Billion Euro players....

Weird how fast City fans have gone from being glad to be in the CL to dismissing it as a cup comp.

comment by bomdia (U13941)
posted 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
PL is the big one. 38 games is the true test. A few cups are the icing on the cake but dont replace the PL trophy. Not winning it says everything about a season if you were in a leading position.
Htf did United spend all that on truly bang average?
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So needing to beat PSG, Napoli, Bayern, Spurs and Barca is not a true test but winning away at Huddersfield is

Manchester City squad worth breakdown

Goalkeepers: Ederson (63m), Bravo (2.25m), Carson (1.8m)

Defenders: Laporte (67.5m), Stones (54m), Otamendi (22.5m), Mendy (31.5m), Zinchenko (18m), Angelino (14.4m), Cancelo (49.5m), Walker (45m)

Midfielders: Rodri (72m), Fernandinho (10.8m), Gundogan (45m), Foden (22.5m), De Bruyne (117m), David Silva (18m)

Forwards: Sterling (126m), Sane (90m), Bernardo Silva (90m), Mahrez (54m), Gabriel Jesus (63m), Aguero (58.5)

Total: £1.14bn
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The more alert amongst you will note that the players' 'value' is a lot more than the price paid in most cases.

The Pep Effect.

comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 4 hours, 3 minutes ago
Weird how fast City fans have gone from being glad to be in the CL to dismissing it as a cup comp.
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Almost as quickly as you lot went from “no rivalry” to 12 of you infesting a Maf thread 😂

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson - Football Is D... (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
Manchester City squad worth breakdown

Goalkeepers: Ederson (63m), Bravo (2.25m), Carson (1.8m)

Defenders: Laporte (67.5m), Stones (54m), Otamendi (22.5m), Mendy (31.5m), Zinchenko (18m), Angelino (14.4m), Cancelo (49.5m), Walker (45m)

Midfielders: Rodri (72m), Fernandinho (10.8m), Gundogan (45m), Foden (22.5m), De Bruyne (117m), David Silva (18m)

Forwards: Sterling (126m), Sane (90m), Bernardo Silva (90m), Mahrez (54m), Gabriel Jesus (63m), Aguero (58.5)

Total: £1.14bn
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The more alert amongst you will note that the players' 'value' is a lot more than the price paid in most cases.

The Pep Effect.
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Yet the squad as a whole is only worth fractionally more than you paid.

Just admit City have bought their success.

We all know, it doesn't matter. But I think it might be good for you to accept the fact.

In other news City are the only club to have ever bought any players.

Yet the squad as a whole is only worth fractionally more than you paid.

By fraction, do you mean half?


Sane, Aguero, Bernardo, Sterling, KdB, Jesus, Zinchenko worth at least twice what we paid for them.

Foden at £22.5m is worth £22.5m more than what we paid for him so how does that work?

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2019/wp266/en/

I'm not sure where you're getting your number from, but they seem reasonable. Your squad certainly isn't worth 2bn.

Nah i'm only messing.

City just got really lucky with the odd good signing and pulled it together with top class management. They're clearly building on their own successes and decades of gradual progression that has earned them a huge global audience. Combined with the ability to attract top sponsors, this means they can outspend the rest of Europe.

I'm just a bitter wum. Have a good one

Norwich team costs 36 teams less than citeeeh

Pep the fraud😃😃😃😃