Edin Džeko - Striker - Manchester City - Part 2 (21 Viewers)

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baggio

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Give them €23 mill + €5 in bonus. Shouldn't that seal the deal?
It'll probably be 20-23m plus bonuses, but the amount will not be defined. Contingent on player appearances,targets, goals etc.

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So TS are naming Dzeko, Llorente, Jovetic or Berbatov as our targets.

Yeah just name a whole bunch of players and hopefully one of them comes true :howler:

I am now more convinced than ever that we are no closer to signing a striker then we were at the beginning of the mercato.
Or maybe weve played the game a little differently this season learning from the mistakes last year. I think Marrotta will surprise us.
 

baggio

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:disagree: There's no fucking way in hell Dzeko is better than Benzema or Higuain. Now, you are seriously exaggerating and over-rating the guy :howler:
Its not so much about individual quality in this case b81. Its about how the player will fit the teams specifics. I can see Dzeko do that better than Higuain and Benz, and this is coming from someone who thinks Benz is the best striker in the world.

As for the individuals, sure I agree Dzeko is not world class, but there are very few of those in his position that would qualify, and to me he would be the next best thing. Given our situation and the team we are building, the unit is bound to be elevated by his presence upfront more than his gameplay, because we already have personnel to provide us with what you'd expect from guys like Benz and Higuain. Is Dzeko what we wanted? Maybe not, behind 3-4 other names. Is Dzeko what we need? Definitely yes. I ththink at's the core difference in a any argument we might throw up against such a signing.

And just for the record, even the Juve of old wouldn't have been able to pull of Higuain/Benzema under the current circumstances. They're playing at the biggest club in the world amd are wanted by their coach. Theirs them, Falcao who was recently bid for at 68m by Anzhi, Cavani who has been acting like a giant turd version of skeletor thanks to his mentor AdL who again won't sell, and then there's RVP who made the convenient choice. And then you have Llorente who is on the same level as Edin, and you have his president whose not even letting Javi leave for his price tag. For a Juve that won't/can't deal with this, I'd say Dzeko is a pretty decent acquisition to compete on the continent. Add JoJo to this next year, and you have an attack that would features in the top 5-7 in all of Europe.
 

LiquidPLP

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Dzeko would be a great addition. I don't know if he's better than Llorente but my feeling is that he'd fit our team nicely.

My only doubt is that Dzeko won't be cheaper than Llorente so how could we get him? Only explanation is that we're after Dzeko all the time and Lorente is a plan B.

I hope we get him but I'm afraid it'll be the same situation all over again.For example City wants 25, we offer 20 and we can't close the deal.
 

Robee

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Dzeko would be a great addition. I don't know if he's better than Llorente but my feeling is that he'd fit our team nicely.

My only doubt is that Dzeko won't be cheaper than Llorente so how could we get him? Only explanation is that we're after Dzeko all the time and Lorente is a plan B.

I hope we get him but I'm afraid it'll be the same situation all over again.For example City wants 25, we offer 20 and we can't close the deal.
If only City wanted 25... We would wrap this deal up in a matter of minutes...
 

baggio

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Dzeko would be a great addition. I don't know if he's better than Llorente but my feeling is that he'd fit our team nicely.

My only doubt is that Dzeko won't be cheaper than Llorente so how could we get him? Only explanation is that we're after Dzeko all the time and Lorente is a plan B.

I hope we get him but I'm afraid it'll be the same situation all over again.For example City wants 25, we offer 20 and we can't close the deal.
I don't believe the club, Marrotta/Paratici in their right mind would lose out on these two for a matter of overpaying 3-4m IF they consider them to be the necessary quality.

Also my feeling throughout this saga has been that Dzeko is the real choice, and e reason it's dome down tonthe death is because it all depended on City moving for someone else before freeing him up for us, perhaps in a favourable way too,

Llorente to me is Plan B. And as plan b, despite the agreement with the player, he is the one Marrotta is less likely to overpay for IMO. So we perhaps will not go beyond 20m for him, while Beppe might throw in a few more million on Dzeko, and also negotiate a pay cut with the player.
 

Alen

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I don't get why are City selling Dzeko. They must be after an attacker if the Dzeko selling rumors are true.

They simply won't rely on unstable characters like Tevez and Balotelli. Especially now that Kun is out for a month.
 

Robee

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I don't get why are City selling Dzeko. They must be after an attacker if the Dzeko selling rumors are true.

They simply won't rely on unstable characters like Tevez and Balotelli. Especially now that Kun is out for a month.
Well Dzeko has been openly complaining about a lack of playing time. There's only one thing you have to admit about Mancini. And that's the [publicly known fact] he actually is a gentleman with his players. I guess if Dzeko truly wants a move, he'll get one. And being childisch as ever, Mancini will love to play with a shiny new toy named Llorente or whatever.
 

Robee

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I can't imagine City selling us Dzeko for 20 million when they paid like 32 million for him last season. Plus he seems to score whenever they play him.
Exactly, it'll definitely take more. But at least they look willing to sell. Which they didn't before... If negotiations are actually going on, we'll get him without a doubt.

But as long as no valid source reports something...
 

baggio

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I don't get why are City selling Dzeko. They must be after an attacker if the Dzeko selling rumors are true.

They simply won't rely on unstable characters like Tevez and Balotelli. Especially now that Kun is out for a month.
An injury for a month means nothing in the broader context given that, out of that duration there will be a two week gap between games. Also its pretty well documented that Mancini considers Dzeko to be lowest in the pecking order, a reason why the player is perhaps pushing for a move himself. And as a result Mancini is willing to accede to this wishes while trying out another striker, Llorente perhaps? I don't think it's a big deal for them really, to lose Dzeko. They are ok with that happening IMO. I'm fact I'd go as far as saying they already know thir targets and 7 days is more than enough time to get them. For Juve on the other hand, the later they leave this move, the more favourable the terms might become because I think the player wants to move.
 

Fake Melo

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I don't get why are City selling Dzeko. They must be after an attacker if the Dzeko selling rumors are true.

They simply won't rely on unstable characters like Tevez and Balotelli. Especially now that Kun is out for a month.
Aguero will be back 15th Sept.

I think that Mancini has lost his faith in Dzeko and Dzeko has lost his confidence. It's obvious when you see him play, his body language says it all.

Mancini will probably try to sign Jovetic.
 
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