Nico González 'will need to step up' after €60M move to Man City 👀 | ESPN FC

[@1stand11]

City’s players do not appear to realize they are playing with the most prolific striker in world football. Haaland’s towering header goal over a World Class center back like Saliba yesterday speaks for itself. But why City’s players appear determined not to regularly service a generational beast like Haaland is genuinely baffling to watch. Nunes in particular appeared more determined to set a world record for a right back playing backward passes in a single match yesterday than actually providing any sort of attacking threat or service. Pep’s backward and sideways passing system seriously needs to evolve. And his players need to actually have the courage to consistently service Haaland. Instead of just putting their foot on the ball and safely passing backwards and sideways.

[@hairyhands8259]

They lose possession by playing constant passes to Haaland then get beat on the counterattack. So City wait for the perfect pass to Haaland.

[@1stand11]

@@hairyhands8259 The simple fix is to sit in deeper and play on the counterattack. Like they did in the second half last weekend against Chelsea. Contrary to what a lot of people who only watch the Premier League realize, Haaland is much more than a penalty box poacher. He’s one of the most, if not the single most, dangerous attacking players on the counterattack and in open space. People who actually saw him at Dortmund and Salzburg have known that for years and laughed at all the "tap in merchant" trolls who very clearly never watched Haaland before he came to England.

[@adamrm231342]

@@hairyhands8259with younger legs City will be able to play more aggressively and risk more counter as they regular did earlier under Pep

[@PT84]

@@hairyhands8259 They can't press and when they lose the ball their midfield can't get back and defend.

[@hairyhands8259]

@@PT84 correct. Arsenal players kept sprinting past Kovacic and he couldn't catch them, it was embarrassing.

[@BR-tf7jd]

Nedum speaks so well.

[@EH_1995]

Yeah really good pundit now, definitely the best of the younger ex pros they have on here

[@zaidal-zobaidi7206]

Nico would be good in a double pivot formation with Kovacic. Definitely better than Silva or Gundogan to play in that position.

[@J040PL7]

That drops the quality of the midfield right down. Either nico replaces kova, or becomes his replacement, I don't think pep wants a mid table midfield

[@danieldan5539]

we will see...the same was said about kalvin philips and nunez, and they were only waist of money (100 mil).nico is slow.ederson from atalanta or zubimendi are the best at the moment.i don't understand pep why it was so urgent to buy marmoush when you have savinho, doku, foden, oscar bob.. he should have a right back, nunes or rico have nothing to do with this position, city lost 6-7 games because of them.i'm scared when i think what mbape or vinicius will do to nunes! without a right back next year we won't play in the ucl.

[@randyedward5825]

that's right , ofc Nico isn't great enough to cover rodri role he need to grow under pep but with other city players support he will be great

[@IanBenjamin-x8v]

FACTS🎉

[@Kwami357]

Finally city is trying to get a defensive midfielder

[@jaydinyearwood9181]

Finally? Oilchester have been BUYING everything over and over and over

[@Kwami357]

Nunez, Bernardo, and Akanji straight to the bench

[@Joker-et2je]

Not Silva though Other 2 yes We will sell or loan both come Summer Silva on n off but not like now with Pep playin him nonstop

[@Kwami357]

​@@Joker-et2jeSilva is too slow in midfield

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

But when he played with Rodri, they were elite. He's a player with outstanding problem solving abilities, but he needs to be able to trust his partner to do their jobs too. ​@@Kwami357

[@CircumNet]

@@Kwami357 Silva would focus on midfield area but he’s old. And plays like Modric defensively

[@Joker-et2je]

@@Kwami357 because he’s everywhere on the field…only position he don’t cover yet is a goalkeeper❕

[@preetishbaruah4711]

These guys which are not the regular ones are much better pundits than the regular ones

[@pascalsimonskoufos8066]

Nedum is great most of the times

[@rohitrawat7335]

Nico & Omar are excited to watch.

[@chookz]

Who/what are they excited to watch?

[@cooper9179]

​@@chookz😂

[@ashanefarquharson1537]

Very poor from city getting him on deadline day. They should have got a player like him from the 1st January. It’s clear as day Kovacic needs help in that pivot and it’s like they wanted to ignore it.

[@Joker-et2je]

City got 5 players in January Ur Liverpool n Arsenal combined ZERO‼️ City 🌃 won 🥇 the 2025 January Transfer Window 🪟 5-0

[@Hairyman13]

@@Joker-et2jewhile we sit in 6th and just got beat by Arsenal 5-1 but yeah we won the January transfer window 😂😂 give me a break and we didn’t even win that with 3 bench players and a one season wonder in Marmoush 😂

[@CircumNet]

@@Hairyman13This season is already a nightmare for Man City. Their goal is for next season to qualify for UCL

[@kleec495]

@@Joker-et2je Stop dreaming, just make sure to beat Liverpool later this month and prevent Chelsea from stealing your UCL spot.

[@TheAeasy19]

The thing is that they were trying to get doglus Luiz on loan with no option to buy but that didn't work out. Plus the other transfers getting worked on. This one had to happen because of that arsenal defeat. This isn't a panic buy by any means. We have been linked to this kid for years. Pep likes him. Now he's here. Hope he does well

[@emmanuelokopido5236]

My Question for ESPN pundits is which City signing under pep has come in as an actual superstar bar Haaland? Dias was never a superstar but now he is the leader Pep recommended City sign KDB before he came and KDB was a Chelsea flop Rodri himself was never a good sole dm. He was a good dm in a double pivot with Koke at Atl Madrid

[@randyedward5825]

it's obvious they don't understand what city and pep are doing, they only want to see instant result but now the situation are difficult they got their point that Nico need to step up and i believe he will with double pivot role with kovacic.

[@allthegearuk]

This is all true but it has to be acknowledged that City have missed on a lot of players in the last few years. They have had a lot of success with the core group but the extra pieces haven't been great fits.

[@ftunitedpassion]

He is more an attacking midfielder but can play as a defensive midfielder, not a central midfielder, i checked his stats.

[@milaninter2442]

How do you judge a player on stats????😂😂😂 BROTHER WATCH GAMES

[@friendlybane]

@@milaninter2442 agreed. The formations on stats pages aren't always accurate because different teams play differently.

[@Moonmaestro11]

He’s can both depending on who he’s paired with so you’re not exactly wrong, he started as a 6 but has grew in the box to box role but still a complete midfielder very mobile for his size.

[@thefourmidablecentur100ns6]

Gundogan 2.0

[@Moonmaestro11]

@ lmao no million times more physical and mobile than gundogan he’s an athlete and a physical specimen who can actually do defend . Yall just be saying anything.

[@maverick4466]

Nico doesn’t have to “step up.” Manchester City didn’t sign him for 5 months. He is their player for the next coming four and half years. These ESPN guys sometimes don’t really think and it’s embarrassing

[@randyedward5825]

nice word bro

[@All3cannons]

That’s was the same plan for Kalvin Phillips. 3 years later he is still on your books and you can’t get rid of him.

[@StartreckTu]

Barcelona is getting 25mln with this deal😂

[@jacybongo2589]

Great deal by laporta administration

[@russellward4624]

​@@jacybongo2589TBF it's because they only got 8m for his initial sale. Which is almost nothing.

[@jacybongo2589]

@@russellward4624 yeah but he wasn't convincing so its still a good deal

[@Davids677-e1w]

He is now more than convincing and you'llsee soon​@jacybongo2589

[@crvlad]

Only 18

[@blackout.flame99]

Perdi, Gavi, Casado, FDJ, Fermin ; Nico had to much competition at Barca unfortunately his a really good player

[@BC-mj7gj]

Nico was good enough for Barca, Xavi let him leave and replaced him with Romeu. Nico Gonzalez will thrive so well in this city team.

[@Prasko131]

Xavi wanted Zubimendi. As a Barca fan you should know by now that all transfers are done by Laporta and Deco, just like all transfers in Vardrid are made by Perez. The coach has very little say in this

[@fatih8053]

This guy hates Xavi for some reason

[@aboubacardiarra5005]

Xavi said I din't see him as a proper number 6. Same story with Marc casado who end up playing as a number 6 under Flick.

[@BC-mj7gj]

@ Good managers got to work with what they got. We couldn’t afford Zubimendi and letting Nico to leave and only to replace him with Romeu is one of the dumbest decisions, Hansi Flick came in without a world class Defensive midfielder but he’s given Chance to Bernal and Casado turning them to world class midfielders, also he’s turning Pedri into a complete midfielder playing him more deeper. That’s what good managers do

[@BC-mj7gj]

@@aboubacardiarra5005 Hansi Flick put his faith in Casado and Bernal, he’s change Pedri into a class deep playmaker doing defensive duties, that’s what good mangers do. Don’t also forget that Casado was almost leaving on like Nico if Xavi continued to be our manager.

[@justyn8054]

€200 million spent in January, wow.

[@myownlilbubble]

Ffp and psr do not exist...for city😅

[@Prasko131]

It's the PL, that's normal for them

[@russellward4624]

​@@myownlilbubblesomeone doesn't understand ffp.

[@tonisosic5075]

Well 2 are for the future obv the CBs who cares if it's January what does that have to do with anything

[@tonisosic5075]

Well 2 are for the future obv the CBs who cares if it's January what does that have to do with anything

[@JunaidHasan23]

If it was so obvious why were ESPNFC not talking about it on Jan 1

[@Hello200-s4w]

Now pep will play him as a left back or right back 😂😂😂

[@venaseranico]

Look at Guardiola helping Barcelona 😂 buying this kid so they can get the funds

[@RicardoMyers-s9y]

You're saying that because you don't know about football 😮😮

[@pankajmajithia4429]

Rebuilding has started at Man city we can see big changes in the squad.

[@RedmiMi-i7w]

It will get worse mark my word😂

[@shellins]

The craziest downfall and rebuild at the same time

[@vice0774]

I just dont wanna see gundoan in a city midfeild and honestly why Oreilly and mcatee not playing, they better than bernado and gundoan in fitness

[@KP-ci5hq]

They are better than who...look benardo has been playing hard

[@vice0774]

@KP-ci5hq I said in fitness bruv read carefully. Bernado can't handle 45 mins and Arsenal match proved he got tired in 15mins same for kovacic and we have seen that for gundoan to. Pep needs to play Oreilly and mcatee and even Mubama more often

[@markshields5883]

As a Liverpool fan dont like this , theywill be way better when they play us , same with Villa and Arsenal have played both theses teams twice

[@wahidj4773]

As a city fan, liverpool must win the league. I would be happy if city lose to liverpool at home.

[@drty8765-ef1fd]

@@wahidj4773 Small club mentality

[@harigovindmenon1189]

I had followed Nico during his la masia days and he was really good, a big prospect. He was also brilliant in the preseason before he left Barca, where he played in the Busquets position, and I was really shocked to see Xavi let him go to keep Oriol Romeu. Since then, it felt like, Barca did not let him go because they didnt rate him, they had to let him go because Xavi wanted experience more than talent. Some of these decision is why I never wanted Xavi to stay any more at Barca.

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

After watching a few clips (with Porto and Barca) of Nico, I'm beginning to think he could be a very very smart signing for City. Physically, he's built like Rodri. Has energy, covers ground powerfully and uses his body well. Could tackle and close people down well. He has a good defensive brain. What is obvious though is that he's not in the same class as Rodri in dominating the game from deep with passes. But playing for City will simplify his tasks because it will suit him more than Porto's. Zubimendi might be rated higher right now, but I think he would have been the wrong candidate as a Rodri replacement. Zubimendi is a better passer and technician at the base of midfield, but what Zubimendi lacks is a Rodri-like physicality in midfield. That's an attribute he'll never be able to acquire. Nico has the ingredients to reach Rodri because he's built like him. We'll need to see him play with City to understand how far below Rodri he is in the playmaking department. Rodri wasn't in the same class as Fernandinho when he joined City. With Kova and Nico, City have might have the ingredients to be really competitive against Real's counters in the UCL. We might have a real contest afteall.

[@mlsarchitect]

Maybe you should give up 'watching a few clips', break your EPL addiction, and watch a few games. There's a wide, wide world out there. Can't imagine what you said about Rodri when he signed. Probably the same things you said about signing Yaya Toure. There was far less evidence to rate Rodri highly then than there is to rate Nico now.

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

@@mlsarchitect Maybe you should speak with a bit more realism. I watch a lot of football and can't watch everything. The Portuguese league is far down my pecking order. Rodri was a better player then than Nico is now.

[@dennisaddo2609]

From what I remember about Nico Gonzalez at Barca is that he is not a 6. He is more of an 8 like Kovacic. I'm not sure how his game has developed since then, but we'll see.

[@mlsarchitect]

Letting Nico go was the biggest mistake Xavi made while coaching Barca. Thanks Pep, I hope he gets to return to Barca in a couple of years. He can be better than Rodri, no question. These clowns at ESPN thought Chitty were overspending when they signed Yaya Toure.

[@fatih8053]

Bro relax he played in portugal, let's see him at PL first.

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

I wanted to say impossible to be better than Rodri but I'll wait till I watch him play regularly. Few people thought Rodri could be better than Fernandinho. But the rest is history. Nico's got a lot to improve on though.

[@Panenka-tt6nm]

Yeah I don’t know why Xavi didn’t trust both him and casado even after Romelu failed to impress. Now Casado bossing Barca midfield and Nico to man city for 60mill. It was weird with Xavi, he was using Christensen as defensive midfielder meanwhile Casado was on the bench

[@mlsarchitect]

@@fatih8053 The EPL is a joke for players from La Masia. I saw him play a few minutes in a few games for Barca before he left and recognized the new Busquets. The only difference is this reincarnation actually scores goals.

[@polarbear444]

@@mlsarchitectthe EPL is a joke…period.😅 Farmers league…

[@robfielding100]

I think it will prove to be the best window ever!

[@ftunitedpassion]

Fernandinho was replaced by Rodri🤔 what is jules saying

[@zphraim]

they played together for two years, one left and was not replaced

[@notesai]

I have been keeping up with nico since he left barça and i saw him getting minutes at porto but i didnt realize he was actually doing good??? Is this a panic buy tho or is he actually a difference maker??

[@VanityGang19]

I wouldn't say a difference maker but he's been doing well this season.

[@hao2000ki]

It sounds like he’s been doing pretty well at Porto and is one of their best players but tbh idk if he’s that good. We did used to think he was the heir to Busquets though before so idk maybe Pep sees something in him

[@fatih8053]

Apparently Pep was a fan of him a while ago but he wanted to stay at Barca at that time, this transfer makes sense.

[@Hairyman13]

@@fatih8053not good enough for Barca and didn’t even want to be here to begin with 😂😂😂 great signing unserious club we are

[@CircumNet]

@@Hairyman13 Barca has too many young players. And they’re in a good place. I pick them as favorite for this year UCL

[@soumyadeepghosh8405]

He is Spanish and Spanish players generally step up when it comes to big fees. He will do well.

[@keletsosebolai3795]

Pep is rebuilding for next season

[@RedmiMi-i7w]

U mean for championship 😂

[@keletsosebolai3795]

@RedmiMi-i7w come back to reality that's never going to happen the sooner you accept that the less disappointed you will be.Good luck

[@ritahritah-wh3ed]

Who told you 🤫 🤫 ​@@RedmiMi-i7w

[@desornrichards6228]

They didn’t over payed for Nico. These profile of players are hard to come by. When demand is low then the price goes up

[@roohkhattakofficial1004]

I can't understand the fact that Barcelona is selling their players at such a low price and then the same player got sold by another club so high.

[@J040PL7]

My guess is nico becomes the 6, kova drops to the bench, dias and ake return and join the back 3 with akanji so city can play a 3-5-2 with haaland and marmoush up front. Team would probably look like Haaland - marmoush Savinho - kdb - foden - bobb Nico Ake - dias - akanji

[@NatNat-yi3hx]

John stones, berbado silva and Gundogan can all be bench captains now... bernado had no attacking blood in him.

[@justright8988]

2 yrs laturrr: Man City have the depth and all the best players like Nico Gonzalez.

[@PaulinKenCattleFarm]

In 2020-2021 Season the same Jules made a bad joke about City signing Ruben Dias instead Koulibaly or Kounde.

[@jay-tonicsatherapper6171]

I think its safe to say Bernardo Silva is finished

[@kushallamsal2540]

1:36 most stupid way to answer that question dummy, Barcelona let him go because he wasn't getting game time as he expected and at that time barca had busquet , de jong, pedri, gavi, puig, pjanic, and many more.

[@lesgourlay6144]

A chequebook coach for a chequebook club. Should have brought on the kids and improved them instead of spending £200m

[@vernonharris1184]

Akanji needs to see the bench he pretty much played every game

[@mitchelirueghe6268]

He was extremely good , he kind of stagnated due to injury ❤.

[@randyedward5825]

these pundits just want to see instant result imo, but the time is right for rebuilding the squad, its only the beginning, summer transfer window would be the real deal. new CAM/CM, LB, RB

[@oneautumnleaf5403]

just a wild guess after man city 115 charges verdict has come out, there is a huge chance man city will be on a Transfer ban for a couple season. So there's a reason why they're really active on the winter transfer here. BUT TAKE THIS WITH A HUGE GRAIN OF SALT its just a wild guess

[@droidgod3]

Barca get a cash injection of 24 mil due to City spending 60 mil for Nico. Laporta's secret lever...

[@Benjamins456-v]

175 million spend fpf not working for city. I wonder if it was la liga.

[@GermanChickenwing]

Maybe you should learn how ffp works.. Sell players, win trophies = more money you can spend ..Hope that helps your small b**in

[@sayandeb6459]

95m sold Alvarez, prize money, selling academy players etc. You're a clown

[@Everett...]

Also basically 0 spend in the summer​@@sayandeb6459

[@nitinpatel1039]

It will do the job shorterm, in any case city is going sig star number 8 like baleba or bruno guimarães in summer and nico become good squad player providing depth , their will be new gk, new rb and club will also try to get one of musiala or wirtz if it doesn't happen this summer than, surely after world cup they will replace kevin with superstar signing

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

Wirtz is the one. He should move to City for his own good too. He's the best number 10 in the world right now. He's the closest thing to KDB in playmaking abilities. Musiala is more a dribbler than a playmaker. Not a particularly good passer of the ball.

[@CircumNet]

@@josephajibowo-wp2rw This is something that’s break EPL. Though City is the best destination for him Liverpool are not a playmaking team and Slot system is not for that tiki taka. Arsenal has Odegaard. So it’s the destination but it’d look like a 4-1-4-1 formation with Marmoush switching with Haaland and Foden and then Foden with Wirtz as an attacking triangle

[@nitinpatel1039]

​@@josephajibowo-wp2rweither of two will do the job, musiala more likely to come because he already lived in England, he will have release clause in his new contract of around 140 million pound, city is known for release clause

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

@@nitinpatel1039 City won't pay for 140 for Musiala. Wirtz is the better playmaker by far.

[@aboubacardiarra5005]

Remember when Pep signed Rodri

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

I do remember, I thought he was overrated and bought because of the Spanish connection at City. Age well didn't it? However, Rodri was coming for Fernadinho role so it was a tough sell for anyone.

[@CircumNet]

@@josephajibowo-wp2rwThose days City transfers where weird? Dias, Rodri, Ederson, Bernardo all where not expected.

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

I didn't know any of them really but I watched Bernardo for Monaco against City and knew he was special. ​@@CircumNet

[@CircumNet]

@@josephajibowo-wp2rw He was special but a lot doubted him as a small Messi. ESPN in particular where ridiculous on him saying he won’t fit PL physicality

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

​@@CircumNetHonestly, we all thought those small players wouldn't fit PL physicality. Imagine a midfield of KDB, David Silva and Fernandinho got 100 points. The KDB was injured and a midfield of David Silva, Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho got 98 points. Silva was insane that year.

[@MLBEATS100]

I'm sorry but the recruitment at city has been terrible over the years If you remove Haalnad, Gvardiol and maybe Marmoush Youll realize that when KDB, Gundo, Bernardo, and Kova leaves whats left is an average team

[@SbusisoNgubane-xq7xx]

And Barca is getting 40% of that 60mil🎉🇿🇦

[@GlynnParry-bs6xg]

Dropping 200m in Jan. PSR will be interesting this year...

[@bluebagel8084]

What's PSR?

[@environm3ntalist549]

Not really. They made 150 million profit in tge summer from transfers and recorded record commercial income

[@GlynnParry-bs6xg]

@@bluebagel8084 profit sustainability rules, the old financial fair play. Though it mightve changed again while I've been writing-depends how many appeals City have in....

[@terrancejeevanantham4650]

British football "expert analysts'" guests on shows show a remarkable lack of insight , knowledge of competitions outside the Premier League . Hard to recall which transfer shows Paul Merson & Darrragh MacAnthoy appeared on displaying their ignorance , insular approach to foreign leagues/talent. Merson had never seen Nico Gonzalez play & MacAnthony had never heard of Tel. I live on the Southern tip of Africa and have access to games that are flighted from various leagues/tournaments I have seen Nico in action at Barca, Valencia & Porto. I watched the Euro U17 2022 where Tel was the absolute standout - I subsequently watched him at De Roten which was rather infrequent - perhaps he will blossom in London.

[@Freestyle80]

its amazing people think he is a good player because they paid 60m 😂

[@prodigalfraudaddy-es1gl]

I hope u wont change ur answer an say city buy superstars later like usual

[@James-tf8vg]

How on earth they can spend millions when facing 115 charges

[@sahilthakur7336]

R u slow

[@bluebagel8084]

It's city

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

He should teach bernado and kovacic how to pass the ball forward cuz those two are so stupid they'll see space forward and turn around and pass it back

[@om17992]

La Masia strikes again, good money for Barcelona

[@polarbear444]

Peanuts for them, it’s around 10M € only, the remaining 50 is to Porto…

[@tacusarcalis5152]

@@polarbear444 nope .... 21 millions

[@fatih8053]

​@@polarbear444it's 40% bro

[@tomodul2619]

Now they can go and register Araujo

[@blkmambautube]

How much difference does this guy make? This is the EPL. City problem is a style of play has been found out. Need power. CITI BANK LOL

[@FormerPessitheRobberfan]

You're just wrong. City's problem is the lack of a number 6. Nothing about our style works without. That's the most important player in any pep system and the only one we had got injured. No defensive midfielder no party for any Guardiola team. Busquets, Kimmich, Fernandinho, and Rodri. Who's our number 6 this season?

[@anilbodar9394]

Some said previously city made profit this year 😂😂😂😂 . Nd he mentioned like pep achieve this with academy..

[@rexralphiello]

Was 100m too much for Antony?

[@scs2955]

Imagine spending 200M and losing 5-1😂😂😂

[@sapphicxswifts]

Imagine spending £1B on your squad and winning 0 trophies 😂😂😂

[@tonisosic5075]

Yeah imagine 3 players of those 200 mill didn't feature and Marmoush 2nd game,you really thought you had a got ya huh😂😂😂

[@CircumNet]

@@scs2955 I’ve imagined it and Arsenal are exactly that spent 100M on Rice , Havertz , Jesus, Zinny, Raya and Trossard all to be trophyless lose 4-1 to City lose 2 PL in the most stupid way. Lose to the worst Bayern side. Got smacked in FA Cup at first round 4 in a row even against Southampton.

[@zackry-c6s]

Dude they just bought him and they have injuries crisis you do realize they are the old defendi

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Four prem titles in a row 😁😁😁😁

[@wmp3346]

Huge overpay by City

[@bluebagel8084]

Loose change when your worth billions

[@meenbee6853]

All this this rubbish was said about Rodri when he came as cover now he has a Ballon D'or. Same script for 10-15 years just different names.

[@krr3502]

He is fine player from a barca fan city will like his stay he is great team player our la masia graduate ❤

[@maxwilliam5240]

To honest pep excel with star players and can't do it with average players..why can anybody see this

[@walterogelo84]

Every body has a choise for his.way of doing his busines,you can hate Pep but you can't decide for him where to work-What of Real madrid or PSG ?-too salty.

[@mlsarchitect]

Pep makes star players.

[@shashwatrao6949]

I have only seen him play once. I did not find him good enough for 60 million. But ryt now, anything will do for pep and man city. They are that bad.

[@mlsarchitect]

Based on the evidence from your one sighting we'll all take your word for it. (PS: who are you again?)

[@spiritov69]

City, as we know them from the past

[@MAYBE673]

He’s not good enough to be a PEP 6. But lets see

[@fryzollis]

I hate these oil money clubs, literally any of these can spend a billion in summer and half a billion in winter and nobody questions. Do the FFP not apply to them? And here in la Liga, clubs can't even spend half of that. It's an embarrassment to football

[@GermanChickenwing]

Wait a min, you want City to do what exactly with the money made from selling players?Give to th homeless? I really dont get people at times

[@EH_1995]

All Pep knows is spend spend spend

[@FantasticChamp]

Another signing for pep gaudiola this can cost financial lost to the state 😂😂😂

[@AlexRadomir]

18 mil 4 barca 🤑

[@Nmp1123]

When have city signings been exciting, apart from a couple, pep made them world class players

[@reigniv4044]

City are mentally cooked. It's not about players 😂

[@MCFCTheMadHatter]

Txiki and the board were pathetic in this window. Literally wait till the last day of the window to exercise the release clause after we’ve been dying for a DM since mid Oct when it was crystal clear we couldn’t hack it without a proper Rodri cover. Really? Absolute disgrace. Those bozos shouldve triggered the release clause on Jan 2nd and had Gonzalez in by the 5th. Just imagine how much help he could’ve offered to us as we pissed away Jan in the CL and PL. Shambolic mess So happy that penny pinching release clause happy fool Txiki is finally out of here as he stayed too long. He was great for nearly his whole career but then sh** the bed the last 2 years. SMH. Praying the same doesn’t turn out to be true with Pep🤞

[@environm3ntalist549]

Nonsense comment from a fake Man City fan.

[@MCFCTheMadHatter]

@@environm3ntalist549 And you must be one of those mindless City Happy Clappy fools incapable of critical thinking

[@abj_mukherjee]

Guardiola spending so much…just a bang average manager…

[@flowyscreations]

You guys are not mentioning enough that Citys team is too white. We need aggression, speed, and skill, not beautiful passers who are short and weak

[@walterogelo84]

Racism must stop.Colour does not make any sport better.When an individual is good he will deliver.Just think what KDB has done in city for years.Asernal always have high number of black players, but they have gone with out epl trophy for two decades ? Hate city but accept they play good football.😮

[@flowyscreations]

@ it’s not racism. There’s a reason why black players don’t dominate tennis, swimming, table tennis but dominate tracks, athletics, American football etc. but it is clear that Pep unlike Liverpool and Arsenal is more interested in ball passers than runners.

[@jaydinyearwood9181]

Pay to win Oilchester at it again Buying their way to success

[@bluebagel8084]

Yep. Just like all clubs. This ain't the farmers league-nobodys playing for free

[@Aloviya]

One Half season When the players doesn't perform Pep spends 200m in January instead of improving them this guy is the definition of overrated. Cheque book manager

[@mlsarchitect]

Says the madridista and Ancelotti fanboy. You guys give off a stench that's detectable for miles. Pep is La Masia born and bred.

[@mariosarka3807]

So thats how Pep is fixing problems, with another 200 mil🤣they can spend spend spend without any consequences, yeah thats fair 😁

[@mjeez4348]

Juls don't know anything about football

[@DenoDixon]

Not even money will save city these are all panic buys😂😂😂😂

[@Joker-et2je]

How wasn’t Nico good the last game in Europa League⁉️ He scored an amazing header ⚽️ and the only goal in that game‼️ God sadly ESPN spew the Worst Punditry ever especially when it comes to Man 👨🏻 City 🌃 N what’s that fool ex goalkeeper at spurs talkin about‼️ How in the World are Man 👨🏻 City January signings not good or good enough…they got exactly players in the positions they needed and 2 stars ⭐️ in the making in Marmoush n Gonzalez‼️ Best never 2 watch this Anti City 🌃 show…their analysis is as subjective or biased to other clubs as it gets‼️👎👎

[@Freestyle80]

scoring a goal is now a good metric for a defensive midfielder, are you ok in the head? Go back to school

[@JohnWick-bi7um]

How are city able to spend so much, yet United have all these FFP restrictions? Im so confused

[@Prasko131]

United literally spent 250 mil this season, what are you even talking about?

[@russellward4624]

It's simple. 1 they spent nothing in the summer. 2, they sold 100m worth of players in the summer, and 100m in each of the previous 4 seasons. Plus won the UCL and won the league 4xs. It's not that hard to comprehend.

[@tonisosic5075]

Simple,because they sell well and they just reinvest plus they spent 0 in the summer while United spent like a trillion😂😂😂

[@CircumNet]

@@JohnWick-bi7um United hasn’t generated revenue. To balance their expenses. United are clearing “cap space” like Rashford and Antony. United are in Europa. United are renovating their stadium. United just signed a new coach who needs to clear out dead wood like Casemiro and bring young ones. United brought in Dorgu and would still do business in future. So for the position they’ve spent well.

[@sapphicxswifts]

this channel always be City's biggest haters honestly 😂 I'm sure he'll be better than a 33 yr old Gudo and Bernardo who get run through like butter every game

[@NS-js9hq]

FFP anyone?

[@bluebagel8084]

Fresh Frozen Plasma????

[@kleec495]

When Rodri came back, he would be another Kevan Phillips

[@_5ive6]

Except kalvin phillips just isn’t good enough to start

[@prodigalfraudaddy-es1gl]

Nope ..he can play together..hes a gundagon

[@billybraidwood6701]

It's kalvin

[@JD-jonah]

Breaking News: Oilchester City have extended the contracts for Micheal Oliver, EPL PGMOL officials and VAR officials.

[@Peradabo]

More money wasted.

[@bluebagel8084]

Loose change for City 😂

[@Acto22]

With is money fcp went to africa and got 2 more blms of the TOSCO kind.🤬EPL is not of different lebel depend of your analogy. Im fcp fan but due to trash accumulation there i barelly watch it,so if this guy is good as PEP thinks he will do better at city@not because epl is at different lebel but because city has better players} than at FCP because the club has rubbish players even MESSI would be lost there.

[@DonMas-car-pone]

Nico Gonzalez overrated. 60 million 😂

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

Very very very average player. Honestly, City haven't bought a great prospect in ages. Douglas Luiz is a much much better player than Nico. Honestly, a loan from Juventus for him would have made sense. Douglas Luiz was one of the best DMs in the PL when he was with Villa. Luiz is actually more than a DM, he was really a neat player that could do everything to a high level.

[@CircumNet]

Douglas Luis in 2025. He’s a year or 3 close to been in Gundogan convos. He’s in his late prime now and Juve are trying to squeeze what’s left of him

[@russellward4624]

Luiz is it good Juve want rid after 6 months. He's a very average player.

[@CircumNet]

@@russellward4624 Even Villa starts Boubucar Kamara over him. He’s that washed now. City got a good player though he’s one of the best in an average league. But that’s better than Gundo or Bernardo. Kovacic these days is like a 1 man army facing lot of attack. He needs a double pivot partner. As for City CB. Akanji and Stones are ball carrying CB. That means they need a Dias, Rudiger to partner well. Dias used to do the dirty work most times now it’s showing even against PSG. Bayern is one team that has that problem

[@FormerPessitheRobberfan]

You obviously haven't been paying attention. Douglas Luiz has been stinking it up at Juventus. City fans started watching him as soon as the transfer window opened and it was clear he wouldn't be good enough.

[@josephajibowo-wp2rw]

I've watched more clips of Nico and I'm now a tad more optimistic about him. As for Luis, I've been following that. He's playing badly but that's due to Juventus and not him. Honestly, last year with Villa, I thought him, Bruno Guimareas, were the two DMs with playmaking abilities. He was a really baller and too good to deputise for any one. ​@@FormerPessitheRobberfan

[@HumbleYute-un7io]

The man hadn't played a second and espn already criticizing the price tag

[@dead_r33d]

FFP doesnt exist for City 😂

[@bluebagel8084]

Blue

[@AbrardotPasha]

They just spent 205 million and no one is talking about it 😂

[@walterogelo84]

What about the amount city has spent ? Every team do spent to compete-your team gets free players.?

[@exponents2046]

Must be nice to be Pep...unlimited funds for transfers at every club he manages. He will never be as good as Sir Alex.

[@FormerPessitheRobberfan]

Bro what are you talking about about? We've been outspent every summer for the past three years at least. That's not including this summer when we were also outspent. Stop this. This investment in the squad has been a long time coming.

[@zackry-c6s]

He is already better than Sir Alex 😂😂

[@prodigalfraudaddy-es1gl]

Sir alex also did same ..read some books and stats

[@walterogelo84]

Alex was in England for 26yrs his achievenent can be compared to David moyes, not Mourino,Aceloti or Pep.Pep did in Spain,Gearman& England.If in doubt refer UCL 2009, when United met Baca your Alex was in charge.

[@mikehoward9211]

man city is copying man u ... spending a lot of money on unproven players who will turn out to be duds!!

[@Kwami357]

You know nothing about city🤫

[@kattphatt]

Lol

[@sapphicxswifts]

comparing City to United 😅😅😅😅

[@zackry-c6s]

The disrespect to mancity🎉😂😂

[@dalymufc]

pep out with the check book again, bunch of cheats him and that soulless club.

[@fatih8053]

Better than losing to crystal palace at home

[@VanityGang19]

The transfer window is there for a reason, its not cheating. 😂 yall would say anything just to discredit a team

[@Kwami357]

​@@VanityGang19exactly. Leave that clown alone

[@kattphatt]

Lol

[@zackry-c6s]

Why are you hating on them when they are trying to fix there squad are you that scared of them😂😂😂

[@quatta1969]

let`s help Guardiola with another 1 billion.

[@caldeprince1317]

Maumosh is already a flop stop hyping that Egyptian guy this is premier league not Bundesliga🤌🤌🤌

[@danielj.m5478]

As a united fan after seeing that transfer list I teared a bit … we got snubbed for spurs … ❤️‍🩹