NYCFC Players Wanted Thread

I'm thinking about Chanot to play as CDM, to cover pirlo and another cm. So we can use hernandez and brillant at the CB again.
 
I'm thinking about Chanot to play as CDM, to cover pirlo and another cm. So we can use hernandez and brillant at the CB again.
Chanot is our most expensive CB - he is NOT playing DMid. Hernandez is NOT ever going to be a regular player on the back line unless our clubhouse is beset with an epidemic of Shingles. His salary is going to be shed the first opportunity we have; and if he's on the team, he's just going to be a part-time squad rotation player.

Dude. Be aware, you could WILL receive a lifetime ban for suggesting we go into next season with Hernandez in our starting XI.
 

Will Johnson could be a great add. He could start with Pirlo and Harrison in the midfield in an attacking formation, or pair with Pirlo and a CDM in a defensive formation.

We won't get him, either Atlanta or Minnesota will. They will be willing to overpay for talent far more than we will because they are hurting for talent far more than we are.

Johnson is making $350k right now, I'd expect he might move up to 400 and then get his cap space bought down a tad. Remember how badly we were hurting for quality of any kind two years ago? A player like this is a godsend for the expansion teams.

That is predicated on him just wanting his payday and not caring about winning and loosing. But at 29 he's staring life after soccer squarely in the face and will be looking to put away as much as he can.
 
An Angus Gunn loan would be interesting for GK. GK is the one position that I think he'd benefit from a loan more in MLS than the EPL or Championship with the amount of shots he will take with our defense. Would be an upgrade, IMO.
 
PREDICTION - We will acquire a player as DP that few on here will have ever heard of. He will be 25-29. News will leak a few days before. People will freak out. Then they will do research and be hopeful. By summer everyone will be very happy. This person will either be a box-to-box mid or a target striker.

This. But he won't be here until the summer. I still think he's based in Europe currently. More Giovinco than Ledeiro.
 
PREDICTION - We will acquire a player as DP that few on here will have ever heard of. He will be 25-29. News will leak a few days before. People will freak out. Then they will do research and be hopeful. By summer everyone will be very happy. This person will either be a box-to-box mid or a target striker.
Doubling down on the Mix-as-DP prediction, I see...
 
I'll point out that Nasri's contract with MCFC runs through June 2019. He could end his loan at Sevilla, play a full season here on loan, and still be sold by MCFC if it doesn't work out efficiently.

EDIT: I mean 1.5 seasons here. Second half of 2017 and all of 2018.
 
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I didn't see this early last month, but looks like it might be what he wants as well:

(edit): we brought it up briefly but deserves revisiting now that we have a slot available and PV is hanging out with Sevilla.

Samir Nasri wants move to this MLS side despite big money offers from China
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...-City-transfers-rumours-gossip-Premier-League

Manchester City’s Samir Nasri Wants New York City FC Move
http://mlsmultiplex.com/2016/10/04/samir-nasri-wants-new-york-city-fc-move/
 
I didn't see this early last month, but looks like it might be what he wants as well:

(edit): we brought it up briefly but deserves revisiting now that we have a slot available and PV is hanging out with Sevilla.

Samir Nasri wants move to this MLS side despite big money offers from China
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...-City-transfers-rumours-gossip-Premier-League

Manchester City’s Samir Nasri Wants New York City FC Move
http://mlsmultiplex.com/2016/10/04/samir-nasri-wants-new-york-city-fc-move/
If he comes, the real trick will be how to keep his head screwed on straight....

Starting Spot - CHECK!
Tactics suited to style - CHECK!
A Midfield Position that allows Goals & Glory - CHECK!
A city teaming with French Food - CHECK!
A pushover manager - err, this could be a problem with one French Dude willing to drop the hammer on the other.....
 
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