Summer transfer window 2016. Hit or miss?

[Skoorb]

So the window has slammed shut (it never closes quietly or softly), the deals are done, the money spent, players have arrived and some have left.

Are you satisfied with City's business in this transfer window? Ho do you feel our new coach has done?

 

[Skoorb]

In case you have struggled to keep track of what has gone on the list of the movements to and from MCFC this summer are listed below with grateful thanks to BD :005:

Transfers in:

Gundogan from Dortmund
Aaron Mooy from Melbourne City
Nolito from Celta Vigo
Zinchenko from FC Ufa
Sané from Schalke
Jesus from Palmeiras
Moreno from Athletico Nacional
Stones from Everton
Bravo from Barcelona

Transfers out:

Seko Fofana to Udinese
Florian Lejeune to Eibar

Loans:

Jack Byrne to Blackburn
Anthony Caceres to Melbourne City
Luke Brattan to Melbourne City
Aaron Mooy to Huddersfield
Ashley Smith-Brown to NAC Breda
Thomas Agyepong to NAC Breda
Rubén Sobrino to Alavés
Enes Unal to FC Twente
Brandon Barker to NAC Breda
Marlos Moreno to Deportivo La Coruna
Manu Garcia to Deportivo Alavés
David Faupala to NAC Breda
Bersant Celina to FC Twente
Zinchenko to PSV
Yeboah to FC Twente
Zuculini to Rayo Vallecano
Bytqi to Go Ahead Eagles
Ernest Agiyiri to Valaregna
Joe Hart to Torino
Bony to Stoke
Nasri to Sevilla
Shay Facey to Heerenveen
Mangala to Valencia
Kean Bryan to Bury
Denayer to Sunderland

 

[Tudor]

Decent. Just about kept up with our rivals.

In a normal / average transfer window I would have said we had an outstanding summer, however, this was no normal summer transfer window. The Rags for instance, or Bournemouth capturing Jack Wilshire, on loan for the season. Who would have seen that one coming?

The one difference is we have Pep, he's beginning to turn good players into exceptional ones and so you could say, within weeks we have a complete new starting 11.

 

[Bluedub]

On the face of it it looks really good but as always time will tell.

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

I was very surprised we did not sign a striker and questions arise on certain players that have since gone out on loan, plus players we have had for a few years still being loaned out.

Do we make money from loaning out players?

 

[Bluedub]

It depends Buzz, for example we're reportedly getting £2million from Stoke for Bony but on the other hand we're subsidising Hart's wage to the tune of £60k reportedly.

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

Some of our loanees that we have bought may never play for City, there must be something behind it, buying players to immediately send them out.

Why no striker, not even one on loan

 

[Bluedub]

Again Buzz it depends on the individual case, for example Moreno, I believe part of the reason for his loan to Spain is to help in acquiring a work permit.

Then if you take Roberts as an example, I believe he's gone to Celtic to get used to the rigours of senior football in an effort to prepare him to step into City's senior squad.

As for a striker, Gabriel Jesus is currently the top scorer in the Brazilian league and Sane apparently has the potential to play through the middle too and besides Guardiola has shown with Barca that he isn't striker reliant when he didn't use a centre forward at all but there again he could do that because he had Messi in the 'false 9' role.

 

[johnkelv]

I expect Sane to be our best buy when the hammy heals. Just have a hunch about this. As for all the loans it's the price we pay to hoover up so many players hoping a few are diamonds like Merlin.

 

[Rising]

Good points, BD, but we won't get Jesus until January and that's a long way off. I don't understand why we've let Bony go out on loan. We should have kept him til January and then moved him on.
By the way, thanks for running the ins and outs thread. Very useful to have it all in one place.

 

[Bluedub]

My pleasure Rising, it was as much for myself to keep track as anything else.

 

[Johnny Baguette]

On the face of it I would say its been solid activity. But we have yet to see Ilkay, Sane, Bravo and Jesus. Might be an idea to repeat this poll in 2 months time?

 

[citizhun]

We haven't seen 6 of the 9 in a City shirt yet, so it's a bit early to know.
There are some great quality players in there, so if they work out, this could turn out to be (one of) the best window(s) we've had since Sheikhy arrived

 

[Skoorb]

A pretty decent assessment of the first transfer window under our new coach.

Leonardo Bonucci would have been a bonus in otherwise strong City window

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/club/manchester-city/382/blog/post/2941890/leonardo-bonucci-would-have-been-a-bonus-in-otherwise-strong-city-window