Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
ColinLee said:
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.
