After decades of having to
wait for trophies to arrive in our cabinets, no-one could accuse seasoned Manchester City
Jesus Navas, we are
told, may not 'put pen to paper' for another week...or even two. Despite agreeing a fee, personal terms and undergoing
a medical with Manchester City officials, the flying right winger is away on
international duty with Spain
Meanwhile, Fernandinho’s move to Manchester City
So a – delay? – in our Manager arriving too. Again, we can cope with that.
And as if to, “test”, our
patience; it looks like any move for Edison Cavani
could also take a few more weeks. Is Mourinho interested in taking him to Stamford Bridge Napoli want Dzeko in part exchange for Cavani?
It’s all part of the rumour
bandwagon and transfer merry-go-round I suppose.
Juventus
The Italian giants have been linked
with us for several reasons in the last few days.
- First
of all, and not for the first time, they are said to be interested in
taking Aleksandar Kolarov off our hands. Not wishing to overstate this but…GOD I
HOPE SO!
- Then, the cheeky buggers want to sign Carlos Tevez!
And with the Argentinean apparently lowering his wage expectations, we’re
informed that personal terms have already been agreed.
- Both of these could lead to no money exchanging hands whatsoever because the THIRD Juve link comes in the form of us being linked with a possible move (again not for the first time) for central midfielder Paul Pogba; with Arsenal the other supposed other interested party.
Kolarov & Tevez for Pogba in a straight swap?
As good
as he looks footballing wise, do we really need to move for the alarmingly
Balotelli look-alike? Are we not going to have enough midfielders?
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| Pogba |
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| Balotelli |
Not very mobile as Pellegrini likes; must be a bit nervous…
If he can stay fit, I can see Pellegrini liking him.
Although perhaps not as mobile as Pellegrini likes, he’s surely in.
James Milner
Perhaps not ‘top quality’ but surely has enough – and DOES enough - to please the new Manager.
In.
Has won a reprieve with Mancini going and will probably flourish under Pellegrini.
Probably going on to pastures new but with a new Manager, I suppose you never know…
Jesus Navas
As good as signed.
As good as signed.
And then there’s…
Denzeil Boadu
Alex Henshall
Abdisalam Ibrahim
Vlad Nicolae Marin
Marcos Lopes
Jules Olivier Ntcham
Abdul Razak
Denis Suarez
Okay, so
some (or most?) of those aren’t going to feature in the first time next season.
Some may never see first team football at Manchester City
A quick word on Fernandinho
Okay,
I’ll admit it (after all, I wrote about it) I was very sceptical when I
first heard that he was linked with us.
“Who?” And…
“Surely that’s a
made-up name…and a vicious rumour.” Adding…“How much?!”
At
28-years old with “only” 5 Brazilian caps to his extended name (okay, Brazil
And - I continued to question in my own head -
just how good is the Ukrainian League anyway?
But I
have to remind myself that he has put in some excellent performances in the Champions League and I have seen some quotes from apparent Shakhtar Donetsk fans on the Internet; who appear
to be absolutely gutted to lose him.
And…YES…I have looked and he does look good on YouTube.
A very mobile, box-to-box midfielder who can
sit deep and break up opposition play; but who can also maraud forward and
score spectacular, long-distant goals. He has a great, accurate passing range
we’re told too! Yaya beware…
Back to matters ‘up front’
If we DO
lose Carlos and Edin – and having already (thankfully) lost Mario Balotelli –
that would leave us with “just” Sergio Aguero and, presumably / hopefully,
Edison Cavani…as well as John Guidetti let’s not forget.
Another
new striker anyone? Or are we going for all those midfielders for a specific reason?
Whatever
the plans are, I’m patient enough to wait quite comfortably throughout the
summer to see what develops. Most of us are I’m sure.
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