Fernandinho completed, OS confirmed

[soulmatic]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

A good Manchester City side were swatted aside by Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in a season in which they'd have expected to come far closer to defending their Premier League title than they actually did.

The club's solution? Wholesale change.

Roberto Mancini was fired. Manuel Pellegrini is reportedly inbound. The managerial switch constitutes an upgrade or, at least, it should -- Mancini's glaring lack of motivational skills looks to be one of the prime factors behind his squad's sharp decline last season -- even though it did not meet with a universally positive response from City fans. But while changing the coaching staff makes sense, the transfer policy that the club has adhered to so far this summer does not.

In has come Spain international Jesus Navas, for the cool sum of €25 million plus wages. Shakhtar Donetsk's Fernandinho is to follow, for somewhere around €30 million (nobody seems to have made up his mind on just how much he costs quite yet). These are big, expensive purchases, and would upgrade most teams in the league. But they don't really make very much sense for City.

Neither Navas -- who can be not incorrectly described as the Spanish equivalent of Aaron Lennon -- nor Fernandinho rank amongst the world's elite players. They're in the second tier of very goodness. In lesser sides they'd be (and are) stars. But at City, a team which intends to compete for domestic and European glory, they are, or should be, part of the supporting cast rather than front-liners.

Although Navas and Fernandinho will help the squad, with Navas serving as the true wide option City have been missing ever since Adam Johnson was found out to be distinctly mediocre and Fernandinho serving as a midfielder who is definitely not Gareth Barry, they're not superstar signings, nor are they youngsters with room to grow (Navas is 27, Fernandinho 28).
These are stop-gaps, players brought in for a few years to shore up the squad rather than taking it to the next level.

For the amount of money that City have thrown at/are throwing at their new acqusitions, they could have signed a superstar player fairly easily. While it's too early to say just how this summer's market will develop, the likes of Eden Hazard, Javi Martinez and Luka Modric were all available last year for not wholly unreasonable prices.
Those are the sorts of names that could catapult City ahead of their competition. The likes of Navas and Fernandinho will merely serve to arrest the club's early decline.

ignorance at it's peak -.-

Nah.....its jealousy, plain and simple mate.

A mix of both perhaps....

 

[Bill]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

Garcia, Barry, Rodwell are can fuck right off? If we are buying these 28,27 year olds then I guess this is now, not for the future. Still not fully convinced this guy and Navas will improve us drastically, but lets hope so

You can are fuck right off.

Please make your point without this shit.

 

[80s Shorts]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

Garcia, Barry, Rodwell are can fuck right off? If we are buying these 28,27 year olds then I guess this is now, not for the future. Still not fully convinced this guy and Navas will improve us drastically, but lets hope so

You can are fuck right off.

Please make your point without this shit.

I have been warned for taking the piss about what he wrote.

ie "Rodwell are can fuck right off".

Fucks sake, talk about misinterpretation.

Don't worry De Niro, Ducado has warned me for the joke.

If you would like to reread the posts as I have suggested ducardo do, rather than reacting to the wum who reported me then feel free to do so.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

We have paid a Kings ransom for a Player who this Season managed three Goals from Midfield in the Ukranian League and he is as close to the Brazilian side as I am to replacing Rooney for England. It makes me weep when I see the other options possibly available such as Fabregas,Vidal and now by all accounts David Luiz.

This has the stink of the Steve Daley deal all over it.

 

[Rammyblues]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

He could be right. I hope he is wrong.

 

[davymcfc]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

Fernandinho and Navas will correct two very big flaws in City's squad. The Director of Football model is already paying off for us. It'll get criticised by our narrow-minded media ("the manager isn't buying the players!") but have a look at teams like Bayern who work in a similar way. The balance of the squad will soon be perfect instead of this annoying situation we've had for ages now where we've have great quality and depth in one position and none in another. ie. Aguero/Tevez/Dzeko/Mario as our strikers...................... Sinclair as our only natural winger.

I like your opinion on this one.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

£34m?

That's what I thought. I've seen figures anywhere between £22m and £35m. I really hope it's closer to the former. As talented as he might be, he's hardly an established world class player, nor is he already playing in a top league.

 

[samharris]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

Garcia, Barry, Rodwell are can fuck right off? If we are buying these 28,27 year olds then I guess this is now, not for the future. Still not fully convinced this guy and Navas will improve us drastically, but lets hope so

You can are fuck right off.

Your canary ??

 

[Worst Case Ontario]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

I like that City are doing things early. Still not convinced they are both worth that money. But we are not gonna know that till new season starts

 

[ManCityJordan]

Re: Fernandinho has medical

Hows Navas the 'Spanish Aaran Lennon' when he gets in the Spain squad and Lennon never plays for England? Plus we don't have anyone whos as fast as Lennon so its deffinatley an upgrade from Johnson and Sinclair.

Bitter idiots at it again!