jollylescott said:
LoveCity said:
Should have spent better in summer, a top midfielder for this level which Barry is not (Mancini wanted De Rossi) and some actual pace and ingenuity (Mancini wanted Hazard) would have improved our team a lot for Europe instead of spending £50million on potential and sideways steps mostly. A composed and creative deep sitting midfielder is important for Europe 9 times out of 10 (the 10th being Chelsea last season when the stars aligned for them).
100 times this!
listened to ladyman on talk sport today and he said he had first dibs on hazard but knocked back his 130k a week demand as mancini thought he was too young for that type of money.
it was also claimed that roberto said he would sort the de rossi deal out and that never happened