Re: Eliaquim Mangala
Transfer thread going to get a lot slower after Mangala is confirmed!;)
City's business done after centre-back addition, explains Soriano
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The Blues CEO has revealed that Manuel Pellegrini will not dip into the transfer market again once he has further bolstered his defensive options.
Manchester City's summer transfer business will be complete following the addition of a centre-back, Ferran Sorriano has revealed.
The Blues have added depth in a range of positions by bringing in Bacary Sagna, Fernando Reges, Willy Caballero and Bruno Zuculini thus far.
But their plans have been somewhat restricted by the Financial Fair Play sanctions handed down by UEFA, which dictate that they can only spend a certain amount and must name a smaller 21-man squad for European competition next term.
Despite that, the search for a regular partner for Vincent Kompany goes on, with Roma's Mehdi Benatia and Eliaquim Mangala of Porto most strongly linked.
A move for Mangala looks more likely, after the Frenchman was recently spotted in Manchester, but that deal is likely to be the last completed by Manuel Pellegrini in this window.
"We don't plan season by season, we plan in cycles. And cycles can be three, four, five seasons. One year ago, we knew the positions we wanted to reinforce in the team and we did it," the club's CEO Soriano told the Men In Blazers podcast.
"We have a new right-back, we having a holding midfielder, we'll have a new central defender and that's it. We don't need to sign new players for the sake of it.
"We need to sign players that the team needs because the team has a balance. To win you need to keep the balance.
"Our squad is very strong and it's the second year that they play with Manuel Pellegrini, so they'll do much better."
