lostinyorkshire
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What a player this kid is
cole palmer
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adammarc_98
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Saw him in an FA Cup game for City against Swindon nearly three years ago and thought he’d be a future star. Glad to see him finally break through.
lostinyorkshire
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I thought in the summer he might go on loan but maybe we can see why mahrez was so easily let go
TheYorkshireTerrier
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It’s taken him longer than I thought to breakthrough but it looks like this is his season.
It’s clear City don’t like loaning out their highest rated players in order to get experience.
Foden, Palmer and Rico Lewis, all in the team but never been on loan.
It’s clear City don’t like loaning out their highest rated players in order to get experience.
Foden, Palmer and Rico Lewis, all in the team but never been on loan.
adammarc_98
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Pep’s straight out of La Masia, given his own experience with Sergio Busquets et al he’s learned that the best way to hone pure talent is to blood it from an early age. Truly the best manager in the game.
Nobby_Barnes
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Reckon I could be if I'd spent £ 1 BIILION LIKE PEP.....
adammarc_98
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I think that ANY top manager exposes themselves to such spending, it’s more what you do with it. Look at Chelsea for instance. Nearly a billion spent in a calendar year, and for what?
Caesium137
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To keep Brighton afloat for a thousand years?
Expat Smoggie
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City’s academy is outstanding. I think this article probably explains it all
theathletic.com
Why City are so good at selling: Admired academy, coaching alumni, top talent
Manchester City's income may be a source of contention but nobody can dispute the club's flair for monetising their talent...
theathletic.com
Nobby_Barnes
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I just don't think it's a level playing field, PEP has a net spend 3x bigger than Klopp for example...
Seville have spent hardly anything in comparison yet still took Man City to penalties.
It's the Seville Manager that should be getting your praise
changingman
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Yep, they also know young players simply won't have access to coaching of the same calibre elsewhere. The city set up is THAT good.
Their top talents are generally held to progress through the ranks internally. The next tier down are sent out on loan where it's a win win - they either progress and can be incorporated on their return or (more likely) they progress and can be sold on at a greater profit.
MichaelDebeve
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Pep made a strange comment on Palmer last night after the game, something along the lines of...
"We dont know yet, we wont loan him, he will either stay or be sold before the close of the window"
He seems a player on the rise, certainly wouldnt cash in on him yet.
"We dont know yet, we wont loan him, he will either stay or be sold before the close of the window"
He seems a player on the rise, certainly wouldnt cash in on him yet.
It's never been a level playing field. The best teams make the most money and buy the best players. All of Liverpool, Utd, Arsenal's success in the past has been on the back of being a big spender and buying the best players. Yes, Man City used their riches to accelerate their catching up from being a massive underdog to being a competitor. They had to. How else can you compete with the super clubs without matching their spending? If we accept that the team that wins the most deserves the most money via prize money as it always has been then they should be the richest and the most attractive to prospective players. The only way that wouldn't be the case is if we introduced an actual level playing field with an NFL style draft or a set league-wide cap on spending, not just a "level-playing field" based on a metric like revenue that means Liverpool and Utd can compete with City.I just don't think it's a level playing field, PEP has a net spend 3x bigger than Klopp for example...
Seville have spent hardly anything in comparison yet still took Man City to penalties.
It's the Seville Manager that should be getting your praise
TheYorkshireTerrier
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Been linked with West Ham hasn't he?
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Which one, they've been doing this for a long time under numerous manager?I just don't think it's a level playing field, PEP has a net spend 3x bigger than Klopp for example...
Seville have spent hardly anything in comparison yet still took Man City to penalties.
It's the Seville Manager that should be getting your praise
They beat Barcelona 3-0 in the same final after winning the cup against us.