And with Mac Allister, went for an amount that reflected him sitting down and extending his contract when he could have let it run down. We still got £35m rising to £55m with add-ons, hardly a small fee.
Pickford - an average keeper
Walker - a 34 year old who is immense but past his best
Stones - always the second best of the 2 Man City CBs, great in his Libero role, England don't use it though.
Guehi - error prone
Shaw - had a great game but his first start since February, never a top top...
They have:
Simon- a top quality keeper.
Carvajal - a RB who has been key to Madrid winning 4 league titles, 6 Champions leagues.
Laporte - a CB who despite playing in the Saudi league this season was a key player for City before.
Cucurella- The most expensive fullback ever.
Rodri.
Ruiz -...
He's made a big mistake every game lmao.
He just hasn't been punished for it.
He was susp for a game because he made two mistakes leading to him needing to commit a foul.
Not to mention, Spain looked in control of every game that tournament.
We haven't looked in control of a single game, today was the closest but still wasn't in control.
If we don't get to another final with this group of players then we would have failed.
We have an outstanding team that are winning in spite of Southgate.
I've felt no excitement throughout this tournament.
We'll probably lose against Spain and all I'll have done is wasted my time watching 5 shit games and a good game tonight.
If we win then fair play, I still won't think he's a good manager but he will have done well the last two games.
So you're saying he got it wrong and had to adjust?
We were lucky to get through the first two knockout games.
Tonight Pickford again being too short to make the save, a taller keeper saves the Simon shot.
He's doing the bare minimum, we've got a world class attack and midfield that is...
Groß has agreed terms with Dortmund, we're now negotiating the fee.
Undav similarly will be sold, we're just negotiating the fee with Stuttgart. Buy clauses and buy back clauses slightly complicate things there.
Varane confirmed he was leaving before the end of the season. His contract has now expired and he's a free agent.
Rumours are he's going to Como who are extremely wealthy and have just been promoted to Serie A.
He signed because of a clear pathway to the first team.
As we've seen with our players that can mean appropriate loans or enough time around the first team squad whilst playing for the U21s until he's ready.