There has been a notable drop in the quality of players they are reaching out for/ standard of their workings in the transfermarkt. All seems very last minute rather than part of a proper plan
Donnarumma isnât bad with the ball at his feet. He isnât ederson level though. But which keeper is ?
Heâs fine playing out from the back but heâs by far a better keeper than ederson in all other aspects
This would rather be gutting for him. Had he stayed on at Burnley, there would be a case for him to make the England squad for the world cup even if he isnât displacing Prickford as the #1.
I donât think Tuchel will want to pick someone like Trafford who barely sees any game time in the domestic season now though.
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Not saying that English keeping stocks are good.
But the likes of Ramsdale , Pope and Trafford arenât good enough to provide competition for Pickford (whoâs an above average keeper at best).
England really need to look at their goalkeeping stocks. Theyâve been low for a really long time.
Donnarumma IS bad with the ball at his feet though. He is the textbook example of the sort of player who loses out in a âmy style is more important than the quality of playerâ philosophy that would see a manager force out a world class keeper because he doesnt allow them to play out from the back. See Hartâs exit from City and De Geaâs exit from United (admittedly both had experienced lapses in form that called their position into question as well).
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Sounds like the brothers Pep are in for a frustrating season
Not the 130+ chargesâŚbut more related to sponsorship deals? How will this impact the 130+ charges?
The Premier League and Manchester City FC have reached a settlement in relation to the arbitration commenced by the club earlier this year concerning the Premier Leagueâs Associated Party Transaction (APT) Rules, and as a result the parties have agreed to terminate the proceedings.
This settlement brings an end to the dispute between the parties regarding the APT Rules. As part of the settlement, Manchester City accepts that the current APT Rules are valid and binding.
It has been agreed that neither the Premier League nor the club will be making any further comment about the matter.
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Thatâs actualluy quite positive. The general perspective was City launched this because if they won it would undermine the charges against them - âyeah we hid payments, but that was only because the rules in place were themselves illegalâ. I think most people thought it was more of a headache to the prem, and maybe a way for City to divert the Premâs resources away from the main case, but I think it seems pretty positive that City have had to concede here.
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Hahaha, of course DailyFail (online version) headline would be:
âMan City win war with Premier League over big-money sponsorship dealsâ
Yup, I remember seeing the suggestions they were positive of success here.
If there is any time that City have âsettledâ with the PL, I question whether the PL have conceded in some other area.
Remember that this is the club that has basically threatened to raze the competition to the ground if they donât get their way, and that they will continually throw thousands of lawyers at the situation until the PLâs charges go away, and now they âaccept that the APT rules are legal and binding?â. Itâs very un-City to agree a settlement.
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Yeah only solution is to kick them out of football.
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Sounds like Gianluigi may want to have Dunna runna once he actually hears the ânoiseâ. Did he think he was signing to play at rather than with Trafford?
"Iâm really looking forward to discovering the environment of the stadium and I canât wait to take to the pitch and hear the sounds of the stadium and hear the support.â
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Debut mistake coming right up.
The only problem is that Utd look likely to be sticking with Bayindir in goal initially, so that is at least a 2 goal head start for City
What a crap headline, it should readâŚ
Gianluigi Donnarumma happy to rival 22 year Old Trafford to be Manchester Cityâs No 1
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(Some) Credit to City though. One of the rare instances that their youth product gets to compete fairly with expensive and a more established talent. *Even though Trafford was bought back rather than going straight into the first team.
Just saw this. Wow. Is he so stupid or he thinks the world is that stupid to not know the difference? Fcking chequebook mananger and his stupid smirk trying to prove everything they do is legitimate.
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His tongue must have been so far in his cheek there. Thatâs why I just couldnât understand him coming out with such arrant nonsense.
Heâs terrible at mind games and playing the press. He always comes off like an idiot
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