Razak Going To Brighton

[The Fat el Hombre]

When yaya is back. Good luck to the lad:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11741/7498817/Seagulls-to-bag-Razak

Sky Sports understands that Brighton & Hove Albion are set to win the battle to land Manchester City starlet Abdul Razak on loan.

The 19-year-old midfielder is set for a second spell away from the Etihad Stadium after already spending time with Portsmouth this term.

Razak joined Pompey in October but after three appearances headed back to City and was soon involved in the first-team.

Razak came on as a late substitute in their Carling Cup win over Arsenal in November and has also featured on the bench a number of times.

But City boss Roberto Mancini is now set to sanction another loan move, but only once Yaya Toure has returned from Africa Cup of Nations duty later this month.

It is expected that Razak will be allowed to leave in just under two weeks, but his destination already looks decided with Brighton fending off a host of Championship rivals to land him.

 

[Ric]

According to Doug, he picked up an injury in training yesterday that looked like it might be a bad one. If so I imagine that would scupper any move:

Unfortunately there was an injury which didnt look good as he was piggy backed off and then whisked away on a buggy. An ankle injury to Razak.Not sure how it happened but I just hope its a knock rather than ligament trouble.

 

[ell]

Shame he wont play in the euoropa league but this will be better in the long term Brighton play some nice football too

 

[ForzaMancini]

Shame he wont play in the euoropa league but this will be better in the long term Brighton play some nice football too

He wasn't in the squad for Europa so couldn't have played anyway.

 

[ell]

Shame he wont play in the euoropa league but this will be better in the long term Brighton play some nice football too

He wasn't in the squad for Europa so couldn't have played anyway.

Hes 19?

 

[IrishFrank]

We wish him well

 

[SilvaLining]

Wish him well at Brighton

On a side note, this is from The Sun

Midfielder Razak, 19, has made two appearances for City and has yet to score a goal.

Whilst I don't subscribe fully to the media 'agenda' argument, that phrasing of 'yet to score a goal' after making just 2 appearances strikes me as very unnecessarily negative

 

[TCIB]

Wish him well at Brighton

On a side note, this is from The Sun

Midfielder Razak, 19, has made two appearances for City and has yet to score a goal.

Whilst I don't subscribe fully to the media 'agenda' argument, that phrasing of 'yet to score a goal' after making just 2 appearances strikes me as very unnecessarily negative

That paper is worse than izal (don't ask). The journalism is lazy beyone belief and panders to the dwindling numbers of readers it has.

You can quote me on this, of that paper gets shut down i will hire a bar for the night for bluemooners.

I accept other (mainly red tops) are poor for proper reporting of news but this paper is the worst of the worst.
People like Steven Howard aka chicken skin neck are dinosaurs who simply have no place in modern media.

They give no reasoned and/or balanced arguements, only their own thinly veiled opinion. This is due to the internet and i love it that they have got so desperate tbh as their days are numbered and they know it well; hence the inflamatory rubbish they spew (see; talksport).

They fail to see that we now have these things called blogs for opinion and we look to good media outlets for the news aka Reuters (Thompson corp) etc.

 

[lancs blue]

Shame he wont play in the euoropa league but this will be better in the long term Brighton play some nice football too

He wasn't in the squad for Europa so couldn't have played anyway.

Hes 19?

His age doesn't matter as he hasn't been with us long enough to be counted as a home grown B-list player, so he could only be included as an overseas A-list player and there were no spare slots, the same goes for young Suarez and Rekik.

 

[ell]

He wasn't in the squad for Europa so couldn't have played anyway.

Hes 19?

His age doesn't matter as he hasn't been with us long enough to be counted as a home grown B-list player, so he could only be included as an overseas A-list player and there were no spare slots, the same goes for young Suarez and Rekik.

I see, I thought all under 21's were allowed like the PL but cheers for clearing up!

 

[scenecreamer]

Wish him well at Brighton

On a side note, this is from The Sun

Midfielder Razak, 19, has made two appearances for City and has yet to score a goal.

Whilst I don't subscribe fully to the media 'agenda' argument, that phrasing of 'yet to score a goal' after making just 2 appearances strikes me as very unnecessarily negative

Yes, as he plays a holding midfielder role.

 

[california blue]

Gai Assulin has gone with him

 

[Tevez City]

Gai Assulin has gone with him

For a month or for the rest of the season ?

 

[LoveCity]

Razak - 3 months
Assulin - 1 month with the option of extending, obviously worried about his fitness

 

[FantasyIreland]

Brighton's new loan signing Abdul Razak has revealed it was their style of play that convinced him to join until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old has made five appearances for Manchester City and had a host of teams vying for his signature when he was told he could go out on loan.

However, upon hearing of the interest of Gus Poyet's side, the young Ivorian opted to continue his education with the Championship outfit.

Options

"I like to pass the ball and that's why I decided to come to Brighton," he told the club's official website.

"I had a few options but I chose Brighton because I like the way that they play football.

"I have seen some of the games and the way Brighton play is different, so I have got to adapt to that. I have spoken to the manager and he is going to give me plenty of information and we will take it from there."

The young creative midfielder hopes to gain confidence from his loan spell so that he can return to the Etihad Stadium as a more complete player.

He added: "I'm very happy. I want to come and show what I can do on the pitch. I have spoken to the manager and it was all good so I decided to come.

"The manager gave me a lot of confidence so I am very happy to come and play for Brighton. I want to contribute to this team."