Are City done (for now)?
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They threw everything, by paying huge transfer fees and salaries, at bringing instant success to the club with some of the best players around ... they partially succeeded in winning the PL but were unlucky (with the draw) and/or shite in the CL and the squad now needs a complete overhaul, it was built for a 100m sprint not the 800m.
Pellegrini won't be given the money to do that, a new manager will this Summer. Next season could be an excellent one for us to challenge Chelsea for the title.
Pellegrini won't be given the money to do that, a new manager will this Summer. Next season could be an excellent one for us to challenge Chelsea for the title.
They tried to always sign players at their peak ... so the distance of this race was always going to be short.
They need to keep 1/2 the squad and start signing talented young 23-25 year olds ... Kinda like PSG have started doing by trying to get players like Marquinhos, Veratti (though they got him when he was a teenager), Van Der Weil who can be fixtures for 5-10 years, not 2-3 years.
They need to keep 1/2 the squad and start signing talented young 23-25 year olds ... Kinda like PSG have started doing by trying to get players like Marquinhos, Veratti (though they got him when he was a teenager), Van Der Weil who can be fixtures for 5-10 years, not 2-3 years.
They did try and sign players like Hazard but kept missing out.
They're not done because they still have enough individual talent to beat most teams in the league when they're in the mood (key issue) but they are in need of a refresh.
The team at the moment is unbalanced. Silva, Yaya, Nasri, Dzeko... as a group they don't work nearly hard enough.
They're not done because they still have enough individual talent to beat most teams in the league when they're in the mood (key issue) but they are in need of a refresh.
The team at the moment is unbalanced. Silva, Yaya, Nasri, Dzeko... as a group they don't work nearly hard enough.
They'll get a new sexy manager in the summer spend loads and be right up there again next season.
I discussed this with a couple of mates after the Barcelona game.
For all the money they've spent, they really have an unbalanced team with a lot of average highly paid footballers.
Demichelis, Kolarov and Sagna starting in the final stages of the CL.
In terms of domestic success the strategy has worked but it looks horribly shortsighted.
They've got the funds and facilities to change their direction and focus though.
For all the money they've spent, they really have an unbalanced team with a lot of average highly paid footballers.
Demichelis, Kolarov and Sagna starting in the final stages of the CL.
In terms of domestic success the strategy has worked but it looks horribly shortsighted.
They've got the funds and facilities to change their direction and focus though.
I think they are fucked - how the hell are they going to offload these ageing players on stupid money, I mean who on earth is going to match Ya Ya Toure's current contract of £11.25mil a year ( nearly 16mil euros! ) which still has a couple of years to go? Ffs Messi is only on 20 mil eurs.
They also need to sign at least two English players for their squad, fuck knows how this is going to play out with ffp.
They also need to sign at least two English players for their squad, fuck knows how this is going to play out with ffp.
Replacing so many older players is going to kill them in FFP which will be ideal for us. Surely the likes of Kompany, Demichaelis, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Toure, Milner are all towards the end of their careers/ past their peak and without a youth policy being overly obvious at the club they will need to replace with high priced players nearing their peak.
Its a shame they couldnt hold it together to challenge Chelsea this season though. Once City have begun their spiral, I hope its Chelsea who follow. Chelsea are slowly losing their big big leaders e.g. Drogba, Lamps and hopefully soon to be Cech and Terry.
They don't need a complete rebuild but they do need quite a lot of players if they want to be doing well in the league and champs league every year. Maybe 5 or 6.
I suspect we'll see another whopping great sponsorship deal heading their way shortly so they can continue to dodge ffp (or take the 30 pence fine again), and they'll go on a spending spree again. Them and PSG seem to be taking no notice at all about ffp and know they can just bypass it with new 'sponsorship'.
They've only really got Aguero, Silva and maybe an on-form Kompany that are irreplaceable, everyone can be replaced for better.
Also as mentioned above, they're about to run into british players problems, not sure who they'll go after, but maybe players like Walcott would make sense. And then whack him on the bench of course. Massive offer for Kane maybe?
I suspect we'll see another whopping great sponsorship deal heading their way shortly so they can continue to dodge ffp (or take the 30 pence fine again), and they'll go on a spending spree again. Them and PSG seem to be taking no notice at all about ffp and know they can just bypass it with new 'sponsorship'.
They've only really got Aguero, Silva and maybe an on-form Kompany that are irreplaceable, everyone can be replaced for better.
Also as mentioned above, they're about to run into british players problems, not sure who they'll go after, but maybe players like Walcott would make sense. And then whack him on the bench of course. Massive offer for Kane maybe?
Abramovich was also named in the Litvinenko enquiry as being under investigation for money laundering on a massive scale with Putin.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...abramovich-money-laundering-claims-court-told
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...abramovich-money-laundering-claims-court-told
This won't look like so much fun if they target Henderson & Sterling.
Which they will - safe in the knowledge that they can offer silly wages if their contracts run down or out.
Mr Rodgers will start looking sexier to then too.
Which they will - safe in the knowledge that they can offer silly wages if their contracts run down or out.
Mr Rodgers will start looking sexier to then too.
Killjoy fucker.
Yaya Toure will be easy to get rid.
All City have to do fuck up his birthday present and he'll walk out.
Mangala is meant to be a fair bit more than that at about 42/43 million.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...xpensive-premier-league-defender-9662216.html
I thought Bony was more like 30 million as well.
Weird of Sky to underestimate the prices.
A big chunk of that was agent fees though. Maybe they don't count those
In Marcotti's latest piece for ESPN he says part of City's sanctions is a $50m limit on net spend for each of the next two years. If that's true they've got real problems.
I reckon they need to spend about £300m over the next 2 or 3 years to maintain anything like their current level.
I reckon they need to spend about £300m over the next 2 or 3 years to maintain anything like their current level.
Wait till UEFA announce a "new sponsor partnership" with certain Arab nations - once they get their cut - things will change.
Fixed for the new truth.
They'd probably have to spend all that and more in fighting court cases and paying damages brought by other very rich and compliant European clubs.
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