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There is also the option he covers left back... I think today has shown hes needed for next season/ jan. Plus I think nasty will be a lot more confident in 6 months time under pellegrini to play along side another young player.

I think the spanish duo (txiki + ferran) didnt realise that Mancini's style / team needed a bigger over haul... in addition to those who ve left we needed to get rid of lescott and barry sooner in the window, along with nasri, kolarov and garcia. We havent found replacements for tevez and...

Yeah... 25million or 26mill + garcia :-) unfortunately cant see garcia going to benfica rivals in porto.. we definitely need a left sided defender though as cover/ rotation (once lescott goes)

Could be any of garcia, rodwell or yaya playing along side nasty today... maybe garcia will perform better in a holding role, im glad hes made some changes today... excited to see jovetic play!

Re: Demichelis out - six weeks I hope Rodwell is practicing his defending this week... hes played there before, he has twice the pace of garcia, reads the game well and I really think he could turn out to be our 3rd choice central defender!

I really hope yaya takes a lot on board this season, when I watched malaga last season less talented players than yaya (toulalan and camacho) played unselfishly in the holding midfield roles and made the team tick without looking like super stars, and if he could just apply himself unselfishly...

Agreed, they are possibly in the easiest group... but to see him play against athletic madrid and zenith will show if hes champions league quality.

Best part of this is his buy out clause was 22 million last month... they are now demanding 25, brilliant!

http://eplindex.com/33378/engineering-change-manuel-pellegrini-tactical-insight.html Interesting read... with his previous success you can see why he is trying to use a 4-4-2 formation (more like 4-2-2-2) unfortunately for pelligrini he didnt have to manage so many over paid players, who...

Because playing a high tempo pressing game with a high line exposses his biggest weaknesses... concentration, decision making, speed and passing. Mancini should never of let jerome boateng leave because of lack of games... he'd be perfect for us now!

Hes a new manager... with new players... in a new league! Give him a break, he inhereted a team that last season was very predictable and lacked width and pace. Pre season every one at the club talked about us playing exciting new style of football, it wont happen over night! I think he is...

If we have kept rights and he could play next year for us after a year playing for athletico in champion s league and in la liga... maybe that why its taken so long to do the deal!?!

I thought we'd bid but not met his very high release clause? So they could refuse to sell... he reminds me a bit of gallas, good one for the future...

Hardly think a player who was in la liga's best 11 last season, playing for a team outside the top 4 will just be sat on our bench all year... I think he ll be selected in games (along side kompany) that will suit his style and give kompany a rest in lesser games.. think a few people are...

I cant see us signing him unless we can swap javi garcia, or sell lescott this window but hes an up and coming french international defender so he going to be at least 20 million when you think that will only get a 29 year old baines whos not proven champions league or international level...

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/eliaquim-mangala/profil/spieler_90681.html Uses both feet and can play left back...

Kolo... same one that didnt want to be a back up on 120k a week and conceeded 2 goals against notts county tonight and was then strechered off?

We could really do with drawing Milan as they are one of the weaker pot 2 teams and we would then avoid Napoli. Exactly... id rather draw a second pot team like milan than end up in a group with dortmund and napoli...

My bad! Im just living in hope that we ve been waiting and missed out signing a player after the cardiff game for a good reason... hopefully real sociedad will qualify and sign javi garcia with the money they make!

Just a thought... maybe we are having to wait for the champions league play offs as team with players (psv- toby alderweireld) or teams chasing players (ac milan - sakho) are involved and if they dont win these players could be available...