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

[Rammyblues]

Tony Pullis would be upset if he didn't get a mention before Kean. And anyway I would want "arry" the great motivator we could go and get Bale then.

 

[bumbleblue]

Tony Pullis would be upset if he didn't get a mention before Kean. And anyway I would want "arry" the great motivator we could go and get Bale then.

Tony Pullis would have a fucking coronary at the size and quality of our shop and merchandising. ..how the fuck could we expect him to wear all that...

 

[Rammyblues]

Have you never seen those hat sellers with 15 baseball caps on their heads all stacked up :-)

 

[bumbleblue]

Have you never seen those hat sellers with 15 baseball caps on their heads all stacked up :-)

The mental pic that created will scar me!!

 

[chesterbells]

For what I read and what I saw in Pellegrini teams , I think this one is more possible (the good point is that he don´t use just one system, but this one is his favourite)

----------Hart----------
Zaba---Kompany---nasty---clichy
------Toure---Fernandinho----------
------Isco---------Silva-------
------Navas------Aguero-----

switching places all the time between them. I read about the quality of Fernandinho, however I didn´t see him play much, but Pellegrini always has a player to do the trash work into the midfield, so I don´t think that you could discard Barry so easily

You don't see Fernandinho play much? Seriously? He will be the one who does the "trash work" you said. With Barry being slow and with his age...Fernandinho will surely replace him. Although if Cavani comes...i think he might take Navas place with a lot of rotation with the main attackers.

This. Barry must go. (from the first XI)

Yeah, why not.
After all, Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 4.
FFS.

 

[Helmet Cole]

Tony Pullis would be upset if he didn't get a mention before Kean. And anyway I would want "arry" the great motivator we could go and get Bale then.

PMSL - next you'll be saying Pellegrini is just a smoke screen and we are getting Laudrup.

 

[BlueDejong]

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/13/manchester-city-manuel-pellegrini" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013 ... pellegrini</a>

Manchester City not concerned by delay in appointing Manuel Pellegrini
• Former Málaga manager's arrival not in question, say City
• Carlos Tevez moves closer to possible transfer to Italy

Manchester City are unconcerned at the delay in appointing Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager and maintain that the arrival of the 59-year-old remains a formality.

Pellegrini held talks in Spain last week with City's sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, the chief executive, Ferran Soriano, and the academy head, Brian Marwood, but, while personal terms have been agreed and transfer targets discussed, his appointment has yet to be confirmed.

City have refused to comment on whether contractual issues between Pellegrini and his former club Málaga are responsible for the hold-up but are adamant the deal to replace Roberto Mancini with the former Villarreal and Real Madrid coach is not under threat and will be announced shortly.

The Premier League runners-up have signed Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk for £30m and the Spain international Jesús Navas for an initial £14.9m from Sevilla since opening talks with Pellegrini, while Carlos Tevez's agent, Kia Joorabchian, is reported to be in Italy to discuss the striker's future with Milan and Juventus.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

I'm sure there are reasons but this managerial appointment has been taking what seems like an age. I understood the need to wait until after the Spanish season had finished so Pellegrini could see out the campaign with Malaga and then move on, but you'd have thought we'd have been pretty close in the negotiations with his "people" by that point so as to make the appointment not too longer after. It's nearly a fortnight later and still no announcement. It doesn't seem to be hindering us as we've still managed to bring in Fernandinho and Navas, but it would be nice to get this whole thing sorted now and allow the behind the scenes preparations to really kick on.

in other words

"panic"

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Surely if this guy was actually keen to manage city HE would be pushing for this to be sorted out.

I can't help feeling he is not too fussed. Maybe he's waiting for something better to turn up?

I'm not sure I want a manager that isn't itching for the job. Mancini was appointed in hours and hit the ground running like a train.

Even if he does come now for me at least there's a sour taste.

 

[salfordpaul]

i'm hearing again there are difficulties with the contract again. hope not, just passing on what i hear