Summer transfer thread 2022

Signed Alvarez in Jan who will come in The summer too. Its a risky strategy, word inside the club is Cole Palmer will be promoted to a more prominent role. If they dont sign another attacker it means James McAtee will play a decent role too, risky strategy relying on so many unproven players. It might be ok though of Haaland hits the ground running.

The glazers have made plenty of money available for players, it's how it been used is the problem. They don't have any interest in winning just taking out a dividend, they only act on managers when CL football is gone because it effects revenue. It's in stark contrast to FSG at Liverpool who don't take a penny, are patient with managers, the club stands on its own two feet but have provided interest free loans for infrastructure.

I get the issues with the glazers but United have spent the biggest fees, paid the biggest wages, bought the highest profile players under them.

It's interesting that each of the top 5 sides have all agreed deals for new attackers this season with 4 of those opting for central strikers - Haaland, Nunez, Richarlison & Jesus. Sterling being the wider player for Chelsea who let their main central player leave the club. I don't see him starting up front for Chelsea as the central player. Sterling has always struck me as a 'second in command' type attacker who is a good foil. Like Chelsea, Man United are linker with a wide attacker while their main central attacker is being linked with a move away from the club.

Last summer saw a lot of the same clubs spend either the 1st or 2nd largest transfer fee on a player in their defence.

Crazy stuff from City to let go of Sterling in order to keep an inferior player like Grealish. Guess they’re tied to him to a certain extent because of the stupidity of paying 100m quid for him, but from a football perspective they’re losing a better player by the looks of things. I don’t think Grealish will ever reach the standard that Man City require.

Wolves club record signingFabio Silva (£35m) looks set to join Anderlecht on a season long loan.

I’ve heard that before. I’m saying he’ll never be Man City standard and there’s zero peril involved. Sterling is and was a far better player. Crazy stuff but they’ve made their bed etc.

He got loads of chances last season, especially at the start of the season. As time went on he increasingly became a benchwarmer.

He is not the type to be putting your money on at all in my opinion.

Yes we will see. My prediction is he will continue to flit in and out of the team but will never be up to requirements.

I disagree. Towards the end of the season he came off the bench and almost single-handedly made catastrophic errors that lead to Man City being turfed out of the Champions League.

He scored in the penultimate league game v West Ham in a 2-2 draw and Sky Sports put his face up as the main man for the dramatic last game of the season but he didn’t even appear off the bench for that crucial encounter.

He’s not trustworthy. He’s fine against the fodder in the EPL but in the big games against the real top opposition he’s a liability. It was a catastrophic error on Pep’s behalf to put him on late v Real Madrid.

He’ll get more chances because of his price tag but he’ll never be anything more than a bit part player at City in my view. It won’t hurt City much as they still have better options than him even with Sterling’s departure, but still it’s an horrendous waste of 100m quid. He’ll be phased out by Pep over time I reckon.

Nah, he’ll be neither of those in my opinion. He’ll just continue to be a bit part player. He’ll look good v average opponents but won’t be good enough against the top sides where he really should be consigned to the bench bar a host of injuries to the various better options that City have.