striker sounds like where the work needs to be done.
It would be nice if we could get one of the better signings done quickly to create a buzz and perhaps sway some of the other potential signings.
Baz's latest update doesn't mention Cooper, but lists the other five positions previously known to be targets with no mention of a defender. I wonder if we've changed our mind on that deal due to the backlash. Baz mentioned on Monday that City were surprised by the reaction, and I've increasingly got the sense that Acun is easily swayed by fan opinion.
Another one to keep an eye on, but we know Oscar Estupinan's move to FC Juarez in Mexico has gone through and that will be announced in the vert near future. That's a permanent deal and one where City will get a seven-figure fee for the Colombian international striker.
I took it more to potentially mean Cooper will come later. There’s no rush with him whereas there is others.
