Mehdi Benatia

[Blue Haze]

Feeling good about this. The fact that France have been out of the WC for 4 days and still no word on Mangala makes me think we'll buy Benatia.

 

[sam-caddick]

Interesting news.

 

[br62]

I think the delay here, most probably, is simply that Roma won't reduce the price on Benatia with City unwilling to pay the 32 million or whatever it is.

 

[ForzaMancini]

Business is picking up...?

Benatia trains alone.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Roma/08-07-2014/roma-benatia-separato-casa-torna-si-allena-solo-801173646988.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/R ... 6988.shtml</a>

Benatia is the only first team player there, along with other youngsters.

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Mehdi Benatia is training alone at #Roma, fuelling reports he’s waiting for a move to Manchester City <a class="postlink" href="http://www.football-italia.net/51771/benatia-trains-solo-roma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.football-italia.net/51771/be ... -solo-roma</a> … #MCFC

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@footballitalia Jesus...he's training alone because nobody is at Trigoria!!! Only him and a few youngsters are there. Wow.

John Solano @Solano_56 · 21m
There are only a few players at Trigoria. Benatia is only first team player there. He's not training "alone". Such reporting, Gazzetta.

Unless it has been edited since the Gazzetta article according to Google translation didn't seem to attach any significance to the fact he was training alone, so it seems more a case of readers conclusions at fault here as opposed to the newspaper. Could be wrong though.

 

[MCFCUSA]

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[Tricky_Trev]

Interesting news.

Well it's not THAT interesting is it? Some of our top players have been training with the youngsters too, cause the rest are not in training yet. Pretty sure the reason will be as simple as that.

 

[LoveCity]

Benatia is the only first team player there, along with other youngsters.

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Mehdi Benatia is training alone at #Roma, fuelling reports he’s waiting for a move to Manchester City <a class="postlink" href="http://www.football-italia.net/51771/benatia-trains-solo-roma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.football-italia.net/51771/be ... -solo-roma</a> … #MCFC

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@footballitalia Jesus...he's training alone because nobody is at Trigoria!!! Only him and a few youngsters are there. Wow.

John Solano @Solano_56 · 21m
There are only a few players at Trigoria. Benatia is only first team player there. He's not training "alone". Such reporting, Gazzetta.

Unless it has been edited since the Gazzetta article according to Google translation didn't seem to attach any significance to the fact he was training alone, so it seems more a case of readers conclusions at fault here as opposed to the newspaper. Could be wrong though.

From what i read/ know. The first team players/players who played in world cup are all on vacation until July 15 when official team training starts. I think they are going to Austria then going on their USA tour. July 15 is when they have to report to Trigoria (Roma's training ground) for official training.

Ok, but what about the players who weren't at the World Cup? It's confusing that Benatia would be the only first teamer there. Roma had first teamers not at the World Cup like Totti, so why wouldn't he return? And if Benatia is back early, the same question... why?

 

[sam-caddick]

Benatia is the only first team player there, along with other youngsters.

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Mehdi Benatia is training alone at #Roma, fuelling reports he’s waiting for a move to Manchester City <a class="postlink" href="http://www.football-italia.net/51771/benatia-trains-solo-roma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.football-italia.net/51771/be ... -solo-roma</a> … #MCFC

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@footballitalia Jesus...he's training alone because nobody is at Trigoria!!! Only him and a few youngsters are there. Wow.

John Solano @Solano_56 · 21m
There are only a few players at Trigoria. Benatia is only first team player there. He's not training "alone". Such reporting, Gazzetta.

Unless it has been edited since the Gazzetta article according to Google translation didn't seem to attach any significance to the fact he was training alone, so it seems more a case of readers conclusions at fault here as opposed to the newspaper. Could be wrong though.

From what i read/ know. The first team players/players who played in world cup are all on vacation until July 15 when official team training starts. I think they are going to Austria then going on their USA tour. July 15 is when they have to report to Trigoria (Roma's training ground) for official training.

Not all of Roma's squad went to the World Cup though so there would have been more than Benatia at the training ground I would imagine?

Something is going on in my opinion.

 

[MCFCUSA]

Unless it has been edited since the Gazzetta article according to Google translation didn't seem to attach any significance to the fact he was training alone, so it seems more a case of readers conclusions at fault here as opposed to the newspaper. Could be wrong though.

From what i read/ know. The first team players/players who played in world cup are all on vacation until July 15 when official team training starts. I think they are going to Austria then going on their USA tour. July 15 is when they have to report to Trigoria (Roma's training ground) for official training.

Not all of Roma's squad went to the World Cup though so there would have been more than Benatia at the training ground I would imagine?

Something is going on in my opinion.

I said *first team players / players who played in the world cup (which includes everyone)... Players such as Radja Naingolan were on vacation in the USA, Adem Ljajic went on vacation in Spain. Totti does what he wants when he wants. And yes, there are some of the younger players at the training ground, and id imagine new signings Ashley Cole and Salih Ucan are there now. Or maybe looking for new homes lol.

BTW Roma officially sold Dodo to Inter for 1.2m euros with the obligation to buy for 9m euros (Roma bought him for 500k 2 years ago and he was terrible during his time at Roma) once he plays his first team game... They have completely ripped off Inter :)

 

[HolisticJim]

My only worry is the AFCON - inc this year.