well, pearce-out. I believe your info is genuine. In fact, you are able to name the source which others didn't(you even put your reputation on this O_O). But i'm still of the believe that we'll go for something big this summer.
If Mansour, Khaldoon, etc had watched how we played against Man Utd, the match against Tottenham, i refuse to believe that they think players like Milner, Luiz will improve our chance to go to top four. Remember, if we don't get fourth spot next season, Mancini job could be in danger. In fact, Mancini said we'll go for the title. If we want to achieve this, it's inevitable that we must try to bring something like Gerrard, Torres and Ibra.
I didn't mean the the CEO has lied to you, in fact the talks about the stadium, financial plan, facility, etc must be true. They have no reason to lie in this scenerio. But transfer is something are very sensitive to clubs, especially City. I don't think they'll reveal all outside, especially at a public level like your meeting with him.
Based on their failure on Kaka, terry, Eto'o, they'll try to hide something behind the scene and low down the pressure outside, which is why i think he talked to you like that. It's not lying, in fact from what i've seen from you write he didn't rule out anything, but just try to low down the pressure, let us be more realistic, then maybe something to surprise all of us.
That's my thinking. Thanks for your info, it's always good to have something like this coming out. Hope you don't mind some of the comments here( I've seen you a bit frustrated by some comments), and keep contact with your source and post something good for us. Really appreciated.