Xavi Hernández

[Birdy]

You are truly clueless. De Bruyne is not everyone. He improves players, but mainly the top ones into superior version of themselves. Too bad he couldn't improve Joe Hart. Excluded him from the first few trainings .

Half the time you say some truly unique stuff.

Ah yes, I quoted them to you and you picked De Bryune only
Players like Akanji or Ake that NO top team wanted when City got them.

You are TRULY CLUELESS in regards to football, apart from being a sneaky LYER and a HYPOCRITE

Start supporting Madrid, because that's the club you truly support deep down , and your whole faulty mindset is geared towards Madritista logic

Stop hiding, you are not Barca fan, you have nothin to do with Barca culture

 

[serghei]

Ake cost 50m almost. Keep going. Clearly showing it...

 

[Birdy]

Ake cost 50m almost. Keep going. Clearly showing it...

Have you ever passed a reading comprehension exam in your life?
Probably not

as you are helplessly incapable of staying on topic and responding to the point made

 

[Messigician]

Ah yes, I quoted them to you and you picked De Bryune only
Players like Akanji or Ake that NO top team wanted when City got them.

You are TRULY CLUELESS in regards to football, apart from being a sneaky LYER and a HYPOCRITE

Start supporting Madrid, because that's the club you truly support deep down , and your whole faulty mindset is geared towards Madritista logic

Stop hiding, you are not Barca fan, you have nothin to do with Barca culture

Calm down, Serghei has been a member here for a long time he didn’t leave the forum like other plastics

 

[serghei]

I apologize for disturbing you. Carry on.

 

[Birdy]

Calm down, Serghei has been a member here for a long time he didn’t leave the forum like other plastics

Irrelevant? I didn't ask him to leave. I asked him to reveal his true colours.

Other than that
Some people have left because of life obligations.
Others got bullied badly and left, which should not have happened
Others lost interest because of people like Serghei polluting every meaningful discussion and debate

 

[Gnidrologist]

I agree with the Bird here. Pep may have unlimited budget, or so they say, but players he has been acquiring, especially for MCity never exploded before he did. Most of them seemed mediocrities and probably still are. It's his systemic thinking and understanding how to use each one of them in coherence, is what makes these players succeed in his teams and him a great coach. Mentioning prices of these players in this day and age is pointless. Hyperinflation is what it is. Money has lost values due to usual suspects being at the helm of this world. 50 mil is a basic price for a basic player, not superstar or even great prospect.

 

[jamrock]

I'm not pep hater buuuut

Kun
Haaland
KDB
B.silva
Gundogan
Mahrez
Yaya? Not sure if he was there during pep
Silva?
Fernandinho
Walker
Dias
Stones
Gvardiol
Rodri
Sane
Sterling
Ederson.

That's just off the top of my head.

The man is the goat, but let's not be silly and act as if the man doesn't either
1) works with the WC players or WC talents

Ake and the likes ate few ate far between.

Only a insane person thinks he's taking some joe average and only through his talents making them WC.

 

[Gnidrologist]

I remember quite well how Rodri was made fun of in this forum, while he was stil at Bilbao and there was talks of him becoming Busi sub. Even KDB was a nothingburger in Chelsea. Stones who? Only Silva, Sterling and Kun were already established as stars prior to City. Mahrez maybe, but he played for Cinderella Leycester. Gundogan was good for Dortmund, but never a dominant force, especially because of injuries. Haaland is pretty much the only mega prospect acquired. So what's your point? You're listing these players already with a hindsight of them being under Pep for years. none of them were anything world breaking before.

 

[serghei]

All of those are examples of very good players that cost a lot of money for a reason. Sure, it's just a coincidence Pep's squad cost over 1 billion. The stuff people believe...

 

[jamrock]

Rodri was thought of to be the next busquets at Villarreal and A.madrid

He took 1 season to adjust to the EPL that's it.

Every player listed wafs either WC already are very highly rated when they joined city.

Which is why they all cost serious money.

Pedro
Ake
And such are the exception to the rule not the rule.

He signs either WC players or players that everyone with an eye for football knows has WC potential.

 

[Messigician]

I remember quite well how Rodri was made fun of in this forum, while he was stil at Bilbao and there was talks of him becoming Busi sub. Even KDB was a nothingburger in Chelsea. Stones who? Only Silva, Sterling and Kun were already established as stars prior to City. Mahrez maybe, but he played for Cinderella Leycester. Gundogan was good for Dortmund, but never a dominant force, especially because of injuries. Haaland is pretty much the only mega prospect acquired. So what's your point? You're listing these players already with a hindsight of them being under Pep for years. none of them were anything world breaking before.

KDB was bundesliga’s best player bro.::

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

It wouldnt suprise me if he goes back to Qatar to chill and wait for Barca to call again.

He will definitely coach Barca again one day but he wont go to Qatar, im sure he will stay in europe but we will see if tier 2 teams will try to get him

I hope he comes to Dortmund, would be the perfect team for him

 

[Messigician]

Irrelevant? I didn't ask him to leave. I asked him to reveal his true colours.

Other than that
Some people have left because of life obligations.
Others got bullied badly and left, which should not have happened
Others lost interest because of people like Serghei polluting every meaningful discussion and debate

And many left because we are no longer winning trebles for fun

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

I agree with the Bird here. Pep may have unlimited budget, or so they say, but players he has been acquiring, especially for MCity never exploded before he did. Most of them seemed mediocrities and probably still are. It's his systemic thinking and understanding how to use each one of them in coherence, is what makes these players succeed in his teams and him a great coach. Mentioning prices of these players in this day and age is pointless. Hyperinflation is what it is. Money has lost values due to usual suspects being at the helm of this world. 50 mil is a basic price for a basic player, not superstar or even great prospect.

True, under Pep Sane and Sterling looked like tier 1 wingers 💯