Spot on. The Agency who look after him have plans to build him into the new Beckham. Not sure who's got the worse accent but he's a good looking chap and is marketable off the back of that and the fact he's a down to earth lad who's a genuinely top class footballer. Now he's at City everyone will want him. He'll have deals with Gucci, Calvin Klein etc probably lined up. I know I'm completely biased as well but he is genuinely worth the money, just give it 4 or 5 weeks and you'll know what I mean.
Absolutely and different types of players.Whether we`ve overpayed (according to some) then if thats the going rate for an English player and our Board agree,then why the fuck do our fans complain.
I'm interested in this aspect as well as relates to shirt sales in North America and Asia ;-)
Don't know, but it is a good point.
In which case, he hasn't got the right mentality for a club challenging for top honours. City aren't losing out in that scenario.
Their roots go back to 1880, they first won the F.A. Cup in 1904 and first won the First Division in 1936-37 (Charlton were runners-up!). Yes, they've been transformed out of all proportion, but this idea that they're a plastic club with no roots is puerile playground taunt stuff. New wealth doesn't wipe out what a club achieved in the past, and it's hard to blame a club that has arguably suffered in the shadow of successful neighbours more than any other, grabbing the opportunity to convert itself from mid-table also-rans into top contenders and securing some bragging rights.
