Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 4.

[salfordpaul]

just to clarify i do not work at the hospital, and i don t know anyone who does

 

[Chancy Termites]

If he can get the best out of Santa Cruz then surely he can help to make Edin something special.

 

[blightee]

We are barely have 8 homegrown players as is, with quiet a few already speculated to be leaving;
Barry, Richards, Clichy, Milner, Hart, Rodwell, Lescott, Boyata?, Sinclair?

first 6 are dead certs to stay, they are at or near enough to the top of the english game at the moment (given their respective ages, positions etc)

If we lose Lescott Boyata and Sinclair then we are probably in the market for another HG player, should get a backup goalie so we don't waste one of the 17 non HG spots

 

[Mr Partridge]

Another provocative headline by the Mail that will incite loads of anger.

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Youve been on here long enough to know that we dont link to the mirror... cut and paste fella..:)

English players to lose out in Pellegrini reign as City to usher in 'La Liga era'
By JOE BERNSTEIN
PUBLISHED: 22:00, 8 June 2013 | UPDATED: 22:00, 8 June 2013
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Manchester City will unveil their new manager, Manuel Pellegrini, this week to usher in a new ‘La Liga era’ at the club that is unlikely to provide much cheer for their English players.
Pellegrini’s arrival from Malaga has been the worst-kept secret in football since the sacking of Roberto Mancini last month. But his position will finally be confirmed within the next 48 hours, with the Chilean then scheduled to meet the world’s media on Wednesday or Thursday to outline his plans.
His appointment, on a three-year deal worth £15million, will see immediate changes at the Etihad following Mancini’s three-and-a-half-year spell which brought the Premier League and FA Cup trophies, but also plenty of internal strife.

Ruthless: Manuel Pellegrini could implement a team that features very little English talent
Pellegrini has already held detailed talks in Spain with City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain and chief executive Ferran Soriano about how the club is going to progress, and he hopes to add talented midfielder Isco from Malaga following the European Under-21 championship which is taking place in Israel.
City have already spent £55m since the end of last season to sign Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho and World Cup-winning Sevilla winger Jesus Navas as they attempt to wrest the title back from Manchester United.
However, interest in Mancini’s top target, Edinson Cavani of, Napoli, has cooled and City are happy to concede defeat to Chelsea in the fight for his £45m signature.


Targets: City will give up on buying Edinson Cavani, but Isco may follow Pellegrini from Malaga
Crucially, Pellegrini has agreed to follow Begiristain’s Barcelona blueprint, where every City side — from youth team to the first XI — play in the same 4-3-3 formation. However, the prospects for the club’s English players are poor with the arrival of three big-money signings from Spain and Brazil, with goalkeeper Joe Hart likely to be the only Englishman to be a regular starter next season.
Gareth Barry and Jack Rodwell will be squeezed out by the arrival of Isco and Fernandinho, while Joleon Lescott could move on after losing his place to Matija Nastasic.
Micah Richards is regarded as a stand-in for club vice-captain Pablo Zabaleta, and even the versatile James Milner is likely to see his appearances limited, with Pellegrini keen to utilise David Silva, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero and Navas for his new, fluid system.
Tevez is about to enter the last 12 months of his contract, but potential suitors Juventus would rather wait until he is available on a Bosman next summer before making their move.

Out the door: Joleon Lescott could be one of the casualties as City move to La Liga style
Pellegrini will have to win over the fans quickly after the dismissal of Mancini, who found out about the impending change on the morning of City’s FA Cup final defeat against Wigan.
A former Chilean international, Pellegrini has made his managerial name in Spain with Villarreal, where he managed Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia, and Real Madrid, where he signed Cristiano Ronaldo for a world-record £80m.
Last season, he guided unfashionable Malaga into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite financial turmoil at the club.
Following on from the hype of Jose Mourinho’s public reappearance in England on Monday, City will be keen to assure their fans the club will not be superseded by Chelsea.
Soriano has already publicly stated he wants to win five major trophies in the next five seasons.



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Reporter has a hunch about something and then reports it as fact. Apart from the glaringly obvious fact that this story has "bullshit" written all over it, who was the one player our chairman singled out for glowing praise in his interview last week? That's right, it was the very English Jack Rodwell.

 

[FantasyIreland]

If he can get the best out of Santa Cruz then surely he can help to make Edin something special.

Nothing to do with being injury free then?

RSC is/was a very good player,only his body prevented him being great,unfortunately we signed him when he went through one of his worst patches.
I believe in an attempt to prove himself,he tried to play through his injuries,only to make things worse,and obviously we witnessed the outcome.......

A fit RSC would have been an excellent acquisition and would have saved us a fortune in transfers/wages.

He was unlucky not untalented.

 

[Ducado]

I do think (for the sake of the fans if nothing else) the club should get this sorted this week or come out with a statement

 

[richards30]

just to clarify i do not work at the hospital, and i don t know anyone who does

Random in here Paul?? Lol do u know of any medical last night mate?

 

[Eccles Blue]

If he can get the best out of Santa Cruz then surely he can help to make Edin something special.

Nothing to do with being injury free then?

RSC is/was a very good player,only his body prevented him being great,unfortunately we signed him when he went through one of his worst patches.
I believe in an attempt to prove himself,he tried to play through his injuries,only to make things worse,and obviously we witnessed the outcome.......

A fit RSC would have been an excellent acquisition and would have saved us a fortune in transfers/wages.

He was unlucky not untalented.

At last someone who has written some common sense about RSC, the lad didn't ask for injuries, he had the talent and we saw that when he did play and, like you Fantasy Ireland, I feel he tried to play through the injuries because he is a professional. RSC was let down by that Welshman IMHO.

I like RSC and he can play football. Just a shame about his injuries and the vitriol ranged down on him by some on here.<br /><br />-- Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:02 pm --<br /><br />

just to clarify i do not work at the hospital, and i don t know anyone who does

I heard you don't do any work at all salfordpaul!! ;-)






just kidding I know how hard you work.

 

[squirtyflower]

England football team harmed by Premier League - Graham Taylor


Former England manager Graham Taylor says the success of the Premier League is hindering England's national team.
The England Under-21s exited the European Championship at the group stage on Saturday.
Research has shown that the playing time of English players under the age of 21 in the Premier League has fallen to its lowest-ever level.
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If Manuel Pellegrini comes in, I'll be amazed if he signs an English player
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Taylor said: "Commercially the Premier League has been a major success but at the expense of English players."
According to new research by the CIES Football Observatory, only 35 England-qualified players younger than 21 made appearances in the Premier League last season, the lowest figure since 2005.
The England senior side has not gone beyond the quarter-finals of a major tournament since 1996 and still face a challenge to qualify for next year's World Cup.
Taylor told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek: "I think we have all seen this coming. We have got this tremendous amount of money that has now come into football.
"It means the top four or five clubs are not looking for the best players in England, but the best players in the world because they can afford to buy them.
"At Manchester City, if Manuel Pellegrini comes in, I'll be amazed if he signs an English player."
The outgoing Football Association chairman David Bernstein said last week he believes there is a "desperate need" to increase the number of English Premier League players.
He said only 30% of players in the top flight were eligible for England, compared to more than 50% in Germany.
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David Pleat
Under-21 Premier League technical match observer
"Some of the financial prizes for rising one place in the Premier League are so high now that clubs will jeopardise their youth in order to get those financial rewards."

Norwich fielded 14 English players out of the 27 they used last season, the joint highest percentage in the Premier League, and they also won this year's FA Youth Cup.
Norwich manager Chris Hughton says it is important "to have a core of English players".
He added: "We have a philosophy of trying to bring through the best young players."
But Hughton, whose side finished 11th in the Premier League last season, explains that it is not easy for every manager to prioritise selecting English players.
"It becomes more difficult because the top clubs have wonderful squads to choose from and international players on the bench," he said.
"If you're a club in that bottom eight of the division, it's about making sure that you can go into every game competitively and trying to win games
"There is so much pressure on the managers and their remit is to do the best job they can in the shortest period of time."
Hughton does believe that the Premier League is trying to improve the number of quality English players coming through.
He said: "The Premier League and the academies are working very hard and there are more people trying to get the coaching badges required. We are making great strides that way."
and he's to blame for the under21s failing as well

perhaps they should look at the teams that haven't developed the under21s to an acceptable level

 

[oakiecokie]

just to clarify i do not work at the hospital, and i don t know anyone who does

Fuck off I`ve seen you meself in a nurses outfit with suzzies and stockings !! ;)