City transfer thread

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Only time will tell, my mate is an Arsenal fan not to mention my mother so I watched all their pre-season games, he was amazing and fitted in totally with the Arsenal first teamers, couldn't believe Wenger sent him to us to be honest and can only think he might be signing another big name striker like Benzema

We're not Arsenal though. He'll get very different service from our team to the side he's used to playing in.
 
I think it's great that men can be mates with their mother. Very enlightened.

Do you blame the Allam's for been stingy, 10 million plus for Hernandez, 7 for Livermore plus all the other dross we have signed. Now we want to spend 9 million on a striker who scored 16 goals last year in the 2nd Division of England, all this whilst we still have Abel, Jelavic and Aluko kicking about the club, also Diame and Snodgrass who have played about 20 games combined and also cost 10 million.
 
Do you blame the Allam's for been stingy, 10 million plus for Hernandez, 7 for Livermore plus all the other dross we have signed. Now we want to spend 9 million on a striker who scored 16 goals last year in the 2nd Division of England, all this whilst we still have Abel, Jelavic and Aluko kicking about the club, also Diame and Snodgrass who have played about 20 games combined and also cost 10 million.

I've no idea. Maybe you should ask Bret.
 
I suspect the £9m wll be the headline figure, including the add-on's, it's what they've apparently been asking us for since day one.
I think Brentford will be laughing all the way to the Bank to have got that much for Gray. If (big If!) we can keep Jelavic and Hernandez then with Akpom, Aluko, Luer etc I think we have got more than enough firepower for the Championship without paying silly money like this.
 
I think Brentford will be laughing all the way to the Bank to have got that much for Gray. If (big If!) we can keep Jelavic and Hernandez then with Akpom, Aluko, Luer etc I think we have got more than enough firepower for the Championship without paying silly money like this.
We already paid silly money for Hernandez.
 
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We already paid silly money for Hernandez.
"Silly money" is normal now.
WBA paid up to £8m for Chester. First match they play him at RB second match he's on the bench all match. I know it's early days but clubs are willing to pay a lot of money without being sure of what to do with the player.
 
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Akpom and Gray are very similar strikers. I do think Anichibe and Akpom/ Hernandez would work well. Bit like Windass and Campbell.
 
I think Brentford will be laughing all the way to the Bank to have got that much for Gray. If (big If!) we can keep Jelavic and Hernandez then with Akpom, Aluko, Luer etc I think we have got more than enough firepower for the Championship without paying silly money like this.

Jelavic has looked poor in the first couple of games, Hernandez can't wait to get out of here and Luer has only ever played two first team games. I don't think we can bank on them to take us up, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens, maybe Abel will come on tomorrow and play a blinder.
 
He was second choice at feyenoord, he was never going to play much. It's Egypt I saw him play for. We took an Egyptian keeper on trial a few seasons back. I dont just sit on wikipedia looking at stats, I actually watch players and form an opinion.
So how many times did you see him play for Egypt? Who against? Very hard to judge goalies in internationals as they dont often have much to do. He's only played 13 times for Egypt in 9 years, not sure when these appearances were.
So fill us all in GK expert.
 
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We will know tomorrow night if Bruce has been bullshitting us about Hernandez because if he really has turned the corner, he should be starting for us. If he's on the bench, then Bruce is simply playing a poker game with Torino to get them to trigger his release figure rather than get him on loan.
 
Akpom isnt our striker though.. and there's probably no chance of buying him.. Gray on the other hand is "available" for a rather pricy, but not over the top fee.

Im still hoping we're going to match Bristol City and get the deal done in the end.

What the allams and Bruce will be thinking is, we're going to lose jelavic and possible hernandez too before the window closes.. so we'll need a new striker anyway.. and we'll want a proven one to play alongside of Akpom who is still raw..