With regards to Pogba going to Man City, can Man City do both Harland AND Pogba? I doubt it but let’s see. Man City will dominate the EPL with Pep competing with Liverpool with Klopp for the next 10 years. Sigh!
The commitment to this channel is insane. Recording late and being so quiet as to not wake baby or mother is incredible Jim. Huge respect and thank you for continuing to create great content. Only forward 🙌
From a Man City standpoint this analysis was spot on, especially the point about it sometimes being difficult as a City fan, obviously not because we are winning, but certainly the disregard when we endure accolades. I am very fortunate having a great great Grandfather whom played with Manchester City (and won the 1904 FA cup, Johnny McMahon) as a rebuttal for the common slander- "you got no history"... so for all the other Man City fans this signing will only help fortify our legacy and unquestionably solidify ourselves as one of footballs historical world powerhouses! Thanks James... You can complain
Well Said. But City fans can't win. They are abused for being in the second and third divisions because the team was no good and then when they are good and become the best club in England they are abused out of jealousy by people who say that they bought the league, have an empty stadium, have plastic fans, cheat financially when they have been found not guilty and are owned by human rights abusers. Anything but focussing on the actual football. I first watched City at Maine Road in 1957 and up to 2011 stood in the shadows of United supporters even during the Mercer era because United had just won the European Cup. And in the 70s my boss was a Liverpool fan, so they were rammed down my throat as well. We should just have the last laugh on all of them.
As a city fan, I can understand everyone having a problem with this. So if he comes and he rips it up as we all expect then I'm buzzing, and if he flops you'll all take the piss and we'll crack on 😂
As city fans we can never win so I say they can all do one and we love our oil money on this side of the river. We absolutely love ruining football yet everyone loves our style of football 😍 inject them tears into my veins 😂
In my opinion Haaland is the perfect signing for City. People talk about Kane because he's more versatile and has better assist Capabilities, but with Julian Alvarez also coming in with the same capabilities as Kane it gives Pep options between a pure striker and a more versatile one with better vision and assist capabilities. I'm not saying Julian Alvarez is at the same level as Kane, of course Kane is more proven, has more experience and more developed, but having both Haaland AND Julian Alvarez which both have room to grow is just a perfect combo in my eyes
@@ryangreen5462 just because you struggle to understand simple points, don't take it out on other people lad, just keep quiet and leave the football talk to the rest of us
This is huge for the league. This is the first time I can remember that a true global superstar has actively chosen the premier league over other leagues. R9, CR7, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Bale, Neymar - colossal stars when they moved - all went to Italy or Spain when they had the chance. The top stars in England - Aguero, Henry, Drogba, Kante, Virgil - weren't really on the radar of the big two in Spain - they became top tier in the prem, but when they arrived they were a notch below that.
Thiago to Liverpool is the only other one I can think of. Not as much star power but was one of Bayerns most important players. A bayern that just won the treble mind you
@@ishanjalan3106 yeah but there is the whole Madrid rivalry most people assumed he wouldn’t go there from memory. Thiago is a good pick as well actually
And of course from a Man City fan point of view, this is what we were missing, a world class striker replacing Aguero and I’m both excited and happy it is finally happening
As a city fan I'm absolutely ecstatic, we got him at a relative steal for his quality and there are literally still staff at the etihad who had held haaland as a baby, almost like a homecoming. On top of that we have alvarez coming in as well who has been incredible at river plate, can't wait to see them play
No it isn’t he is Norwegian and went to the highest bidder let’s be honest this is why everyone hates city you try and create history that ain’t there just call it what it is he went to u lot because you can pay the ridiculous amount per month and the release clause . Cannot stand city pathetic club this is why no one likes you .
@@Souu998 u say that like we're giving him a million a week, real and Bayern both made equal offers and united acc offered to pay double this, but in the end he chose city🤷♂️
As a Norwegian Liverpool fan, I’m really conflicted about this. It’s always great to see one of our players go to one of the big clubs, but I also fear that this will ruin the premier league for everyone
@@danielcooper3868 Problem with that is 1. As we saw last season Spurs will simply not sell him. 2. They would have to break their wage structure to sign him. Thats not gonna happen as they wont even break it for Salah and Mane who both look to be on the way out this summer if somethings not done. I say this as Liverpool never let a player go on free and cash in in the final year to buy a replacement. Both are in the final year and as they still haven't signed its looking like they may just be going. So Liverpool probably NEED a replacement for them 2 first and foremost but they will have about load of cash to do it. Salah will go to PSG and Mane to Bayern. It will be sad to see the infamous Liverpool front 3 split.
@@user-vi6wf4gh9x It's because Liverpool was like the MAIN port city for Norwegian sailors through the recent centuries so there's a lot of history between them. In fact I'd argue a good chunk of people born in Liverpool have some kind of Scandinavian roots.
Norwegian kopite, you’re the type that says “we’re going to Paris” when you’ve never been within 100 miles of Anfield using your tv remote as a season ticket
as a City fan it's the biggest signing in our history and could be one of the very best too. £60m or so is well below Haaland's true market value, his wages are far more in line with the top earners at City (around 300k pw) than initially suggested, it's a position we've needed to strengthen for at least 3/4 years. It's an exceptional signing and one I have wanted for years. I never wanted Kane, taking the year to wait for Haaland was the right decision. This is groundbreaking and adds something completely fresh to our team. I can't wait! Foden Haaland Sterling. Supplied by KDB, Bernardo, Grealish etc. Ridiculously good (and damn, there's links to Frenkie De Jong to replace Fernandinho ahahaha)
City still paid well over £100m when you include agent fee and his father's fee. Just because Raiola kicked it hes still signed onto his agency and has clauses.
Haaland and Alverez are gona rip defenses up. We will need Alverez though as it looks like Mahrez could be off this window as doesn't like the rotation as much as he thought he would. Fair play to him and he's most likely off to Italy as no way city will sell him to a Spanish giant or a PL club. I reckon city will get 60+ million for him easy which pays for Haaland. As Liverpool fans tell us net spend is king baby. Last year we only spent 30m after sales of players and lowered the overall wage budget. City are getting really shrewd in the market recently and although getting headlines its not costing the club that much. We sell Mahrez that will be 44m net spend over 2 seasons (30 for Grealish and 14 for Alverez). Thats bottom of the league spending.
@@vherostar hahaha you’re forgetting net spend is only king when Man City aren’t involved. Doesn’t matter what we do mate we’ll always be a plastic fan supporting an oil club, regardless of when we started following them or the success we had before the takeover. I’m just happy about how far we’ve come, when I watched his dad play I never thought we’d be able to bring someone in as good as his son. No one that isn’t a city fan will admit it but we’re living the dream mate
@@SC-bc6tz You mean the kids who have now started supporting City and the kids who might end up following city tomorrow and the ones who are not ever born are also by default plastic ? Get a life. Thats an absolutely pathetic assesment.
Im a City fan, and it will take a long time and effort before he becomes higher in my regards then Kinkladze or Augero but he has the talent, he isnt too expensive to be called a flop if not the top goal scorer next season, but it is a great buy and I am sure he will do his father and City proud and will take us to the next level, help us win the CL and will stop that being the one thing Man United fans try to hold against us
As a City fan this is dreamland mate, I’ve wanted this lad since he was at Salzburg and the fact he’s grew up a City fan just felt like it was meant to be. No matter how anyone slices it 60 odd million and 350k a week for this talent in today’s market is absolutely brilliant!
Yeah if you don't include the 50m agents fees, 50m signing on fees, 10's of millions a year in shady 'image rights deals' It’s the biggest PL transfer ever by a long long way, it’s a £250m deal
@@TG-it8zt These are speculated figures, but it's highly likely that there's a lot of truth in many of them. I don't know if I personally believe it's all the way to 250 million pounds when all is said and done, but for the sake of the argument let's run with it. The amount of money this deal will return Man City is quite a lot just through pure brand and sponsorships. Bar a catastrophic injury or flop, you'd assume match, league and cup results will also positively benfit from this move, and give extra payout. Now I'm naive enough to think these two factors alone will earn City 50 million pounds a year, but the guy is 21. I don't think he'll play the rest of his career at City, and even if the entire deal did actually costs us 250m, I think a resale would secure at the very least half of that back in just the transfer fee alone
@@Michael-sh1fb His dad told talkSPORT he grew up being Leeds fan, a City fan and Nottingham Forest fan. He also added that he followed his fathers journey so it makes sense. I think you have a different relationship to football all together when you and/or your family participates professionally, so I highly doubt he's ever had what all of us view a club we grew up with and became fans of in the same sense
I really appreciated hearing someone acknowledging the fact that being a City supporter can be shite sometimes. I was raised as a City boy by my Manc relatives that would always have me over for the matches when I was younger and to hear that I’m plastic and that people like my family are just because they love a club that happened to be bought by a group that has so much money. I get why it’s upsetting but treating true dedicated fans like their love for their club isn’t real is just wrong in my opinion.
Yeah and the dumb thing is that clubs always gain fans when they’re successful, so once upon a time being a man United or arsenal fan etc would have been plastic too
@@eeZcrew You don't know what are you talking about. City spends around 140mil per year on salaries and lets say around 100mil per year on transfers. It's not a half of what they make (150mil - Prem tv rights, 70mil - CL tv rights, 80mil - tickets,plus i don't know how much they earn from shirts sales, other merch, sponsors, social media...) Man City are not even close to breaking FFP rules and that was confirmed by Court of Arbitration for sports
Clearly someone who actually doesn’t understand how the economics of the league actually work. But thanks for playing. Come back when you aren’t a fucking moron
Your so wrong. Only reason liverpool can keep up is klopp. Even then he shouldn't be due to fact city spend 4x amount of liverpool which shows all they do is throw money at it. That's probably why fans don't care about if they win because its tinted in a way. With Haaland City have to win UCL if not that's a flop.
Apart from the wages I don’t see this as a problem, this is the only opportunity to get him for half market value and his father play for the club it is inevitable he joins at some point and the quicker he works with the pep in his career the better player he will become. The narrative that pep can’t play with Strikers also is nonsense when he had Lewa at Bayern, aguero also, and improved those players and developed his own system with and without a striker, I do believe that if he can help his own body with injures he is the answer for any team. I feel moves like this will help city reach that next level internationally in terms of Cup predicted outside of England, Love the channel
He’s going to be on the same wages as de Bruyne, 375k isn’t exactly insane for a player like Haaland on a 5 year contract De Gea, Sancho, Pogba etc are all 300k+ and no where near the same level
Sancho is on 350k, whilst kdb is on £375k and halaand will not be more than that so around 370k. The wages are absolutely perfect Imo. Halaand for about £60-65mill with around £370k 😭 sign me up man that is a bargain. He’s easily worth £150 mil without the wages or anything else
@@ranng6817 we will see about that when the deal is all done which I don’t believe is happening because city are known for walking away from such deals. They’ve done it many times. Regardless, normally for a player of his level the money alone without agent fees would be way more than 60-70 I mean city sold farren Torres for 50 mil so halaand has to be at least £120-150 excluding agent fees
The SuperLeague is inevitable, I’m sorry to break it to ya. Each of the top 5-6 leagues are becoming less & less competitive with 2 (3 at best) teams dominating each yr. Add to that the fact that the Champions League doesn’t actually start until the round of 16. If the SuperLeague can manage to make it an open league with promotion/relegation…i think its only a matter of time
I’m a Liverpool fan. We can’t complain. Everyone knew this signing was happening really. It will certainly make city stronger. I fear for the competition in the league as surely no one can compete with this if he hits the ground running. I hope he flops.
I think you can complain because other clubs don't have an unlimited supply of oil money. We'll need to see what Newcastle will do in the future, but in time they might be the only club to be able to compete on financial terms. Oil money is ruining football. I also suspect the reported wage is a nett wage because his original wage demands were reported to be 700k per week. Wages are often negotiated as nett wages these days because of the different income tax structures in different countries and the only amount that matters is the one that hits your bank account.
Exactly. If this Haaland turns out to be a success, and man city go on to win the prem next season, they'll really make this league look no different than the Bundesliga, La Liga, or ligue 1, where one or 2 teams are dominant over a certain period of time. They've already won it 3 out of last 4 seasons. Might be 4 out of 5 if they win it this year.
@@gustaaf1892 All the smaller clubs have to deal with no money compared to United, Liverpool, Chelsea etc. Its kinda nice seeing the big clubs getting a taste of the medicine lol
In the short term, I can only see Liverpool competing with this city side. Rn those two are just in a different class altogether. Give in 3-5 more years and maybe Chelsea, arsenal, man united and even Newcastle could be competing by then. My problem with city (beyond their ownership) is probably their attempts to monopolise the league. Hell if it wasn’t for Liverpool, this season would be so dead, and it wasn’t for Liverpool in 19/20, city would already have 5 in row aiming for their 6th this season. I don’t want the Prem getting monopolised to the point where it’s just a glorified regurgitation of Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga. The prem is special because of teams like that Leicester winning side, but with the chokehold city has on the prem rn, another miracle season like that looks more and more bleak.
If the prem doesn't want to be monopolised like the Bundesliga, other prem club need to step up, especially Man United and Chelsea since they actually have the financial power to compete unlike in Bundesliga where other teams don't have any financial power
Liverpool will not be challenging City anymore. The cheap ass owner doesn’t want to pay Salah and their answer to Haaland was Diaz. Liverpool keeps losing players as they add players, City on the other hand keep reloading and getting better.
I've noticed how there's been a cycle of one English team ruling the league for a while. Liverpool in the 70s-80s, United in the 90s-2000s. City seems to be next in line. Sure there have been some clubs who have stopped these juggernauts before, but in the end it seems that the juggernaut will rise again before entering this hibernation-like period (look at United right now). People can say what they want with City's finances but in the end, I think must always be a club who will rule them all for a time.
Love that you're (probably) keeping your voice down for your little one. Means I can watch this in the same room as my sleeping son without waking him too. 😅
As a city fan last season I wanted Kane as I thought Madrid would get haaland, if we win the league I think we've played it perfect. Kane was a lot of money with no sell on value. Haaland cheaper, younger and better narrative. City have smashed it here I believe
Kane will play at his current level until he's 35. He relies little to none on his pace and he's got one of the best footballing brains in the world, so he's set for the next five-six years at least. Haaland is a physical powerhouse, an intimidating presence who relies on his pace and power to wallop opponents. When he gets into his 30's or even late 20's, he will slow down and become a shell of his current self. I think he's already reached his ceiling. Meanwhile, Kane can still improve. Also, I think Kane is a MUCH better fit for Pep and his gameplan. Haaland can't play with his back against the goal.
I feel like stylistically Kane was always a more natural fit due to his creative attributes but the ship has sailed, haaland is the younger, cheaper and probably more fun option, has to be the big man
Agreed -- last year I preferred Kane over Haaland for City because I think his style better fits City. That said, this is a different year -- Kane is a year older, so City might as well go for the younger option that Pep can develop into his kind of player.
‘Fun’ is the word. As a City fan I have doubts about how he’ll slot into the system, displacing the false nine. That being said, if Pep can tweak the system he could be an absolute monster.
Signings like this make me happy that my team are in the championship. Can see City hitting 10 past teams, pretty scary stuff. Also enjoying this new quiet-voiced Jim and long may it continue - congrats on becoming a dad mate!
My problem is that he puts up 20+ goals with not incredible service and is now going into a chance machine and will score all the goals. Will it stop me from calling him a flop the moment he doesn't score? Absolutely not. I NEED to call him a flop for the sake of my footballing sanity...
Alvarez is also coming from Argentina, and he has superstar potential. I think City'll be much more direct. Pep always finds a way. Will be interesting to see how this evolves his tactics.
Pep will have to overhaul the system but I'm sure he already knows what to do and is ready for that. But the team could take a bit of time to get used to playing in their new style. Haaland will probably have to improve in his linkup play for them to get a big step up on Liverpool, but I feel like he will do that. It's pretty scary if it all works out. It could get to the point that the only way City doesn't win the league every season is his injury record. But we can't complain, its an incredibly smart move for both club and player, and I'm sure every other club in the world would do the same given the opportunity.
He likes to play with big striker since the time he got Lewa. Before that, It's always a no-no, even with Zlatan. So, I don't think City will go for a full overhaul as City does target Kane last year.
3 year contract & a 150 mill release clause while they paid over 300 mill for him & to his entourage. Basically, if he wants to go Real Madrid in a year or two, he can ask the release clause to be paid or in 3 years he can go in a free. All of this was done cause he's waiting for Benzema to retire lol, he's using Man C as a stepping stone.
As a city fan I can safely say there is definitely no downside in being successful and I couldn't care less how other premier league fans or journalists feel
As a city fan I’m very interested to see us play with a 6 foot striker for the first time in many seasons want to know how pep will play him because I can’t see him dropping deep just wanna see how it pans out
I thought Werner was a sure thing. I thought Lukaku was prem proven. I wouldn't be surprised if City revert back to their false 9 after a slow start from Haaland
You *are* allowed to complain, though. Does he fit within City’s current financial structure? Yes, but that is a financial structure that is only enabled through having ludicrously wealthy owners. Is he as an informal going to command a massive fee? No, but they will still pay an amount most teams could only dream of paying for a player. Just because it’s become normalised doesn’t mean it can’t be wrong. Edit: and, I should say, these are not things unique to City; they apply to most clubs with very wealthy owners.
First of all its not about wealthy owners at City any more. As the clubs not only sustainable but last year they made more money than any club in the world. That gives them more money to spend this year if anything. They bought Grealish for £100m but sold 70m worth of players so he essentially cost them £30m but with a bunch of players off the books they save in wages too. Look at manchester united, highest wage structure of any team and always spend a ton of money in the transfer market because of what they make. Sure they have wealthy owners but they don't spend all that cash because they are wealthy. Sure the haters argue city cook the books but in reality if it was true City would be banned from Europe and probably docked points in the PL. Neither has happened so that argument is out the window despite UEFA trying to ban them with no evidence of wrongdoing when it comes to FFP thus it was rightly overturned. My main problem is Chelsea under their new owner will be looking to Americanize the team, lower wages and transfers to make the club profitable, this will mean they are probably gonna drop off as a league challenger. So we will once again see Liverpool and City dominate and probably for a good few years until maybe united can get back in..
Dont think their wage structure is much worse than man u. Theirs might actually have smaller. U could say thats oil money and its true but they are close to getting the maximum value for it by being one of the best teams in the world with multiple domestic trophies. And if this signing gets them over the line in the cl, thats a huge dub. Not many clubs use their money as well as man city
@@lizsul2771 Being fined for breaching FFP is one of those things that sounds good, but really makes no difference. If I inject 100 million, break the rules, and have to pay 50 million in fines, I still got to inject 50 million. FFP breaches shouldn't result in fines, but in transfer bans and points deductions.
This signing is just another signifier as to why Klopp is a better manager that Guardiola is. Man City net spend over 10 years is near 1Billion. Liverpool is 360m. If Klopp had that money over the same period I honestly think Liverpool would be a much better side.
He will be a success and score loads of goals, but not straight away. It will take him time to adapt to peps style and it will take time for pep to adapt to him, once that clicks it'll be explosive but I don't think it will be a smooth start.
I mean i`m not a City, Fan in fact i do not hold any particular views towards any club. But people hate on Man City due to the money, which is a silly thing outside of Leicester City, all PL titles have been won by a major club like Man U, City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. all footballing leagues, have always been dominated by teams with more capital then others. So for people to act like Man City ruined some sort of "parity." In the BPL my getting money they are simply lying to themselves or they simply do not like that there dominance throughout history is being challenged. Because the facts are that parity has never existed in the BPL, either way it does in fact legitimize City as a club due to well fans acting this way.
It has the potential to just be really boring. If City win the league this season then Liverpool will be the only side to have laid a glove on them in five years, and only won one PL despite two virtually perfect seasons, so what’s everyone else supposed to do? (Not a a Liverpool fan btw)
Well City obviously have no reason to care, and even if people do get bored it's not like it would affect the bottom line, so it just goes on until other people find a way
Before watching it, I do think he will make pep change tactics going from having the st deep getting lots of touches to a striker who will hang arounds the box, this could lead to them having losing the ball a little bit more often causing counters a big issue. Or he just adapts with the flase 9 and becomes one of the best st itw which is highly likely. Maybe it’s just the liverpool fan in me that hopes he flops since fsg ain’t gona buy any players to compete with that
@@drdnobody yeh grealish and him will have a tight connection, grealish is instructed to get the ball deep and progressing it finding a man either behind (cm) or back post to the winger not really the st, this is what will change now and I think could be detrimental in a new style to the llayers. Or is just makes them even better which I hope doesn’t happen 😂
The deep ball carrying striker role was only really implemented after Aguero left because we had no natural striker (I think Gabby’s best position is on the wing). Aguero’s role was literally to occupy the box so it shouldn’t require a massive change in tactics
yeah it definitely sounds like some form of denial but honesty Pep will make it work. City cross the all at least 10x per match with no intention of it reaching anyone, imagine what erling will do with this. Also, he’s still young, it’s quite possible that we could see a totally different version of him but time will tell.
£350,000 a week is throwing money around when you have multiple players all earning similar amounts. This sport should have introduced wage budgets decades ago! p.s Just hope the media realise, after city have won their 8th/9th in the past decade, how much city have fucked the premier league in terms of competitiveness! The sooner we have squad budgets that brings the mid table teams into contention the better!
Listen well be getting people off the wage bill like deano jesus or sterling or even bernardo..... we have a wage structure in place and we will make it work.... we need a striker and have done for afew years now so why wouldnt we get haaland if he wants to play for us? its a brainer you wouldnt mind if it was your club signing him
@@jmacmcfc4662 Mahrez for me is going which will free up most them wages. Its been hinted at recently he's interested in going to Italy in order to get more game time.
I agree football is increasingly being fucked over by oil money. I don't actually believe that Haaland's wage is only 350k per week because originally his wage demands were reported to be 700k (not sure if Euros or Pounds) per week, so I expect that the 350k mentioned here is a nett rather than a gross payment, which is how wages are often negotiated these days with players moving between different countries with different income tax structures. The transfer fee would also not include agent's fees which under Raiola were extortionate and included a very large fee for Haaland's father. Although Raiola has passed away, Haaland is still represented by the same company. This will be a massively expensive signing when you calculate the overall cost over the duration of this contract, which is why City and PSG were the only possible clubs who could have afforded him. Even Real had to withdraw its interest because of the overall costs.
@@gustaaf1892 stop reaching and stop waffleing bollocks..... everything reported before all the official details today was nothing but paper talk.... he was never ever ever getting paid anywhere near them wages..... sterlin is on 300 grand a week himself and he will probably be one of the players to make way.. bernardo might be going deano is going jesus could be going thats plenty of money off the wage bill your tryna reach for a point you dont have and its embarrassing... real didnt pull out haaland chose us
@@jmacmcfc4662 City 'fans' will do anything to deflect from the truth to hide that their plastic club is the product of oil money that is ruining football. Now that is embarrassing. Real most certainly dropped any interest they had in Haaland because they realised they simply couldn't afford him.
I think the cost thing is a bit of an ice berg The tip is the cost for the player isn't bad But when you go under the surface the other costs, like lump sum to haaland, agent, dad will be huge Probably north of £150 million
Thing is, you are still allowed to be mad at this one because despite the lowered figures, the amount of money involved (including wages) is still exceeding the very limit of any other club in the world at this current stat. The overall transfer figures have just been a bit supprssed by COVID.
Not only is it right to complain about this, it is necessary because the major networks hosting Premier League to millions of people all around the world will all mention how Manchester City is a fantastic team that has two world class players in each position WOW WOW WOW, but they never mention the fact that this is financial doping. Genuinely what the likes of Chelsea and City have done to world football is grotesque.
Haaland is fantastic, no question. However, does seem to be injured a lot of the time and the premier is a different kettle of fish. Week in week out, constant physical battles. Also however, it didn’t seem to stop Aguero, who was also constantly injured but still kept scoring. I think this signing is all about champs league.
I personally don’t think he’ll be as brilliant as we all think. Will be a lot like Zlatan when he was at Barca imo. I think he’ll still be good but not world-breaking.
He's literally had Lewandowski already as well, and Lewandowski was amazing under Pep... He will do fine especially with the type of midfield he will have behind him. Problem with Zlatan was his ego and the fact that him being there would affect Leo Messi's performances.
I mean, this is how it was growing up as a City fan and seeing Man U hoover up the best players (domestically) and the likes of Serie A and La Liga taking the best players globally - we just talk about things a lot more these days, football hasn't changed simply the names of those making these kinds of moves
I think he'll score a ton of goals but I'm not convinced Man City will score many more goals in the aggregate. I'm also not sure many of those extra team goals will come at important moments.
Haaland is taking the hardest path to greatness..playing for a team like Bayern in the bundesliga or Madrid in the la liga would make it easier for him to rack up goals stats like Ronaldo and Messi, but in the epl it will be more difficult.
I can’t think when we actually signed a player with the ‘potential’ that Erling has, I genuinely cannot believe the size of this transfer. I understand we have the money, and it’s a luxury, and an easy thing to discredit our success from. Totally, Ivan see this point of view but, I cannot help to be selfish to that fact we’re signing the pedigree of talent and sheer size of player. This player probably means more to us already beforehand becuase of his father beforehand as spoken about. I just want to say I think being impartial for a moment this signing is a statement. A player wanted by literally every club… just a lot to take in really. Also, a great clear, well set, impartial view to the the signing.
First time watching your content (I shall def watch more in the future) - I very much liked it indeed! I especially liked how well thought out and balanced your positions were and your ultimate conclusion which I wholeheartedly agree with! CTID 💙
Another installment in the long catalogue of Pep needing literally everything to do his job. He's so scared of any sort of challenge. Can only win the champions league if he has the greatest player of all time. The fact people come close to calling him a great manager is laughable. He's still never achieved anything he wasn't already favourites for at the start of the season. Even the likes of Roy Hodgson and Ian Holloway have achieved more impressive feats than Pep ever has Before anyone cries about me being biased, I'm a Cov fan. I actually quite like all of Barca, Bayern and City.
Hang on a minute the guy that you are talking about in this comment has won league titles without and striker that is such a key position, but a soon as he finally gets a fit young striker all everybody does is complain and try to find stupid points to try and annoy city fans let them have there moment with a boyhood fan coming home, it will pass get over it Jesus Christ
@@Boxing-hc6gf brilliant for City fans, nothing against them, heck if Cov would sign anyone of any note at all id be buzzing. But you know people are going to talk about the "genius" of Pep when they win the league next season
I doubt he is truly only on 350k per week as suggested. It's Man City there will be hidden clauses and bonuses galore that will take it way closer to 500 at least
The only problem is that it will make Man City an even more dominant force in the league. Whilst his move is interesting perhaps, I am unsure it will be great for the league as a whole.
The thing I love with city is that YES they have spent a lot of money but they've spent it incredibly well. They've bought young talented players and made them even better, with the exception of Grealish they've never overspent on a player, they could of spent absolutely stupid money on Kane but decided no we'll just wait it out and we'll go for Haaland who costs less and is way younger! I know there's a decent chance Haaland may leave after a few years but if he doesn't? We've got a world class striker who easily has 10 years in him before he might start to slow down and not be good enough at that level anymore. From a fan perspective the whole argument that all the titles have been bought really doesn't bother me anymore, you see the likes of PSG and mostly United who have spent stupid money too and look where they are! Money doesn't guarantee success, United have spent just as much money since Fergie retired but they're miles and miles away from the level City are at. You have to spend it wisely instead of just going for superstars and big names. Plus, It's not my money, why would I care how much they want to pay?
@@Kitofthearts first of all we should have killed the league on the newcastle match only if we kept up our 13 pt lead , secondly this yr the way we bottled the ucl comeon, last 15 mins we gifted madrid the ticket to final, we are out of fa cup , out of our own mickeymouse cup and its still not a gurantee whether we win the league or not
I find it hilarious that rival fans are so butthurt about this signing. I'm a neutral fan (Sunderland) and this was best case scenario for me. Firstly, I love watching City play, I love watching Haaland play, the 2 combined for me as a viewer are great. It also means Haaland will be able to reach his potential where it comes to Winning Trophies too. The only other realistic targets for him to go to right now really were Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and PSG. I hate Bayern Munich & Real Madrid so dreaded him going there to become basically the anti-christ and PSG, just as with Neymar and Mbappe is kind of wasted potential when it comes to the terms of playing in Ligue 1 so none of his trophies outside of possible Champions League Titles would really count in historical context. Other teams with the means to compete lik Man It'd and Chelsea should be ashamed of themselves not being in the position right now to sign him. They have the teams that could compete and the money too (well, Chelsea had) so only have themselves to blame.
From a City fan, this is what we need. We have a lot of crowded positions which makes us sometimes look like a squad that buys players just for the sake of it. We needed an heir to Agueros throne. I think other sides need to step up, I don’t think city will automatically win the prem or even the UCL but I garantee it makes us more competitive. Here we go!!!!!
Other sides need to step up? That comment says it all. That’s basically like Lance Armstrong saying well everybody else needs to step up, not everyone else is fucking doping mate. Talk about entitled
You're a City fan who thinks we have "a lot of crowded positions" when we have the thinnest squad depth of first teamers in the top flight? Not sure you know much about the team you say you support, mate.
Man Utd paid Alexis Sanchez £350,000 a week (plus bonuses) a few years ago, and he was a total failure. So, the same amount for Haaland, who I hope won't emulate Sanchez, doesn't seem so outrageous. It still is outrageous, of course. A week's wages would keep me comfortable the rest of my life. But, in context, it seems acceptable. These people occupy a different world, and as long as people are willing to spend lots of money on match tickets, shirts and other memorabilia, they will remain in that world. I hope Haaland fits into the City side from the start and doesn't require the 12-18 month induction period that some other players have needed before performing at their best. It will be interesting to see if he adapts to City or if City adapts to him.
Bang on as usual. Can’t complain as the transfer all adds up. 60 million is a steal for City. Although I’m a Burton fan and they beat us 9-0 so yeah I’m still gonna complain it’s unfair
I believe his wage is likely a nett wage, because that is how they are often negotiated for international stars these days because of the vast differences in income tax structures between different countries. The early reports were that his wage demands were for 700k per week, just not sure if that was euros (likely) or pounds.
I think this is an incredible bit of business and if any other club had managed to sign him the internet would be melting instead of trying to pick holes in it.
Man I was watching his highlights and IMO a lot of the goals just wouldn’t be goals against Premier leaguers in goal. I think he’ll be good but it’ll still take some time for him to develop
If you watch his movement off the ball he’s constantly floating around and making darting runs. City have the playmakers but currently the one person who’s getting onto the easy balls in front of goal is sterling and he’s not a regular starter. Think of it like lukaku at United, not always impressive goals but he’ll score 20+ a season
@@scottyfleming2203 Your suggesting that Haaland may not start firing for a while as he’s from Bundesliga, fair enough looking at Werner🤣. He’s saying those same thingss were questioned over De Bruyne- Wolfsburg and Sane- Schalke, it is relevant regardless of them being in different positions.
This is exactly the Media bias Pep was talking about, how dare you mention something even remotely like this when the "plucky underdogs" of Man City could not afford a striker last season
I don't know why Pep stays at City. He's never backed and always has to deal with scraps who don't have the talent for this level of football. Really feel for him
@@canonogic we couldnt afford one when pep said that and then we sold 60m of fringe players to fund the grealish move.... but you carry on embarrassing yourself lad
I think there's alot to complain about with all top teams and particularly Man City but honestly don't think we can with this one, they've paid a fair price and not just thrown money at it
Look at Man United in the last decade compared to city, spent basically the same amounts. But the gulf is crazy? So to disrespect city's success based just on money is just ignorant to the hard work and talend we have displayed for years. City are so much more than just £££
He's an explosive player with great quality but he does often get worked up if he isn't involved, this has worked against him at Dortmund and I can only see it getting worse at City unless he is willing to change his attitude. He's also picked up a few injuries this season due to his playstyle but these might happen less if he isn't able to do as many explosive sprints at City. All in all a good signing for City for all the reason stated in the video but I think it'll be the behind the scenes stuff that'll really determine how successful he becomes for them
City will rest Haaland for games as needed. Our medical and training facilities at the club are world class. He'll be a great striker for us and his game will improve under Pep.
I think he’ll struggle to acclimatise to Pep’s passing play style and Pep will push him too hard too soon to try and fit him in and Haaland will end up in a Lukaku situation where he has goals but hasn’t been given time to adjust. Possibly one of Pep’s weaknesses and why Klopp is in my opinion a far greater manager is Pep’s lack of social skills and slightly tethered emotional connection with is players and I think this could be an issue
@@dagotowka9191 So are Van Dijk and Chillwell injury prone, to name a few examples? They missed more games in a season than Haaland. Footballers get injuries. You cannot call them injury prone unless there are recurring injuries over several seasons, which is not the case with Haaland, whose injury record is comparable to other players who start for their respective clubs.
They have spent less than man utd over the last ten years. Both Man Utd and Chelsea have bigger wage bills than City. They don’t spend as much as people think.
I'm certainly not going to complain lol. He's another star addition to the premier league. So many times players of his profile have gone to Barca and Real, Bayern, etc. It's great that he's here and hopefully we see the best of him.
I am. I hate this idea that I should be happy simply because there are "great players" in the premier league. To hell with the league, I want my team to do well and so should everyone else. This becomes harder and harder as Man City sucks the greatest talents up like a mad sugar glider in a coca cola factory. For all I hate (this is my primary footballing emotion) Liverpool, they've earned their place at the moment. Unfortunately for them but fortunately for the league, this time will eventually cycle down and they'll become crap again like all Champions eventually do. City breaks this cycle, killing the passion once felt as their artificiality putrefies the meaning of contesting for and winning the title. "Oh look, don't their players look magnificent as they gut all feeling from the previously best league on the planet" is recompense that does little for me.... as an Arsenal fan.
@@Thetallestgirrafe what is artificial about man city they made alot of money their are investing back into the club. You are talking out of ignorance. Mansour is genius even greater than Abrahamovic his style of sports business is world class unmatched.
Right move for Haaland, earn as much money as possible while young win everything in the Prem, couple of champions league medals and then fuck off to another club after a couple of years. He doesn't have to put in a shift like he does at Dortmund which might result in less injures. Man City will have a world class striker which will help them finally win the champions league, earn more money with Shirt sales and will make profit on him once he decides he needs a "new challenge". Win Win for both parties.
Man City have bought both Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez for a combined transfer fee that is less than what Man United paid for Harry Maguire. James, I love that you explained the fact that from the higher ground, City are staying within their wage structure...and they are. This can't be ignored. There are Premier League clubs who have paid certain players more than £350k a week! City easily could as well...but they CHOOSE not to. They are a club that could very easily represent Ego and all that is wrong with the world but City (more than most clubs out there) have actually proven through their actions that they have standards and if those standards aren't met, the door awaits. No player is bigger than the club or manager. This has to be applauded.
Other clubs don't have an unlimited supply of oil money. We'll need to see what Newcastle will do in the future, but in time they might be the only club to be able to compete on financial terms. Oil money is ruining football.
@@tombardsley3081 United's wages are no longer higher. United also generates its own money and has approximately 100m per year taken out by the glazers, whereas City gets a lot of non football money pumped into the club.
@@gustaaf1892 city generate their own income as well now that they’ve got the established success and club infrastructure in place. Income is income regardless of the source. If the glazers wanted to they could put their own money in and it would be fair game given that’s a way multiple teams get round ffp with the owners putting in additional cash to cover losses. Them taking out money and essentially running the club in debt is just as dodgy . City have no debt
@@tombardsley3081 Of course City has its own income, but they run huge deficits each year on the operation of the entire club were it not for the injection of non-football money by the owners. Transfer fees actually don't make up a very high proportion of the annual running costs. FFP isn't working and UEFA doesn't take it serious, otherwise both City and PSG would have suffered major consequences a long time ago. What the owners are doing amounts to financial cheating and it is ruining football.
Personal opinion without considering age and cost. Just as current players Harry Kane offers more as better header and passer. He can come deep and link plays and can finish with both feet and head. He is also a more established EPL striker. But halaand for price and age is complete steal and would go for him every time.
"Didn't win the Champions League? It's ok, just throw a load more money at it, we'll do it one day" Anyway... Fabrizio Romano, I guarantee someone else confirmed this transfer before he did his tweet. The guy is a fraud, been outed by several accounts on Twitter but it gets overlooked coz he's pulled the wool over the eyes of the majority. He's as bad as Guillem Balague was.
My observation is that the transfer has so much weight, would he be able to live up to expectations? every football fan has looked at his journey so far and expects Man City to become next level, too good for any other team, but I suspect he may struggle to adapt. It won't be as clear cut. Playing the selfless pep way, pressing from the front, the price tag and expectation, he may not do as well as everyone is suggesting. On the flip side, I would have absolutely killed to have had him at Arsenal and any club would have done anything to get him, so I can absolutely understand why there is this expectation and hype around him.
Haaland will find it difficult in the first season if not longer. Even Sancho was scoring 20 goals + in Germany. Haaland looks very raw and remains unproven at the top level.
I wasn’t expecting many positive opinions from the title, but actually you spoke honestly and reached a very well reasoned conclusion. Ultimately, Haaland just is the perfect signing for Man City.
One thing I’m curious on is if people think Haaland will break Salah’s goal scoring record for a season (think it’s 32?) in any year he’s at City? Think it’s a huge task to do it in his first season adapting to Pep’s system but I think you have to give him a good chance of beating it if he can stay fit which will be the big question for me. Other question is how close can he get on the all time scoring charts over the next 5/10 years? Can he get as far as Rooney for example and break 200 or will the 100 club prove too much? Would love your opinion on these James! Love the content
Breakdown of this transfer in a nutshell • Haaland to Man City = 10 years of Premier League dominance. • Haaland potentially being the Lewandowski of the Premier League scoring 30-40 if not more goals a season. • Pep trying to outperform Sir Alex Ferguson and become the greatest Premier League manager of all time. - Finally the only way potentially 10 years of dominance is stopped would be Liverpool urgently signing Mbappe.
If you think this is a bargain you clearly don't understand the package thats been signed off on here. Raoila was notorious for low buy-0outs meaning greater sign on fees split between him and client.. this whole sign on will be in region of 110mil before wages, bonuses.
Well said James . A worthwhile watch/listen and no bitter hatred just some home truths spoken with intelligence and common sense. What a breath of fresh air. 💙👏
You're brilliant mate. In a social media era where saying sensationalist things all for views and clicks seems to be what gains success, no matter how completely full of crap it is, you keep it smart and sensible and logical. There's so much football drivel out there right now (my twitter timeline is full of it) I start to wonder how people became so stupid. You nail it every time though - just wanted to say that!
Saw this video pop up and thought oh great another person complaining about Man City. But he spoke phenomenally well and hit the nail on the head. Thanks for proving me wrong James
With regards to your first point about how it's hard to be a city fan. Yes I agree. Is it privileged yes definitely. But if you just pay attention to the language that is used around man city whether its on sky sports or talk sport. It hurts that as a football fan I can't watch my favourite sports shows without the external factors of city or the money being held against them almost in a demonising way its tough but you know you kind of become numb to it. It's tough but it's nice to win a lot. But ye I wish there was a bit of a language change around how people talk about city and the success but if not ah well city will keep on winning
Oil money is ruining football. Oil money that has nothing to do with football should not dominate the sport. Football is the sport of the people, not the plaything of multi billionaires with an unlimited supply of money to buy success with.
@@gustaaf1892 football became about the money when the Premier league was created. Since then that's all its been the richest club has been at the top and usually stays at the top that's how it works. Also what does an ownership have anything to do with a football fan watching their favourite team?
@@TheFunkystewie There is a difference with clubs generating their own wealth through their football and related activity, as opposed to clubs simply having unlimited amounts of money pumped into it by external non-football related sources. Football has become the plaything of oil billionaires, which is to its great detriment.
@@gustaaf1892 ah yes because the other billionaires who run the other clubs are perfectly fine. But again football became about the money once the Premier league was created. This utopia you may hope for simply doesn't exist in the society billionaires by clubs, clubs use that money to get better. They get better, they get more money the cycle continues.
@@TheFunkystewie American owners want to see a return on their money. For instance, the Glazers have taken an average of 100m out of United since the take over. That is more than 1.5 billion of football generated that has been lost to football. Compare that to City which has had billions of non-football money put into the club. Chalk and cheese.
long term Haaland is the better choice because of age and his full potential is yet to be unlocked. it will most likely take a year for him to adapt to prem and city style of play like most of the other signings have had (mahrez cancelo rodri to name a few and mahrez already played in the prem at the time as well. and we are currently seeing this with grealish at the moment who also played in the prem but just learning the style is difficult enough). short term harry kane was the best choice. with the way man city play right now harry kane is probably the best player in the world to play in that false 9 position for city and wouldnt take a year to adjust like haaland will probably need because he is already used to playing in the prem and is familiar with the role he would play. but short term because of his age ( i think he is either 29 or 30) so 3-4 years left at top level if he stays fit and injury-free. he also has a recurring ankle problem.
if it wasn't for Klopp and Liverpool punching above their weight the PL would have already become basically the Bundesliga or Ligue 1, that's not good for the PL brand. Signings like this just make a super league more inevitable because that's the only way clubs like Liverpool will be able to compete financially.
Whilst the release clause is "cheap", when you add on the agent fees (€75m), plus the amount his father is reportedly getting as part of the deal (€30m), plus his wages (€40m a year over five years equalling €200m)) means City are shelling out something close to €355m. It's absolutely obscene. But having said all that, the masochistic Arsenal fan in me can't wait to see how he does in the Premier League.
But if you add all those factors onto most players then most players price will be obscene. Plus Haaland will likely make that money back in shirt sales, attracting new fans, sponsorships and on the pitch success
Can we complain?
Complaining anyway lad 😭
I don’t really care, but this does make their inevitable bottle job all the more entertaining.
Yes
With regards to Pogba going to Man City, can Man City do both Harland AND Pogba? I doubt it but let’s see. Man City will dominate the EPL with Pep competing with Liverpool with Klopp for the next 10 years. Sigh!
@@JamilYassinMaj72 Of course they can do both. If they can't, they'll just make another company out of thin air so that they can.
My problem is he’s probably going to score 30 goals a season and make me sad
The most sane City hater
@Moneychester Sheikhy Are you typing this from your couch eating a bag of Lay's?
Spot on
This is the one
Same 🤣🤣🤣
But for the story it's the logical move
Love that you can tell James is whispering because the baby is sleeping 😂
Or he's decided the channel should get into ASMR 😀
Even when you have time to sleep with a newborn your brain keeps you up, going “the baby is gunna cry any minute” 😂 I feel his stress
Glad I’m not the only one noticing lol
It certainly felt weird.
@@faris_02 same I looked to find this comment .
Yes 😂 Was gonna comment this! I think it's really wholesome
The commitment to this channel is insane. Recording late and being so quiet as to not wake baby or mother is incredible Jim. Huge respect and thank you for continuing to create great content. Only forward 🙌
Yeah I mean it's borderline soo quiet...that i slept halfway thro the video tbf...it's probably me tho 😅
Could just record when the baby is awake lol
@@aduken762 yeah because babies have normal sleep patterns 😂
From a Man City standpoint this analysis was spot on, especially the point about it sometimes being difficult as a City fan, obviously not because we are winning, but certainly the disregard when we endure accolades. I am very fortunate having a great great Grandfather whom played with Manchester City (and won the 1904 FA cup, Johnny McMahon) as a rebuttal for the common slander- "you got no history"... so for all the other Man City fans this signing will only help fortify our legacy and unquestionably solidify ourselves as one of footballs historical world powerhouses!
Thanks James... You can complain
Well Said. But City fans can't win. They are abused for being in the second and third divisions because the team was no good and then when they are good and become the best club in England they are abused out of jealousy by people who say that they bought the league, have an empty stadium, have plastic fans, cheat financially when they have been found not guilty and are owned by human rights abusers. Anything but focussing on the actual football. I first watched City at Maine Road in 1957 and up to 2011 stood in the shadows of United supporters even during the Mercer era because United had just won the European Cup. And in the 70s my boss was a Liverpool fan, so they were rammed down my throat as well. We should just have the last laugh on all of them.
but werz ur ch4mpz leeg mate
Will never be anything more than a sports washing oil money club. That is your history ...
@@dannywelbz3650 haters are real.. Cry more
Edward, city has a great history. Dont mind them
As a city fan, I can understand everyone having a problem with this. So if he comes and he rips it up as we all expect then I'm buzzing, and if he flops you'll all take the piss and we'll crack on 😂
As city fans we can never win so I say they can all do one and we love our oil money on this side of the river. We absolutely love ruining football yet everyone loves our style of football 😍 inject them tears into my veins 😂
@@fader1912 giving the amount of champions leagues city have win I agree..... Oh wait.
@@fader1912 lol you’re pathetic, typical plastic city fan
no problem at all ,this means our clubs need to do better our owners
@@jonnybyrne989 4 epl in 5 yrs
In my opinion Haaland is the perfect signing for City. People talk about Kane because he's more versatile and has better assist Capabilities, but with Julian Alvarez also coming in with the same capabilities as Kane it gives Pep options between a pure striker and a more versatile one with better vision and assist capabilities. I'm not saying Julian Alvarez is at the same level as Kane, of course Kane is more proven, has more experience and more developed, but having both Haaland AND Julian Alvarez which both have room to grow is just a perfect combo in my eyes
U still didn't make ur point much less a valid one
@@ryangreen5462 did you forget to read the entirety of his paragraph? He made a pretty clear and obvious point. Not sure how you missed it.
@@Gino565 urs he did
..and thts wat prompt my statement...smh
@@ryangreen5462 just because you struggle to understand simple points, don't take it out on other people lad, just keep quiet and leave the football talk to the rest of us
@@connorlynch428 of us? ....u novice
This is huge for the league. This is the first time I can remember that a true global superstar has actively chosen the premier league over other leagues. R9, CR7, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Bale, Neymar - colossal stars when they moved - all went to Italy or Spain when they had the chance.
The top stars in England - Aguero, Henry, Drogba, Kante, Virgil - weren't really on the radar of the big two in Spain - they became top tier in the prem, but when they arrived they were a notch below that.
good shout actually. Maybe when Pogba came back to man united? Was heavily wanted by the spanish clubs. Can’t think of another for a long time though
Thiago to Liverpool is the only other one I can think of. Not as much star power but was one of Bayerns most important players. A bayern that just won the treble mind you
Aguero chose city over real Madrid
@@ishanjalan3106 yeah but there is the whole Madrid rivalry most people assumed he wouldn’t go there from memory. Thiago is a good pick as well actually
@@mattdart4277 nobody wanted thiago... Barca or real
Only Liverpool were interested
And of course from a Man City fan point of view, this is what we were missing, a world class striker replacing Aguero and I’m both excited and happy it is finally happening
As a city fan I'm absolutely ecstatic, we got him at a relative steal for his quality and there are literally still staff at the etihad who had held haaland as a baby, almost like a homecoming. On top of that we have alvarez coming in as well who has been incredible at river plate, can't wait to see them play
No it isn’t he is Norwegian and went to the highest bidder let’s be honest this is why everyone hates city you try and create history that ain’t there just call it what it is he went to u lot because you can pay the ridiculous amount per month and the release clause . Cannot stand city pathetic club this is why no one likes you .
A steal for his quality 😂😂😂😂😂 he's almost on the same wages as Ronaldo lol u city fans are delusional
Come on man, play some real football apart form FIFA on manager mode,
@@Souu998 u say that like we're giving him a million a week, real and Bayern both made equal offers and united acc offered to pay double this, but in the end he chose city🤷♂️
So £300k a week is a steal
As a Norwegian Liverpool fan, I’m really conflicted about this. It’s always great to see one of our players go to one of the big clubs, but I also fear that this will ruin the premier league for everyone
That already happened mate, this doesn't change much.
Not that it will happen but Liverpool should sign Kane, think he'd fit Liverpool's play style very well
@@danielcooper3868 Problem with that is 1. As we saw last season Spurs will simply not sell him. 2. They would have to break their wage structure to sign him. Thats not gonna happen as they wont even break it for Salah and Mane who both look to be on the way out this summer if somethings not done. I say this as Liverpool never let a player go on free and cash in in the final year to buy a replacement. Both are in the final year and as they still haven't signed its looking like they may just be going. So Liverpool probably NEED a replacement for them 2 first and foremost but they will have about load of cash to do it. Salah will go to PSG and Mane to Bayern. It will be sad to see the infamous Liverpool front 3 split.
@@user-vi6wf4gh9x It's because Liverpool was like the MAIN port city for Norwegian sailors through the recent centuries so there's a lot of history between them.
In fact I'd argue a good chunk of people born in Liverpool have some kind of Scandinavian roots.
Norwegian kopite, you’re the type that says “we’re going to Paris” when you’ve never been within 100 miles of Anfield using your tv remote as a season ticket
as a City fan it's the biggest signing in our history and could be one of the very best too. £60m or so is well below Haaland's true market value, his wages are far more in line with the top earners at City (around 300k pw) than initially suggested, it's a position we've needed to strengthen for at least 3/4 years. It's an exceptional signing and one I have wanted for years. I never wanted Kane, taking the year to wait for Haaland was the right decision. This is groundbreaking and adds something completely fresh to our team. I can't wait!
Foden Haaland Sterling. Supplied by KDB, Bernardo, Grealish etc. Ridiculously good
(and damn, there's links to Frenkie De Jong to replace Fernandinho ahahaha)
Defo too early to say the biggest with the players you’ve had but if he gets city a cl the this could be somewhat true
City still paid well over £100m when you include agent fee and his father's fee. Just because Raiola kicked it hes still signed onto his agency and has clauses.
Rodri has replaced Fernandinho
His transfers overall will reach close to 250 million euro. If city don't win UCL next season massive flop for pep.
@@smjlegacy5720 Where was the full financial deal for Sancho? He was approx. 70m plus 300k a week plus add ons to that 70m
I’m a city fan and we’re also forgetting about Alvarez here the season he’s having is crazy
Good point - class deadline day signing
Haaland and Alverez are gona rip defenses up. We will need Alverez though as it looks like Mahrez could be off this window as doesn't like the rotation as much as he thought he would. Fair play to him and he's most likely off to Italy as no way city will sell him to a Spanish giant or a PL club. I reckon city will get 60+ million for him easy which pays for Haaland. As Liverpool fans tell us net spend is king baby. Last year we only spent 30m after sales of players and lowered the overall wage budget. City are getting really shrewd in the market recently and although getting headlines its not costing the club that much. We sell Mahrez that will be 44m net spend over 2 seasons (30 for Grealish and 14 for Alverez). Thats bottom of the league spending.
@@vherostar hahaha you’re forgetting net spend is only king when Man City aren’t involved. Doesn’t matter what we do mate we’ll always be a plastic fan supporting an oil club, regardless of when we started following them or the success we had before the takeover. I’m just happy about how far we’ve come, when I watched his dad play I never thought we’d be able to bring someone in as good as his son. No one that isn’t a city fan will admit it but we’re living the dream mate
@@SC-bc6tz What exactly is your definition of a "plastic fan"?
@@SC-bc6tz You mean the kids who have now started supporting City and the kids who might end up following city tomorrow and the ones who are not ever born are also by default plastic ? Get a life. Thats an absolutely pathetic assesment.
Im a City fan, and it will take a long time and effort before he becomes higher in my regards then Kinkladze or Augero but he has the talent, he isnt too expensive to be called a flop if not the top goal scorer next season, but it is a great buy and I am sure he will do his father and City proud and will take us to the next level, help us win the CL and will stop that being the one thing Man United fans try to hold against us
Omg Kinkladze! I’m a City fan from Georgia 🇬🇪 love that his name is still remembered!
Utd player gonna do a Keane on him lol
Kinkladze wut.
As a city fan I really appreciate this video. Thank you!
As a City fan this is dreamland mate, I’ve wanted this lad since he was at Salzburg and the fact he’s grew up a City fan just felt like it was meant to be. No matter how anyone slices it 60 odd million and 350k a week for this talent in today’s market is absolutely brilliant!
Yeah if you don't include the 50m agents fees, 50m signing on fees, 10's of millions a year in shady 'image rights deals'
It’s the biggest PL transfer ever by a long long way, it’s a £250m deal
@@TG-it8zt These are speculated figures, but it's highly likely that there's a lot of truth in many of them. I don't know if I personally believe it's all the way to 250 million pounds when all is said and done, but for the sake of the argument let's run with it. The amount of money this deal will return Man City is quite a lot just through pure brand and sponsorships. Bar a catastrophic injury or flop, you'd assume match, league and cup results will also positively benfit from this move, and give extra payout. Now I'm naive enough to think these two factors alone will earn City 50 million pounds a year, but the guy is 21. I don't think he'll play the rest of his career at City, and even if the entire deal did actually costs us 250m, I think a resale would secure at the very least half of that back in just the transfer fee alone
He's Leeds all day mate😉
"grew up as a City fan" pretty sure I saw a photo of him as an 8 year old wearing an Arsenal shirt ...
@@Michael-sh1fb His dad told talkSPORT he grew up being Leeds fan, a City fan and Nottingham Forest fan. He also added that he followed his fathers journey so it makes sense. I think you have a different relationship to football all together when you and/or your family participates professionally, so I highly doubt he's ever had what all of us view a club we grew up with and became fans of in the same sense
I really appreciated hearing someone acknowledging the fact that being a City supporter can be shite sometimes. I was raised as a City boy by my Manc relatives that would always have me over for the matches when I was younger and to hear that I’m plastic and that people like my family are just because they love a club that happened to be bought by a group that has so much money. I get why it’s upsetting but treating true dedicated fans like their love for their club isn’t real is just wrong in my opinion.
Try supporting spurs 😂😂
plastic
Defo plastic
Yeah and the dumb thing is that clubs always gain fans when they’re successful, so once upon a time being a man United or arsenal fan etc would have been plastic too
@@willpickering5829 son of ronnie
It's not Manchester City's fault that the rest of the top 6 bar Liverpool are terribly run and have made the Premier League a 2 team league.
Breaking FFP and paying off the right people was their fault
@@eeZcrew You don't know what are you talking about. City spends around 140mil per year on salaries and lets say around 100mil per year on transfers. It's not a half of what they make (150mil - Prem tv rights, 70mil - CL tv rights, 80mil - tickets,plus i don't know how much they earn from shirts sales, other merch, sponsors, social media...) Man City are not even close to breaking FFP rules and that was confirmed by Court of Arbitration for sports
@@eeZcrew ffp is a broken system that is designed to keep the status quo at the top with no chance of any new teams coming through to challenge them
Clearly someone who actually doesn’t understand how the economics of the league actually work. But thanks for playing. Come back when you aren’t a fucking moron
Your so wrong. Only reason liverpool can keep up is klopp. Even then he shouldn't be due to fact city spend 4x amount of liverpool which shows all they do is throw money at it. That's probably why fans don't care about if they win because its tinted in a way. With Haaland City have to win UCL if not that's a flop.
Apart from the wages I don’t see this as a problem, this is the only opportunity to get him for half market value and his father play for the club it is inevitable he joins at some point and the quicker he works with the pep in his career the better player he will become. The narrative that pep can’t play with Strikers also is nonsense when he had Lewa at Bayern, aguero also, and improved those players and developed his own system with and without a striker, I do believe that if he can help his own body with injures he is the answer for any team. I feel moves like this will help city reach that next level internationally in terms of Cup predicted outside of England, Love the channel
He definitely didn’t improve Aguero, I agree tho Lewa has shown he can clearly work with and improve the all around game of top strikers
He’s going to be on the same wages as de Bruyne, 375k isn’t exactly insane for a player like Haaland on a 5 year contract
De Gea, Sancho, Pogba etc are all 300k+ and no where near the same level
Sancho is on 350k, whilst kdb is on £375k and halaand will not be more than that so around 370k. The wages are absolutely perfect Imo. Halaand for about £60-65mill with around £370k 😭 sign me up man that is a bargain. He’s easily worth £150 mil without the wages or anything else
Do you know that his agent earned 60mil just from this transfer so its quite a farce that he cost around 70mil
@@ranng6817 we will see about that when the deal is all done which I don’t believe is happening because city are known for walking away from such deals. They’ve done it many times. Regardless, normally for a player of his level the money alone without agent fees would be way more than 60-70 I mean city sold farren Torres for 50 mil so halaand has to be at least £120-150 excluding agent fees
The SuperLeague is inevitable, I’m sorry to break it to ya. Each of the top 5-6 leagues are becoming less & less competitive with 2 (3 at best) teams dominating each yr. Add to that the fact that the Champions League doesn’t actually start until the round of 16.
If the SuperLeague can manage to make it an open league with promotion/relegation…i think its only a matter of time
I’m a Liverpool fan. We can’t complain. Everyone knew this signing was happening really. It will certainly make city stronger. I fear for the competition in the league as surely no one can compete with this if he hits the ground running. I hope he flops.
I think you can complain because other clubs don't have an unlimited supply of oil money. We'll need to see what Newcastle will do in the future, but in time they might be the only club to be able to compete on financial terms. Oil money is ruining football. I also suspect the reported wage is a nett wage because his original wage demands were reported to be 700k per week. Wages are often negotiated as nett wages these days because of the different income tax structures in different countries and the only amount that matters is the one that hits your bank account.
Exactly. If this Haaland turns out to be a success, and man city go on to win the prem next season, they'll really make this league look no different than the Bundesliga, La Liga, or ligue 1, where one or 2 teams are dominant over a certain period of time. They've already won it 3 out of last 4 seasons. Might be 4 out of 5 if they win it this year.
@@gustaaf1892 All the smaller clubs have to deal with no money compared to United, Liverpool, Chelsea etc. Its kinda nice seeing the big clubs getting a taste of the medicine lol
@@gustaaf1892 That actually not true Man City invest the profits they made so you made non existant straw man which is utter and completely false.
@@lukeadams1977 Tell your club to make a profit then. Its not Man City problem their owners are geniuses.
In the short term, I can only see Liverpool competing with this city side. Rn those two are just in a different class altogether. Give in 3-5 more years and maybe Chelsea, arsenal, man united and even Newcastle could be competing by then. My problem with city (beyond their ownership) is probably their attempts to monopolise the league. Hell if it wasn’t for Liverpool, this season would be so dead, and it wasn’t for Liverpool in 19/20, city would already have 5 in row aiming for their 6th this season.
I don’t want the Prem getting monopolised to the point where it’s just a glorified regurgitation of Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga. The prem is special because of teams like that Leicester winning side, but with the chokehold city has on the prem rn, another miracle season like that looks more and more bleak.
If the prem doesn't want to be monopolised like the Bundesliga, other prem club need to step up, especially Man United and Chelsea since they actually have the financial power to compete unlike in Bundesliga where other teams don't have any financial power
Liverpool will not be challenging City anymore. The cheap ass owner doesn’t want to pay Salah and their answer to Haaland was Diaz. Liverpool keeps losing players as they add players, City on the other hand keep reloading and getting better.
I've noticed how there's been a cycle of one English team ruling the league for a while. Liverpool in the 70s-80s, United in the 90s-2000s. City seems to be next in line. Sure there have been some clubs who have stopped these juggernauts before, but in the end it seems that the juggernaut will rise again before entering this hibernation-like period (look at United right now). People can say what they want with City's finances but in the end, I think must always be a club who will rule them all for a time.
You were fine when United monoplised the league? The hypocrisy when it comes to City is insane. This is what’s called a meritocracy.
Love that you're (probably) keeping your voice down for your little one. Means I can watch this in the same room as my sleeping son without waking him too. 😅
As a city fan last season I wanted Kane as I thought Madrid would get haaland, if we win the league I think we've played it perfect. Kane was a lot of money with no sell on value. Haaland cheaper, younger and better narrative. City have smashed it here I believe
I knew we were getting Haaland and was rooting for Kane transfer to not go though
💙💙💙
Kane will play at his current level until he's 35. He relies little to none on his pace and he's got one of the best footballing brains in the world, so he's set for the next five-six years at least. Haaland is a physical powerhouse, an intimidating presence who relies on his pace and power to wallop opponents. When he gets into his 30's or even late 20's, he will slow down and become a shell of his current self. I think he's already reached his ceiling. Meanwhile, Kane can still improve. Also, I think Kane is a MUCH better fit for Pep and his gameplan. Haaland can't play with his back against the goal.
I feel like stylistically Kane was always a more natural fit due to his creative attributes but the ship has sailed, haaland is the younger, cheaper and probably more fun option, has to be the big man
I think Haaland with his size and power offers more of what City lack than Kane would
Agreed -- last year I preferred Kane over Haaland for City because I think his style better fits City. That said, this is a different year -- Kane is a year older, so City might as well go for the younger option that Pep can develop into his kind of player.
‘Fun’ is the word. As a City fan I have doubts about how he’ll slot into the system, displacing the false nine. That being said, if Pep can tweak the system he could be an absolute monster.
@@banjoguy9000 Have you seen Kane? He bullies every defender in the league except Van Dijk
Signings like this make me happy that my team are in the championship. Can see City hitting 10 past teams, pretty scary stuff.
Also enjoying this new quiet-voiced Jim and long may it continue - congrats on becoming a dad mate!
My problem is that he puts up 20+ goals with not incredible service and is now going into a chance machine and will score all the goals. Will it stop me from calling him a flop the moment he doesn't score? Absolutely not. I NEED to call him a flop for the sake of my footballing sanity...
Alvarez is also coming from Argentina, and he has superstar potential. I think City'll be much more direct. Pep always finds a way. Will be interesting to see how this evolves his tactics.
Does pep always find a way?
and i bet he is already regretting it.
Pep will have to overhaul the system but I'm sure he already knows what to do and is ready for that. But the team could take a bit of time to get used to playing in their new style. Haaland will probably have to improve in his linkup play for them to get a big step up on Liverpool, but I feel like he will do that. It's pretty scary if it all works out. It could get to the point that the only way City doesn't win the league every season is his injury record. But we can't complain, its an incredibly smart move for both club and player, and I'm sure every other club in the world would do the same given the opportunity.
Pep managed to fit Aguero into his team without a system overhaul, I'm sure he can do the same with Haaland
He likes to play with big striker since the time he got Lewa. Before that, It's always a no-no, even with Zlatan. So, I don't think City will go for a full overhaul as City does target Kane last year.
@@Tommy_111 i dont get it, how he mange to fit Aguero... Aguero is exactly the striker he could fit, small speedy dribbler like Messi
3 year contract & a 150 mill release clause while they paid over 300 mill for him & to his entourage. Basically, if he wants to go Real Madrid in a year or two, he can ask the release clause to be paid or in 3 years he can go in a free. All of this was done cause he's waiting for Benzema to retire lol, he's using Man C as a stepping stone.
As he should
I would laugh if that is how it truly plays out.
Could be.
As a city fan I can safely say there is definitely no downside in being successful and I couldn't care less how other premier league fans or journalists feel
As a city fan I’m very interested to see us play with a 6 foot striker for the first time in many seasons want to know how pep will play him because I can’t see him dropping deep just wanna see how it pans out
Will play him the same way aguero played. Let him sit near or in the box and create chances for him
@@Cjbeswick aguero did drop deep tho
@Gadz348 well I hope so I’ve only ever saw him in either champions league games or Bayern games and don’t notice it so
I thought Werner was a sure thing. I thought Lukaku was prem proven. I wouldn't be surprised if City revert back to their false 9 after a slow start from Haaland
Lukaku was not good in United so no surplice he flopped..
We shift him to the bench and send in alvarez...simple
You *are* allowed to complain, though. Does he fit within City’s current financial structure? Yes, but that is a financial structure that is only enabled through having ludicrously wealthy owners. Is he as an informal going to command a massive fee? No, but they will still pay an amount most teams could only dream of paying for a player. Just because it’s become normalised doesn’t mean it can’t be wrong.
Edit: and, I should say, these are not things unique to City; they apply to most clubs with very wealthy owners.
First of all its not about wealthy owners at City any more. As the clubs not only sustainable but last year they made more money than any club in the world. That gives them more money to spend this year if anything. They bought Grealish for £100m but sold 70m worth of players so he essentially cost them £30m but with a bunch of players off the books they save in wages too. Look at manchester united, highest wage structure of any team and always spend a ton of money in the transfer market because of what they make. Sure they have wealthy owners but they don't spend all that cash because they are wealthy. Sure the haters argue city cook the books but in reality if it was true City would be banned from Europe and probably docked points in the PL. Neither has happened so that argument is out the window despite UEFA trying to ban them with no evidence of wrongdoing when it comes to FFP thus it was rightly overturned.
My main problem is Chelsea under their new owner will be looking to Americanize the team, lower wages and transfers to make the club profitable, this will mean they are probably gonna drop off as a league challenger. So we will once again see Liverpool and City dominate and probably for a good few years until maybe united can get back in..
Dont think their wage structure is much worse than man u. Theirs might actually have smaller. U could say thats oil money and its true but they are close to getting the maximum value for it by being one of the best teams in the world with multiple domestic trophies. And if this signing gets them over the line in the cl, thats a huge dub. Not many clubs use their money as well as man city
@@vherostar they were rightfully fined 50 mil for breaching FFP and was deemed as breaching FFP again by UEFA but got the best lawyers to beat them
@@lizsul2771 Being fined for breaching FFP is one of those things that sounds good, but really makes no difference. If I inject 100 million, break the rules, and have to pay 50 million in fines, I still got to inject 50 million. FFP breaches shouldn't result in fines, but in transfer bans and points deductions.
This signing is just another signifier as to why Klopp is a better manager that Guardiola is. Man City net spend over 10 years is near 1Billion. Liverpool is 360m. If Klopp had that money over the same period I honestly think Liverpool would be a much better side.
Klopp is smarter than Pep
He will be a success and score loads of goals, but not straight away. It will take him time to adapt to peps style and it will take time for pep to adapt to him, once that clicks it'll be explosive but I don't think it will be a smooth start.
I mean i`m not a City, Fan in fact i do not hold any particular views towards any club.
But people hate on Man City due to the money, which is a silly thing
outside of Leicester City, all PL titles have been won by a major club like Man U, City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.
all footballing leagues, have always been dominated by teams with more capital then others. So for people to act like Man City ruined some sort of "parity." In the BPL my getting money
they are simply lying to themselves or they simply do not like that there dominance throughout history is being challenged. Because the facts are that parity has never existed in the BPL, either way it does in fact legitimize City as a club due to well fans acting this way.
It has the potential to just be really boring. If City win the league this season then Liverpool will be the only side to have laid a glove on them in five years, and only won one PL despite two virtually perfect seasons, so what’s everyone else supposed to do? (Not a a Liverpool fan btw)
Up their game....simple as that...
Well City obviously have no reason to care, and even if people do get bored it's not like it would affect the bottom line, so it just goes on until other people find a way
Before watching it, I do think he will make pep change tactics going from having the st deep getting lots of touches to a striker who will hang arounds the box, this could lead to them having losing the ball a little bit more often causing counters a big issue. Or he just adapts with the flase 9 and becomes one of the best st itw which is highly likely. Maybe it’s just the liverpool fan in me that hopes he flops since fsg ain’t gona buy any players to compete with that
This could also unlock grealish. I really hate this signing i can feel it in my bones
@@drdnobody yeh grealish and him will have a tight connection, grealish is instructed to get the ball deep and progressing it finding a man either behind (cm) or back post to the winger not really the st, this is what will change now and I think could be detrimental in a new style to the llayers. Or is just makes them even better which I hope doesn’t happen 😂
The deep ball carrying striker role was only really implemented after Aguero left because we had no natural striker (I think Gabby’s best position is on the wing). Aguero’s role was literally to occupy the box so it shouldn’t require a massive change in tactics
yeah it definitely sounds like some form of denial but honesty Pep will make it work. City cross the all at least 10x per match with no intention of it reaching anyone, imagine what erling will do with this. Also, he’s still young, it’s quite possible that we could see a totally different version of him but time will tell.
You guys just bought Diaz 3 months ago he's a fantastic signing
£350,000 a week is throwing money around when you have multiple players all earning similar amounts. This sport should have introduced wage budgets decades ago! p.s Just hope the media realise, after city have won their 8th/9th in the past decade, how much city have fucked the premier league in terms of competitiveness! The sooner we have squad budgets that brings the mid table teams into contention the better!
Listen well be getting people off the wage bill like deano jesus or sterling or even bernardo..... we have a wage structure in place and
we will make it work.... we need a striker and have done for afew years now so why wouldnt we get haaland if he wants to play for us? its a brainer you wouldnt mind if it was your club signing him
@@jmacmcfc4662 Mahrez for me is going which will free up most them wages. Its been hinted at recently he's interested in going to Italy in order to get more game time.
I agree football is increasingly being fucked over by oil money. I don't actually believe that Haaland's wage is only 350k per week because originally his wage demands were reported to be 700k (not sure if Euros or Pounds) per week, so I expect that the 350k mentioned here is a nett rather than a gross payment, which is how wages are often negotiated these days with players moving between different countries with different income tax structures. The transfer fee would also not include agent's fees which under Raiola were extortionate and included a very large fee for Haaland's father. Although Raiola has passed away, Haaland is still represented by the same company. This will be a massively expensive signing when you calculate the overall cost over the duration of this contract, which is why City and PSG were the only possible clubs who could have afforded him. Even Real had to withdraw its interest because of the overall costs.
@@gustaaf1892 stop reaching and stop waffleing bollocks..... everything reported before all the official details today was nothing but paper talk.... he was never ever ever getting paid anywhere near them wages..... sterlin is on 300 grand a week himself and he will probably be one of the players to make way.. bernardo might be going deano is going jesus could be going thats plenty of money off the wage bill your tryna reach for a point you dont have and its embarrassing... real didnt pull out haaland chose us
@@jmacmcfc4662 City 'fans' will do anything to deflect from the truth to hide that their plastic club is the product of oil money that is ruining football. Now that is embarrassing. Real most certainly dropped any interest they had in Haaland because they realised they simply couldn't afford him.
I think the cost thing is a bit of an ice berg
The tip is the cost for the player isn't bad
But when you go under the surface the other costs, like lump sum to haaland, agent, dad will be huge
Probably north of £150 million
Thing is, you are still allowed to be mad at this one because despite the lowered figures, the amount of money involved (including wages) is still exceeding the very limit of any other club in the world at this current stat. The overall transfer figures have just been a bit supprssed by COVID.
Not only is it right to complain about this, it is necessary because the major networks hosting Premier League to millions of people all around the world will all mention how Manchester City is a fantastic team that has two world class players in each position WOW WOW WOW, but they never mention the fact that this is financial doping. Genuinely what the likes of Chelsea and City have done to world football is grotesque.
This ONE transfer is good.
But can we complain? YES !!
This one transfer is a result of all the financial cheating they've already done !!
Haaland is fantastic, no question. However, does seem to be injured a lot of the time and the premier is a different kettle of fish. Week in week out, constant physical battles. Also however, it didn’t seem to stop Aguero, who was also constantly injured but still kept scoring. I think this signing is all about champs league.
according to romano the injury prone thing isn’t real he’s just young
I personally don’t think he’ll be as brilliant as we all think. Will be a lot like Zlatan when he was at Barca imo. I think he’ll still be good but not world-breaking.
He's literally had Lewandowski already as well, and Lewandowski was amazing under Pep... He will do fine especially with the type of midfield he will have behind him. Problem with Zlatan was his ego and the fact that him being there would affect Leo Messi's performances.
@@Envisioned_Edits so is zlatan mate. Hence why that argument is stupid as fuck
@@johnnydejesus_ lewa is a top class pro with a top attitude, haaland is more like zlatan in temperament
Is there any reason for the Zlatan comparisons besides the fact that he’s a tall, Scandinavian striker? Feels like a lazy comparison imo
@@WW-br9tp because city bought him
I mean, this is how it was growing up as a City fan and seeing Man U hoover up the best players (domestically) and the likes of Serie A and La Liga taking the best players globally - we just talk about things a lot more these days, football hasn't changed simply the names of those making these kinds of moves
I think he'll score a ton of goals but I'm not convinced Man City will score many more goals in the aggregate. I'm also not sure many of those extra team goals will come at important moments.
Haaland is taking the hardest path to greatness..playing for a team like Bayern in the bundesliga or Madrid in the la liga would make it easier for him to rack up goals stats like Ronaldo and Messi, but in the epl it will be more difficult.
I can’t think when we actually signed a player with the ‘potential’ that Erling has, I genuinely cannot believe the size of this transfer. I understand we have the money, and it’s a luxury, and an easy thing to discredit our success from. Totally, Ivan see this point of view but, I cannot help to be selfish to that fact we’re signing the pedigree of talent and sheer size of player. This player probably means more to us already beforehand becuase of his father beforehand as spoken about. I just want to say I think being impartial for a moment this signing is a statement. A player wanted by literally every club… just a lot to take in really.
Also, a great clear, well set, impartial view to the the signing.
The baby must be sleeping because this video was borderline asmr😂
First time watching your content (I shall def watch more in the future) - I very much liked it indeed! I especially liked how well thought out and balanced your positions were and your ultimate conclusion which I wholeheartedly agree with! CTID 💙
trust me, it is a hell of a lot more money then wats been represented. the sign on fee is probably 500 m pound alone
Another installment in the long catalogue of Pep needing literally everything to do his job. He's so scared of any sort of challenge. Can only win the champions league if he has the greatest player of all time. The fact people come close to calling him a great manager is laughable. He's still never achieved anything he wasn't already favourites for at the start of the season. Even the likes of Roy Hodgson and Ian Holloway have achieved more impressive feats than Pep ever has
Before anyone cries about me being biased, I'm a Cov fan. I actually quite like all of Barca, Bayern and City.
He's got to go
Hang on a minute the guy that you are talking about in this comment has won league titles without and striker that is such a key position, but a soon as he finally gets a fit young striker all everybody does is complain and try to find stupid points to try and annoy city fans let them have there moment with a boyhood fan coming home, it will pass get over it Jesus Christ
"The fact anyone comes close to calling him a great manager is laughable". Wow, what a quote
@@Boxing-hc6gf brilliant for City fans, nothing against them, heck if Cov would sign anyone of any note at all id be buzzing. But you know people are going to talk about the "genius" of Pep when they win the league next season
@@jamiemeaden400 he's a good coach. But to not create a good play style with that unbelievable level of talent would be genuinely embarrassing
I doubt he is truly only on 350k per week as suggested. It's Man City there will be hidden clauses and bonuses galore that will take it way closer to 500 at least
Cry more baby
@@artearmy What is there to cry about?
Double? You’re so creative
The only problem is that it will make Man City an even more dominant force in the league. Whilst his move is interesting perhaps, I am unsure it will be great for the league as a whole.
The thing I love with city is that YES they have spent a lot of money but they've spent it incredibly well. They've bought young talented players and made them even better, with the exception of Grealish they've never overspent on a player, they could of spent absolutely stupid money on Kane but decided no we'll just wait it out and we'll go for Haaland who costs less and is way younger! I know there's a decent chance Haaland may leave after a few years but if he doesn't? We've got a world class striker who easily has 10 years in him before he might start to slow down and not be good enough at that level anymore. From a fan perspective the whole argument that all the titles have been bought really doesn't bother me anymore, you see the likes of PSG and mostly United who have spent stupid money too and look where they are! Money doesn't guarantee success, United have spent just as much money since Fergie retired but they're miles and miles away from the level City are at. You have to spend it wisely instead of just going for superstars and big names. Plus, It's not my money, why would I care how much they want to pay?
as a city fan, i am really happy he came to us , after the semi final exit we needed something to cheer ourselves on
Be even funnier now when you inevitably bottle the Champions League
@@eeZcrew we will see about that
And competing for the league until the last day of the season is not enough?
@@Kitofthearts first of all we should have killed the league on the newcastle match only if we kept up our 13 pt lead , secondly this yr the way we bottled the ucl comeon, last 15 mins we gifted madrid the ticket to final, we are out of fa cup , out of our own mickeymouse cup and its still not a gurantee whether we win the league or not
I find it hilarious that rival fans are so butthurt about this signing. I'm a neutral fan (Sunderland) and this was best case scenario for me. Firstly, I love watching City play, I love watching Haaland play, the 2 combined for me as a viewer are great. It also means Haaland will be able to reach his potential where it comes to Winning Trophies too. The only other realistic targets for him to go to right now really were Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and PSG. I hate Bayern Munich & Real Madrid so dreaded him going there to become basically the anti-christ and PSG, just as with Neymar and Mbappe is kind of wasted potential when it comes to the terms of playing in Ligue 1 so none of his trophies outside of possible Champions League Titles would really count in historical context.
Other teams with the means to compete lik Man It'd and Chelsea should be ashamed of themselves not being in the position right now to sign him. They have the teams that could compete and the money too (well, Chelsea had) so only have themselves to blame.
From a City fan, this is what we need. We have a lot of crowded positions which makes us sometimes look like a squad that buys players just for the sake of it. We needed an heir to Agueros throne. I think other sides need to step up, I don’t think city will automatically win the prem or even the UCL but I garantee it makes us more competitive. Here we go!!!!!
Other sides need to step up? That comment says it all. That’s basically like Lance Armstrong saying well everybody else needs to step up, not everyone else is fucking doping mate. Talk about entitled
You're a City fan who thinks we have "a lot of crowded positions" when we have the thinnest squad depth of first teamers in the top flight? Not sure you know much about the team you say you support, mate.
Man Utd paid Alexis Sanchez £350,000 a week (plus bonuses) a few years ago, and he was a total failure. So, the same amount for Haaland, who I hope won't emulate Sanchez, doesn't seem so outrageous. It still is outrageous, of course. A week's wages would keep me comfortable the rest of my life. But, in context, it seems acceptable. These people occupy a different world, and as long as people are willing to spend lots of money on match tickets, shirts and other memorabilia, they will remain in that world.
I hope Haaland fits into the City side from the start and doesn't require the 12-18 month induction period that some other players have needed before performing at their best. It will be interesting to see if he adapts to City or if City adapts to him.
Bang on as usual. Can’t complain as the transfer all adds up. 60 million is a steal for City. Although I’m a Burton fan and they beat us 9-0 so yeah I’m still gonna complain it’s unfair
By the hushed tone to his voice I think we can assume his baby is asleep in the next room? A telltale sign of a new parent 🤫
Ah James what's his sign on bonus though, he's getting so much more than 350k a week.
I believe his wage is likely a nett wage, because that is how they are often negotiated for international stars these days because of the vast differences in income tax structures between different countries. The early reports were that his wage demands were for 700k per week, just not sure if that was euros (likely) or pounds.
I think this is an incredible bit of business and if any other club had managed to sign him the internet would be melting instead of trying to pick holes in it.
Man I was watching his highlights and IMO a lot of the goals just wouldn’t be goals against Premier leaguers in goal. I think he’ll be good but it’ll still take some time for him to develop
Just like de bruyne and sane right?
If you watch his movement off the ball he’s constantly floating around and making darting runs. City have the playmakers but currently the one person who’s getting onto the easy balls in front of goal is sterling and he’s not a regular starter. Think of it like lukaku at United, not always impressive goals but he’ll score 20+ a season
@@different9609 who was talking about those two.., stay focused buddy
@@scottyfleming2203 Your suggesting that Haaland may not start firing for a while as he’s from Bundesliga, fair enough looking at Werner🤣. He’s saying those same thingss were questioned over De Bruyne- Wolfsburg and Sane- Schalke, it is relevant regardless of them being in different positions.
This is like a Semi ASMR Jim lol
Respect the grind posting vids for us at the latest of hours with the young family
This is exactly the Media bias Pep was talking about, how dare you mention something even remotely like this when the "plucky underdogs" of Man City could not afford a striker last season
obviously, this is sarcasm
I don't know why Pep stays at City. He's never backed and always has to deal with scraps who don't have the talent for this level of football. Really feel for him
@@canonogic we couldnt afford one when pep said that and then we sold 60m of fringe players to fund the grealish move.... but you carry on embarrassing yourself lad
@@jmacmcfc4662 your math is a good 40 mill off pal, who else did you sign?
I think there's alot to complain about with all top teams and particularly Man City but honestly don't think we can with this one, they've paid a fair price and not just thrown money at it
Look at Man United in the last decade compared to city, spent basically the same amounts. But the gulf is crazy? So to disrespect city's success based just on money is just ignorant to the hard work and talend we have displayed for years. City are so much more than just £££
He's an explosive player with great quality but he does often get worked up if he isn't involved, this has worked against him at Dortmund and I can only see it getting worse at City unless he is willing to change his attitude. He's also picked up a few injuries this season due to his playstyle but these might happen less if he isn't able to do as many explosive sprints at City. All in all a good signing for City for all the reason stated in the video but I think it'll be the behind the scenes stuff that'll really determine how successful he becomes for them
City will rest Haaland for games as needed. Our medical and training facilities at the club are world class. He'll be a great striker for us and his game will improve under Pep.
Your problem is, you don't appreciate how good this is gonna be
Immaculate ASMR vibes on this one!
I think he’ll struggle to acclimatise to Pep’s passing play style and Pep will push him too hard too soon to try and fit him in and Haaland will end up in a Lukaku situation where he has goals but hasn’t been given time to adjust. Possibly one of Pep’s weaknesses and why Klopp is in my opinion a far greater manager is Pep’s lack of social skills and slightly tethered emotional connection with is players and I think this could be an issue
I think haaland will underachieve due to him currently playing with an injury and being so injury prone.
The medical he just took shows he has no apparent injury, and no signs of any long turn injury
And the narrative he is injury prone is bollocks, per Romano.
@@benlandon9051 it's clearly not as you can literally see how many games he's missed this season...
Aguero was injury prone but still scored a lot of goals
@@dagotowka9191 So are Van Dijk and Chillwell injury prone, to name a few examples? They missed more games in a season than Haaland. Footballers get injuries. You cannot call them injury prone unless there are recurring injuries over several seasons, which is not the case with Haaland, whose injury record is comparable to other players who start for their respective clubs.
They have spent less than man utd over the last ten years. Both Man Utd and Chelsea have bigger wage bills than City. They don’t spend as much as people think.
I'm certainly not going to complain lol. He's another star addition to the premier league. So many times players of his profile have gone to Barca and Real, Bayern, etc. It's great that he's here and hopefully we see the best of him.
I am. I hate this idea that I should be happy simply because there are "great players" in the premier league. To hell with the league, I want my team to do well and so should everyone else. This becomes harder and harder as Man City sucks the greatest talents up like a mad sugar glider in a coca cola factory. For all I hate (this is my primary footballing emotion) Liverpool, they've earned their place at the moment. Unfortunately for them but fortunately for the league, this time will eventually cycle down and they'll become crap again like all Champions eventually do. City breaks this cycle, killing the passion once felt as their artificiality putrefies the meaning of contesting for and winning the title. "Oh look, don't their players look magnificent as they gut all feeling from the previously best league on the planet" is recompense that does little for me.... as an Arsenal fan.
@@Thetallestgirrafe what is artificial about man city they made alot of money their are investing back into the club. You are talking out of ignorance. Mansour is genius even greater than Abrahamovic his style of sports business is world class unmatched.
Right move for Haaland, earn as much money as possible while young win everything in the Prem, couple of champions league medals and then fuck off to another club after a couple of years. He doesn't have to put in a shift like he does at Dortmund which might result in less injures.
Man City will have a world class striker which will help them finally win the champions league, earn more money with Shirt sales and will make profit on him once he decides he needs a "new challenge". Win Win for both parties.
Man City have bought both Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez for a combined transfer fee that is less than what Man United paid for Harry Maguire.
James, I love that you explained the fact that from the higher ground, City are staying within their wage structure...and they are.
This can't be ignored.
There are Premier League clubs who have paid certain players more than £350k a week!
City easily could as well...but they CHOOSE not to.
They are a club that could very easily represent Ego and all that is wrong with the world but City (more than most clubs out there) have actually proven through their actions that they have standards and if those standards aren't met, the door awaits.
No player is bigger than the club or manager.
This has to be applauded.
Thank you James for being the better version of Rory
Being a better version of Rory isn't hard, though, let's be honest. (No reflection on James who is generally great.)
Good on Man City, it's up to the other clubs to find ways to beat them.
Other clubs don't have an unlimited supply of oil money. We'll need to see what Newcastle will do in the future, but in time they might be the only club to be able to compete on financial terms. Oil money is ruining football.
@@gustaaf1892 man united’s net spend in the last 10 years is more than Man City’s. Also man united’s wages are higher
@@tombardsley3081 United's wages are no longer higher. United also generates its own money and has approximately 100m per year taken out by the glazers, whereas City gets a lot of non football money pumped into the club.
@@gustaaf1892 city generate their own income as well now that they’ve got the established success and club infrastructure in place. Income is income regardless of the source. If the glazers wanted to they could put their own money in and it would be fair game given that’s a way multiple teams get round ffp with the owners putting in additional cash to cover losses. Them taking out money and essentially running the club in debt is just as dodgy . City have no debt
@@tombardsley3081 Of course City has its own income, but they run huge deficits each year on the operation of the entire club were it not for the injection of non-football money by the owners. Transfer fees actually don't make up a very high proportion of the annual running costs. FFP isn't working and UEFA doesn't take it serious, otherwise both City and PSG would have suffered major consequences a long time ago. What the owners are doing amounts to financial cheating and it is ruining football.
Personal opinion without considering age and cost. Just as current players Harry Kane offers more as better header and passer. He can come deep and link plays and can finish with both feet and head. He is also a more established EPL striker. But halaand for price and age is complete steal and would go for him every time.
"Didn't win the Champions League? It's ok, just throw a load more money at it, we'll do it one day"
Anyway... Fabrizio Romano, I guarantee someone else confirmed this transfer before he did his tweet. The guy is a fraud, been outed by several accounts on Twitter but it gets overlooked coz he's pulled the wool over the eyes of the majority. He's as bad as Guillem Balague was.
Sure Steven
Why so angry?
I agree he is a fraud in the sense that he doesn't give credit to people who were the first to announce information, but instead claims it as his own.
@@gustaaf1892 Exactly
My observation is that the transfer has so much weight, would he be able to live up to expectations? every football fan has looked at his journey so far and expects Man City to become next level, too good for any other team, but I suspect he may struggle to adapt. It won't be as clear cut. Playing the selfless pep way, pressing from the front, the price tag and expectation, he may not do as well as everyone is suggesting.
On the flip side, I would have absolutely killed to have had him at Arsenal and any club would have done anything to get him, so I can absolutely understand why there is this expectation and hype around him.
Haaland will find it difficult in the first season if not longer. Even Sancho was scoring 20 goals + in Germany. Haaland looks very raw and remains unproven at the top level.
It depends on how a team plays,,,with city you're required to score mostly tap ins i don't see halland missing clear chances served on a silver plate
I wasn’t expecting many positive opinions from the title, but actually you spoke honestly and reached a very well reasoned conclusion. Ultimately, Haaland just is the perfect signing for Man City.
One thing I’m curious on is if people think Haaland will break Salah’s goal scoring record for a season (think it’s 32?) in any year he’s at City? Think it’s a huge task to do it in his first season adapting to Pep’s system but I think you have to give him a good chance of beating it if he can stay fit which will be the big question for me. Other question is how close can he get on the all time scoring charts over the next 5/10 years? Can he get as far as Rooney for example and break 200 or will the 100 club prove too much? Would love your opinion on these James! Love the content
From a Man City fan, very good video communicating emotions perfectly. Well done and thank you
Breakdown of this transfer in a nutshell
• Haaland to Man City = 10 years of Premier League dominance.
• Haaland potentially being the Lewandowski of the Premier League scoring 30-40 if not more goals a season.
• Pep trying to outperform Sir Alex Ferguson and become the greatest Premier League manager of all time.
- Finally the only way potentially 10 years of dominance is stopped would be Liverpool urgently signing Mbappe.
They can have Word Class strikers spending millions, we’ll stick with out Portuguese teenager from Fulham and still run them close
51 million halland age 21
150 million kane age 30?
Ermmm
THE CENTURIONS do it again
If you think this is a bargain you clearly don't understand the package thats been signed off on here.
Raoila was notorious for low buy-0outs meaning greater sign on fees split between him and client.. this whole sign on will be in region of 110mil before wages, bonuses.
Well said James . A worthwhile watch/listen and no bitter hatred just some home truths spoken with intelligence and common sense. What a breath of fresh air. 💙👏
You're brilliant mate. In a social media era where saying sensationalist things all for views and clicks seems to be what gains success, no matter how completely full of crap it is, you keep it smart and sensible and logical. There's so much football drivel out there right now (my twitter timeline is full of it) I start to wonder how people became so stupid. You nail it every time though - just wanted to say that!
Saw this video pop up and thought oh great another person complaining about Man City. But he spoke phenomenally well and hit the nail on the head. Thanks for proving me wrong James
With regards to your first point about how it's hard to be a city fan. Yes I agree. Is it privileged yes definitely. But if you just pay attention to the language that is used around man city whether its on sky sports or talk sport.
It hurts that as a football fan I can't watch my favourite sports shows without the external factors of city or the money being held against them almost in a demonising way its tough but you know you kind of become numb to it. It's tough but it's nice to win a lot. But ye I wish there was a bit of a language change around how people talk about city and the success but if not ah well city will keep on winning
Oil money is ruining football. Oil money that has nothing to do with football should not dominate the sport. Football is the sport of the people, not the plaything of multi billionaires with an unlimited supply of money to buy success with.
@@gustaaf1892 football became about the money when the Premier league was created. Since then that's all its been the richest club has been at the top and usually stays at the top that's how it works. Also what does an ownership have anything to do with a football fan watching their favourite team?
@@TheFunkystewie There is a difference with clubs generating their own wealth through their football and related activity, as opposed to clubs simply having unlimited amounts of money pumped into it by external non-football related sources. Football has become the plaything of oil billionaires, which is to its great detriment.
@@gustaaf1892 ah yes because the other billionaires who run the other clubs are perfectly fine. But again football became about the money once the Premier league was created. This utopia you may hope for simply doesn't exist in the society billionaires by clubs, clubs use that money to get better. They get better, they get more money the cycle continues.
@@TheFunkystewie American owners want to see a return on their money. For instance, the Glazers have taken an average of 100m out of United since the take over. That is more than 1.5 billion of football generated that has been lost to football. Compare that to City which has had billions of non-football money put into the club. Chalk and cheese.
long term Haaland is the better choice because of age and his full potential is yet to be unlocked. it will most likely take a year for him to adapt to prem and city style of play like most of the other signings have had (mahrez cancelo rodri to name a few and mahrez already played in the prem at the time as well. and we are currently seeing this with grealish at the moment who also played in the prem but just learning the style is difficult enough).
short term harry kane was the best choice. with the way man city play right now harry kane is probably the best player in the world to play in that false 9 position for city and wouldnt take a year to adjust like haaland will probably need because he is already used to playing in the prem and is familiar with the role he would play. but short term because of his age ( i think he is either 29 or 30) so 3-4 years left at top level if he stays fit and injury-free. he also has a recurring ankle problem.
City fan. Absolutely thrilled. Thinking of Haaland getting on the end of delivery from Cancelo and KDB gets me a bit overwhelmed lmao.
if it wasn't for Klopp and Liverpool punching above their weight the PL would have already become basically the Bundesliga or Ligue 1, that's not good for the PL brand. Signings like this just make a super league more inevitable because that's the only way clubs like Liverpool will be able to compete financially.
Whilst the release clause is "cheap", when you add on the agent fees (€75m), plus the amount his father is reportedly getting as part of the deal (€30m), plus his wages (€40m a year over five years equalling €200m)) means City are shelling out something close to €355m. It's absolutely obscene.
But having said all that, the masochistic Arsenal fan in me can't wait to see how he does in the Premier League.
Your numbers do not agree with those Fabrizio Romano quoted.
You say like we'll generate zero money from him and do enlighten how it's 40m a season in wages.
But if you add all those factors onto most players then most players price will be obscene. Plus Haaland will likely make that money back in shirt sales, attracting new fans, sponsorships and on the pitch success
Ur numbers are way off, go watch Romano's video and stop with the fact stats.
every single transfer in the history of football has had these extra fees but yeah they only matter now I guess