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Eliaquim Mangala - now official
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FantasyIreland
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I'd be looking to offload Nasty,Garcia and Richards and bring him in as well.
alanblue said:If this is true i really feel for Benatia, he will be absolutely gutted
I'd be looking to offload Nasty,Garcia and Richards and bring him in as well.
FantasyIreland
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lol
Puppet Master Silva said:Gutted. Hopefully it's a better deal in the long run.
lol
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Most positive news we've seen on this deal for the last 6months...I'll take anything at this moment mate!;) Have just sent a copy of another twitter message from Di Marzio who is normally right with his reporting.....guess we'll find out soon....anyone guess how Benatia might be feeling after he was pushing for a move?.....
Gianluca Di Marzio @DiMarzio · 56s
#Mangala very close to @MCFC: tomorrow possible medicals for him
pudge said:Whilst it does look like it will happen, you do realize you're simply posting tweets that are merely relaying what the same person has said? (Duncan Castles)
Most positive news we've seen on this deal for the last 6months...I'll take anything at this moment mate!;) Have just sent a copy of another twitter message from Di Marzio who is normally right with his reporting.....guess we'll find out soon....anyone guess how Benatia might be feeling after he was pushing for a move?.....
Gianluca Di Marzio @DiMarzio · 56s
#Mangala very close to @MCFC: tomorrow possible medicals for him
Kompany is King
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We wait until its on Official website, of course, but all looks good. Fantastic news.
We wait until its on Official website, of course, but all looks good. Fantastic news.
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/07/11/4952771/manchester-city-make-breakthrough-in-mangala-pursuit?ICID=HP_BN_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/tra ... ID=HP_BN_1</a>
Manchester City's prolonged pursuit of Eliaquim Mangala is poised to come to a successful conclusion after the France international decided to sign for the Premier League champions.
City have agreed a €40 million [£31.8m] deal with Porto, while the 23-year-old is scheduled to join pre-season training following a post-World Cup holiday.
MAN CITY LATEST
15/8 Manchester City are 15/8 with Paddy Power to win the 2014-15 Premier League title City have prioritised the recruitment of an elite central defender to deploy alongside Vincent Kompany for over a year now. They came close to signing Mangala in January, with the investment trust that owns a percentage of the player's economic rights prepared to accept an offer below his valuation but Porto refusing it.
Delaying until the summer window opened up the possibility of other interested parties convincing Mangala to move elsewhere. Targeted by Jose Mourinho since before the manager's return to Chelsea, Mangala publicly expressed his preference for the west London club in May and refused to sign terms with any of his suitors until the end of France's World Cup campaign.
Aware that they might lose Mangala to a direct rival, City are understood to have set a deadline of Sunday for him to accept their approach. As an insurance policy, an outline deal had been put in place with Roma for Morocco international Mehdi Benatia.
The demand for physically robust defenders who are also capable ball players has seen centre-back become one of the hardest positions for Champions League clubs to fill, leading Paris Saint-Germain to spend £40m acquiring David Luiz from Chelsea at the beginning of this summer. While widely admired, Mangala does not come without an element of risk.
Brought from Standard Liege for €7.5m in 2011, Mangala played less than a 100 first-team games over his three seasons at Porto and has yet to establish himself as a starter for his national team. His form deteriorated during a difficult campaign in which the Portuguese title was ceded to Benfica.
Arguably the most successful transfer-market operators in European football, Porto have entered discussions to bring Portugal centre back Bruno Alves back to the club. Fenerbahce are asking for a fee of €6m for the 32-year-old, who would be expected to make a large salary sacrifice to complete the deal.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/07/11/4952771/manchester-city-make-breakthrough-in-mangala-pursuit?ICID=HP_BN_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/tra ... ID=HP_BN_1</a>
Manchester City's prolonged pursuit of Eliaquim Mangala is poised to come to a successful conclusion after the France international decided to sign for the Premier League champions.
City have agreed a €40 million [£31.8m] deal with Porto, while the 23-year-old is scheduled to join pre-season training following a post-World Cup holiday.
MAN CITY LATEST
15/8 Manchester City are 15/8 with Paddy Power to win the 2014-15 Premier League title City have prioritised the recruitment of an elite central defender to deploy alongside Vincent Kompany for over a year now. They came close to signing Mangala in January, with the investment trust that owns a percentage of the player's economic rights prepared to accept an offer below his valuation but Porto refusing it.
Delaying until the summer window opened up the possibility of other interested parties convincing Mangala to move elsewhere. Targeted by Jose Mourinho since before the manager's return to Chelsea, Mangala publicly expressed his preference for the west London club in May and refused to sign terms with any of his suitors until the end of France's World Cup campaign.
Aware that they might lose Mangala to a direct rival, City are understood to have set a deadline of Sunday for him to accept their approach. As an insurance policy, an outline deal had been put in place with Roma for Morocco international Mehdi Benatia.
The demand for physically robust defenders who are also capable ball players has seen centre-back become one of the hardest positions for Champions League clubs to fill, leading Paris Saint-Germain to spend £40m acquiring David Luiz from Chelsea at the beginning of this summer. While widely admired, Mangala does not come without an element of risk.
Brought from Standard Liege for €7.5m in 2011, Mangala played less than a 100 first-team games over his three seasons at Porto and has yet to establish himself as a starter for his national team. His form deteriorated during a difficult campaign in which the Portuguese title was ceded to Benfica.
Arguably the most successful transfer-market operators in European football, Porto have entered discussions to bring Portugal centre back Bruno Alves back to the club. Fenerbahce are asking for a fee of €6m for the 32-year-old, who would be expected to make a large salary sacrifice to complete the deal.
Puppet Master Silva
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LMAO
FantasyIreland said:Puppet Master Silva said:Gutted. Hopefully it's a better deal in the long run.
lol
LMAO
FantasyIreland
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So,after months of hard negotiation,the club signs the player they made their number one target and refused to give up on....you think their may be a reason for that?
Yet you say your 'gutted' at this news?? seriously,fucking do one.
Puppet Master Silva said:FantasyIreland said:Puppet Master Silva said:Gutted. Hopefully it's a better deal in the long run.
lol
LMAO
So,after months of hard negotiation,the club signs the player they made their number one target and refused to give up on....you think their may be a reason for that?
Yet you say your 'gutted' at this news?? seriously,fucking do one.
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If it's true that he is coming we will have a solid defence with him and kompany..i have mixed feelings about it because of the benatia story..
If that guy is really training alone because he wanted to come to us , i feel sad for him..
Why dont we sell richards, sinclair,rodwell and maybe garcia also ( we have fernando,toure,fernandinho and milner who can play midfield)
and buy benatia also for 30mil..so we have a defence of kompany,nasty,mangala,benatia and demichelis to compete in all 4 competitions
If it's true that he is coming we will have a solid defence with him and kompany..i have mixed feelings about it because of the benatia story..
If that guy is really training alone because he wanted to come to us , i feel sad for him..
Why dont we sell richards, sinclair,rodwell and maybe garcia also ( we have fernando,toure,fernandinho and milner who can play midfield)
and buy benatia also for 30mil..so we have a defence of kompany,nasty,mangala,benatia and demichelis to compete in all 4 competitions
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