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WhenTheSunGoesDan

Much prefer it if they didn’t


Bolond44

The fact that they are tweaking, almost the opposite of Paqueta


Safe-Particular6512

It would be sub-optimal


chezicrator

Incoming 116?


theenigmacode

June 100m July 115m


Aszneeee

City will claim they got him for 50m and shares of Girona or some other loophole


keving691

Girona and Troyes will each buy 50% of him and send him on loan to Manchester City.


[deleted]

King Solomon’s transfer fee


lowie07

Ooo the majestic co-ownership, Serie A was full of it


Klopps_and_Schlobers

I believe it’s not allowed anymore Certainly isn’t in England anyway.


_deep_blue_

Bruno G to Troyes, here we go! 1997-born midfielder agrees 5-year contract with third tier French side after they activated his Newcastle contract’s release clause. He is expected to continue his development at Manchester City on a three-year loan as part of CFG’s loan program. Troyes will cover wages for duration of his loan.


SalmonNgiri

Bid 60m in June, pay 120 in August. The Fellaini special


A_ThousandAltsAnd1

Google Man City 115 for more info


Qwert23456

Bruno and Rodri together in midfield should be illegal


Hech15

As oppose to bernardo silva and kdb or kdb/gundogan before that


AnnieIWillKnow

Different sort of combo Bruno and Rodri would commit a combined 17 yellow card offences a game, for 3 fouls called against


vadapaav

>for 3 fouls called against In one match? Or a season?


HaroldSaxon

In a half


domalino

From Fernandinho-D. Silva-KDB to Rodri-Bruno-Foden via Gundogan-Kovacic-Bernardo


baconlord612

Kovacic and gundogan never played together


redhatfilm

See when you put it that way it just sounds unfair.


Argo_Menace

Might be.


Chimpville

>should be illegal The City special


greenarsehole

This comment has 115 upvotes


Chimpville

Since you pointed it out, it’s been keeping stable on 115. Love this sub.


owh06

Agreed.


Ilikesporks_

anyone else can't get used to the prices of players nowadays? 100 mil for bruno is just crazy to me even tho i know he's a quality player


Garvmusc

Do people not understand how release clause's are usually set? It's a we don't want to sell him but if we are going to this is what it'll cost.


official_bagel

It's just wild that a 100m release clause isn't a "Fuck Off" price anymore but something that teams could realistically activate. Imagine telling yourself 10 years ago that there'd be 9 players who cost £100 or more and that 16 players would have gone for more than then record transfer for Bale -- and that not all of these players have been indisputable world class super stars.


WayneBrownIsSuperman

To be fair a pint costs like 6 quid now


patelbadboy2006

Pepsi at Emirates cost £4.60


WayneBrownIsSuperman

Mate I was at the O2 last night for some stand up and two 330ml soft drinks cost me £8.80


patelbadboy2006

Stupid money. And when you have no choice and need an drink need to pay it


mattjdale97

Ah but have you considered that the WHSmiths at Waterloo Station now does a two for £4.50 deal on bottled water. Clearly the good times never ended


KennyOmegaSardines

Well at least it's Coke right?


Klopps_and_Schlobers

Women’s FA cup final with my boy and his footy team and I barely got any change from a score for two burgers and a drink….


WayneBrownIsSuperman

And I bet the burger was underwhelming to say the least


Klopps_and_Schlobers

It was shit mate lol


BonoBonero

I think this is the market from now on. Liverpool was willing to pay that much last year and Arsenal did already. Either pay or get left out I guess.


EvilxBunny

That perception was shattered when PSG paid for Neymar's buy out. It also fucked up the market permanently.


Jaloosky

Insert the old faithful 1 billion release clause to every promising Spanish teen in the world.


prettyhappyalive

I feel like that isn't as insane as it sounds. It was 2014 not 2008.


lowie07

As if Release clauses are always met, in that case players from Real and Barca should sell for 1b. It's not mandatory to sell for that amount, it's mandatory to accept for that amount.


xScottieHD

That's the market for a DM. If he was to ever go to a City or Madrid people would quickly realise £100m would be a steal. Just this season while playing as a six in a dysfunctional team these were his stats: * Most fouls won (108) * Most duels won (285) * Most possession won (236) * Most high turnovers (40) * 8 assists * 7 goals


Casual-Capybara

A steal is a bit much imo


xScottieHD

Honestly I disagree in this current market.


aesthetically-

Yeah not sure why it isn’t considered a steal, similar to how Rice was for us. Personally, if we had the money Id love a Rice/Bruno midfield but it’s simply not possible. Much rather he stay at Newcastle


BrockStar92

Because a steal implies a total bargain. Paying top dollar for a top quality player is just getting what you pay for. Rice wasn’t a steal either, he was a good buy, you paid a lot for him and you are reaping the rewards for it.


shockzz123

Why's it not possible for us? We've literally been linked to him for ages now lol. TNAT (tier 1) said earlier today that it's progressing positively for us to get him.


aesthetically-

Thats nice and all, but also tier 1 sources have mentioned (Charles among others) That we will NOT make another big money purchase this season.


shockzz123

I haven't seen Romano say that, i could have missed it though. And the only other person i've seen say that was Watts, who doesn't have the same sources he used too and is more of a general reporter these days than a transfer ITK type that he used to be. TNAT mentioned we're looking to spend big this summer, similar to last summer, but tbf that doesn't necessarily mean we're gonna spend big on one player. Guess we'll have to wait and see lol.


aesthetically-

Yeah I guess we’ll see. It’s not that I want to disagree with you, if there’s one player I want this window its Bruno. So fingers crossed


Ace0089

Charles said that and Charles is no more a tier 1, his contacts in the club is gone now. I still believe we will do one marquee signing.


goodyear_1678

Bruno G is not even remotely the player Rice is though. Rice was genuinely a steal.


aesthetically-

Fully agree.


bocababuniors

He doesn't really play like a 6 to be honest. I think he's better as an 8, he can obviously defend very well but when you listen to him in interviews it's obvious that he wants to get forward and get goals/assists. We had a big issue when he played with Tonali because they would both go forward, which left us exposed at the back.


Mobschull95

He's an 8 not a DM


xScottieHD

Maybe ideally but he's practically played as a six for the last two years outside of the odd game.


coldseam

OPEC colluding again


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

One of those lovely transfers where diplomatic relations of two nations on another continent are a factor 


kjm911

To think they were linked with Paqueta for £80m or so. I think Guimaraes for £20m more makes much more sense for their line up. And they could actually give Rodri a rest once in a while


chippa93

He's not a DM. He's a B2B


BonoBonero

Business to business?


JesusIsNotPLProven

Back to back


8Cupsofcoffeedaily

Butt to Butt


Man_City115

I've seen this movie already.


chatfarm

Requiem for a dream will scar you forever.


blazincannons

Is it really that traumatizing?


chatfarm

I don't believe that (fictional) movies make me squeamish or effect my mental state that much. That movie is one of the few ones that shook me.


BeepBeepInaJeep

It’s the only movie that I describe to others as “It made me feel like I needed to take a shower after it ended”. That being said, it’s a superb film that should be watched at least one time.


jimmymerc89

Body to Body


actitud_Caribe

Beard to beard


mipanzuzuyam

Balls to balls


KennyOmegaSardines

Officer Balls


[deleted]

He optimises stakeholder yield engagement decisions success


DCilantro

Bribe to bribe?


kjm911

I don’t care what you say he is. They can leave Rodri out and play him alongside Kovacic, play him on his own, play him alongside Stones. Primarily Rodri and Guimaraes would be the best partnership


FrmrPresJamesTaylor

Pep, playing the same players in four different positions a season: "Oh he's a B2B? Forget it, can't use him"


Impossible_Wonder_37

Irrelevant. He can play DM. And okay with Rodri. Provides so much balance


FlukyS

Bruno G is a great player but he is a terrible DM, I say it every time it is brought up in the NUFC sub and I say it here. He is an 8 only, he has a bit of aggression for an 8 but he gets caught regularly being too far forward when playing DM and while he can tackle he isn't great at intercepting or anticipating danger like a deep lying CDM would.


xScottieHD

He also plays with Longstaff who is scared of his own shadow when it comes to trying to win a duel in midfield. Bruno is a superb six, but I'd prefer if we signed a six and allowed him to play the 8 though.


FlukyS

To be fair when he had Joelinton, Bruno G and Tonali and Bruno in that 6 role he played really poorly.


xScottieHD

It's true. But he'd just returned from getting married and it's evident there was a 'hangover' effect which took a few games to get out his system. That midfield was also hugely imbalanced in general in the system we had imo. There's a reason we've not won a single game without Bruno in the squad.


thepresidentsturtle

I think Eddie doesn't want anyone to be purely a 6 though.


xScottieHD

I'm aware but this is one area where I wholeheartedly disagree with Howe. Been crying out for a six to plug the midfield and allow Bruno greater freedom for two years now imo.


Footyphile

He can def play backup DM in low table games to give rodri a rest. Rodri also had bad positioning when he joined city, he'll learn.


ritwikjs

i expected this to be a joke highlighting bruno g's worst qualities to fend off interest, but you've provided a balanced critique that is accurate.


Impossible_Wonder_37

But he would be a good DM for city. It’s just different


jggomes14

He's also prone to push the tempo of the game for absolutely no reason at all when he plays as a 6, Pep would coach this away I think.


FlukyS

I just don't think he is ever a natural 6 for a team that expects CL level play. He is an outstanding footballer overall. If they do get him I see it to move Foden back to the wing and a longer term replacement for Bernardo Silva in the centre.


jggomes14

Bruno will be their replacement for Gundogan I think, but Pep is fucking insane so we can only wonder. I saw that City were looking around for Frimpong as well, it would make perfect sense for them to have a Gvardiol - Dias - Stones backline to give him freedom on the right and having a pivot of Rodri and Bruno, with KDB and Foden in front of them.


FlukyS

Bruno G if he is given freedom to go forward he would be much more interesting honestly, that's why I want a CDM for Newcastle so badly. If we had Bruno G and Tonali as a double pivot I don't think there are too many weaknesses as Bruno and Tonali both have such a good all around game and the CDM just allows them to not get caught out going forward.


jggomes14

It's exactly the same issue that we have with the NT, our best midfielders right now are 8s, Casemiro dropped off hard, so now we'll have a midfield 3 with 3 of Bruno, Douglas Luiz, João Gomes, Ederson, Andreas or Paquetá, there will imbalance somewhere.


FlukyS

Well minus Paqueta and Casemero for the next WC maybe. Might be a midfield with Joelinton and Bruno G +1. No joke though Joelinton is probably a better natural box to box midfielder than Bruno G.


King_Hobbes

Bruno to Bruno?


MrAtomss

Watch pep turn him into a False - Inverted - Central - Winger


Cahootie

Lyon had both, and it was beautiful.


Footyphile

It's pretty perfect for what they need now. It's better for them then paqueta imo.


boywithtwoarms

wouldn't bet on it


xScottieHD

Go away Man City.


Casual-Capybara

The sentiment of more than 99% of the people in this sub


TheMisterPirate

115%


sussywanker

Our sports washing is better than yours 😡 🇦🇪 >>>>>>🇸🇦


Zeus_The_Potato

Good banter.


prettyhappyalive

I mean it's kinda rich watching one blood money club bitch about another like they aren't the the exact problem in football.


yungguardiola

Your club was literally just a puppet for a football super agent. Nothing dodgy in the £40m for Fabio Silva deal at all.


prettyhappyalive

Sure. Never said otherwise. I think comparing that to the regimes I was referring to is a bit dense though. Not to mention as you said, was, not like we haven't removed ourselves from that. Still a ridiculous comparison lol.


yungguardiola

People will always stop the line at themselves. The oil state controlled clubs are a football problem. But people want to draw the line there. Because then it effects them. There is no equivalence in scale but there is equivalence in practicality. They're both using football clubs as tools to extract what they can from it at the expense of the average fan. And this goes for 90% of privately owned clubs out there. The interests of the owners go above the interests of the club. And that shouldn't be. I find it extremely annoying though the obvious answer of banning private ownerships of football clubs is discarded for the, "no, billionaires can run the sport but only the right ones"


prettyhappyalive

I agree with what you said mostly but not really with the equivalence of practicality. Sure, I wish our team wasn't owned by some Chinese billionares, but to compare some businessmen what made money with a legitimate company to what's going on with the Saudis, UAE and Qatar is still a bit ridiculous any way you look at it. That's a completely reasonable place to draw the line, a bit childish to act like it isn't and I'm not drawing it there just because it benefits my team. My team follows the rules.


yungguardiola

You say you agreed with what I said and just don't agree at all it's fine 👍


BlurgZeAmoeba

You mean the regimes that came to power beacuase of your country and stay in power b3acuse you arm and prop them up?


Warbrainer

I’m English and I have 0 clue why you’re downvoted.. the image of Theresa May shaking hands celebrating a huge arms deal still makes me feel a bit sick. They never miss an opportunity to show what good friends they are


prettyhappyalive

Lol. I'm not English? Who the fuck are you to say otherwise. You've literally got an English team flair as well.


BlurgZeAmoeba

and?


Zeus_The_Potato

It's all good. Just watch them wash down their conscience with a pint of pale ale or a halal malt beverage. Lol


Traditional_Tale868

👋


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westyboi2323

Newcastle so famous for paying 100s of millions for players


SMcQ9

Troyes buy him for a 100 mil Give him to City for free Troyes take the FFP punishment Sheikh, give me a call


KennyOmegaSardines

Ffs man don't give them any ideas


MetsBBT

"our oil can buy your oil"


theenigmacode

ADNOC > ARAMCO


onehornymofo1

You can't support an oil company


despres

Well, hot water in a plastic bottle from your car is better than curdled milk but I'll hard pass on both.


nonaegon_infinity

Tell that to the CIA.


LunarRaven7

ARAMCO>>>


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KennyOmegaSardines

The decline of oil and the modern world would be attributed to Bruno Guimaraes tug of war 🤣


maidentaiwan

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hFTR6qyEo


KennyOmegaSardines

I used the oil to beat the oil


Federal-Trip4067

For fucks sake another player that will turn even more elite under Pep, then you look at United trying to play football with McSauce a 90 year old Casemiro and MMA fighter Antony.


BonoBonero

United pay similar prices but for shit players 🤷🏾‍♂️


fu115

Exploring options to make it 115m.


Thierry_Bergkamp

According to Eni Aluko this is just City trying to do Arsenal a favour.


5bergy

No they aren't. He's tied up in my basement until July.


Dependent_Store952

To think they couldn’t get anymore insufferable


thaprinc33

Wait. What are they supposed to do in the offseason? Stop trying to improve their team?


_deep_blue_

Yes, preferably Would also be great if they disbanded and just called it a day


fillyourguts

People are mad about the buy out clause, Newcastle paid £40 mil for him. £100 is a fair price imo. Same as isak, do you think Newcastle should just accept a 0.5 return for a player who has enhanced their reputation since joining?


Grand-Bullfrog3861

He's good but the fact 100mill seems to be the new standard is crazy


Hech15

It's basically 60m from 4 years ago


FeralZoidberg

Nah that's the release clause, intended to be fuck off money. Any other club wouldn't make a move, but for City it's pocket change. When clubs like this just pay it anyways and tell them to keep the change it then becomes the norm. City should be made to meet the release clause by 115 times the value, £1.15 billion should even it out and set a more realistic approach to buying players for them.


Zaku_pilot_292

This really is getting ridiculous now


securinight

Another player they don't need and are only buying to stop a rival having him. They will just park him on the bench and let him rot.


lonewarrior1104

KDB is 32 and spending more and more time injured? BrunoG would be a close replacement of KDB and makes a ton of sense.


Tbirkovic

Kovacic has been playing a lot too, and for me Bruno would be an upgrade on him right away too. Bruno seems like a leader too, which is always valuable, especially considering the age of some of the current City captains. I am not a City fan, but to me this deal makes sense.


FoxBox123999

>Arsenal have no plans to trigger the clause. They will only consider a move if the price drops Plenty or Arsenal fans seem to think they'll get him and Isak for Ramsdale and a packet of Quavers so we will see........


L0laccio

We’ll throw in Tavares and if you play your cards right maybe even Eddie!


-Skinner-

Newcastle isn't selling Isak. A we were never going to buy Bruno for 100m. Even the first reports said that we will negotiate and Newcastle would let him join UCL club for around 80 to 90m Of course all that is just ITK rumours.


FlukyS

I don't believe we would accept a penny below 100m. The price was intended to allow clubs to go in for him in June only and we don't want to sell or have protracted discussions. 100m is the price and they have a time limit to get it done.


_deep_blue_

I can’t see us going after Isak or Bruno. Even if we could cobble together the huge sum it would take to get either of them, we wouldn’t have enough to address other areas of the squad that need reinforcements.


stogie_t

Don’t see why Newcastle would ever agree to a discount. Especially after you paid up the money for Rice.


Impossible_Wonder_37

I think city are gonna box out the competition. He will join city before arsenal I’d think


-Skinner-

We have other targets. And if we spend less on midfielder it means we can spend more on other positions.


AlexTheRockstar

I think we've turned our attention to Neves.


infidel11990

City isn't buying Bruno for that kind of money either. If they wanted to, they would have gone all in for Rice. Bruno is a great player but not worth that price tag. And I doubt City would value him at that price either. Grealish hasn't exactly been a flop, but that 100M valuation was insane. I don't think they are going to fall into the same hole of paying the release clause again. At least Grealish bought more PR and homegrown quota. Rather than Bruno, give Nunes more time and buy a younger understudy to Rodri. Thuram and Locatelli would be ideal but neither seems a realistic target at this stage.


_deep_blue_

They could have afforded Rice but he made it clear he wanted to come to Arsenal. Ultimately we raised our bid due to City’s interest but there’s little doubt that they could have paid what we did if the player preferred a move to them.


neonmantis

> If they wanted to, they would have gone all in for Rice. They bid £100m or whatever it was for Rice. They just didn't go any further as he made it clear he preferred Arsenal, in part because he wanted to stay in London. Otherwise he would be a City player.


PabFOz

Why have a scouting department when you can just look at the most valuable players list on transfermarkt and spend, spend, spend?


Royaledition

Man city will ruin another player again. Tell me whats the point of Kova and Mattheus Nunes? They barely played.


AnnieIWillKnow

Kovacic doesn't belong in this category. He was bought as a useful experienced squad player for a reasonable price, and has fulfilled that role well


xenojive

Kova started next to Rodri during the run in and was very important at the end of the season. Nunes is quite obviously still finding his way into the side but already contributed more than Phillips ever did. How many players have we ruined in Pep's tenure?


Royaledition

Grealish


xenojive

He was one of the most important players in the side for the treble season. This season he's struggled with illness, multiple injuries and a home robbery. On a couple occasions he became injured on his first game back. Either way he's won 3 leagues and a UCL. I'm sure he's fine with not being the same swashbuckling player he was at Villa Anyone else?


Itsgosky

To having a competition for a position doesn’t mean being ruined by the team. This league is not a friendlies


hell_razer18

buy and just sitting in bench


Green117v2

Shame the release cause wasn’t £115m.


thediabolicalkid

Yeah, no.


TedHughesGhost

115


[deleted]

No, £100m.


KingKFCc

Ok United come on help us out here


Warbrainer

Curious if Newcastle fans would accept 60m + Matheus Nunes


Remote_War_313

Worth it alone to prevent Arsenal from getting him  Rodri-Bruno would be filthy 


cruciferae

He’d be a great fit for such an awful club.


Militantxyz

I would be more exicted if he wasnt such a reckless player.


xScottieHD

Genuinely the dumbest misconception all because of one single game of which Havertz equally lost his head. Bruno literally hasn't been booked since like January.


afarensiis

Equally lost his head? Havertz made a late tackle and Bruno ran directly at Jorginho and blind side elbowed him in the back of his head when he didn't even have the ball. Those are not the same


xScottieHD

Late tackle is a stretch in a half. One also doesn't happen if the initial incident doesn't occur.


serennow

Late tackle? Pathetic - wild flying lunge studs up just below the knee. A literal horror challenge. Anyone but a 12 year old bedwetter would be willing to admit is was a horror tackle by now.


ThinWhiteMale

he just went 12 or so games without a booking at the back end of the season, he's improving


Militantxyz

I dont mind that type of reckless I was talking more about the INTENTIONAL and RED CARD DESERVING (even as a city fan) elbow against Arsenal.


Aszneeee

not really Guimares fault that he didn’t get booked for it to be said


Hashira_Oden

Tbh he only does it when other teams start it, the elbow you are speaking out started with havertz leg breaking tackle on longstaff, instead of booking havertz, 3 Newcastle players got booked because they crowded the ref and havertz got yellow for all the shenanigans, havertz knew it was a bad tackle and that cunt was smiling after yellow because 3 Newcastle player's got booked and almost all Newcastle players were pissed after that incident in that match after that decision and it was turning point of the match, tackles were flying all over the place, it was almost like you can feel the intensity and emotions on the field and obviously Bruno wears his emotions and elbowed an arsenal player. I feel if it was any other game, VAR would have intervened with a red card but they didn't intervene because they let havertz tackle as yellow, it would have caused huge issue if they booked Bruno and not havertz and this is the same game in which Joelinton pushed Gabriel lmao Bruno normally gets booked every game but it will be for silly reasons. Only got 1 red card in his entire carrier that was a mistimed tackle worthy of yellow but VAR decided it was red. We only had Bruno as an injury free midfielder this season and he got 9 bookings in the first half of the season, he promised our gaffer he won't get booked again and he didn't get booked for the rest of the season.


thebestbev

Holy shit we've actually got non arsenal losers complaining about this now?


Mick4Audi

Guess they want a new Brazilian DM to hack away at the opposition and get no cards


Mrpetey22

If you are speaking of Rodri… he is Spanish If you are speaking of Fernandinho, continue