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Did he? For some reason I thought that they offered just shy of the release clause and were knocked back.
Fair play to Laporte if he knocked them back though. Not often you see a player turn down the massive wages that would have no doubt been on offer and it is not as though his current club could come close to matching the sort of wages City could give him.
He looks a real Rolls Royce of a player though. Just appears to have everything needed to become a top class centre back, and at only 22 he is only going to get better with experience.
Sakho will have some real competition for that LCB slot in the French national team going forward what with Laporte and Umtiti (who is also only 22) on the sceneI don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.
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If Stones is playing in a Guardiola team he's going to be camped on the half way line for the most part, not ****ing about in his own box doing Cruyff turns. For that sort of role I think he's suited. Obviously not worth £50m but I can see him beefing up a bit and him becoming Guardiola's Pique type player. Makes sense in that way but the money is still insane
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If Rolls Royce made tanks! He's a tough ******* also.Comment
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I'd love to have Laporte at our club. What a signing that would be. I'd ****ing cry if he went to Man Utd.Was muComment
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Nuts that at 22 he could probably step into the first team of a good number of the top clubs in Europe and be an immediate improvement to those teams.
Would hate if he ended up at City, Man U, Chelsea etc.
The way his release clause is structured though there are going to be only a tiny number of clubs that will be able to afford to meet it in the coming seasons as it was reported that under the terms of his most recent contract the release figure went up again this summer (from €50m to €65m) and is due to go up yet again (supposedly to €70m) in the summer if 2018.I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.
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Deal close for Claudio Bravo instead of Ter Stegen. Surprising. Makes more sense for Barca though.Comment
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Goalkeeper are like dogs, you have to measure them by a different length of year!Comment
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Interesting that Bravo started tonight and Stegen isn't even on the bench.Comment
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Out with an injury I thinkComment
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I actually think it both makes sense and that in the market we are in he is worth that money. He is more or less unique in terms of his style of coming out from the back, certainly for a PL experienced CB. He is young and can be moulded by Pep. For the style of play they want to implement someone like him is vital. Given they have the money it is exactly the right deal fro them.If Stones is playing in a Guardiola team he's going to be camped on the half way line for the most part, not ****ing about in his own box doing Cruyff turns. For that sort of role I think he's suited. Obviously not worth £50m but I can see him beefing up a bit and him becoming Guardiola's Pique type player. Makes sense in that way but the money is still insane
I'm more surprised that we haven't seen a move to bring in a more appropriate fullback, one capable of going into the middle of midfield."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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Watched the city game on Saturday - thought they were awful considering how much they've spentLast edited by rudedog; 15-08-16, 08:46 AM.Comment
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