Summer '24 transfer window

Yep, I’m sure it won’t come to that

 

He’s a massive influence in the dressing room and great for the younger lads apparently, always gets a mention in the documentaries etc

- apologies, just seen sourpatch’ comment saying pretty much the same thing

 

Yeah that makes sense.

 

Gets paid 28k a week as well supposedly. Kind of sums up City up and the obscene money and advantage they have

 

As supporters we all focus on the 90 mins on a Sat, but the majority of a footballer's work is done Mon-Fri on the training pitch. Carson will train with the other keepers, he'll likely be involved in the coaching and be amazed if he's not doing some age group coaching too. The 90 mins on a Sat is such a tiny portion of a footballer's week.

 

They're supposedly not even the premier league's top spenders on wages.

 

To be fair £28k for a PL player is peanuts these days especially for City but he is 3rd choice I suppose. United have Tom Heaton on about £50k a week apparently. Liverpool have both Adrian and Kelleher who’ll be on decent money too.

 

relatively small squad I guess.

 

Find that hard to believe. Their squad is laden with quality. That's why they win the league every year and why I'm hoping they get found guilty of their ffp charges.

 

Relatively small squad of first team players versus their rivals. Pep likes working with smaller squads

 

Correct, with a load of quality youngsters in the u23s knowing they could make the bench with a few injuries/suspensions. Class

 

They had six subs on Sunday that cost 300m approximately. It's easy to throw in a couple of kids in a matxhsay squad and give them a few minutes when you have so much strength elsewhere. For all the praise of pep and he deserves it imagine he had no defenders and had to play casiemero and Johnny Evans. City are just an absolute juggernaut who have build such firm foundations by financially cheating.

 

United outspend them on wages and often fees.

So the whole Johnny Evans and Casemiro argument just points to how well built a team City have.

 

It points to how much resources they have and how they can stockpile expensive signings. I find it incredible that people can't see the link between spending and success.

 

Well I would see the link if Chelsea blew the league apart this year, or even just had a good season.

Spending money gets you so far, spending it strategically gets you a good deal further.

We punched above our weight with spending under Short. I see absolutely no link to success there.

 

Unprecedented unchecked spending over a 15-yr period gives you a massive heads start. Even if they are spending similar to their rivals now- which I doubt btw - they have built foundations that means they are streets ahead. They can sign a Phillips or the lad from wolves for a combined 100m not play them and it doesn't really matter. They can buy a 22 Yr old defender from Croatia for 90m and bed him into team. Give grealish, who cost 100m, a season to bed in, let him play for a season and then replace him with doku, 21, for 65m. Knowing they can drip.feed him into team. They don't ever have gaping holes in squad..they can rotate at will, not take risks with injuries as replacements are as good. It's all about the money. I've read all the emails and it's clear as anything.

 

Emails?

 

Yeah the emails they sent which were used in the investigation about them.

 

Fair enough, seen nothing of them so I'm nor really qualified to talk.

 

And then to be able to continue to cheat by simply not co-operating with the authorities is just mind blowing.

More than ten years of football history will need to be changed when they're found guilty.

When's our open top bus parade for the league cup?