Ferran Soriano & Txiki Begiristain

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Three academy players? Hmmm Barker, manu Garcia, Angelino?

I would have said Zack Faour was one.

Brahim Abdelkader Diaz might the other one.

The Jewel of the quarry jellyfish.

 

[Italian Manc]

I hope these two are tapping up Messi in a city centre hotel as I type...

 

[Bill]

I hope these two are tapping up Messi in a city centre hotel as I type...

if city signed messi the press would be all over it with quotes like past it, only here for the money, di maria the better
player and shit.

so yeh lets fucking do it.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Identified Bony as the number 1 target, paid a fairly reasonable price for him , no stories about the rags hijacking it at the last minute, treated Swansea with respect, job well done.

 

[TCIB]

Identified Bony as the number 1 target, paid a fairly reasonable price for him , no stories about the rags hijacking it at the last minute, treated Swansea with respect, job well done.

Yes mate they are very good at this stuff not that we didn't already know ofc.
No hassle or drama like you say, not a ripple in our holistic ocean to be seen.
They get us a good deal in fee's and wages now with the new structure, a perfectly engineered machine all in all.

I remember watching that barca docu and seeing how effective Txiki was at contract negotiations. It is i think it is understood Txiki is hard but fair.
He will not put up with being led a merry dance for long and once his back is turned on you it stays turned.

Press version: "Vile Man City business bastards rob swansea"

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Ferran needs to pull his socks up, post failing FFP and Lampardgate!

Txiki seems to be doing the business along with big Pat and others.

 

[TCIB]

FFP was how UEFA changed their interpretation though right ?
Something tells me even if we spent 50p rescued 100 kittens and donated 500m to church we would have got our interpretation wrong.
Even though we went with what was originally agreed. That was the gist as i heard it or have i got that mixed up?

Not read the Lampard thread tbh so no idea about that.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

FFP was how UEFA changed their interpretation though right ?
Something tells me even if we spent 50p rescued 100 kittens and donated 500m to church we would have got our interpretation wrong.
Even though we went with what was originally agreed. That was the gist as i heard it or have i got that mixed up?

Not read the Lampard thread tbh so no idea about that.

Yes UEFA shifted the goalposts (and had it in for us) but we bought a fair amount of tat in the Summer of 2012 that could have contributed to a "margin of error". We were also affected by going out of the Champs League early but the mistake of
not planning for the worst case pre-dates Ferran coming.

The Lampard stuff is a bigger issue in New York than it is in Manchester. The media have exaggerated a mistake by the City football Group by not being transparent that Frank had signed for City rather than New York.

We were always likely to have a few hiccups on route to the top.

 

[oakiecokie]

Ferran needs to pull his socks up, post failing FFP and Lampardgate!

Txiki seems to be doing the business along with big Pat and others.

You don`t half talk some shite !!!!

 

[BillyShears]

Ferran needs to pull his socks up, post failing FFP and Lampardgate!

Txiki seems to be doing the business along with big Pat and others.

Don't think either thing has much to do with Ferran. We failed FFP on a technicality which lets face it, they'd have dreamed up no matter what our accounts said.

And the very fact Lampard is a "gate" is down to the awful British media and their fucked up need to criticise City no matter what they do. We did nothing wrong as a club and Ferran did nothing wrong as a CEO.

Him and Txiki are probably the best weapons we have against the wider football world, and I've little doubt that having these two guys on board has changed the perceptions of our club on the continent.