I had to trim out a segment due to post-upload copyright claim from the Bundesliga. The clip was of Simakan bursting down the right and putting it back across goal for an assist at 7:50: ‘So Simakan can undoubtedly be an offensive threat. In the same way his long strides are useful for defending, likewise when it comes to surging down that right side whilst attacking’.

I didn't realize Simakan actually this good. He would be perfect for our system. CCB, Wide CB, overlaping full back, he mastered it. Great shout

with regards to bruno boy nobbins, i remember him in an interview in portuguese saying playing man city was like playing against 15 players, so i think he'd be up for it;)

Is there a way to get Mancity to watch this. This is so good.

The amount of subscribers you have doesn't justify your content quality! I always enjoyed watching your videos!

The best content creator and with in depth insights and understanding of the game!

Simakan Alternative: Lutsharel Geertruida from Feyenoord He can play RB,CB and even LB. Has more attacking abilities than Simakan and has been one of the better defensive players in Eredivise for years now. He also is much cheaper than Simakan as he has a 35 million market value and a rumored 40 million release clause.

Knew you'd pick Nico Williams as a winger to arrive. I do not think they do that move now Savio is set to arrive, would be a different profile to look for in addition to him IMO. Neither do I agree that Grealish is remotely a factor for Savio since he's going to play RW. Grealish has a Doku shaped shadow to worry about for next season, assuming he stays. Very good video anyway and hopefully you have a good holiday mate.

City should change their style. Since most of the old players might leave, time to sign yong players and play like that 2017/18 season.

Mate, this work is super impressive. Excellent. I can tell you've worked hard on that. Well done Nobbins.

Nobbins you are very eloquent and insightful. Nice Job

As a fellow city fan you're the best analyser in KZfaq and possibly twitter.

Very informative and high quality video, keep em coming! 👍

I have been waiting for this video since the first time you said that you were keeping the top targets you want city to buy to yourself. And finally you have told us. I always enjoy your analysis and explanations for your choices.

I recently discovered your KZfaq channel. Your exceptional content should never cease. You are truly remarkable.

If we can't get Guimares, Vitinha is an excellent option. Has the goal scoring and creative ability of Gundogan while also having the defensive sensibilities to complement Rodri. He has also played CDM a lot for PSG but defensively isn't as good as Guimares, nor is he as physically strong or tall, but he will fit right in to city as PSG also play a posession based slow tempo system which he is used to. He is also half the price of Guimares. Another alternative option would be Joey Veerman of PSV. He's an excellent deep lying playmaker but can also make late runs into the box and score, and he is excellent defensively as well. Probably half the price of Guimares.

Great video nobbins 👍 the quality of your videos are unmatched in the football space

Omg Nobbins you weren't kidding! This is so cinematic! 🤧

I didn't realize Simakan actually this good. He would be perfect for our system. CCB, Wide CB, overlaping full back, he mastered it. Great shout When it comes to replacing Gundo. I think Bruno can restore City defensive solidity that was lost this season

I LIKED THE VIDEO A LOT=)

Lnobbins really like your Man city content

Nobbins , much love mate

what a wonderful video man

Big up with quality video .agree on the rb(like understand your insight and vision him perfectly for our team ) ,big fan of Bruno g.a winger i would like is Olise do you think it could work (60 mil ucl club release clause seen links before to city )

Your analysis are really good💙💙💙💙💙

This was refreshing to watch after being on Twitter and getting soo frustrated I would think we'd do well pairing Rodri up with Neves he's young and his game time can be easily divided with KDB who might do well deeper against low blocks (hopefully KDB is trying to get a new contract) I'm a fan of Reece James and if we can get him it would be amazing I agree about Savio I think he should stay 1 more season with Girona but how about we go for olise his understanding of the game is really good and his passing will cause even more problems than nico

I really love this your video

Great presentation but …. I am afraid to say instead of that I feel you should best assist with your clubs pursuit of a legal expert in receivership.😩😂

I absolutely like your picks except for Nico as I hope for Claudio Echeverri and Savio to grace the role. But I absolutely feel that these signings are important. Unfortunately I think there will be no new signings this season as Chairman said the financial restraints are more this transfer market.

I love the pace and crossing ability of Neco Williams. Not a big fan of his ball passing and retention ability tho, which are crucial if you want to make with pep

Nobbins is a straight up G

Keep up the good work mate

Glad to see someone mention Simakan underrated player

i keep rewatching this every couple days in the hopes that the increased views will somehow lead to its wisdom propagating further

We don’t need to sign anyone we need to bring in yan couto he can be our right back for the next 10 years he’s a been a baller since he was 17 when he was playing in the Brazilian youth team

A savio analysis is due brother ❤

You make some very arguments for these three positions especially Bruno. But is Savio really going to be a first team player next year. Wish more City youtubers did videos like this one 👍.

Nobbins what do you think about Julian Alvarez leaving and who do we get to replace him?

I have to say the best city channel. Good work. Don't you think we need a high volume chance creator to eventually replace kdb?

Simakan is a crazy good shout

Great video mate, Would love to sign Reece James he’s the best in the world but he is just too much of a risk injury wise but Haaland was injury prone too and he hasn’t done too bad.

What i love about you’re channel is that you have a really good football understanding, for example the Walker case, most people want Frimpong but forget that Pep will probably change his tactics next season so if we take Frimpong and Pep choose to use a new tactic with a conservative rb who stay in the back 3, Frimpong would become a liability Most people can’t see this, but it’s obvious, we need a complete rb, Reece James would be a dream but he is injury prone and chelsea won’t let him go I don’t know Simakan so i won’t speak about him but for the winger i would prefer Kudus or Conceicao from Porto, they both have the 40 meters pace and they both are killers in isolated 1 v 1 like Doku and they both prefer to play on the left wing while Williams doesn’t look that good in 1 v 1 and prefer the left side like Doku It’s amazing because you want a rb a midfielder and a fast winger exactly like me (To be honest i want Kimmich as a rb to even if he is not a good defender, in offensive phase, having Rodri and Kimmich in a double pivot would be unstoppable)

Guimares would be sooo good. De Jong, Veerman and Vitinha also good candidates for that position. Nico and Simakan are both great shouts. I’ve been thinking Olise would be my dream right wing singing given his creativity - I feel like he’d help us unlock Haaland a bit more in games where we don’t have De Bruyne. Signing a more direct winger like Nico who also has the flexibility to play both wings seems like a smart move tho, less injury prone too. Personally the right back I’ve been interested in recently is Geertruida from Feyenord - he’s capable of playing RB, CB and most importantly for Arne Slot he’s been used as an inverted RB. In my mind I can see him and Gvardiol inverting alongside Rodri with Guimares pushing forward to create the 2-3-5 formation in possession.

My goodness this is what we call football content, please keep it up Nobbins, you’re one of the best out there.

i understand the need for transition threats at city, but I think Haaland is our big one and we just need those with the ability to support his threat in transition, since it isnt a big part of our game anyway. Which i think is covered by Savio, De Bruyne, Foden and Alvarez to be honest. I like Simakan, but it wouldnt really be a walker replacement to get him, he seems more useful as right back cover than a starting option. I'd love Bruno Guimaraes as the big money signing, and a proper winger like Olise, Williams etc. So we can abandon fullbacks holding width entirely. With options for width like Doku, Savio, Grealish and Olise, we won't need a new right back. I would look into buying a new defender once Stones and Walker eventually depart, maybe next season.

Mate, this is honestly better analysis than the Sky Sports Pundits! 👏🏽 brilliant. Completely agree with the signings too!

Great video Nobbins. One question I have: could you be making an assumption about Bruno G’s skill set being used at City? How do we know Pep would allow Bruno to play the way he does at NU in a City kit? Pep loves possession and hates giving away the ball. It seems that only select City players are “allowed” to try to long thru balls and passes that some might view as risky - KDB, Doku and Foden. The only reason I ask is how many times have we seen this past season when Haaland, for example, makes great runs in behind, City players see him open but elect to pass lateral or backwards instead of risking the pass? Yet KDB Foden and even Doku appear to have license to try those riskier passes. Grealish is the perfect example of this. All I’m saying is, yes Bruno G’s skills would be great in a City kit but we have no idea if Pep would allow to leverage said skills on the way you’re discussing (in which I agree too).

like all the players you have highlighted

im still tinking Olise have to be our RW, maybe too expensive but he's great. Great video mate 🇦🇷🇦🇷

Simakin is a beast totally correct would add pace, physicality. When we played leipzig simakin played well against us

Savio and Bruno G definitely have to come, for that Brazilian hyperlink with ederson💀.....but jokes aside I slightly rank savio and think he could actually be amazing, Bruno G would be perfect to play alongside rodri, as for the RB, I don't know, I would like a fast one so as to have someone who can cover the left out space from the build up

Thanks for some great analysis of what City need to be looking at for the transfer window. > Guimaraes: Totally agree that he looks like our number 1 target for the summer, and the fact that he has a rumoured release clause can only be a bonus. We simply cannot afford to go yet another season without proper cover for Rodri. And if there is any truth to the rumours about KdB's departure, this move makes even more sense. An added bonus with Guimaraes is his resilience, having played all but one PL match this season (Yellow card suspension vs BOU). Contrast that with KdB's worsening injury record, and his ~£100m release clause starts to make more sense for City ! . > Williams: City were in discussions with Ath.Bilbao early last summer, with keen interest also from Aston Villa, before he decided to stay on - and we went after Doku. His market value has since jumped by €20 million. So it will be interesting to see what plans City have for Savio. Do City want to give Savio an extra year to develop, and are we prepared to pay the increased fee for Williams instead. . > Simakan: I knew very little about him before your upload, but can now see why he might be a great fit. Having had concerns about the right side of our defence for a while - with Walker, Stones, and even Dias sadly no longer in their prime (and more prone to injury), I totally agree that this needs to be high up our priority list. . Another high priority position that City needs to get sorted is 'keeper'. As after having the best duo in the league, we could possibly now lose both !

For walker I'd love if we tried one of dumfries or hakimi both pacey and are good with the ball,,,nico williams is amazing but I'd prefer we give savio a chance first,,,saw him a lot this season he can really cause troubles for epl players

I completely agree with the assessment of the position we need, but I think Bruno Guimaraes is the only player we actually need right now. Simakan is an excellent suggestion but acc to reports we are not looking for a rb this season with walker, stones and rico in our squad. Maybe next season. And with nico I think it is highly unlikely we will sign another right footed winger. We need a left footed winger and i see Savio as an excellent choice. We are not respecting him enough even though he was nominated as the best player in la liga this season.

Savio is comparable to Nico Williams and is already a City player. Savio even had more G/A than Nico Williams. 19 to 16. No need to spend 50 million IMO

Wilfried Singo, Archie Gray, Michael Olise

Bruno in the 8 next to Rodri would be perfect plus give us that aggression that we've been missing for me. I'd love Olise or Neto at RW. Personally would like Savio to gain more confidence and experience back at la Liga in the Leage and UCL. RB or CB would be nice as well to cover for either walker or Akanji, who I see playing at RB.

Another winger City can take a look at, is Raphael Leao AC Milan and Portugal Winger

This part reminds me of the old Bernardo Silva 3:22

Bro you don’t know how I’ve looked for this kyle walker replacement and the only player that I could think off was James but it’s unrealistic so seeing simikan is perfect I really appreciate the effort ❤

Make video on Adam Wharton future KDB Successor

In case Simakkan does not work, another good shout is Geertruida. Apparently, the same profile. In case of Guimares not working out, another option could be Vitinha but also PSG would prolly not sell him.

Not sure we see this many players coming in unless KDB and Bernardo are both sold and even then seems unlikely. If Gumares is signed that means Foden playes on the wing with Doku, Savio, Grealish and Alvarez(not a winger but takes up that number) leaving 5 players for 2 spots unless Kev leaves. If Kev leaves then its back to 4 players for 2 spots and we saw how few minutes Grealish got last year. Just seems overloaded and a playing time issue waiting to happen.

Nico + Duko, we're now being unfair to the rest. This is imaginable. It's just crazy and absolutely great.

Excellent video. Bruno G is must imo

You have sold me on Simakan Nobbins

Great content mate, but we should never go for Reece James, He’s more injury prone than John Stones

We NEED tactical flexibility with our back Line! Playing 4 defensive players ONLY works as stones is so comfortable in midfield which is unlike any other centre back, but without stones we’re scrambling. Getting either frimpong, couto or Davies will allow the, to play their natural position unlike pep experimenting with akanji in midfield or gvardiol as a wingback. Yes wingbacks aren’t as good defensively but gvardiol or akanji don’t help much in attack (compared to stones/frimpong for example), everything can’t be perfect.

When are u going to do a video on this latest case? I need some expert clarification mate. Does this Apt rules affect doing business between the city group clubs? From my understanding these apt rules also, for example, would affect the fees city pay for players from city group clubs like savio.

Only said sold on Simakan as for bruno G well hes great actually but i personally prefer Neves Who can play the Gundo amd The Rodri role especially As for Nico honestly the reason i might say no to him is because of Savio, who imo is better and an absolute baller on the right if we bring nico tho do you think savio should play ATm role. Also expanding on that i think we need another attacking middlefelder especially with our current situation since we're uncertain abt kdb silva and Alvarez

honestly i think we need to go only for guimares and gusto especially reece james coming back from injury when he does there will be no space for him. at the right price anything is possible

I think if not for age then Hakan Calhanoglu would have been a better replacement for both Kelvin and Ikay

Nico would definetly be a good signing but hes been linked with barca and between barca and city he would probably choose barca since hes spanish, we can hope tho

Grealish has Close control, Ability to defend, and with enough space around him in the middle, he wont be one directional Put him in the midfield Get an actual Left back Get an actual winger to support Savio and Doku to provide actual threat on the flank

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im being realistic and we wont sign 3 new players unless 3 players leaves, i can only see one signing and thats a cm.

Good video mate

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I always thought we would want a wingback/fullback player like Frimprong or Kimmich to help break the low blocks we face all season and possibly have play Gvardiol back more. Frimprong also fills a spot as a winger if needed as well and Kimmich provides a possible midfielder if needed if De Bruyne or someone goes down.

If they get the winger then bernando goes in midfield and then they want a full back

This guy grew up a Liverpool fan so I think dats his prefer destination

for me, the ideal signing is an inverted fullback/centerback. i don't really think playing/pushing fullback as a winger is good idea for city ,cuz 1)we need winger's ability to dribble in 1v1 situations. 2)we don't have any center backs with pace, it's better to keep fullbacks in rest defense

The amount of times Bruno Guimaraes lost the ball possession is my biggest worry with his abilities. Can Pep coach it out of him, shielding the ball when receiving it.

I love Bruno G but i think we should give Maximo perrone a shout he’s highlights at his former club where outstanding I know las Palmas didn’t have a good season but he’s still our player , I’d say give him pre season cause he’s like a Yaya toure regen I love his style of play

Guys we have to show this to Pep

Pep needs to watch this 😭😭😭🙏🏽

love the content, De Bruyne might be leaving tho, shouldn't we do anything about it

someone send this vid to pep and the man city higher ups 😭😭these are exactly the players we should sign this window

What about olise into our RW

if we could get bruno and nico i won't wish for anything for christmas...

I think No.1. Eze ( Cam, Cm, Rw) No.2 . Frimpong (RB) No.3 . A.Davies ( LB) What do you think about these 3 players ? According to me if we buy these players we don't have to think about our defence of 2 or 3 seasons .

I reckon we need to sign a few more lawyers. Not liking the direction, the 115 is going. How much for Atticus Finch & Erin Brokovich?

Winger : Kavara or Olise CM : Callagher or Guimeres RB : Hakimi or James

Brunos release clause is for non english clubs only i think

They need a substitute for KDB. When he was injured City was going in circles

Thoughts on attempting to sue the EPL?

I love how Rodri has the Khaldoon Al Mubarak eyebrows. They used to be so thick

What about Palacios?

I like Bruno but its more the money for me. £100mil for a player like him sounds criminal. We have Nunes who legit hasn't played any minutes why can't he play the gundo role? Always ends up playing on the wing. Bringing in kimmich sounds like a better option since his contract is running out and Musiala as well has a year left for the bernado replacement. Could get both for £100mil

if pep leaves next year do you think cancelo may come back