Javi Garcia

[Vision]

Javi is out a question?

 

[Matt the Giant]

Javi is out a question?

Javi is out sounds more like a statement than a question to me. :)

 

[Any1aBlue]

are you mad? he is well overpriced.

I think he's worth around £18m-19m. £24m is a lot, but at the same time, there aren't many DMs that are worth that much. None that are available anyway.

If we are getting desperate, I would rather us go and put in 50m for De Rossi.

Someone on another thread is saying EXACTLY that!

 

[Ducado]

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Manchester City rush to sign Javi Garcia, Maicon and Scott Sinclair. #MCFC #SLB #INTER #SWANS

Manchester City have responded to Roberto Mancini's strident demands that his senior squad be reinforced by rushing to conclude a series of end-of-window transfers.

Principal among City's market moves is an attempt to recruit Javi Garcia as a new holding midfielder. Benfica are attempting to maximise their profit for the 25 year old who has played one full international for Spain by insisting that the Premier League champions meet a €30 million buyout clause.

 

[sam-caddick]

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/manchester-city-step-up-transfer-activity-ahead-of-deadline

Manchester City rush to sign Javi Garcia, Maicon and Scott Sinclair. #MCFC #SLB #INTER #SWANS

Manchester City have responded to Roberto Mancini's strident demands that his senior squad be reinforced by rushing to conclude a series of end-of-window transfers.

Principal among City's market moves is an attempt to recruit Javi Garcia as a new holding midfielder. Benfica are attempting to maximise their profit for the 25 year old who has played one full international for Spain by insisting that the Premier League champions meet a €30 million buyout clause.

If we meet that €30m buy out clause I will be serously annoyed at us doing so. Like I said in previous posts, Benfica want that price for a player who cannot make himself a noticible sub in the Spain squad yet alone get a first team place and these jokers want €30m.

He is not even that much better than De Jong, I don't even think he is better than De Jong actually.

FFS City. I really hope De Rossi pulls of. Seriously in hope.

 

[Stuuuuuu]

The BBC are on it too:

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Manchester City target Maicon and Javi Garcia on deadline day
By Phil McNulty Chief football writer, BBC Sport

Manchester City are aiming to complete the signing of Inter Milan defender Maicon and Benfica's Javi Garcia before the transfer deadline.

Brazil's Maicon, 31, is available for around £5m and boss Roberto Mancini wants him as cover for Pablo Zabaleta.

The £24m-rated Garcia has become a possible new target after Mancini's main midfield target, Daniele de Rossi, decided to stay at Roma.

Fiorentina defender Matija Nastasic is also set to sign for City on Friday.

The Serbian teenager will cost the Premier League champions around £12m - with Stefan Savic going in the opposite direction to Italy. Swansea's Scott Sinclair should also confirm a £6.2m deal with City on Friday.

Mancini insisted City faced a busy five days in the market after the 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday and they have responded as the deadline approaches.

City signed Everton's Jack Rodwell in a £12m deal but decided against pursuing deals for Robin van Persie, who went to Manchester United for £24m, and Eden Hazard, the Belgium international secured by Chelsea in a £32m deal.

Xavi Martinez was another player of great interest to Mancini but he has moved to Bayern Munich from Athletic Bilbao in a £30m-plus transfer as City refused to be drawn into a host of what the club regarded as over-priced deals.

Mancini is still exploring his options, which leaves 25-year-old Garcia as a possible signing on Friday.

 

[decmancity]

I think we have Garcia deal in principle but Mancini will wait as long as possible to get De Rossi.

 

[Tevez City]

How good is he ?

 

[niall_mcfc]

How good is he ?

Worse than De Jong but because he was at Real's academy and he's tall enough to fill in at centre back hes suddenly world class and worth £25m. As you can tell im not a fan of his at all.

 

[sam-caddick]

I think we have Garcia deal in principle but Mancini will wait as long as possible to get De Rossi.

One last push for De Rossi tomorrow I think ( maybe he is lined up already ).

I hope so anyway, if we get Garcia, it is bad business if you ask me. Like I said earlier - wish we kept De Jong, Garcia is not that much or if at all an improvement on De Jong.