Mangala joins Valencia on a Permanent deal

[HypnoticBlue]

He was awesome in his first game away to Chelski, good luck for the future, but overall has been a waste of money.
Could’ve past FFP if we hadn’t got him !

CTID

 

[Cityfan]

He was awesome in his first game away to Chelski, good luck for the future, but overall has been a waste of money.
Could’ve past FFP if we hadn’t got him !

CTID

It was at home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29196082
He wasn't too bad at times that season when playing with Demichelis at the end of the season but overall yup a poor buy.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Pound for pound the worst signing we've ever made. I still wonder how we got it so badly wrong

 

[mat]

Shouldn't we leak to the rags were about to offer him a huge contract extension but he wants to keep his release clause of £70,000,000 in place.

 

[Bill Walker]

Pound for pound the worst signing we've ever made. I still wonder how we got it so badly wrong

Worse than Crockey Santa Cruz .....you sure ?

 

[mosssideblue]

Poor fella's reputation has been been dragged through the mud over the last couple of years.

Hopefully he has a career revival somewhere.

Can you explain Dragged through the mud. As I don't buy that

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Pound for pound the worst signing we've ever made. I still wonder how we got it so badly wrong

Every time they watched him it was a forerunner of that Chelsea match!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I read an interview he did very soon after he joined. He described how his younger brother had been tragically brain injured and how he would look after him. Came across as a completely genuine good human being. Have felt sad at how his career has developed with us - he clearly isn't a Pep player but he has always been 100% professional. I wish him all the best wherever he ends up.

Me too. I don't think we've had a player since moving to the Etihad that I so desperately wanted to get it right.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Up there with Jo, RSC and Bony in terms of worst value for money transfers in our history.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Up there with Jo, RSC and Bony in terms of worst value for money transfers in our history.

If you look at the transfer fee, his wages, the number of games played, duration of contract, his contribution when he did play (yes he was good on his debut and United) his playing stats, his refusal to leave to anybody other than Inter for no money.......then only RSC is even close. Jo was a superstar in comparison! If he subsequently leaves on a free he will go down as the worst buy any team has ever made imho not just City. However he has got a nice smile so that balances it all out.

Myths: It’s only a Pep team that he can’t play for...talk to Everton fans! He has great pace...very slow over the first five yards..by the time he caught up the ball was in the net. He never scored but managed to put it in his own net twice.

Disaster of a player. I don’t think we will see the like again.