Wilfried Bony

[SPIDERBOY]

Unless shiekh mansour made an underground passageaway practising hs2 underneath allowing players to get to manchester quickly ;)

On the worlds fastest train ... in 45 minutes. ;) Seriuosly I would be surprised if he came back to Manchester for his medical and would think we have someone out there who would be available to carry out the full medical.

You would think so, does anyone know if players can have their medicals another part of the world? Or do they have to travel to the country they play? Not being harsh but medicals in the middle east sound dodgy ;)

This says he's due to fly out to the Middle East on Wednesday.

Manchester City are in talks with Swansea City over a £30m move for striker Wilfried Bony, according to Sky sources.


A deal for the Ivory Coast striker is yet to be agreed but reports suggest the two sides are not far apart on their valuation of the 26-year-old.

Bony is due to travel to the Middle East on Wednesday for a training camp with his country ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.

He was linked with a summer move to Liverpool and Tottenham, among other sides, but stayed at the Liberty Stadium and has scored nine Premier League goals to add to the 16 he managed last season.

Bony signed a new contract in November, which removed the £19m release clause in his initial deal, and City and Chelsea both had him watched in Swansea's recent clash with Liverpool.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini recently played down his interest in Bony because of the club's transfer restrictions under UEFA's financial fair play protocols and the limit on non home-grown players.

 

[Hungarian blue]

Thing is, he wouldn't be eligible to play in Europe this season, due to our squad size limitations, will he?

 

[Ray78]

Will struggle in our team just like dzeko we dont play with pacy wingers

Still has a great touch and watch his second goal against us in the new year's day fixture from last season and his overall performances in general.

 

[raymondkl92]

Surely Edin or Stevan will have to be dropped from the CL squad for this lad better yet,drop Kolarov and have all four strikers in the CL squad

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Thing is, he wouldn't be eligible to play in Europe this season, due to our squad size limitations, will he?

Depends. We could replace him with lets say Dzeko in the CL squad, but then Dzeko can't play in CL,

 

[LoveCity]

Thing is, he wouldn't be eligible to play in Europe this season, due to our squad size limitations, will he?

He is if we drop someone, because you resubmit the squad for the second stage. So we'd have to drop Jovetic or maybe Caballero if they want to tempt fate with Richard Wright as backup.

 

[littlemarkyc]

looking like this is a deal that is close....i think hes a good buy, not quite sure how he'd play with aguero in the same team, but im sure Pellers iwll work it out - he could score a bundle for us. Shame hes at ACON for some big games.

 

[oakiecokie]

Will struggle in our team just like dzeko we dont play with pacy wingers

Have you not seen Navas,Zabs and now Clichy getting forward.Having said that look at Bonys clips on where he scores goals from.Its when he`s being fed through the centre and not from the wings that most of his goals come from.Difference is that Dzeko has no pace to move quickly into the penalty area,but Wilf has some great pace in getting forward.
Look at it positively and not negatively.

 

[Ray78]

Thing is, he wouldn't be eligible to play in Europe this season, due to our squad size limitations, will he?

Still can take the pressure off Kun in the premier league games and if we are still in the FA cup.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This is a third title in four seasons right here ladies and gentleman.

What a player this guy is and what an impact he can have on both our team and rivals.

Wanted this guy for 12 months, ever since he bullied Komps at their place last season.

Seriously, a bit like the clowns who never considered Lampard world class, until they saw him at close quarters, this fella will be a real eye-opener.

Which player drops out of the premier league squad tolmie? Thought we are only allowed 17 foriegn players?

Willy
sagna
demi
mangala
zaba
kolarov
vinny
Fernando
fernandinho
yaya
navas
silva
Nasri
jovetic
sergio

have we got room for 1 or is clichy not classed as home grown?
dzeko

Look at it this way, you don't enter advanced talks unless those issues are no longer issues.

A bit like FFP, the people in charge know the true landscape.