The eye watering sums of money being discussed in this thread baffle me. It's sickening really that folk are happy for the Club to throw the cash about like that on a prospect. It's only a couple of seasons ago that people were suggesting Messi at those prices, and he's certainly no Messi.
Ali has a bit of a nasty streak in his game, which as others have said would be magnified ten fold at City. Plus we really don't need another attacking midfielder, and certainly not a those prices. Better off shoring up the defence than packing out the midfield. Good player, but for me, no.