Ibra

[Forzacitizens]

also said would like to play with ronaldinho, i heard that ibra was an ac fan when he was a kid

he didn't pose with the other players when they lifted the gamper trophy also

lookeds nailed on to milan

Think you are wrong mate, IMO he's nailed onto City.

i'd like him to come to city, but those are direct quotes from him tonight

 

[edgecroft]

The thing I can't get out of my head though is what Mancini said a little longer than a week ago. Someone asked him if we can rule out City signing Ibra during this window. This is the quote from The Mirror, but I remember watching it during a press conference on the Official Site:

Mancini cryptic over Ibrahimovic move - Exclusive

Roberto Mancini has refused to rule out a bid for Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic before the transfer deadline, despite his club’s asking price of around £40million.

“The market closes on August 31,” said the Manchester City boss cryptically, before breaking into a smile.

Asked about a strike force of Ibrahimovic, Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli, worth just shy of £100m, Mancini said: “It’s not bad, but it’s not one that will happen easily. I’m only prepared to say that Zlatan is still one of the best strikers in the world.”

 

[mcfc-fullstop]

Think you are wrong mate, IMO he's nailed onto City.

i'd like him to come to city, but those are direct quotes from him tonight[/quot


There are only three clubs that are capable of signing Ibra - AC Milan (who cannot afford him), Manchester City and Real Madrid,(don't forget Jose was the one who sold him to Barca)

 

[C_T_I_D]

Real Madrid - Barcelona won't sell to them I reckon. Why sell to a title rival?

AC Milan & City - I somehow think Robinho will play a huge part in this. Robinho to AC Milan as a peace offering as a way of saying you can have him and we'll pay a certain amount of his wages if you give us a free run @ Ibra?

Not ITK, just an idea / possible scenario.

 

[mcfc-fullstop]

Real Madrid - Barcelona won't sell to them I reckon. Why sell to a title rival?

AC Milan & City - I somehow think Robinho will play a huge part in this. Robinho to AC Milan as a peace offering as a way of saying you can have him and we'll pay a certain amount of his wages if you give us a free run @ Ibra?

Not ITK, just an idea / possible scenario.

Agree in principle with what you are saying, Real could never let Robbi go to Barca, but City now could part ex + cash for Ibra.

As for Ade, yes, I can see AC happening.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Real Madrid - Barcelona won't sell to them I reckon. Why sell to a title rival?

AC Milan & City - I somehow think Robinho will play a huge part in this. Robinho to AC Milan as a peace offering as a way of saying you can have him and we'll pay a certain amount of his wages if you give us a free run @ Ibra?

Not ITK, just an idea / possible scenario.

Agree in principle with what you are saying, Real could never let Robbi go to Barca, but City now could part ex + cash for Ibra.

As for Ade, yes, I can see AC happening.

yeh robbi said spain or italy so we give barca robbi and cash or just cash ade 2 milan or robi to milan everyones happy!

 

[nick.nikky]

Only way he would come is if Barcelona got on the phone and offered him to City at a bargain. Mancini is no mug and wont go chasing the past with buckets of cash...

 

[Citizen Green]

I'd love to have Zlatan here, but it's going to be extreamly hard to pull of now.

We have enough in that area of the pitch anyway.

 

[tonytheblueboy]

I'd love to have Zlatan here, but it's going to be extreamly hard to pull of now.

We have enough in that area of the pitch anyway.

i am sure that his agent is the same as ballotelli, so u never know we may be a lot further down the line with this than we know.

 

[Matt the Giant]

As I said a few pages back, Ibra will go to Milan if anywhere at all this window. Barcelona and Milan are in an advanced stage of negotiations, Pep wants to get rid of Ibra (and thus making sure he will never have anything to do with Ibra's agent ever again), AC Milan wants him, Ibra and his wife would like to move back to Milan and Italy.

Would his only option be to warm the bench or stay in the reserves at Barcelona or play for Manchester City, then I think a deal might be plausible.
But if he (Ibra) could choose between making an obscene amount of money here in Manchester, or not nearly as much in Italy he would choose Italy. He loves the country and knows his particular style of football is well suited for their league.

So I figure as it stands now I highly doubt any transfer to us, even though Ibra would love to work with Mancini again.

 

[mancboy123]

U forgot the one definining factor in all of football mate. Money

AC Milan are skint and Barca are skint. Barca currently hold Ibras contract, it serves barca no purpose whatsoever in letting him go to AC Milan on loan and them having no money to replace him or to buy another player i.e. Mascherano.

While Ibra may well want to go to italy unless Milan can find a swap deal or some quick cash it isnt going to happen as its not a good deal for barca!

 

[Rammy Blue]

U forgot the one definining factor in all of football mate. Money

AC Milan are skint and Barca are skint. Barca currently hold Ibras contract, it serves barca no purpose whatsoever in letting him go to AC Milan on loan and them having no money to replace him or to buy another player i.e. Mascherano.

While Ibra may well want to go to italy unless Milan can find a swap deal or some quick cash it isnt going to happen as its not a good deal for barca!

This is what I posted a few pages back, just can't see AC stumping up the 35/40mil that Barca want.

The answer I got was with regards to Berlusconi getting deal done as elections are coming soon however I still can't see them paying the cash.

Still think it makes more sense for us to loan AC either Robbie and/or Ade and we sign Ibra.

At least there are only 5 days to go in the window so all should be revealed soon.

 

[Matt the Giant]

So in other words, if Ibra would come to us it would be becasue he had no choice? Being forces out of Barcelona? Surely he has the right to say no, doesn't he?

And then they are stuck with a very unhappy player who will, just by being a part of the club, potentially stir up a lot of shit for the club and manager.
Pep said yesterday that he and Ibra hadn't talked more than twice over the last six months, and that there were a good reason for this, a reason which would have to be dealt with of Ibra was still a Barcelona player after the closure of this transfer window.

So I'm thinking they will accept some sort of lone deal just to get rid of him.

 

[Rammy Blue]

So in other words, if Ibra would come to us it would be becasue he had no choice? Being forces out of Barcelona? Surely he has the right to say no, doesn't he?

And then they are stuck with a very unhappy player who will, just by being a part of the club, potentially stir up a lot of shit for the club and manager.
Pep said yesterday that he and Ibra hadn't talked more than twice over the last six months, and that there were a good reason for this, a reason which would have to be dealt with of Ibra was still a Barcelona player after the closure of this transfer window.

So I'm thinking they will accept some sort of lone deal just to get rid of him.

Fair points but Barca have already declared they are hundreds of millions in debt plus they still want to buy Masch, the money would have to come from somewhere - a loan deal just doesn't suit Barca, they aren't that kind of club imo.

 

[i8rags]

So in other words, if Ibra would come to us it would be becasue he had no choice? Being forces out of Barcelona? Surely he has the right to say no, doesn't he?

And then they are stuck with a very unhappy player who will, just by being a part of the club, potentially stir up a lot of shit for the club and manager.
Pep said yesterday that he and Ibra hadn't talked more than twice over the last six months, and that there were a good reason for this, a reason which would have to be dealt with of Ibra was still a Barcelona player after the closure of this transfer window.

So I'm thinking they will accept some sort of lone deal just to get rid of him.

Fair points but Barca have already declared they are hundreds of millions in debt plus they still want to buy Masch, the money would have to come from somewhere - a loan deal just doesn't suit Barca, they aren't that kind of club imo.

robbie and ibra will be waving to each other soon. at about 10,000ft.

 

[Matt the Giant]

I'd love to have Ibra at our club, but if that would happen only because he had no other choice, well then I don't think he would add much to the team.

 

[The Game 77]

Report's in Italy and Spain are saying that Ibra could be signing for Milan as soon as tommorow

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Report's in Italy and Spain are saying that Ibra could be signing for Milan as soon as tommorow

Where did you read that mate?

 

[malg]

Report's in Italy and Spain are saying that Ibra could be signing for Milan as soon as tommorow

That's a shame, I'd like to have seen him in a City shirt. Mind you, anyone think he would be guaranteed a start for us, especially with Bobby's starting 11 against Liverpool?

 

[Matt the Giant]

I find it really strange, if the reports in Swedsih media it's true, that the price tag on Ibra is only €20mil. Can this really be true?