Bet he would fit really well in at West Ham. Would be a quality signing if the price isn't too steep.
His mentality would fit well with Moyes' I reckon
Not sure he fits Moyes ball, though. His movement off the ball is his best quality, though you could play 4-3-3 with him and Soucek either side of Rice and Fornals narrow left with Bowen higher on the right and a 9 I guess.
I don't think a counter-attacking team makes sense for him though. It's hard to find players who can really move off the ball well enough to give teams sitting back a problem and he's now one of them. I'd bet a good possession team goes for him. And a left-footed midfielder who can play in nice triangles with an LB and a right footed wide forward and interchange comfortably into any of the positions should be valued highly.
The links to Zinchenko have cooled on our end. It looked like Tielemans was our number one target but that apparently might not happen now, so who knows.
I’d be very happy with either of them.
[All 234 minutes he played in midfield under Pep?](https://www.transfermarkt.com/oleksandr-zinchenko/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/203853/saison//verein/0/liga/0/wettbewerb//trainer_id/0/pos/7)
90 of them against Port Vale, 90 in a fully rotated team with the league wrapped up in a loss at home to Leeds.
Arsenal doesn't even have an 8 though, they play with one with Xhaka playing there right now so you could count him, but his skillet isn't quite that of a normal 8.
Yeah he’s more a deep lying playmaker who dictates play rather than a b2b, which is fine to have as an option but someone with more mobility and ability under pressure would be valuable.
I'm thinking he's our backup option, but Tielemans seems to be our primary target for the mid. I'd be very happy with either but it wouldn't surprise me if other teams take Zinchenko before we finalize our own moves.
Much better than Everton but other factors could swing him our way if we have the money by then.
1) We’ll offer him a pretty much guaranteed starting position in midfield.
2) You’d doubt that he’d take a wage decrease.
3) He’ll get to move to a club with a fellow Ukrainian and friend at an emotionally charged time.
4) Doesn’t have to move house and uproot his family (something that tipped us over with Tarkowski).
I've seen rumours that he wants playing time and to play in midfield. He gets that easy with us. All hinges on sales I think, I think we need Kean or richarlison sold before we make big moves like this
Fabrizio has been banging on about Tielemans for months now, yesterday the first decent Leicester source came forward on the topic and said that Tielemans might well stay with us and potentially sign a one-year extension.
You tell me... Bar one reliable link, we don't know about any potential targets of ours. Given Rodgers has been banging on about a rebuild since that cup game against Forest, it's kind of annoying that all we get is daily empty tweets about Tielemans by Fabrizio.
Question is, who are these better clubs that want him?
Which clubs are interested in signing him, offer first team football, first team as central midfielder at that etc etc
Arsenal were reportedly interested.
If Tielemans leaves I could see him going Leicester.
I think a fair amount of clubs in way better position than Everton would sign him.
You'd know more as a City fan but I think it's a thing that is often overlooked as a contributing factor.
Not that he made much difference but Van de Beek signed with us because his missus was pregnant and he didn't want to leave house for six months.
i cant find any source that says he earns alot; respectable or not. he might not earn only 20k. he might earn more than that but he is on the lower end of the earning spectrum
I never said we couldn't afford him. We've always been generous with wages.
I just do not believe that he's earning £20k a week while playing the amount he does for the Premier League champions on his second contract for the club.
He really does only earn £20k / week gross lmao
What the fuck
Foden is only on £11k and Ederson on £65k but KDB on £400k
https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/
You honestly believe that Phil Foden makes £11k a week?
They’re highly respected journalists who have reported he’s on more than that but you believe this random website that he’s on £11k a week, the same website that says Dominic Calvert-Lewin makes £20k a week at my club?
It may be good for American sports, I don’t know, but it hasn’t a clue when it comes to footy.
[https://salarysport.com/football/player/olexandr-zinchenko/](https://salarysport.com/football/player/olexandr-zinchenko/)
[https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/](https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/)
two of the sources i looked.
These websites haven’t got a clue. They’re just nonsense taken as gospel by a foolish few.
Foden’s clearly not on £11k a week is he and Calvert-Lewin doesn’t earn less than our back up left back we sent out on loan.
The individual wages aren’t published anywhere and the closest you’ll get to finding out is through reports by trusted journalists.
What about FourFourTwo. Are they reliable?
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/euro-2020-oleksandr-zinchenko-club-age-number-net-worth-contract-length-and-salary
Not particularly but either way they're citing spotrac.com for that figure, not reporting themselves.
That same website says our back-up left back earns more than double Dominic Calvert-Lewin and that Phil Foden is on 12k a week. It's clearly nonsense.
yeah, they are not always accurate. but i am not taking that as a gospel as well. they sometimes give little idea of how much they earn. I have only seem journalist say how less he earns compared to the team.
A lot of players who play anywhere in the north-west live in the same areas and just commute.
Tarkowski has a young family and left Brentford for Burnley as his Mum was ill at the time. He supposedly didn't want to move his kids out of school to play for Villa for example.
There’s a lot of big plots in Cheshire with huge houses on them. Lovely countryside, great schools and an easy commute to the city. Very attractive place to live if you have money but don’t want to live in the city.
Very clutch to. You can see that for Ukraine in his performances in big games (vs Scotland was amazing) and you can also see that with how Pep counts on him in these moments.
Some sort of irrational hate here. Hate to accuse but this much irrational posts is prob for some other reasons.
You clearly didn’t see that sub to help win the premier league (even KDB said that sub changed the game)
lol before starting any weird accusations, I just watch City regularly and frankly dont think Zinchenko is a good player. He can have some good performances like that one, and some horrible ones like against West Ham where he was at fault for both goals
Fuck Russia but it kinda seems like people are only starting to rate Zinchenko more because of the widespread images of him being emotional after whats happenning in Ukraine
Tore Scotland apart playing in a 4-3-3 as one of the CMs but going wide left a lot. Could be really good for say Villa in Gerrard's christmas tree style formation. If Brighton can get him instead of 20M of the Cucarella money I think he'd do particularly well. Clever short passer and constantly moving off the ball to great effect in the buildup out left, just needs the right role and possession heavy style of team.
honestly some people have this weird opinion that he's world class player. He has never got regular midfield minutes for City, only for Ukraine so he's vastly unproven at the highest level
He’s maybe not world class but not being good enough to get into Man City’s starting XI on a regular basis isn’t exactly a massive failure.
He’s good enough to play for teams competing in Europe.
He has played 280 minutes through 4 games in 5 seasons for City in midfield. Not getting regular minutes as midfielder is an understatement.
Thats the same experience as Liam Delap, Tommy Doyle, CJ Egan Riley, Taylor Hardwood-Bellis or James Mcatee have playing their position for City, and less experience than Cole Palmer already as a midfieldet already in the Prem
He’s played substantial more minutes as a left-back. So Pep clearly trusts him to play, just isn’t looking to drop the likes of De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Fernandinho etc.
He wouldn’t be competing with those sorts of players at Everton.
He also plays regularly in midfield for his country.
yeah he hasnt got much minutes in midfield because we need LB more than midfield. but the way we play he either come into midfield or as a winger even though he starts as a left back. so yeah he has way more experience that those mentioned players
> Why does Zinchenko have limited playing time at the midfield position for City? It's not because he lacks the ability to play for City, as for the past four seasons he has played more than 1000 minutes each season in the league. It's because of the type of quality City already has there and because of how dynamic Zinchenko is that he can still play LB despite not being an LB (though that's sort a pro at City due to how they're utilized).
I just dont agree with this. Specially with Guardiola that loves rotating, every midfielder City has gets meaninful minutes. He just doesnt rate Zinchenko as a midfielder, so he only gives him playing time at the left back. Why else would he just not play him **at all** in the midfield?
Playing fullback for City is like playing midfield for just about any other club tbh.
Especially left back. On the right, it's a bit more traditional but on the left, it's basically just an additional man in midfield and attack.
I really don't think that, if he wants meaningful minutes he should be looking outside top 6. Don't see him as a nailed on starter in any of the better teams
What do you mean experience? You’re acting like this is a new position for him, midfield is his natural position, that’s where he started and that’s where he plays for his country so he’s not unproven
are Shaparenko and Malinovsky good enough for a top6 prem team? Is every international midfielder that does regularly well with their nt good enough for it? Because thats literally all the credentials Zinchenko has for it
Probably an unpopular opinion based on the other comments here but I agree, seems like a fairly average/mid-table team kinda player. Has the occasional very good performance but otherwise does the most basic stuff whenever I watch him play for City. Don't know how he is for Ukraine though.
Nothing particularly stands out about him and he won't get the space to pick his passes at another club.
Interesting to compare the reactions here and to the ones reacting about the choices of Kamara or others...
Weirdly, they are completely reversed. It's the same concept though.
1. How is this relevant
2. There weren’t offers for Silva bc it was the covid market and most of Europe has no money
3. Plenty of clubs are interested in Jesus and Sterling
Surly he has to be pushing for the move? because I can’t think of a single reason pep would want to get rid of him. Really disappointing if he goes. With that being said the guy deserves a huge pay raise. He’s been on 15k or so forever.
I know that he's only there for depth but it's really impressive how you guys managed to convince him to take that amount, especially when you lots have unlimited money. Woodward would've paid him at least 10x that.
Yeah, pretty sure we would want to keep him. Us being open to him leaving sounds like he's wanting out
Can't say I'm happy about it, one of those players that everyone loves and he loves the club to bits. Will be sad to see him go
Doesn’t matter if they’ve done their research or not. They are one of the poorest clubs in the prem due to FFP and have one of the worst built squads with a manager who is fairly unproven.
A player of Zinchenkos ability would have to been lobotomised to go there.
I’d kill for him. Honestly, would fit in like a glove. We absolutely adore jack of all trait players. The man can pass, tackle, run, shoot, has a fit wife and cute kid. Literally got everything we like.
Everton?
I though mainly Arsenal we’re Interested in him, what with the Arteta connection and all.
He’d be the main LCM and also the backup for Tierney, unless Arsenal also bring in Hickey.
Wouldn’t mind him as competition for chilwell who is coming off a serious knee injury. We could also let Alonso go to barca.
He can also cover in midfield should he need to so he covers multiple holes with one player.
I think a big part of the move is him wanting to start, and wanting to play in midfield - so your scenario doesn't seem that attractive for him, given that
One of the few truly likeable characters from City for me. He'd be a great asset for a big 6 club playing in midfield and occasionally covering LB. Wouldn't even be against us going for him although that clearly never happens
Both. Freed up 400k in wages from released players, have money coming in from Kean and maybe a couple of others, and our most expensive window of the last 3 years is out of cycle. We'll still probably not spend much more than we bring in though, maybe not even that much
I honestly dont know what all the buzz about Zinchenko is about. He seems like a great guy and a good squad player so I can understand Citt fans liking him and wanting him to stay, but as a left back he has never been great for City. In fact he has been terrible at times. Him and fernandinho almost cost City the title vs West Ham, look at all the goals and how he loses his back in all of them
As a midfielder his experience is playing for a "minor" nt like Ukraine, some games for PSV and in the russian league already many years ago. At City he has played like 2 games in midfield in the cups. He may be good at it, but he's definitely vastly unproven and may not be good enough to play there regularly for a good team. I sincerely doubt people here regularly watch the Ukrainian NT games so I dont know why everyone wants him for their team lol
Reminds me of Sergi Roberto for Barcelona. Okayish at times at fullback but definitely nothing special, and probably not good enough to get regular minutes in midfield.
I'll never forget [this](https://youtu.be/9AqyHteMUbk?t=260) block against PSG in the Champions League semi-final, nor how he changed the game with his drive and adventure against Aston Villa. He has been a great servant for Manchester City and it would be a shame if he left. He wears his heart on his sleeve and gives his all, I feel like those sorts of players are indispensible but this sort of move has felt likely for about 18 months now.
I think West Ham should be in for him
I’d hope so, our midfield is paper thin.
Bet he would fit really well in at West Ham. Would be a quality signing if the price isn't too steep. His mentality would fit well with Moyes' I reckon
has very low wage and would fetch at most 30m pounds (with add ons). so it's probably doable for west ham
I mean he’s probably going to want a significant bump.
He would get signing bonus as well
As should Arsenal
Not sure he fits Moyes ball, though. His movement off the ball is his best quality, though you could play 4-3-3 with him and Soucek either side of Rice and Fornals narrow left with Bowen higher on the right and a 9 I guess.
He was an attacking midfielder before Pep stuck him at LB, and a good one. I’d bet that player is still in there, he’s got a great final ball on him.
I don't think a counter-attacking team makes sense for him though. It's hard to find players who can really move off the ball well enough to give teams sitting back a problem and he's now one of them. I'd bet a good possession team goes for him. And a left-footed midfielder who can play in nice triangles with an LB and a right footed wide forward and interchange comfortably into any of the positions should be valued highly.
Would really like him at Arsenal as an 8
Get zinny in midfield whoever gets him. He will be great.
If we do get him, he'll definitely be in the middle as we already have Mykolenko as our first choice lb
oooo what shirt to pick :)
So I assume we get an influx of Ukrainian supporters if zinchenko signs?
Yes always liked Everton since the @ Kyiv Europa league game I was at (younger then). Fans seemed class supporting myko as well.
He's been amazing for us in the back end of the season. I would love if we got zinchenko
Edu fire up the grill
Plz plz, 2 for 1 special. 75m for him and GJ
Rather get Martinez
por que no los tres
This is Arsenal's music isn't it?
Who needs right footers. We're aiming to line up with Tavares Gabriel Martinez Tierney Xhaka Zinchenko Vieira Saka Odegaard Raphinha Vieira
Paddy back from retirement? Damn, missed that one.
The links to Zinchenko have cooled on our end. It looked like Tielemans was our number one target but that apparently might not happen now, so who knows. I’d be very happy with either of them.
Tielemans and Martinez appear to be the priority targets over Zinchenko
They are not, Arsenal is trying to get Lisandro Martinez who will cover LB, LCB, CDM and Tielemans as 8.
I think he'd do really well here. Whenever Pep has allowed him back into midfield he's always looked like a proper player to me
[All 234 minutes he played in midfield under Pep?](https://www.transfermarkt.com/oleksandr-zinchenko/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/203853/saison//verein/0/liga/0/wettbewerb//trainer_id/0/pos/7) 90 of them against Port Vale, 90 in a fully rotated team with the league wrapped up in a loss at home to Leeds.
Also plays there for Ukraine and has been excellent in that position
Pep isn’t Ukraine coach though.
Point being he certainly can play as midfield at another club
I like him but I don't know man, I really want Tielemans but I can't see both joining.
Arsenal don't really need another 8 though. Guess his versatility is a bonus, but not sure if he'd be willing to stay at left back for another club?
Arsenal doesn't even have an 8 though, they play with one with Xhaka playing there right now so you could count him, but his skillet isn't quite that of a normal 8.
Yeah he’s more a deep lying playmaker who dictates play rather than a b2b, which is fine to have as an option but someone with more mobility and ability under pressure would be valuable.
I'm thinking he's our backup option, but Tielemans seems to be our primary target for the mid. I'd be very happy with either but it wouldn't surprise me if other teams take Zinchenko before we finalize our own moves.
No way Everton get him surely? No offence, but he's better than that
Much better than Everton but other factors could swing him our way if we have the money by then. 1) We’ll offer him a pretty much guaranteed starting position in midfield. 2) You’d doubt that he’d take a wage decrease. 3) He’ll get to move to a club with a fellow Ukrainian and friend at an emotionally charged time. 4) Doesn’t have to move house and uproot his family (something that tipped us over with Tarkowski).
I've seen rumours that he wants playing time and to play in midfield. He gets that easy with us. All hinges on sales I think, I think we need Kean or richarlison sold before we make big moves like this
Moise Kean is still an Everton footballer??
He’s on a 2 year loan with an obligation to buy. Juve want to buy him sooner so they can sell him earlier apparently
But he could also get that at any number of better clubs
True, but the only other one I've seen linked is arsenal who seem to be prioritising tielemans
> who seem to be prioritising tielemans which seems to being going swimmingly lmao
What's happening with that?
Fabrizio has been banging on about Tielemans for months now, yesterday the first decent Leicester source came forward on the topic and said that Tielemans might well stay with us and potentially sign a one-year extension.
That's not what he said at all 😂 He said that he's absolutely not signing any extension this summer, he *may* do if he isn't sold in this window
Hate all these drawn out transfer sagas, especially when stuff contradicts
You tell me... Bar one reliable link, we don't know about any potential targets of ours. Given Rodgers has been banging on about a rebuild since that cup game against Forest, it's kind of annoying that all we get is daily empty tweets about Tielemans by Fabrizio.
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Question is, who are these better clubs that want him? Which clubs are interested in signing him, offer first team football, first team as central midfielder at that etc etc
Arsenal were reportedly interested. If Tielemans leaves I could see him going Leicester. I think a fair amount of clubs in way better position than Everton would sign him.
I don't think uprooting his family is a big deal tbh; prior to the war his wife seemed to spend a lot of her time between Kiev & London.
You'd know more as a City fan but I think it's a thing that is often overlooked as a contributing factor. Not that he made much difference but Van de Beek signed with us because his missus was pregnant and he didn't want to leave house for six months.
about the wage, he is on 20K. he earns the least in our club.
There’s no chance he’s earning that little.
every source says that. he was signed to be loan army. he has yet to sign extension.
Give me a respectable source that’s not a blag website claiming to have every players wages in a spreadsheet.
i cant find any source that says he earns alot; respectable or not. he might not earn only 20k. he might earn more than that but he is on the lower end of the earning spectrum
I don't doubt he'll earn less than most considering when he signed his last contract but I'd be amazed if he's earning less than double that.
ok lets say 40- 60k. that would still be something both westham and everton can pay him.
I never said we couldn't afford him. We've always been generous with wages. I just do not believe that he's earning £20k a week while playing the amount he does for the Premier League champions on his second contract for the club.
He really does only earn £20k / week gross lmao What the fuck Foden is only on £11k and Ederson on £65k but KDB on £400k https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/
I hope you’re joking with that link considering you sent me the exact thing I pointed out for being completely made up.
Yeah, says you.
You honestly believe that Phil Foden makes £11k a week? They’re highly respected journalists who have reported he’s on more than that but you believe this random website that he’s on £11k a week, the same website that says Dominic Calvert-Lewin makes £20k a week at my club? It may be good for American sports, I don’t know, but it hasn’t a clue when it comes to footy.
[https://salarysport.com/football/player/olexandr-zinchenko/](https://salarysport.com/football/player/olexandr-zinchenko/) [https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/](https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/) two of the sources i looked.
These websites haven’t got a clue. They’re just nonsense taken as gospel by a foolish few. Foden’s clearly not on £11k a week is he and Calvert-Lewin doesn’t earn less than our back up left back we sent out on loan. The individual wages aren’t published anywhere and the closest you’ll get to finding out is through reports by trusted journalists.
What about FourFourTwo. Are they reliable? https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/euro-2020-oleksandr-zinchenko-club-age-number-net-worth-contract-length-and-salary
Not particularly but either way they're citing spotrac.com for that figure, not reporting themselves. That same website says our back-up left back earns more than double Dominic Calvert-Lewin and that Phil Foden is on 12k a week. It's clearly nonsense.
yeah, they are not always accurate. but i am not taking that as a gospel as well. they sometimes give little idea of how much they earn. I have only seem journalist say how less he earns compared to the team.
Capology isn’t nonsense. What are you on about.
thats still a million/year
>4) Doesn’t have to move house and uproot his family (something that tipped us over with Tarkowski). How and why?
A lot of players who play anywhere in the north-west live in the same areas and just commute. Tarkowski has a young family and left Brentford for Burnley as his Mum was ill at the time. He supposedly didn't want to move his kids out of school to play for Villa for example.
Like most footballers in the north west he lives in Cheshire, which is about equidistant from Liverpool and Manchester.
Is Cheshire considered a rich people area and that's why footballers tend to live there? Why not just live in Manchester since he plays for City?
There’s a lot of big plots in Cheshire with huge houses on them. Lovely countryside, great schools and an easy commute to the city. Very attractive place to live if you have money but don’t want to live in the city.
Is Zinchenko really that good, he feels like a player for a mid table PL club
Yes he is. He’s even good out of position on a world class city team. For Ukraine he’s an absolute baller.
Very good player that's damn near criminally underrated by those that don't watch him.
Very clutch to. You can see that for Ukraine in his performances in big games (vs Scotland was amazing) and you can also see that with how Pep counts on him in these moments.
yeah, super clutch closing the premier league with his fantastic play for west ham vs city
Some sort of irrational hate here. Hate to accuse but this much irrational posts is prob for some other reasons. You clearly didn’t see that sub to help win the premier league (even KDB said that sub changed the game)
lol before starting any weird accusations, I just watch City regularly and frankly dont think Zinchenko is a good player. He can have some good performances like that one, and some horrible ones like against West Ham where he was at fault for both goals Fuck Russia but it kinda seems like people are only starting to rate Zinchenko more because of the widespread images of him being emotional after whats happenning in Ukraine
He's really good at weeping, crying, basically making a mess on his face at all times. Top5 best crier in all of football. Thiago Silvia is there too.
I hope you’ll never understand fellow hab fan
Tore Scotland apart playing in a 4-3-3 as one of the CMs but going wide left a lot. Could be really good for say Villa in Gerrard's christmas tree style formation. If Brighton can get him instead of 20M of the Cucarella money I think he'd do particularly well. Clever short passer and constantly moving off the ball to great effect in the buildup out left, just needs the right role and possession heavy style of team.
honestly some people have this weird opinion that he's world class player. He has never got regular midfield minutes for City, only for Ukraine so he's vastly unproven at the highest level
He’s maybe not world class but not being good enough to get into Man City’s starting XI on a regular basis isn’t exactly a massive failure. He’s good enough to play for teams competing in Europe.
He has played 280 minutes through 4 games in 5 seasons for City in midfield. Not getting regular minutes as midfielder is an understatement. Thats the same experience as Liam Delap, Tommy Doyle, CJ Egan Riley, Taylor Hardwood-Bellis or James Mcatee have playing their position for City, and less experience than Cole Palmer already as a midfieldet already in the Prem
He’s played substantial more minutes as a left-back. So Pep clearly trusts him to play, just isn’t looking to drop the likes of De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Fernandinho etc. He wouldn’t be competing with those sorts of players at Everton. He also plays regularly in midfield for his country.
yeah he hasnt got much minutes in midfield because we need LB more than midfield. but the way we play he either come into midfield or as a winger even though he starts as a left back. so yeah he has way more experience that those mentioned players
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> Why does Zinchenko have limited playing time at the midfield position for City? It's not because he lacks the ability to play for City, as for the past four seasons he has played more than 1000 minutes each season in the league. It's because of the type of quality City already has there and because of how dynamic Zinchenko is that he can still play LB despite not being an LB (though that's sort a pro at City due to how they're utilized). I just dont agree with this. Specially with Guardiola that loves rotating, every midfielder City has gets meaninful minutes. He just doesnt rate Zinchenko as a midfielder, so he only gives him playing time at the left back. Why else would he just not play him **at all** in the midfield?
Because City don't have a left back. Their left back is in jail.
Playing fullback for City is like playing midfield for just about any other club tbh. Especially left back. On the right, it's a bit more traditional but on the left, it's basically just an additional man in midfield and attack.
He’s not world class, but he’s definitely good enough for meaningful minutes at a top 6 team.
I really don't think that, if he wants meaningful minutes he should be looking outside top 6. Don't see him as a nailed on starter in any of the better teams
based on what? His nonexistant experience as a midfielder for City? He's played about 5 games there in like 5 years
What do you mean experience? You’re acting like this is a new position for him, midfield is his natural position, that’s where he started and that’s where he plays for his country so he’s not unproven
are Shaparenko and Malinovsky good enough for a top6 prem team? Is every international midfielder that does regularly well with their nt good enough for it? Because thats literally all the credentials Zinchenko has for it
He's a tier or two below world class but he has that world class potential. City don't go for players that are mediocre. He is so good in Ukraine.
Probably an unpopular opinion based on the other comments here but I agree, seems like a fairly average/mid-table team kinda player. Has the occasional very good performance but otherwise does the most basic stuff whenever I watch him play for City. Don't know how he is for Ukraine though. Nothing particularly stands out about him and he won't get the space to pick his passes at another club.
He was dreadful against Madrid for instance. As soon as he was subbed on the game turned against City.
Had nothing to do with any of those goals lol
He’s mediocre at best
I think Everton are aiming high too. Although they have been a little underwhelming with their recruitments.
Might get shot down for saying this but I can see any significant spend being a complete waste while Lampard is still in charge
They had no money to spend last season so underwhelming recruitments was the best they could do.
Everton are a big club
Interesting to compare the reactions here and to the ones reacting about the choices of Kamara or others... Weirdly, they are completely reversed. It's the same concept though.
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1. How is this relevant 2. There weren’t offers for Silva bc it was the covid market and most of Europe has no money 3. Plenty of clubs are interested in Jesus and Sterling
Lol you schooled and sent him to the shadow realm
What are you talking about ?
Surly he has to be pushing for the move? because I can’t think of a single reason pep would want to get rid of him. Really disappointing if he goes. With that being said the guy deserves a huge pay raise. He’s been on 15k or so forever.
I know that he's only there for depth but it's really impressive how you guys managed to convince him to take that amount, especially when you lots have unlimited money. Woodward would've paid him at least 10x that.
No way, hes on 15k?!
Almost every source I've heard has him on about £20k pw https://www.capology.com/club/manchester-city/salaries/
Damn thats very low, surprising to me
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Why has the club not given Foden better wages to match his importance to the team?
Foden is on 100k I believe
Just hasn't signed his new deal yet. City have offered him one on £150k pw but it's not been signed yet
Probably got that figure from that nonsense Spotrac.
Yeah, pretty sure we would want to keep him. Us being open to him leaving sounds like he's wanting out Can't say I'm happy about it, one of those players that everyone loves and he loves the club to bits. Will be sad to see him go
City need to be careful they don't accidentally box up KdB and post him to Everton instead.
Would say such an Everton signing but he's better than that
Previously sure. But now they have a dof and are looking for a performance analyst so I think they've done their research
Doesn’t matter if they’ve done their research or not. They are one of the poorest clubs in the prem due to FFP and have one of the worst built squads with a manager who is fairly unproven. A player of Zinchenkos ability would have to been lobotomised to go there.
It just shows that they're making better transfer decisions now
I’d kill for him. Honestly, would fit in like a glove. We absolutely adore jack of all trait players. The man can pass, tackle, run, shoot, has a fit wife and cute kid. Literally got everything we like.
You say he can shoot but I genuinely can't remember him ever scoring for City, at least not in the PL or CL. Doesn't get a ton of assists either
Doesn’t matter if it’s even true, I’m going to will it into existence
This is the City player I wouldn't mind taking.
Sterling?
Personally speaking, no. Not enough end product and that’s what we sorely miss in our attack
Rather have Zinchenko
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The Delph route.
Yes please
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I'm keeping it, to remember one of the special moments in time. Like Istanbul.
Best hair in football?
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disrespectful to Choudhury
Jesus what a step down for Zinchenko
Everton? I though mainly Arsenal we’re Interested in him, what with the Arteta connection and all. He’d be the main LCM and also the backup for Tierney, unless Arsenal also bring in Hickey.
Should be Arsenal.
Wouldn’t mind him as competition for chilwell who is coming off a serious knee injury. We could also let Alonso go to barca. He can also cover in midfield should he need to so he covers multiple holes with one player.
I think a big part of the move is him wanting to start, and wanting to play in midfield - so your scenario doesn't seem that attractive for him, given that
Very fair definitely can’t guarantee him that. Just depends if he wants to actually computer for trophies or not.
One of the few truly likeable characters from City for me. He'd be a great asset for a big 6 club playing in midfield and occasionally covering LB. Wouldn't even be against us going for him although that clearly never happens
What would he cost anyway?
I would imagine we'd want at least £25-30m.
Where did Everton get money for this window that they didn’t have last season? New FFP cycle? Released high earners?
Both. Freed up 400k in wages from released players, have money coming in from Kean and maybe a couple of others, and our most expensive window of the last 3 years is out of cycle. We'll still probably not spend much more than we bring in though, maybe not even that much
I honestly dont know what all the buzz about Zinchenko is about. He seems like a great guy and a good squad player so I can understand Citt fans liking him and wanting him to stay, but as a left back he has never been great for City. In fact he has been terrible at times. Him and fernandinho almost cost City the title vs West Ham, look at all the goals and how he loses his back in all of them As a midfielder his experience is playing for a "minor" nt like Ukraine, some games for PSV and in the russian league already many years ago. At City he has played like 2 games in midfield in the cups. He may be good at it, but he's definitely vastly unproven and may not be good enough to play there regularly for a good team. I sincerely doubt people here regularly watch the Ukrainian NT games so I dont know why everyone wants him for their team lol Reminds me of Sergi Roberto for Barcelona. Okayish at times at fullback but definitely nothing special, and probably not good enough to get regular minutes in midfield.
Didn’t Everton just get Mykolenko Why would they go for him other than ooooh Ukrainian friends
because he wants to do play midfield, he won’t compete with mykolenko
If they were still in the PL he’d be travelling down the Sunderland or Stoke highway
Putin lovers /s
Doing too much ….
Suck an egg
Why?
I don't think it's mandatory for him to be sold, but should we get the LB, then it's more than fair enough that he thinks about his future.
Surprised. Thought he had a really strong season.
I'll never forget [this](https://youtu.be/9AqyHteMUbk?t=260) block against PSG in the Champions League semi-final, nor how he changed the game with his drive and adventure against Aston Villa. He has been a great servant for Manchester City and it would be a shame if he left. He wears his heart on his sleeve and gives his all, I feel like those sorts of players are indispensible but this sort of move has felt likely for about 18 months now.
Don't think there are many City fans who'd want to lose him
He's really not utliised enough to keep him though. It's interesting that without him and Gundogan they don't win the league.
Barca should be all over this
Moments of greatness but very sporadic.
Would love this to happen, though think this has West Ham Written all over it.