And so it begins...

[George Hannah]

I hope the video is there because he's staying, but with modern media manipulation, you can't read anything into anything anyone says.

what exactly do you mean by that?

 

[svennis pennis]

Or could it actually be true and the player doesn't want to leave?

Some of you lot...

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Would Barkley even come here?

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Would Barkley even come here?

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

great throw away line by the way, even though its bollox.

we have in the past produce our fair share, the fact our scouting system was allowed to become shite halted our production line but i believe we have restarted it bigger and better than ever, we just need a while for these youngster to come through.

it will be harder now bringing kids through than in the past only because we have better player in the first team and squad. our under 17`s hold the record for most capped players coming from one club (7) in a season must give us hope that we are making great stride at producing players of the right quality

 

[bluesince76]

I hope the video is there because he's staying, but with modern media manipulation, you can't read anything into anything anyone says.

what exactly do you mean by that?

That it could be true and I certainly hope it is. But that it could just as easily be the PR people telling him what to say to keep the price up.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Would Barkley even come here?

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

he would learn more in training off those 3 not to mention silva,nasri,aguero,navas than he would playing a full season.

 

[HelloCity]

"Similar hype to Rodwell before we made a move on him I would suggest"

Just when you think you've read it all on here.

 

[waspish]

Would Barkley even come here?

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

He isn't a regular at Everton Martinez benched him for quite few games also, so it's not like he is a regular

 

[citytill1die84]

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

He isn't a regular at Everton Martinez benched him for quite few games also, so it's not like he is a regular

Featured in 34 of Evertons 38 Premiership games only 9 as a sub also featured in all 5 FA Cup games that's a regular to me and at 20 year old that's good going.

 

[LoveCity]

Would Barkley even come here?

Of course not, why would he want to come to the Champions, to win trophies, CL football, a fatter wage check and to play with genuinely world class players? It would make no sense whatsoever.

if i was him i wouldn't, he needs games and to play every week, not come here and sit on the bench, he aint gonna replace yaya, fernandinho, or fernando. he's at a great club who look after there youth players with a great manager.

Our record on english players isn't great either right now. everton is the best place for him

I've seen you complain before that we have too few English players, then whenever we're linked with one you are negative and say they shouldn't join us. What exactly do you want...? If you don't think we should have one of very few young English players who may have a chance here, then how can we improve our English presence?

And our record with English players who were actually decent is not as bad as made out. Lescott, Hart, Barry and Milner have all been important parts of the success. Johnson we took from the Championship and turned into an England international, despite all the exaggerations about us mistreating him. His inability to perform over 90 minutes for most of his Sunderland stay (seen any top clubs knocking for him lately?) has proven EVERYTHING Mancini thought about him to be true (good as impact sub, naff overall).

Richards and Rodwell have been crocks, no fault of City's who have given Micah more time to prove himself than most clubs would because he came from the academy (in reality he's a mid-table player nowadays and the lack of interest in him is telling... Newcastle were offered him twice and went for a Dutch defender instead). And Sinclair is just woeful.

Maybe Barkley would be one of those who could play a part if he's as good as people think he is. City certainly wouldn't spend £30m on a player now to have him play a bit part. I'm not sure he's worth what he'd cost myself, but if City wanted to invest a fortune in him it'd be for a good reason.