Mehdi Benatia

[mastermind]

If the Mirror is correct and we have agreed a deal with Benatia and a £30m sale with Roma then why are we not going ahead?

I really don't understand why we are waiting around for Mangala when Benatia looks like he is doing all he can to push a sale through.

I know we should trust Txiki and the scouting team but I am a little lost as to why we really are going all out on Mangala.

If u see mangala closely you would get the impression that the guy is made for the premier league,and plus he's young and have potential to become of the best cb of his generation in few years time,benatia is good but mangala would be a better buy for us ans that's why we've been after the guy for so long and will go till the end for his signature

Could also become the next Chris Smalling.

I'd go with Benatia as he's the complete article.

 

[LoveCity]

Jamie Jackson now reporting it too.

This is very interesting, City must be beyond convinced of Mangala to wait so long for him, but the risk is he says no and Roma do business with another club for Benatia by that point (murmurs of Bayern Munich interest again and they just sold Mandzukic for nearly £20m so are loaded).

 

[City_Sean]

I'd much rather have him than Mangala, plus he actually wants to join us.

 

[TonyM]

City would hardly string him along and Benatia would hardly let them so I would very much doubt that the Benatia deal is dependant on the Mangala deal or vice versa.

I suspect one deal will happen anyway as a Lescott replacement and one is dependant on Nastasic going (could be that the deals are lined up but we need to receive money before forking out because of the current financial restrictions).

So IMO we are after both Mangala and Benatia.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

If the Mirror is correct and we have agreed a deal with Benatia and a £30m sale with Roma then why are we not going ahead?

I really don't understand why we are waiting around for Mangala when Benatia looks like he is doing all he can to push a sale through.

I know we should trust Txiki and the scouting team but I am a little lost as to why we really are going all out on Mangala.

If u see mangala closely you would get the impression that the guy is made for the premier league,and plus he's young and have potential to become of the best cb of his generation in few years time,benatia is good but mangala would be a better buy for us ans that's why we've been after the guy for so long and will go till the end for his signature

Who is he holding on for?

Not City, I would guess...

 

[sam-caddick]

I think we are making a mistake with Mangala, if he really wanted to come to City he would have signed by now.

On the other side of the coin we have one of the best central defenders in Europe looking like he is pushing for a move to come and join us and we have apparently agreed a £30m sale with Roma, yet we look to be stringing him along.

Most of Europe are after Benatia but we seem to have priced them out, how many clubs are after Mangala? I only see us being the primary club linked.

 

[TCIB]

Stop fucking about Txiki ffs, Mangala wants to live in London and fair play to him, stop fucking this fella around.
Sign the fucker sharpish ffs.

 

[mosssideblue]

Seems to me that what we know is nothing other than what the press have said and what interpreters on here think that means. Unless some credible ITK comes and spells it all out for us, we are just amusing ourselves with chinese whispers.

 

[pudge]

We should have set Mangala a deadline.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

I think we are making a mistake with Mangala, if he really wanted to come to City he would have signed by now.

On the other side of the coin we have one of the best central defenders in Europe looking like he is pushing for a move to come and join us and we have apparently agreed a £30m sale with Roma, yet we look to be stringing him along.

Most of Europe are after Benatia but we seem to have priced them out, how many clubs are after Mangala? I only see us being the primary club linked.

I've got misgivings too. A player who has been quoted as saying that Chelsea or United were his preferred destinations doesn't give me much confidence. Too many bog standard players have arrived over the years because we paid them to be here, no other reason, whereas a quality player like Benatia is busting a gut to get here, yet we seem to be allowing this whole business to drag on.