£100m Transfer Kitty in the Summer?

nomadic said:
Agree 2 of Tevez, Mario and Dzeko (45 million)
Adebeyor 12 million
Johnson 12 million
Savic 6 million
Bridge and Cruz on free's

so 75 million in, plus whatever we were budgeting for, 100 million seems around right, salaries will probably be like for like.

We will bring Gudeitti back, so that brings us up to 3 strikers, need one more (30 million), praps have Gomez alongside Dzeko?
Would love to see Bale at City - prob cost 25 million

Then another quality centre half 15 million

Wide player 15 million

Job done.


Bale will cost a lot more than 25 million. Be more like 35-40.
 
brad the blue said:
nomadic said:
Agree 2 of Tevez, Mario and Dzeko (45 million)
Adebeyor 12 million
Johnson 12 million
Savic 6 million
Bridge and Cruz on free's

so 75 million in, plus whatever we were budgeting for, 100 million seems around right, salaries will probably be like for like.

We will bring Gudeitti back, so that brings us up to 3 strikers, need one more (30 million), praps have Gomez alongside Dzeko?
Would love to see Bale at City - prob cost 25 million

Then another quality centre half 15 million

Wide player 15 million

Job done.


Bale will cost a lot more than 25 million. Be more like 35-40.
Bollocks. He's been found out this season and has had another year fall off his contract.
 
We need to build on what we have, not rip it up.

Need to look out for 1 or 2 special players in any of the outfield positions
 
FFS, WHY THE FUCK DOES ANYONE THINK MILNER WILL LEAVE?


At most we will bring iin 4(6 if you include Gudetti and Pantyman)


OUT
Bridge
Tevez
Hargo
Pizzaro
Adebayor
Crocky
Weiss
Savic(loan)
Suarez(loan)
Razak(loan)
Rekik(loan)
Dzeko?


In
Vertonghan/Chivu/Silva
Martinez/M'Villa/Hamsik
Hazard/Lavezzi/Di Maria

Cavani/RVP/Higuain?


NO fucking Hummels, Rodwell, Robben, "CR7" Pique, Inesta, Xavi, Gerrard or any other player that is good on FM.
 
Lavezzi. Him alongside Sergio would be........(fill in as appropriate)

Break the bank.
 
we don't need much - sessegnon(sp.)?

On the hazard hype, is he the stereotypical pacy winger we're after, or is he different?
 
Jumanji said:
Does Stuart Brennan have a good track record with City related news like this?

Here's his article for the Manchester Evening News. I remain a sceptic:
[url:1a009tgo]http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1489512_manchester-city-ready-to-spend-100m-in-transfer-window-as-away-goal-drought-continues?rss=yes[/url] said:
Manchester City ready to spend £100m in transfer window as away-goal drought continues
Stuart Brennan
March 27, 2012


Manchester City's strike-force could be facing a £100m overhaul this summer if their away-goal drought carries on.

The Blues’ title chase has stumbled as their expensive attacking trio, who were scoring for fun at the start of the season, have hit a barren patch.

Edin Dzeko has bagged one goal in his last nine away league matches, Mario Balotelli’s game has faltered just as the stakes have been raised, and Carlos Tevez remains a blot City would rather remove from their copybook, and their wage bill.

Only Sergio Aguero, who has been a big hit with 24 goals in his debut season, can be sure of his place – unless Dzeko or Balotelli, or preferably both, can emerge as heroes in the remaining nine games.

The statistics don’t lie, and City’s title lead has been whittled away due to their persistent failure to score away from home. Those stats also show chances haven’t dried up – it’s the conversion rate which has fallen dramatically.

Dzeko has been a curious case this season. The man who scored four at Tottenham in August looked like a player who had finally thrown off the shackles of his £25m price tag and was about to destroy Premier League defences, as he used to do in the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg.

He has not been happy with the number of games he has had since then, and perhaps his confidence has suffered as a result.

There is also an argument that City’s lack of effective width has not helped his game. Three of his four goals in that memorable 5-1 win at White Hart came from players hitting the byline and then landing crosses on his foot or head. But the Blues rely heavily on their full-backs to provide width these days, which usually means slow build-up and sometimes poor quality of cross.

Adam Johnson has hit a plateau in his development, and is not the type of winger who darts to the byline and plonks crosses on the head of a 6ft 3in striker in any case.
Maybe Dzeko’s season would have been different had the Blues nailed down their No 1 target last summer, Alexis Sanchez, who instead went to Barcelona from Udinese.

That lack of pace and penetration in wide areas was woefully obvious at Stoke on Saturday, as City tried to play through a tight, determined and well-organised defence, rather than getting around them.

Maybe the solution for Dzeko is to bring complementary players in rather than flog him, although Bayern Munich and Juventus are already eyeing the situation with some interest.

Roberto Mancini will expect Dzeko to step up in these final nine games. The goalscoring charts show that the big Bosnian has 18 goals so far, a decent return, but 13 of them came before Christmas. The same goes for Balotelli, who has netted 11 of his 15 goals in this campaign before the mid-season point.

It is plain for everyone to see that the 21-year-old Italian has the ability to land the title for City in these last few weeks. He has shown a capacity for eking a goal out of the tightest of situations with a flash of intuition.

And last season we were sticking him in the pigeon-hole marked “big game player” when he turned it on for the FA Cup semi-final against United and in the final against Stoke, but looked ordinary in more humdrum games. But now is the time for big game players to come to the fore, and Balotelli seems more intent on trying to earn free-kicks, and feeling sorry for himself.

Mancini has shown immense patience with the erratic youngster, and admits he spends plenty of time coaxing and cajoling the kid in an attempt to bring the world-class talent out of him, and bury the flaky elements of his personality deep within.

Attitude

There have been times this season when Mancini’s message seemed to be getting through, as his work-rate improved, his attitude was excellent and his threat was doubled.

That has changed. Even on a stage like last week’s crunch against Chelsea, he was anonymous, and when presented with a great chance his inordinate self-belief failed him and he dragged his shot wide.

There is time for Balotelli to redeem himself. He is the type who should relish the drama of this run-in, and imagine himself as the hero who brings the title to City after a 44-year absence.

Talking of redemption, Tevez also has it on his mind. While his motives in coming back to City may have been purely selfish, now he is here he would love to be the hero.

City’s stance on Tevez remains exactly as it was 12 months ago. They would rather be rid of him once and for all, but that does not mean they will be accepting the first eight-figure offer that happens along this summer.

And if suitors Juventus, Corinthians and Inter Milan don’t get close to the Blues’ £25m valuation, he will again be going nowhere.

Tevez will never be forgiven by many Blues, even by some of those ready to utilise his talents in the last nine games.

But no-one should doubt that City will have a player committed to trying to win them the title, even if it is just to enhance his own profile rather than for the benefit of the club or the fans.

Those three strikers will come under intense scrutiny when City’s three owners meet with the management team in June to review the season and plan for those ahead.
Mancini has made no secret of his admiration for Napoli strike pair Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi, and there have even been whispers of an audacious bid for Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo in the corridors of the Etihad Stadium.

There has to be at least one striker coming in, and at least one will leave.

Unless the current state of affairs changes in the fateful final two months of the campaign, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that, come next August, Tevez and Aguero remain and Balotelli and Dzeko will have departed.

I read this and laughed.
 
MCFCinUSA said:
Jumanji said:
Does Stuart Brennan have a good track record with City related news like this?

Here's his article for the Manchester Evening News. I remain a sceptic:
[url:2dnv9q13]http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1489512_manchester-city-ready-to-spend-100m-in-transfer-window-as-away-goal-drought-continues?rss=yes[/url] said:
Manchester City ready to spend £100m in transfer window as away-goal drought continues
Stuart Brennan
March 27, 2012


Manchester City's strike-force could be facing a £100m overhaul this summer if their away-goal drought carries on.

The Blues’ title chase has stumbled as their expensive attacking trio, who were scoring for fun at the start of the season, have hit a barren patch.

Edin Dzeko has bagged one goal in his last nine away league matches, Mario Balotelli’s game has faltered just as the stakes have been raised, and Carlos Tevez remains a blot City would rather remove from their copybook, and their wage bill.

Only Sergio Aguero, who has been a big hit with 24 goals in his debut season, can be sure of his place – unless Dzeko or Balotelli, or preferably both, can emerge as heroes in the remaining nine games.

The statistics don’t lie, and City’s title lead has been whittled away due to their persistent failure to score away from home. Those stats also show chances haven’t dried up – it’s the conversion rate which has fallen dramatically.

Dzeko has been a curious case this season. The man who scored four at Tottenham in August looked like a player who had finally thrown off the shackles of his £25m price tag and was about to destroy Premier League defences, as he used to do in the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg.

He has not been happy with the number of games he has had since then, and perhaps his confidence has suffered as a result.

There is also an argument that City’s lack of effective width has not helped his game. Three of his four goals in that memorable 5-1 win at White Hart came from players hitting the byline and then landing crosses on his foot or head. But the Blues rely heavily on their full-backs to provide width these days, which usually means slow build-up and sometimes poor quality of cross.

Adam Johnson has hit a plateau in his development, and is not the type of winger who darts to the byline and plonks crosses on the head of a 6ft 3in striker in any case.
Maybe Dzeko’s season would have been different had the Blues nailed down their No 1 target last summer, Alexis Sanchez, who instead went to Barcelona from Udinese.

That lack of pace and penetration in wide areas was woefully obvious at Stoke on Saturday, as City tried to play through a tight, determined and well-organised defence, rather than getting around them.

Maybe the solution for Dzeko is to bring complementary players in rather than flog him, although Bayern Munich and Juventus are already eyeing the situation with some interest.

Roberto Mancini will expect Dzeko to step up in these final nine games. The goalscoring charts show that the big Bosnian has 18 goals so far, a decent return, but 13 of them came before Christmas. The same goes for Balotelli, who has netted 11 of his 15 goals in this campaign before the mid-season point.

It is plain for everyone to see that the 21-year-old Italian has the ability to land the title for City in these last few weeks. He has shown a capacity for eking a goal out of the tightest of situations with a flash of intuition.

And last season we were sticking him in the pigeon-hole marked “big game player” when he turned it on for the FA Cup semi-final against United and in the final against Stoke, but looked ordinary in more humdrum games. But now is the time for big game players to come to the fore, and Balotelli seems more intent on trying to earn free-kicks, and feeling sorry for himself.

Mancini has shown immense patience with the erratic youngster, and admits he spends plenty of time coaxing and cajoling the kid in an attempt to bring the world-class talent out of him, and bury the flaky elements of his personality deep within.

Attitude

There have been times this season when Mancini’s message seemed to be getting through, as his work-rate improved, his attitude was excellent and his threat was doubled.

That has changed. Even on a stage like last week’s crunch against Chelsea, he was anonymous, and when presented with a great chance his inordinate self-belief failed him and he dragged his shot wide.

There is time for Balotelli to redeem himself. He is the type who should relish the drama of this run-in, and imagine himself as the hero who brings the title to City after a 44-year absence.

Talking of redemption, Tevez also has it on his mind. While his motives in coming back to City may have been purely selfish, now he is here he would love to be the hero.

City’s stance on Tevez remains exactly as it was 12 months ago. They would rather be rid of him once and for all, but that does not mean they will be accepting the first eight-figure offer that happens along this summer.

And if suitors Juventus, Corinthians and Inter Milan don’t get close to the Blues’ £25m valuation, he will again be going nowhere.

Tevez will never be forgiven by many Blues, even by some of those ready to utilise his talents in the last nine games.

But no-one should doubt that City will have a player committed to trying to win them the title, even if it is just to enhance his own profile rather than for the benefit of the club or the fans.

Those three strikers will come under intense scrutiny when City’s three owners meet with the management team in June to review the season and plan for those ahead.
Mancini has made no secret of his admiration for Napoli strike pair Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi, and there have even been whispers of an audacious bid for Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo in the corridors of the Etihad Stadium.

There has to be at least one striker coming in, and at least one will leave.

Unless the current state of affairs changes in the fateful final two months of the campaign, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that, come next August, Tevez and Aguero remain and Balotelli and Dzeko will have departed.

I read this and laughed.

The M.E.N. appear to have brazenly joined in the media anti City circus.
"Robbo" wheeled out again this morning.

Or am I joining the group known as El Paranoidas
 

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