Best player we brought in on loan or free?

[Big Dave Watson]

Was Bernabia on loan?

Pizarro was the first I thought of seeing this thread.

MVF God rest his soul.

I think he was on his way up to sign for Sunderland but for some reason he stopped off at City and the rest is history.

 

[LongsightM13]

Wasn’t Sagna a free?

 

[lancs blue]

Think he was on his way to Sunderland and stopped at Carrington to say hi to someone(dont remember who) and Kev hijacked the deal on the spot

He popped in to see Alioune Toure who had been at PSG with Ali B. Best stroke of luck the club had had for years at that point.

 

[ArdwickAlbert]

Van Buyten was absolute class. Was a long time ago, but wish we could have made that permanent.

 

[LongsightM13]

Think he was on his way to Sunderland and stopped at Carrington to say hi to someone(dont remember who) and Kev hijacked the deal on the spot

I think he actually had a trial at Sunderland and Peter Reid decided Ali B wasn’t the right player for his long ball hoofers. Called in at City on his way back to France iirc

 

[KS55]

Didn't we sign John Burridge on loan?

We did. He once said he believed in the 'W' formation.......give it some wellie.

 

[Ban-jani]

free i think, wasnt he training with someone city were looking at and keggy offered him a deal, might of got that totally wrong

Don’t know but what a scoop that was.

It’s my mistake, I didn’t read the thread title properly, I thought it just said loan only.

 

[LongsightM13]

Van Buyten was absolute class. Was a long time ago, but wish we could have made that permanent.

Couldn’t afford to sign him permanently because Keggy blew the last of our budget on the useless Claudio Reyna

 

[Akira]

Wasn’t Sagna a free?

Yep

 

[LongsightM13]

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