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Kilishihunter:
You wan run Nico agenda like last week but God don catch you

Godx:
Reijnders offers nothing defensively. I don't understand a Cm that cant get stuck in and challenge for balls. Cherki had more defensive contribution in those few mins he came on. With kovacic out till April and Rodri relapsing constantly, I am hoping those Anderson rumors in January are true.

popizaino:
This is a pure lie.

If there's anything pep guardiola has gotten right,it is the signing of Donnaruma. I watch city game and i am marvel at what he does on weekly basis.

How he still followed that Barnes first goal against Newcastle still dey surprise me.

Godx:
To avoid another Palmer situation was why we didn't sell Savinho to Tottenham. I still have faith he will recover his girona and first season form.

Godx:
He's only better than Ederson at shot stopping and even at that we are still conceding goals at a ridiculous rate. Dominating his box, collecting crosses, Calm under pressure Ederson was far better. Ederson was disrespected last season and scapegoated.

andrewbaba44:
Maybe Eric Garcia refused to sign contract at city because Barca had a secret meeting with him to sign him for free

Look at Eric Garcia impact are Barca now ,far better than what Nico Gonzalez is doing for city ,yet you won’t see Barca fans come and write newspaper and create agenda

andrewbaba44:
He called odegaard world class

He isn’t serious

andrewbaba44:
Maybe Eric Garcia refused to sign contract at city because Barca had a secret meeting with him to sign him for free

Look at Eric Garcia impact are Barca now ,far better than what Nico Gonzalez is doing for city ,yet you won’t see Barca fans come and write newspaper and create agenda

Wait for his Florian Wirtz opinion... 😬

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Android22:
No, I already responded. Some will say your education or lack of it has a done a number on you.

- Eric Garcia refused to sign a new contract at City. Which means City wanted to keep him.
- Eric Garcia wasn't assumed to be a LB who couldn't compete with Mendy or Delph so he was told to find another club.

You don't have to keep digging yourself into a hole.

Android22:
Like it wouldn't be easy to simply run any type of search on the claims made above to see if I made it up? I wonder why you lack the courage to do it.

Or Busquets and BdO winner Rodri aren't treated like the pinnacle of Central Defensive Midfielders?

Did you not see me post Barca B & others refer to NicoG's potential as Rodri-esque & Busquetsque? If you can find any reports on Caicedo with the same level of comparison that would have been an informed person's way of challenging that claim.

Mental bandwidth is important.

Bimmarlykay:
Pls stop,am getting angrier, imagine using Jong as DM now with no replacement.

Bimmarlykay:
We can't always have the same view.

Especially in agenda land.

StarchAndBanga:
You that don't reply to argue, read the statement below and share with us in ur opinion how Man City stole Nico from Barca (knowing fully well City paid FC Porto 50M for him)

Bimmarlykay:
They replied to argue, rather than see what you're trying to say, and hence only saw 'steal', I believe.

Bimmarlykay:
If I'm not mistaken,he said, 'basically stole from Barça due to Xavi's carelessness'.

Only that Porto executed the steal.

I'd add that we make blunders in almost every transfer,so it can be a steal for Porto or City(should Nico perform exceedingly).

Bimmarlykay:
Android is quite right.

Kilishihunter:
Reijnders go soon cause havoc for your league. Give my boy some time.

MorataFC:
Interesting take. But using your logic, should we then say Pep was careless for letting Cole Palmer leave Manchester City, considering how well he’s developed elsewhere?

Please answer with yes or no ,I have a phobia of long epistles.

Gucciboy:
One good game and Nico is suddenly a steal,where was him at CWC? Where was Nico since the season began?

AirBere:
Chief, nobody steal Nico ooo lol. What happened to him is very normal at professional footie lol.

The buzzword you're using to drive home your point is "miss profile" but the fact is that he wasn't stolen. The coach at the time (Xavi) just didn't rate Nico both as a DM and as a CM and quite rightly so. As we speak, he's not better than Dejong(DM) and Pedri(CM) meaning had he stayed, he'll just be bench piece like them Casado, Bernal and co. Leaving was the best thing that happened to him and his situation is pretty normal in football. Not unique at all.

These are just facts. I mean players like KDB, Salah, Palmer, Eto'o, Guehi, Nico Gonzalez, Hakimi, Pogba, Thiago, Pique, Saliba all had to leave in order to achieve their potential elsewhere. Of course some returned home.

Talk about misprofiling....
1. Nico made his professional debut under Koeman and was not rated as a DM....played as interior along with Busquet.
2. Xavi met Nico and didn't rate him as a DM
3. Loan at Valencia, he wasn't rated as DM as Gulimano was always the preferred choice. He was in and out of the team even as a CM.
4. Porto manager didn't rate him as a DM and had Varela as DM. In fact, in most matches, Nico was not even part of the double pivot and was often played as the AM with Verala paired with another CM(Marko Grujic)

At professional level, Nico has played under 4 different managers and only Pep(his 5th manager) rates him as a DM. Of course, I trust Pep's judgement. However, if/when Rodri returns and back to his best, Nico will most likely play alongside him at CM/interior or benched.

AirBere:
So very similar to how Mourinho let KDB and Salah go.....

Nico wasn't stolen chief and his situation is not unique at all. Coaches constantly make decisions based on what they feel is best for the team. Some work, some don't. He would've turned to Sergi Samper or Oriol Busquet and other lamasia players had he stayed. Best thing was leaving whether Xavi misprofiled him or not, he had to leave. Even as a DM, he was not gonna start ahead of Dejong at Barca. As an interior, Pedri clears him. He had to go!!!

Whichever way sha.....that's that. 😴

Jamiuokolaa:
Didnt Barca insert a buy-back clause abi na another Nico we dey talk about here?