meh Xhaka is better 
He’s who I thought City were buying when I first read that they were buying “Danilo”.
Not paying complete attention to the Ajax game but the bits I’m catching, Roda look poo.
Find it difficult to take Kluivert & Neres serious as genuine first class talents despite what they look like because of the opposition they play against on a regular basis. Will take a very brave club to drop a significant fee on either of these guys.
Well Kluivert is 18 and looks to be one of the bigger talents to have come around in a while, don’t think it’s too much of a risk to buy him with the idea that it will take a few years of development to better competition. Neres no idea but it’s not like he’s too old either.
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Coutinho
Neres
https://twitter.com/mixedknuts/status/946796118574354432
Posting because I remember someone on here mentioning him.
https://twitter.com/thetenspace/status/962616398441828352
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https://twitter.com/Worville/status/968074715146440704
https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079618459820032
https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079622091964416
https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079628953890816
https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079632733016069
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What’s perhaps more interesting to untangle is how good of a passer Ndombele is, because it’s all well and good to be a guy who progress play with his dribbling, but being a dual threat with both passing and dribbling is a rare thing to find in young midfielders. I think Ndombele is fine in this department; not necessarily brilliant and perhaps he looks a little clumsy at times, but it’s not a situation where he’s got cinder blocks for feet and the only thing he’s reduced to is simple passes. He can get passes into tight areas, though sometimes he puts a little too much mustard on them and leads to tough first touches for his teammates.
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And to think we’ve splashed £47.70m on Lacazette when we could have had a couple of these gems for that kind of money (and not much bigger wages).
Hirving + Ndombele is surely a better combo than Auba, isn’t it? Considering Auba isn’t getting any younger …
But still, hindsight bias and all that.
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I still think Laca will come good for us
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What represents coming good for Laca at this point?
If we’re not selling him maybe 10+ league goals and 10+ in other comps as a back up?
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I don’t see how he’ll get the opportunity to really
I like Laca a lot but Aubameyang is clearly levels above him. Honestly, we should just sell him and invest in someone much younger that’ll provide good cover and hopefully grow into being the #1 (or at least have some resale value).
Then we can better invest his wages into the first XI.
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Maybe swap him for atleticos GK with a bit of cash, but those deals generally dont happen. Maybe invest in someone with potential like Crisitan Pavon.
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