He was quite heavily linked in January along with Wharton but had a fairly bad injury iirc. Deep lying playmaker type.
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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I know. It’s amazing how well they have done Considering their spending over the years.
I think city walking away saved them from Harry maguire too.
must be some dodgyness going on too, alvarez deal for them was too good to be true. 16m or something silly? surely brown envelopes being passed about behind the scenes
Exactly, the last time we were in that position was 2017 & 18 and well…
16m for a kid out of the Argentine league isn't that silly.
He was a punt that worked out is ad deep as that goes.
I don’t know as I don’t watch football that much anymore so not sure if he was expected to do really well & was highly rated. Or just very good scouting from city as well as a bit of luck. I’d never heard of him but that’s like most players these days.
How bizarre we are.
Non-stop transfer tittle tattle and frustration at missing out on Neto from some. Many saying Gallagher would be a decent signing and that was before the Skipp news/then sale broke.
We sign a youngster from a relegated team, albeit one who looks like he has potential, and many are seemingly content
We are 1/2 players of requisite qiuality short of being competitive.
Pundits who know nothing and those who think optimism is enough are living in the land of La La.
As clear as the days are shortening.
Non-stop transfer tittle tattle and frustration at missing out on Neto from some. Many saying Gallagher would be a decent signing and that was before the Skipp news/then sale broke.
We sign a youngster from a relegated team, albeit one who looks like he has potential, and many are seemingly content
We are 1/2 players of requisite qiuality short of being competitive.
Pundits who know nothing and those who think optimism is enough are living in the land of La La.
As clear as the days are shortening.
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yea maybe. 22 though, looked good as soon as they played him. if they was the only ones onto him for that price its a bit strange. 14m apparently, thats literally spunk money in football. good goal record from big side like river plate.
if it was all kosher then fair play. but the 115 tells me they dont fly straight so things like this should be looked at too lol.
Are you drunk?
does feel like that. 2 genuine quality wide players that suit this system would make a huge difference. but we wont get that. we can only hope that moore will evolve into one, but thats a coupe years away and by then romero will be gone and well be short at the back then.
would still take a punt on cheisa, can play both sides and offers quality and dog work in the press.
Yeah, we missed an opportunity there, but our finances weren't what they are today, either. Should have sold an Eriksen or Dele or Dier to finance a refresh, but we were still too scared to lose star players to replace them with new up-and-coming talent. And given our horrible scouting at the time, it might have been money pissed away, anyway.
Keyboard on its last legs.
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I reckon it remains to be seen how good he really is, or whether he just benefitted from the City set up.
£70m+ is the crazy fee here.
Alvarez was well known, lot of clubs were looking at him. Mentioned on this board a few times as well. City just got in there and did the deal, for what was a bargain fee.
yea will be interesting to see how he does this year. fair play to him for taking that switch, anyone that goes to atletico shows they are up for a serious fight. competing with 2 titans of the game.
its a brave move by him really.
If Romero is gone, we'll probably have £80-90m to replace him. Which is fine. We shouldn't be afraid to sell star players and replace them with new ones, and our scouting and recruitment is good enough to do that. It keeps things fresh and is a healthy approach. Dortmund have been doing it for ages and, unlike them, we can hold on to players a bit longer, so it won't be chop and change every season.
Was walking. Rectified.
This has been a massive problem for about 15+ years at least. And arguably the real reason for our lack of success.
Romero is not the calm, influencing head we need when the chips are down. He's an absolute warrior, and a winner but he's no leader.
We do not have anyone like that. And with an ever increasingly young team, you need a couple like that.