It was. Or exactly 1 Di Maria.acquiesce said:SWP's back said:1bn dollars to buy the franchise?BluessinceHydeRoad said:This is excellent news for Manchester City, and all the manic bleating from other fans about irrelevant matters such as FFP shows just what an impact Lamps has had so far this season. I am concerned at the possible consequences this might have on the other clubs in the group, most obviously New York. The Sheikh invested $1 billion to buy the franchise and then brought two wonderful players for the new club. We can all understand the frustration of fans in New York now that they may not see one of the players who was most persuasive in selling season tickets. I think we have to realise that Manchester might be the centre of the City group, because of the greater experience of top level football/soccer and the new facilities the Sheikh has had built, but no single club must be allowed to dominate the others. I am supremely confident that the Sheikh is of this opinion, and I'm sure that we'll see deals before the start of the MLS season, probably/possibly including loan deals taking some of our promising young players to New York for a spell.
New York is a City which offers unrivalled opportunities for the City group, and the returns could well be astronomic so we don't want to alienate people there for any half-season gain. Let's be thankful then that it's the Sheikh, Khaldoon etc who have the final say in the decisions.
Eh
Yeah, think it was $100million . . . .
S04 said:The Sports Media in USA are sharpening the knives already.. No surprise really I guess
With Lampard extension, Man City shows lack of regard for NYC fans
By Sports Illustrated @SInow
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, especially in New York City, which doesn’t play second fiddle to anybody. Which is why the decision by Manchester City owners on Wednesday to... etc etc
I like you.Paul Lake's Left Knee said:The more they hurt the better it is, well done all concerned at the club for wrapping this up, Wenger, Maureen (and his attack dog Barclay) and the other assorted cunts who cant go more than 2 sentences without mentioning money (Colin, Arry, Fat Sam et al) hopefully will go into full on whine and whinge, fuck them, fuck them all. Happy New Year you bunch of cunts, stick it in your pipe and smoke it.
Their salty tears are making my hangover all the better.
You'd think so but Ealing et al still don't get it.blueinsa said:Finally puts to bed any doubts as to who is in charge when it comes to the CFG.
Frank wants to play football, not fucking soccer!
BluessinceHydeRoad said:This is excellent news for Manchester City, and all the manic bleating from other fans about irrelevant matters such as FFP shows just what an impact Lamps has had so far this season. I am concerned at the possible consequences this might have on the other clubs in the group, most obviously New York. The Sheikh invested $1 billion to buy the franchise and then brought two wonderful players for the new club. We can all understand the frustration of fans in New York now that they may not see one of the players who was most persuasive in selling season tickets. I think we have to realise that Manchester might be the centre of the City group, because of the greater experience of top level football/soccer and the new facilities the Sheikh has had built, but no single club must be allowed to dominate the others. I am supremely confident that the Sheikh is of this opinion, and I'm sure that we'll see deals before the start of the MLS season, probably/possibly including loan deals taking some of our promising young players to New York for a spell.
New York is a City which offers unrivalled opportunities for the City group, and the returns could well be astronomic so we don't want to alienate people there for any half-season gain. Let's be thankful then that it's the Sheikh, Khaldoon etc who have the final say in the decisions.
gordondaviesmoustache said:I like you.Paul Lake's Left Knee said:The more they hurt the better it is, well done all concerned at the club for wrapping this up, Wenger, Maureen (and his attack dog Barclay) and the other assorted cunts who cant go more than 2 sentences without mentioning money (Colin, Arry, Fat Sam et al) hopefully will go into full on whine and whinge, fuck them, fuck them all. Happy New Year you bunch of cunts, stick it in your pipe and smoke it.
Their salty tears are making my hangover all the better.
SWP's back said:Incorrect. So incorrect. So very very incorrect.EalingBlue2 said:tonea2003 said:think a lot have lost sight of this fact
But it is one of the most incorrect statements read in this site. city football group is for the benefit of Abu dhabi everything about the project is for the interests of Abu dhabi. The second it benefits AD more to help NY or Shanghai or wherever over Manchester then they will.
City are the group. The group was set up to benefit City.
If you can't see that, well, I'm not really surprised. You got the this call on Lampard and what Soriano would do wrong as well, you even stated that Pellegrini's view would be "irrelevant". Pmsl.