If it does indeed turn out he's coming to us then I will be bitterly disappointed for a few reasons. Firstly I think Mangala is younger and having only been at the club 12 months deserves a chance to show he can cut it. Beyond that I think it will be a knee jerk reaction to a poor season and isn't really the sort of thing I'd associate with Txiki and the people who run City - or indeed from Pellegrini. They are in my eyes much more forward thinking than to make a call like this. Finally, as others have said, if we are going to give up on Mangala, then I would MUCH rather we went after John Stones than any other centre half in Europe. But then if we're swapping Mangala for Otamendi it's because we want a ready made centre half rather than a young player with potential.
Still think this is all smoke and mirrors and we aren't going to touch our back 4 this summer but I can't ignore the noises coming out of Spain.