I'll be honest I'm not sure about Bony, simply because I have literally just this second seen him linked to us as I was really busy yesterday..
However what I will say is we need to step back and try to understand a couple of things.
We are a great club with a massive history, for me there isn't a bigger one, but I'm biased.. But what we need to remember is we haven't had cl for 5 years, we have struggled financially in that period and are trying to get ourselves stable in those terms.. What we have done over that period is lose top class player and at times tried to replace them with quick fixes and we have had 4 managers since our last cl campaign. The biggest thing we nee is stability and a clear plan.
Now in that period of 5 years we have consistently finished 6th-8th, it's not like we have missed out by the odd point here and there and gone deep into the EL..
Last season we finished 2nd. Which was great, fantastic, but I can understand some of the established names out there wondering if it was a flash on the pan, especially with Luis leaving..
When City climbed with the Arab money they went from 7th to top 4, even with unlimited cash they still essentially built two or three sides in that climb because I doubt when they went from that first big jump all the established stars they have now would have been convinced.. They brought in players who would stabilise them in the top 4 like Bellers, Barry, Elano etc then they kicked on once they were established the big stars came, even before they were established the money didn't drag them to Wastelands.
So we need to something similar, we have gone from 7th to CL, we need to beyond anything else this season stay in that top 4 to prove it wasn't a one off, let alone the new tv deal for cl from bt next season.. So if we have to bulster the squad with the types of player that doesn't get Federer or CR running for their lube we have to accept that, we are buying this summer for that next level, not the top top level that we all wished we had established ourselves back in overnight. So if it's a few Bony's, if that's true, or whoever, we have to hope they come in and do what we need them to do which is secure our rise back up for this next stage in our rehabilitation.
We craved this, we have it back but we can't run before we walk.
Stability is the key, we have a top young coach who I trust if he gets enough sufficient quality in depth and is given time will take us in another couple of seasons to getting that real top level players because we will have proved it wasn't a one off and we are back where we belong for good, we will be more financially stable too with a couple of years of cl revenue and the additional sponsor payments that activates.
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