Transfer Rumours The 2015 Summer Transfer Window Thread

Sergio Aguero please!

 

Money doesn't mean success. Look at Osvaldo and Ramirez. Much rather we went for unknown players with potential, then big names that often come with a lot of baggage.

 

I get more excited about this than Virgil.

 

I thought Mangala played well today, but understand he is going on loan to Valencia

 

Good player, but I don't see the point in swapping the two of them - Mangala has adjusted to the PL now, and Ottamendi may take time to.

 

Ron must play FM, he must do. He'll bring in Eder Balanta next.

 

Otamendi is far better tho.

 

Not doubting his quality, but City spent 32m on Mangala last summer, and he is starting to look like a proper defender now - would be silly to let him leave.

 

If it is them loaning out Mangala then they will buy another cb. £32m for City is like me Spending £50p.

 

Would make even less sense though, wouldn't it? We've got a CB who we've spent a lot of money on (I know City have alot in the bank), and we want another one in as competition and cover, but we are going to let one, who is used to the league, leave on loan. Leaves them back where they started doesn't it?

Them buying Ottamendi outright for 30 odd million makes more sense to me.

 

Prehaps he is part of the deal? Or Valencia are doing like they did with Negredo, Loan now with a forced option to buy?

 

Tielemans on the way in that case....

(Really, that would be good).

 

It's easy to get hung up on gaston and osvaldo but generally speaking you will get a better player in the 10-15m range than the 5-10m range. Of course we can pull out a great player for cheap sometimes. However so far this summer we have shopped at a level below the one I expected us to be capable of operating in

 

Gained less in sales, and we appear to be aiming to keep our net transfer spend fairly close to par.

 

And that will see us slide backwards quickly as those around us (Stoke, Palace etc) spend on better players and increase the size of their squads

 

Focusing on transfer fees misses the point. It's wages that put potentially unsustainable burdens on club finances.

 

Who's to say we haven't signed what will turn out to be great players in Cedric, Clasie, Romeu and even Caulker this year though? (Although I do take your point completely as well).

 

Agree, plus Osvaldo was a calculated risk. Poch and the club knew it could backfire, though I bet not quite as spectacularly! So really, only Gaston is a good old-fashioned 'not adjusted to the Premiership' flop. Forren almost doesn't count, as we picked up on his failings before he played a game.

 

I still personally think we're waiting to call at least one clubs' price bluff closer to deadline day. If we see one of our bigger targets get agitated closer to deadline, I wouldn't be surprised if we move. If that's not the case with any genuine targets, though, we won't.