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serious gaylord posted:What is it about Guardiola that makes good players flee the clubs he manages? That wasn't Pep, just a power struggle between the club and Kroos' agent.
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Quiet times for City. Nastasic and/or Garcia could easily be sold, with only Mangala (or Benatia if something goes wrong) coming in. Few people musing as to why we'd sell Nastasic, it's quite simple really, the club are desperate to fast track Karim Rekik who is viewed as not only a City defender for 10 plus years but also a future club captain. He was really good in the Eredivisie and got vital Champions League experience last season and narrowly missed out on being in the Dutch World Cup squad. Nastasic was really good in his first season but was crocked for the majority of the last and didn't demonstrate his form of the previous season when he did play. It'd be a shame to see him go, but if it gets Rekik into the team I have no issue with it. Kompany, Mangala/Benatia, Demi and Rekik is a strong selection of CB's in my opinion. On Garcia, whilst he was MASSIVELY improved for the 2nd half of last season and pushed Fernandinho onto the bench, ultimately Fernando seems a better option, so he's kind of surplus to requirements I guess, but i'd be happy if he stuck around another season. Then there's the obvious departures which are pretty much just Guidetti, Richards, Rodwell and Sinclair at this point.
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If Kroos honestly thought he deserves 12 million per year, he can gently caress right off.
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Wouldn't shipping out those leave you more or less without homegrown players?
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No homegrown players doesn't matter if they were never going to use them in the first place. No one else will pay Javi Garcia's wages.
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MrBling posted:Wouldn't shipping out those leave you more or less without homegrown players? Hart, Milner, Clichy supposedly counts, as does Rekik, and Boyata is still about, we only need 5 for the Champs League, was scaled back from 8.
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TheGoatFeeder posted:as does Rekik A player bought from abroad who's only spent 3 years in England counts as homegrown? 
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Jose posted:Lacazette who wants a champions league team and Aubameyang who Dortmund only signed last year The Aubameyang rumour was just someone who looked like him and ended up being Riviere’s mate. I'd love if Remy just stayed though.
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Thirteenth Step posted:A player bought from abroad who's only spent 3 years in England counts as homegrown? This is what people are saying, i'll have to check, same for Marcos Lopes but he's out on loan. Isn't that why Clichy counts?
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Filthee Fingas posted:The Aubameyang rumour was just someone who looked like him and ended up being Riviere’s mate. Think there is a decent chance that might happen
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Jul 17, 2014 12:09
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Pobrecito posted:Arsenal fans seem to have a habit of vilifying specific players in the face of more fundamental problems with the entire team (I remember it was Ramsey a few years ago lmao) and Arteta seems to be the most recent in line. I love the guy, he came into a team in crisis and has been a standout leader in the locker room from the day he arrived and has put in a really solid few years at what is certainly not his best position. He's also still an amazing passer of the ball, he's been the guy making our midfield tick for a few years now. He's also handsome AF and looks like the lego man. You read reddit too much.
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Thirteenth Step posted:A player bought from abroad who's only spent 3 years in England counts as homegrown? If those 3 years were before he turned 21 then yeah he counts as home grown.
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Thirteenth Step posted:A player bought from abroad who's only spent 3 years in England counts as homegrown? 36 months between the age of 15 and 21
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Thirteenth Step posted:A player bought from abroad who's only spent 3 years in England counts as homegrown? Not even that, he spent last season on loan at PSV. The homegrown rule is about as meaningful and influential as FFP.
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Jul 17, 2014 13:10
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I'm sure this will be a breakout season for Emyr Huws so don't worry about the homegrown quotas.
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ChrisXP posted:36 months between the age of 15 and 21 christ
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Rio Ferdinand is undergoing his medical exam with QPR and will sign today.
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Thirteenth Step posted:christ i don't think he'd be classed as a homegrown player
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Andre Le Fuckface posted:i don't think he'd be classed as a homegrown player And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green
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Raffles posted:And did those feet in ancient time Probably not.
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Edmund Honda posted:Not even that, he spent last season on loan at PSV. The homegrown rule is about as meaningful and influential as FFP. He's still only 19 though, so if what TGF said is true and he'll be in the first team this coming season then he will count as homegrown by the time he turns 21 and actually has to be registered.
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Jul 17, 2014 14:06
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I wonder if/when foreign teams will start registering young players with an english team (and loaning them back) for three years so if they turn out pretty good, City will pay even more for them. Bit like setting your company up to pay VAT in some tin-pot country with 5% tax rate.
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Andre Le Fuckface posted:i don't think he'd be classed as a homegrown player I'd honestly rather have him as a physio. Who knows, with Christ himself holding the magic sponge even Diaby might play 10 games a season.
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:According to Lil' Jack, Enner Valencia has completed his move to West Ham although there's nothing on the official site yet 12 million pounds apparently, and I reckon it's a safe bet he'll be played on the wing where he's been poo poo his entire career. Lovely stuff.
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In news that will shock no Newcastle supporter, Ben Arfa returned overweight and was fined £1.5k, allegedly. Other reports are the club is trying to unload him but nobody will meet his personal terms.
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Bovril Delight posted:In news that will shock no Newcastle supporter, Ben Arfa returned overweight and was fined £1.5k, allegedly. He's amazing when he gives a poo poo. It's a total waste of talent op.
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I think he's Brazilian at heart. Brilliantly talented but can't give a poo poo and prone to bring fat. He's going to balloon up Ronaldo style when he retires.
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Bovril Delight posted:In news that will shock no Newcastle supporter, Ben Arfa returned overweight and was fined £1.5k, allegedly. its 1k per 1kg over the limit... I'd love to know what he's been eating.
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Bovril Delight posted:In news that will shock no Newcastle supporter, Ben Arfa returned overweight and was fined £1.5k, allegedly. It doesn't seem that long ago that he had that brilliant spell at Newcastle and Arsenal and other top clubs were supposedly looking at him again, the guy just seems to constantly self destruct every time he gets somewhere.
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TheGoatFeeder posted:It doesn't seem that long ago that he had that brilliant spell at Newcastle and Arsenal and other top clubs were supposedly looking at him again, the guy just seems to constantly self destruct every time he gets somewhere. Too good for the championship, not good enough for the prem. Won't take a pay cut to go to other leagues. He's an unfortunate case of thinking he's better than he actually is.
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He's one of the laziest players defensively I think I've seen. Marveaux is somehow even worse and unsurprisingly we're also trying to sell him
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serious gaylord posted:Too good for the championship, not good enough for the prem. Won't take a pay cut to go to other leagues. He's an unfortunate case of thinking he's better than he actually is.
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Andre Le Fuckface posted:i don't think he'd be classed as a homegrown player actually three years living in a country is more than enough to be classed as being from there and if you disagree you're a literal racist
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I remember when Rooney was kicking the poo poo out of Coloccini and Ben Arfa got up in his face and it owned
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Jose posted:He's one of the laziest players defensively I think I've seen. Marveaux is somehow even worse and unsurprisingly we're also trying to sell him How long has Marveaux been fit for you guys? From what I read, Liverpool gave him a medical and then cancelled the transfer.
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Brony Car posted:How long has Marveaux been fit for you guys? From what I read, Liverpool gave him a medical and then cancelled the transfer. He denies that he failed the medical and said he couldn't agree terms, but who knows. He's been injured a lot, and never impressed when he was fit.
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Brony Car posted:How long has Marveaux been fit for you guys? From what I read, Liverpool gave him a medical and then cancelled the transfer. Supposedly he's really lazy in training which is why he hardly ever even made the bench. He's been out injured a bit but not as much as you'd think
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TheGoatFeeder posted:Quiet times for City. Nastasic and/or Garcia could easily be sold, with only Mangala (or Benatia if something goes wrong) coming in. Taking this with a big grain of salt and pepper because if I recall you said Dzeko is for sure going and also that he sucks, and then he only went and single handedly won the league for you.
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