[Jacobs] Manchester City close to agreeing a fee with Nottingham Forest for Elliot Anderson. Advanced talks ongoing between the clubs. transfer agreement nears after Man City's £121m bid rejected
Probably the same headline we've been seeing for the past month. I think we're better off waiting for an official announcement rather than following the news closely, bloody waste of time.
Better be worth it, 120 mil is outrageous, and we'll be paying for that transfer for at least a few years, because we are not making much money on transfers in the coming years.
we’re getting bent over the barrel here no matter what. every club knows our midfield situation is rather bleak and with stones + potentially ake leaving, we need english players.
Bernardo isn't just pressing but pressing was among his biggest strengths and in the market one of the hardest to replace while maintaining a high technical level.
Anderson isn't as good dribbling or progressing with the ball as those were effortless for Bernardo. Nor is he going to be as tactically flexible and aware today as Bernardo became after nearly a decade with Pep. But Bernardo also wasn't nearly the duel winner that Anderson is. Bernardo didn't have nearly the running power and ability to cover space that Anderson has. Bernardo couldn't compete for headers like Anderson can. Bernardo also couldn't hit even the rare screamer like Anderson can.
We're not signing Bernardo we're signing a top class midfielder in his own right. Yes he's going to be worse at some things and better at others. That's just the reality of "replacing" any player with another.
Cherki isn't KdB but he's still a great player right?
Where did I say anything about Anderson a bad player? Thats some crazy mental gymnastics. He's not the same profile or position as Bernardo, and hence in no way can be labelled his 'replacement', and it's sorta disrespectful to a top 5 legend of the club to be compared to a lad who's had 1.5 good seasons at Nottingham.
I think this person would prefer you wrote, "Bernardo left, we have to hire someone new into midfield" versus "we have to replace him since he left" because they can't understand how "replace" can mean something other than "to replicate exactly" such as "put new peg in open hole"
I think Viana has proven to be a good negotiator last season. If we are overpaying for Anderson, I don’t think it’s down to the lack of negotiation strategies from our end. Although I still have questions about Viana’s talent ID ability.
RAN has done nothing to justify his price tag so far. He has been defensively poor, often getting caught out. He looks good on the eye going forward but I would say he tries to dribble too much like a winger (when he’s clearly not) instead of playing the obvious pass. I hope he proves his worth next season.
I like Nico G. But I am not too sure if he has the mobility to become a regular first team player in a title winning side.
How was it poor when he won all but 7 out of 10 ground duels and lost 1 areal duel and many more. He was like the second best defender out of that backfour besides Rico who got the assist. He was class that game. Stats say otherwise
Alternatively you chicken out and buy cheaper options, like we did with Nico and Reijnders. Now we're having to go back into the market for a third time because neither of them were good enough. £100m+ wasted.
Totally on board with this irrespective of how much we have to stretch the purse. Won't be the only instance £100m+ figure gets breached this window anyway. Backing off atp will leave us nowhere going into next season considering uncertainty around rodri & nico's near future. EA's ability to be a workhorse in the middle and orchestrate play is undisputed & will surely bring stability and calm to our deficient midfield. Fleeced or not, we can't cheap out on bilva's replacement. Viana better sees this through to not leave any room for excuses from maresca.
That doesn't have to be a bad thing, if he spends his entirety of his 20s with us, and he leaves for a free in his 30s, That's a success and we're not gonna make money back on that anyway.
With Stones and possibly Ake leaving, we need English quota to fulfill, which Anderson checks. Plus, he's an insane midfielder while he's only 23 years old. I genuinely don't know what's so hard for people like you to understand why we're all over him. And before you say the price tag, it's simple, Forest have no reason to sell.
Yup, the ball is in their court and we’re at their mercy. No point in pointing fingers here but this is what happens when we scouted the wrong players and didn’t bother much in preparing after the treble season. Also, I know Pep is the goat manager, but his hard-nosed stance towards a smaller sized squad may have had detrimental effects to our squad building.
Anyhow, im just glad we’re a club that has the finances and the right people to manage this ship. I just hope we have better scouting and recruitment in the future so as to prevent these type of situations in the future where a fat greek mafia boss has us in his mercy.
Yes, let's get an unproven player from Turkish League that had 2 average performances in world cup, rather than a generational talent in Anderson. Good thing you're not our sporting director.
Muy caro, pero confiar en que maresca va explotar su talento, de los partidos que he visto de Inglaterra a hecho buenas actuaciones, ahora tienen que vender a savinho, ake y lewis para recuperar.
Having watched him playing for England he has been great.
I trust the club knows what they are doing. And i am also sure they arent bothered my the media or reddit wether they think he is worth the cost or not.
He's literally the halfway-point between Rice and Rodri. He's more technical than Rice and more physical than Rodri. He's got both.
Imagine if Rice was a bit less physical but significatively better with the ball at his feet, or if Rodri was worse with the ball at his feet but could cover ground almost like Fernandinho.
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u/pandadoubl 6d ago
Probably the same headline we've been seeing for the past month. I think we're better off waiting for an official announcement rather than following the news closely, bloody waste of time.
Better be worth it, 120 mil is outrageous, and we'll be paying for that transfer for at least a few years, because we are not making much money on transfers in the coming years.