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I might be getting him mixed up with someone else
IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD SPEAK SOFTLY - BOB PAISLEY
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I thought toure played defensive mid or midfield for city am I wrong ? and centre back
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Could do a job for us, will need to lose some weight though.
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Could do a job for us, will need to lose some weight though.
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Could do a job for us, will need to lose some weight though. DIDnt think he was over weight
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Was the cause of his ban...
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If anyone knows the terms of the agreement, please share.. Proof so far that we cannot compete with the top teams on the transfer market, City doesn't need him. That's ridiculous. City don't need half their roster but that doesn't mean they aren't any good. You could argue that Chelsea didn't need Sturridge either. It doesn't mean he's not any good or doesn't have any value to add. Agree that if a player is not playing at Chelsea or City, it doesn't mean that he is bad, I never said that Kolo T was bad. I just said that we are in completely different leagues when it comes to transfers as FSG's approach is much much lower investment. Chelsea's and City's approach has brought them top trophies recently and relatively quickly, our approach has been used by Arsenal and the best they did was to qualify for Champions league (rumours are they are going to spend massively in the next transfer window). I still don't know why we will be able to do better than Arsenal.
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providing theres another centre half on his way into the team then it would be a smart signing. touré has experience (probably the most important part of any good cente halves game) and leadership. he also adds some versatility as he can play right back or defensive midfield.
ok so his best days were at arsenal a good few years back. but if you look at how well carragher has played this season considering he was only a back up player in the first half of the campaign, it proves that experience still has a lot to offer in back line. jamie is irreplaceable theres no doubt about it. but with one eye on some of our other transfers and a generally small transfer kitty (thought to be £20m) then touré can only add quality, experience and depth to the squad at a minimal cost.
i'd expect to see us make a move for a younger player too. the most likely padadopoulos. his club schalke have just signed dortmund centre half felipe santana which suggests they are already making steps to replace him.
i would be happy there was some truth in the reports about iago aspas joining us for £7m too. can play right across the front 3 and would certainly be a very good squad player.
if we offload carroll to west ham for £15m that should leave with a nice £28m to play with. would give us the opportunity to at least make an attempt to lure in christian erikssen and possibly a quality winger (depending on wether we offload downing) or defensive midfielder to compete with lucas. wanyama and knockaert would be decent imo
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providing theres another centre half on his way into the team then it would be a smart signing. touré has experience (probably the most important part of any good cente halves game) and leadership. he also adds some versatility as he can play right back or defensive midfield.
ok so his best days were at arsenal a good few years back. but if you look at how well carragher has played this season considering he was only a back up player in the first half of the campaign, it proves that experience still has a lot to offer in back line. jamie is irreplaceable theres no doubt about it. but with one eye on some of our other transfers and a generally small transfer kitty (thought to be £20m) then touré can only add quality, experience and depth to the squad at a minimal cost.
i'd expect to see us make a move for a younger player too. the most likely padadopoulos. his club schalke have just signed dortmund centre half felipe santana which suggests they are already making steps to replace him.
i would be happy there was some truth in the reports about iago aspas joining us for £7m too. can play right across the front 3 and would certainly be a very good squad player.
if we offload carroll to west ham for £15m that should leave with a nice £28m to play with. would give us the opportunity to at least make an attempt to lure in christian erikssen and possibly a quality winger (depending on wether we offload downing) or defensive midfielder to compete with lucas. wanyama and knockaert would be decent imo
Is Eriksen still avaiable or on his way to Dortmund?
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Can't say he was my first choice as it is difficult to get excited about signing the 5th choice center back from Man City who is already a couple of years the wrong side of thirty (official site says 32 - born 19 March 1981) and even giving him the benefit of the doubt over the reason for the ban it points to a player who was struggling to maintain fitness even then (banned March 2011).
Since then he was out for 6 months because of the slimming aid containing a banned substance and made 17 appearances (not sure how many were starts) this season so his fitness could have deteriorated further - I hope the agreement in principle is for a low basic salary with incentives for number/quality of performances and as well as the normal medical they put him through a thorough fitness test.
Those concerns aside he is a proven winner with 11 honours, a wealth of premier league experience and the physical strength we've been lacking recently so hopefully he'll be a good addition as an experienced squad player - hopefully there is still another CB signing planned as well.
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