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[–] SmartestUtdFan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Any_Smell_5431@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This gives me the same vibes of when Gundo got injured and his teammates had shirts on with his face like he passed on lmao

[–] B-e-a-utiful_day@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this is the same, like… as tribute? The guy is still alive. I thought he died the first time I saw it!

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[–] ISD1982@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gundogan, but never forgotten.

[–] achentuate@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] JohnDavidsBooty@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

City vs Barcelona in the CL knockouts is gonna be awkward

[–] Subscrobbler@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Why would it be awkward? It’d be nice seeing him at the etihad again

[–] PM_ME_SOME_LUV@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What about Benjani?

[–] EuclidateDat@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's a training pitch, not a statue guys. They already have multiple training pitches already. It's a nice little tribute to a player who contributed to the club for 7 years.

[–] DepletedMitochondria@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Really thrived under Pep, incredible player

[–] Salami_Lozenges@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

How do I get there from the Fabian Delph parking garage or the Scott Sinclair memorial bench?

[–] HoldMyAppleJuice@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

So much history this club lol

[–] Ohtar1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Weird to do this to a player who is still active in Europe and you can still play against.

[–] gunningIVglory@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Happens when you have no history.....

[–] momspaghetty@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's just a training ground, not really that weird if you ask me

[–] Jon98th@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It’s a flex .. City is 100% confident should they face Barça they would trash them

[–] Call_me_Tetsuo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's a training pitch, it's not too big a deal. City built Aguero and Silva statues while they were acting players, now THAT was weird.

[–] rim261@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Bold of you to assume we make it out of round 16

[–] boi61@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Vahald@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Because its embarrassing

[–] Ohtar1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

There a lot of things that can happen that could make him not be loved by the fans any more. He could score in a final and make them lose a trophy, he could injure your best player I don't know

[–] Themnor@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He could go play in a country that preaches hate and murders journalists and masterminds/funds terrorist attacks in order to get paid to say they’re not sportswashing while saying he didn’t do it for the money…

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[–] b-okoboko@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Serious Question: Who are City's legends from before the Qatar takeover?

[–] DesertRL@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Qatar

UAE*

Franny Lee, Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee, Bert Trautmann, Frank Swift, Peter Doherty (though this is arguable as his city career was massively cut short by WWII, but he was still fantastic for the time he played for us), Alan Oakes, Billy Meredith, Neil Young (not that Neil Young), Eric Brook

[–] b-okoboko@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Trautmann, I remember that name from somewhere. Is that not the guy who played with a broken neck?

[–] LeavingCertCheat@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Empty tinpot club

[–] pinkguyfriedrice@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Richard Dunne should be feeling aggrieved.

[–] Fuzzy-Topic-2684@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People jumping the gun here. It’s a nice tribute to begin with. For all we know, he’ll receive a bigger tribute in years to come. Napoli didn’t change the name of their stadium until Maradona died. It’s always a risk paying tribute to someone in any profession to a large scale before they’ve passed incase they do something absolutely insane like murder, sexual assault, etc. Not saying Gundogan will because he seems like a decent man but other players have.

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[–] Daan100@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Damn city really doesn’t have any legends

[–] JarodMMS@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't get this, i don't care about City really but you people used to moan about the club not having history, but now that it's being written as we speak, it doesn't count because, what, it didn't happen 80 years ago? I'd say sticking around for a decade and captaining the team into a treble is pretty much worthy of this kind of recognizement

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[–] helpmefindmyuncle123@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

These city players for the last 10 years have won more than 90% of PL legends.

[–] Xpolonia@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their first CL win is a historical milestone for them and Gündoğan happened to be the captain, it makes sense to me that it has significance to City and they wanted to honor this.

It's also not like they renamed the Etihad to the Gündoğan stadium (I don't mind that tho). They certainly have more than one training pitch so I don't see the reason to overreact over this.

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[–] GameplayerStu@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I for one can't wait for the Erling Haaland Centre for Kids Who Can't Score Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.

[–] ElectricalMud2850@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

"Erling, the files are IN the computer"

[–] longcao@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The sequel of that movie is terrible but has some good jokes.

[–] Megleeker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What is this? The Erling Haaland Centre for Kids Who Can't Score Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too, for ants??

[–] ScottiApso@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why would City make a training centre for United?

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[–] Round-Ad5063@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Question for United fans, how many players from the 99 treble side are legends for you? Does half sound about right

[–] sprocket999@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’d say 7/8.

I think it probably helps that they played the majority or all of their careers at United though, which is possibly the issue people may have with Gundogan here.

[–] Round-Ad5063@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s a good argument. I’m looking at the squad and 7 sounds about right. How do you feel about players like Beckham or Ronaldo who spent more years abroad than at the club?

[–] sprocket999@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I included becks in the 99 squad. I’d say it was probably more 50-50 United vs abroad for him, but it helps that he’s a United fan and still talks quite passionately about United.

I probably don’t think of Ronaldo as a United legend. He was an amazing player who went on to be one of the worlds best, but the best moments of his career were definitely not in a United shirt.

[–] FuckThisChat81816@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

United haven’t named any of their toilet cubicles after Jesper Blomqvist though.

[–] EdWoodwardsPA@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Rent free. On a thread about your own legend all you can talk about is United.

[–] Yobber1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The Kevin Gundo Silva field.

[–] Metrostars1029@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This comment thread is top tier. Almost up there with the time city donated all those AED machines

[–] TheCulturalBomb@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
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