Remembered that we signed this Atletico 15yr old who turned 16 two months ago and can now play for our youth teams. He looks pretty amazing in the videos I found, 6/8 who can calm the game down and make smart passes, but also make forward runs. Reminds me a bit of Thiago or Schweini. Also plays for Spanish U16.
Bite your tounge. Its bad enough always hearing about the outs in Haaland's contract. My hope is that we get him for the 5 years he initially signed for. As long as we get that I will be happy. I also think that is why they signed Akanji and will be pushing for Bellingham in the summer to surround Haaland with friends of his from his Dortmund days. But even if he leaves early I believe city were able to put a 200 million release clause in the contract so a 4 time return will help make up for that loss.
He is a great talent but that was piss poor defense. Jesse Marsch was fired by Leeds United. Pretty harsh just days after the transfer window.
Coman re-appears as sheik's nemesis. Solid win, but got a bit lucky in the end. Mbappé will be a gamechanger in the second leg. Bit worried because the sheiks have been better on away court these last years. Also, Musiala is not looking like himself lately. Odd to me that Nagelsmann still hasn't figured out, that he needs to play Müller alongside a real striker (Choupo-Moting the only choice here). Played like this the last three games and the offense looked fluently, didn't play like this the previous three games and none of them resulted in a win.
We were a bit lucky in the end, but overall, well-deserved victory over the frickin' Sheikh club. Will still be a tough battle in the next leg, and it was pure stupidity by Nagelsmann not to take out Pavard sooner, but I like our chances now.
I think Nagelsmann is an idiot. If we win something, it is despite him, not because of him. He is not a bad coach, but he is not as good as he thinks he is.
