Guess who's in the papers again

[stu the blue 85]

get rid

 

[Brucie Bonus]

I agree with stu on this one, we should try and keep him.

 

[Tez Tosterone]

Elano aka Gob Shite

Elano is one of the better players on our books ffs.

 

[onelikeshmike]

get sneijder in to replace the prick

defo top quality player would shit on elano 9 times outta dont get me wrong elano is a top player but only when he can be arsed or when threres something innit for him tis a bit suspect me thinks that his form got better when it was apparent stevie was gettin a new deal worth a bit were a couple of lightbulbs turned on in our elanos head?

 

[bluealf]

he has said and done nothing wrong.

he is waiting to see what his future holds and just like any player he wants first team football..........

he isnt slating city in the article...infact he seems quite settled with the idea that they will talk again at the end of june

he certainly isnt kicking off about anything

fair play to the lad..he would be a huge loss in my opinion and weaken the squad we have

some city fans are so so fickle........

And some City fans are blinkered.

 

[creightonjoey]

how bout an Elano-Chiellini swap?

 

[WeaverWonderland]

I like Elano but if he wants to go and sit on a bench at Juve or Inter good riddance

 

[PSmyth07]

get sneijder in to replace the prick

I think (hope) this will happen wesley is also much younger and seems to have better fitness

Hasn't Sneijder been out for most of the season?

 

[rastus]

A swap with David Trezeguet would be good and Wesley Sneijder in

 

[allblues09]

Ill be sad to see him go always liked him

I have also. I also do not see much wrong with the quotes attributed to Elano in this article.

This year, the way he reacted to not playing by working hard every chance he got to play was impressive.

He has also scored some important goals (albeit mostly penalties, though 8 is a good tally for the amt. of time he plaid) for us this season and he often makes excellent incisive passes that lead to goals.

I know he has some rough spots, but I believe that a lot of the time the events are blown out of proportion. Similar to the "bust-up" between Hughes and Richards and many of the other "events" that the sensational media used to sell papers.

With all that said, Sneijder is very good and (of course) I would love to see him in the blue. But he has been injured a great deal over the past two years. Lets hope he would want to come to City.

If we do sell Elano he will definitely need replacing, as we are very thin on creativity in the midfield (mostly on the passing side). Which was put on display all to often this year.