Confirmed Signing Fabian Delph

[billyblue80]

He was bought as a starter to improve the first 11. Poor decision but that's why he's on the wage he is.

Can't see him being more than a squad player.

 

[orly]

Gomes and Delph

Thanks

 

[BigDunc1985]

Can someone sell me on this? Makes no sense to me on any level.

 

[navidson]

Can someone sell me on this? Makes no sense to me on any level.

Instantly becomes our best striker

 

[Westend Blue]

Not against it hopefully he’s on a reasonable term and not huge wages

 

[Huyton Layne]

Can't see him being more than a squad player.

I agree fully mate. It's a weird one.

 

[dannyboy]

I haven't kept up with any of this but if it's a cheap price then it's got the potential to be a great signing. Anyone who has been part of that City squad for the past couple of years can clearly play. If he stays fit, I reckon he will be one of the first names on the team sheet.

 

[degsy]

Forget your £59M Pepes, £8M for another journeyman utility player...if he was halfway any good, Pep could easy get double that.
The only vague way it might make sense is;
a) Brands is a genius at spotting players
or
b) Schneiderlin, McCarthy and Besic are all out the door, no loans, gonediddlyon gone, P45, see ya. etc.

 

[ossie_21]

Uninspiring signing as anything, strange for City to sell too as I thought they were borderline struggling with homegrown numbers as it was

Upgrade on Besic/McCarthy, but they aren’t gone yet. If the £5mil Besic to Fulham is true, just £3mil more for Delph is good business

 

[Magus]

Sorry Fab, just not handsome enough for our midfield, and can't bring the snide of Garbar. I don't see the upside on this.

 

[hktoffee]

Hope this doesn’t mean we will sell our best dm.

Make no sense this is an aging player and we are complaining there are too many of them.

 

[Magus]

Hope this doesn’t mean we will sell our best dm.

Make no sense this is an aging player and we are complaining there are too many of them.

I sincerely hope not, he just doesn't seem to have enough about him to replace Gana, even temporarily.

It's one thing doing a job surrounded by star men at City, but he hasn't really shone in a poor England midfield in which Jordan Henderson is the top man.

 

[BigDunc1985]

I read that Esk article a few weeks back that said our books are going to look grim this year, maybe he's gonna be a cheap option, with us for a year while we transition our midfield.

 

[Westend Blue]

In a side littered with over paid garbage we can now add Delph to the list for the next three years

Shut up you tedious bore

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Lads. Delph is gonna cost us fractionally more than Newcastle will have to pay to make Steve Bruce their manager.

Group hug?