It's Quiet 9 - maybe just maybe

[Jumanji]

I stopped reading at 'insider'.

 

[LoveCity]

And apparently we turned down Clueless' £2.5million bid for Onuoha. Good! He's worth more than that.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Sounds like a line to ensure we aren't taken for mugs the minute we pick up the phone.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

This is in the Mirror. :/

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Roberto Mancini fears Manchester City’s title bid is being undermined by the club’s refusal to hand him more transfer cash.

The City boss is becoming ­increasingly frustrated after being told by the club’s hierarchy that the need to meet Financial Fair Play Regulations means he will be ­unable to address his concerns over a lack of squad depth in the transfer window.

Mancini has identified Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi as the perfect player to give City a lift as he looks to land the club’s first championship for 44 years.

But Sunday Mirror Sport understands that the City boss wants the resources to bring in a forward and defender as well as the versatile De Rossi.

The Italian has been monitoring Fiorentina’s attacker Stevan Jovetic, although the 22-year-old Montenegrin is rated in the ­£25million bracket.

The growing tensions between Mancini and his employers have been the talk of City’s Carrington training ground.

A City insider said: ­“Mancini is unhappy that the club are saying they can’t, or won’t, back him in the market this month.

“He understands that FFP is already having an impact, but he feels that after investing so many resources to get to the top of the league, the challenge could be ­undermined by the reluctance to bring in one or two more players.”

Mancini has been told that the club’s position is unlikely to change even if they are able to find buyers for Carlos Tevez, Wayne Bridge and Nedum Onuoha this month.

But that will not stop the Italian from going back with a warning that he must be allowed to spend again to keep City on course for the title.




The Blues remain top of the table ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Wigan, but they have suffered successive home defeats at the hands of Manchester United and ­Liverpool in the FA Cup and Carling Cup.

Mancini has been bankrolled to the tune of £230million over the past two years.

He has recouped less than £35million in player sales and the club have had to allow big-money signings like Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz to leave on loan to ease a growing wage bill.

City are also continuing to pay Tevez’s £197,000-a-week wages despite the Argentine’s continuing refusal to return to the club. Inter Milan have offered £25m, but Tevez would prefer to join AC Milan.

Milan have offered to take Tevez on loan and pay his wages in full, but that was not acceptable to City, who don’t want the Tevez problem to return at the end of the season. Talks are expected to resume again this week and Mancini hopes any deal will once again loosen the purse strings at the Etihad.

Usual speculative bullshit....no quotes, no truth.

 

[LoveCity]

Burdisso, our "one and only transfer" according to the mighty Sportsmail Reporter. Not the first time we've been linked to him.

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[Jumanji]

The fucker has no technique, can't pass, old...

A big no from me.

 

[dctid]

This is in the Mirror. :/

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Roberto Mancini fears Manchester City’s title bid is being undermined by the club’s refusal to hand him more transfer cash.

The City boss is becoming ­increasingly frustrated after being told by the club’s hierarchy that the need to meet Financial Fair Play Regulations means he will be ­unable to address his concerns over a lack of squad depth in the transfer window.

Mancini has identified Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi as the perfect player to give City a lift as he looks to land the club’s first championship for 44 years.

But Sunday Mirror Sport understands that the City boss wants the resources to bring in a forward and defender as well as the versatile De Rossi.

The Italian has been monitoring Fiorentina’s attacker Stevan Jovetic, although the 22-year-old Montenegrin is rated in the ­£25million bracket.

The growing tensions between Mancini and his employers have been the talk of City’s Carrington training ground.

A City insider said: ­“Mancini is unhappy that the club are saying they can’t, or won’t, back him in the market this month.

“He understands that FFP is already having an impact, but he feels that after investing so many resources to get to the top of the league, the challenge could be ­undermined by the reluctance to bring in one or two more players.”

Mancini has been told that the club’s position is unlikely to change even if they are able to find buyers for Carlos Tevez, Wayne Bridge and Nedum Onuoha this month.

But that will not stop the Italian from going back with a warning that he must be allowed to spend again to keep City on course for the title.




The Blues remain top of the table ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Wigan, but they have suffered successive home defeats at the hands of Manchester United and ­Liverpool in the FA Cup and Carling Cup.

Mancini has been bankrolled to the tune of £230million over the past two years.

He has recouped less than £35million in player sales and the club have had to allow big-money signings like Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz to leave on loan to ease a growing wage bill.

City are also continuing to pay Tevez’s £197,000-a-week wages despite the Argentine’s continuing refusal to return to the club. Inter Milan have offered £25m, but Tevez would prefer to join AC Milan.

Milan have offered to take Tevez on loan and pay his wages in full, but that was not acceptable to City, who don’t want the Tevez problem to return at the end of the season. Talks are expected to resume again this week and Mancini hopes any deal will once again loosen the purse strings at the Etihad.

Usual speculative bullshit....no quotes, no truth.

but it is entirely consistent where we are now - Mancini has said that he must sell before he can buy and outside De Rossi we have been linked with no one.

Personally i think the report is closer to the truth than many fans would want to believe.

 

[LoveCity]

Indeed, the club must really be penny-pinching if we're looking at Burdisso. And he's out with ligament damage for months.

 

[mancunial]

Looking for a story,

 

[allan harper]

I stopped reading at 'insider'.

Pmsl so did I !