City target Bilbao's Ander Herrera

[LoveCity]

City’s £16m for Herr
By PHIL THOMAS
Published: 9 minutes ago

MANCHESTER CITY are after the ‘Spanish Steven Gerrard’ for £16million.

Athletic Bilbao star Ander Herrera was watched by chief scout Rob Newman and football officer Brian Marwood in Wednesday’s draw at Granada.

They were again impressed by the 22-year-old midfielder, who is likened by many in Spain to Liverpool’s Gerrard.

Manchester United were also interested but City’s midweek visit has seen them steal a march on their rivals.

Herrera still has four years to run on his deal but wants Champions League football.

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[FantasyIreland]

Tolmie mentioned this earlier today.

Sounds like a dj replacement.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Thought javi Martinez was the top midfielder there? Not seen enough of either myself

 

[Blue Haze]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6iwfa28nYQ[/youtube]

Wow.

This is the type of midfielder who will take us to the next level. 16m seems value compared to guys like M'Vila.

 

[Seosa]

Ha, they've been reading Bluemoon

 

[dref619]

What did tolmie say ?

 

[Dax777]

Thought javi Martinez was the top midfielder there? Not seen enough of either myself

Martinez wasn;t even a midfielder this year. And they are really good as a team and not individuals. Herrera is one of the most skilled of the midfielders. And he has that engine and hustle. He was a starter on their U21 team last year. And he is really intelligent and Spanish technique is topnotch (As if the Spanaids make em any other way :P). Very good player to get. He is in the Silva, Nasri mode.<br /><br />-- Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:53 pm --<br /><br />

Tolmie mentioned this earlier today.

Sounds like a dj replacement.

Probably not. He is more of a CM?AM/WM and not a DM

 

[80s Shorts]

What did tolmie say ?

Same as the sun.

 

[alky313]

This is a perfect transfer. But it would spell the end for Milner, at least in attacking positions. I think City are looking to have a constant set of attacking players likened to the next.

 

[Dax777]

This is a perfect transfer. But it would spell the end for Milner, at least in attacking positions. I think City are looking to have a constant set of attacking players likened to the next.

He just switched to Athletic this year. So I don't know how true this is.