Richards Arrested!
February 5, 2009
Manchester City star Micah Richards has been arrested and released on bail after a man was assaulted in Hale. The incident occurred outside a nightclub on Christmas Eve.
Richards has been questioned by Greater Manchester Police and was later bailed.
City Manager Mark Hughes is said to be aware of the situation and has given Richards his full support. Questions surrounding whether or not the defender will be in the squad for the home game with Middlesborough seem to have been answered by Hughes who has stated that Richards is “in the right frame of mind” for the game.
The news has not come at the best of times for City after an event packed couple of weeks which saw them miss out on the signing of Brazilian playmaker Kaka, followed by the disappearance of Robinho and subsequent allegations which have been made against him. It certainly is not a good time to be at the City of Manchester Stadium and if I played for them I would just try to get my head down and concentrate on my game.
The next few months will be a chance for the current City team to try and prove themselves as in the summer there will be an immense amount of transfer activity – you can be assured of that!
City to wait in unleashing the cash?
January 31, 2009
The transfer window closes at 5pm on Monday afternoon and for many teams this cannot come quick enough. Managers and fans around the country will be hoping that they can keep hold of their prized assets for just a couple more hours and secure their services for the rest of the season at least.
Top of the wanted list at the moment is Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given who is thought to be poised for a move to the City of Manchester stadium. The Irishman handed in a transfer request earlier in the week and Mark Hughes has already stated that he would love to bring the player to the club.
City also have not given up hope on Santa Cruz from Blackburn and you can expect the blue side of Manchester to be a hive of excitement right up until the final moments of the transfer window.
To be fair I dont think that the window will see all the movements which the City fans are expecting and the amount of money which they will spend will be a diluted version of what is to come in the summer. With City not enjoying the best of form at the moment, I think that the club would be better saving their cash now and launcing a real spending spree in the summer.
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City fans told to be patient
January 19, 2009
Manchester City Manager Mark Hughes has stated that the club are still “a million miles away” from concluding a world record deal to bring Kaka to the club.
After a week of speculation, the Welshman went on record as saying that he is very optimistic that the deal will be done, but he urged all City fans to be patient while the actual negotiations were taking place.
City are thought to have offered a staggering £100m for the Brazilian superstar and an unbelievable half a million pound per week salary.
Sources close to the Brazilian believe that a deal is imminent and some commentators even are suggesting AC Milan have agreed a price for the player.
The chances of the deal actually been concluded before the end of the transfer window do look very high however and will represent the largest transfer in football history. Yet, is the player really worth £100m and half a million pounds a week?
To be honest it is hard to justify the transfer fee, especially in the current economic climate, but if Manchester City want to pay the money and Milan want to accept it then is there really anything which anyone can do to stop this?
Is Bellamy on his way?
January 18, 2009
Controversial Welsh striker Craig Bellamy is at the height of speculation this afternoon after he was left out of the West Ham team which beat Fulham.
The Hammers saw off their London neighbours by three goals to one at Upton Park, yet many of their loyal fans will be returning home wondering what is going on with their star striker rather than celebrating the result.
Bellamy has become the target of transfer speculation in the lat week with Manchester City and Spurs said to be interested. The most serious connection has seemingly come fro White Hart Lane and it is here where the Welshman is expected to go.
Speaking to the West Ham official website, manager Gianfranco Zola stated that Bellamy had been omitted from the team due to the fact that he did not train on Saturday. This does seem a rather fragile excuse of course and will do nothing to dilute the fears of the Hammers fans that Bellamy is on his way out of Upton Park.
Harry Redknapp has kept understandably quite about the episode which increases speculation further and it is suspected that the move will be complete within the next week.
Pressure on City boss Hughes
January 5, 2009
One manager who is sure to be active in the transfer marker this January is Manchester City’s Mark Hughes. With a failing team in the league, things got even worse for Sparky over the weekend when Nottingham Forest wiped the floor with his team in the FA Cup.
The first arrival is set to be Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge who must have wondered what he had walked in to after watching the horror show last Saturday. City have also been linked with Stewart Downing who is expected to hand in a written transfer request to Middlesbrough today.
Other names who have been linked with a move to Eastlands are Roque Santa Cruz and former Brazilian hot shot Ronaldo.
It has not come as a surprise that City are about to splash the cash on essentially a new team, but is this a reason for their current league position? If you knew that you were going to be replaced at any moment would you give 100%?
The pressure is now on Hughes to produces results quickly – my guess is that he will not be able to do this and will be shown the door in the summer.
Do you agree with me?
Manchester City win in Germany
November 27, 2008
Despite the impending Manchester derby this coming weekend against city rivals United, Manchester City put those thoughts behind them to put on an impressive display and win 2-0 in Germany against Shalke to practically book their place in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.
City had much the better of the chances and the play in the first half before former Portsmouth striker Benjani (who’s old team are also playing tonight against AC Milan) put his side in front from close range.
City could have doubled their lead shortly after but Stephen Ireland’s effort was ruled offside, when in truth he need not have touched it as it appeared to be going in anyway. He made up for it in the second half though when he did score City’s second and gave his side a much deserved 2-0 win.
City are now on six points from two games, needing just one point from their final two matches to be sure of going through.
Man City, having left star striker Robinho behind in Manchester, can now turn their attention to their bitter rivals United on Sunday, a game that they won last season when they completed the double over Manchester United.
City eye Tevez
September 23, 2008
Moneybags Manchester City are now looking across Manchester for their latest target, but it’s not Ronaldo. This time City are eying up Manchester United’s Argentinean striker Carlos Tevez. The decision might not be United’s to make either, as Tevez isn’t actually a United player, he’s still on loan at the club from West Ham, though the real ownership of the player is in much doubt after his agent seemed to own him, and of course Sheffield United famously complained that he shouldn’t have been allowed to play for the Hammers when they stayed up through Tevez, and Sheffield United were relegated.
Now the future of Tevez looks even more clouded as City, fresh from their 6-0 mauling of Pompey at the weekend, are setting their sights on the best players in the world, of which Tevez is certainly one.
Tevez agent (and possibly his owner, we’re not really sure) Joorabchian, the man who also brought Tevez to England, says that Tevez is staying at United:
Carlos is not joining Manchester City.
All this talk linking him with them is a complete load of nonsense.
He is a Manchester United player through and through and is looking forward to signing a long-term contract with them in the near future.
Though Joorabchian is a man of money, which is something that Manchester City have in abundance. They wouldn’t even need to take out any secured loans. Money, as everyone knows, has a habit of talking.
City hit Pompey for Six
September 21, 2008
It’s a good time to be a Manchester City fan it would seem, as City have just been taken over by a billionaire, they’ve got more money than they now what to do with, they’ve signed a brilliant Brazilian in the shape of Robinho and now they’ve thumped Portsmouth 6-0.
Pompey were no match for rampant City, who are the top goal scorers this season, and today they showed exactly why. With the samba frontline of Robinho, Elano and Jo, City tore Pompey to pieces in an emphatic win.
City led 2-0 at the break with goals from Jo and Dunne, before taking a ragged Portsmouth apart in the second half. Robinho, who scored on his debut last week against Chelsea, grabbed his second for the club, and new re-signing Shaun Wright-Phillips nabbed his third since returning to Eastlands.
Ched Evans and Gelson Fernandes finished the scoring for City, who proved far to hot for Pompey to handle.
It was a double celebration for City, because in addition to thrashing Portsmouth, the official takeover of the club by Abu Dhabi United Group was announced for 23rd September, with the new City chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, appearing to the fans before the game.
It looks like he’s got his money’s worth today.
City deny signing Fat Ronaldo
September 16, 2008
There were reports flying around today that Manchester City were on the verge of signing Ronaldo for £150,000 per week. No, not that Ronaldo, Fat Ronaldo. The one who walked out of Real Madrid to warm the bench at AC Milan, before injuring himself and spending the last few months on the beach in Rio.
Yes, Ronaldo was once a great player, the best in the world at one stage (in fact, three times as he was voted world player of the year on three separate occasions) but he is now well past his best.
Plus, most of the claims about the deal were coming from him. He’s optimistic if nothing else. As he’s recovering from a knee injury right now, Ronny would have to pass a fatness test first before signing anyway.
Yet City say they’re not about to sign the big Brazilian.
We had shown a past interest in bringing the player to the football club in the right circumstances and spoke to him and his representatives.
However, we have chosen not to pursue the matter.
Ronaldo however seems to think the deal is done and he’ll be a City player, and scoring goals in the Premiership very soon. He claims that by joining City, he’ll make the club one of the greatest clubs in the world, and believes by teaming up with Robinho he’ll forge a 50 goal per season partnership:
I like the project that City presented me.
It’s the best offer I’ve received and it will be interesting to play with Robinho.
Whether City offer Ronaldo more money than he’s clearly worth remains to be seen, but whether Mark Hughes wants a fat, slow, injured Brazilian in his team is another matter.
Robinho scores on debut against Chelsea
September 14, 2008
He signed for £32.5m on transfer deadline day, snubbing Chelsea because Man City offered him more money. He was accused of being a football mercenary and the Real Madrid chairman said that by joining Man City it proved he didn’t leave Spain for footballing reasons.
Yet, the Brazilian striker Robinho put all of those comments behind him and showed just why City paid £32.5 million for him, by scoring on his debut with a typically Brazilian free kick.
Sadly his day was spoiled by Chelsea, who came from behind to power home 3-1 winners, and remain on top of the Premier League, just ahead of Liverpool.
Robinho scored his debut goal on 13 minutes, when he converted a 20 yard free kick to give City the lead. The excitement was short lived however, as Chelsea levelled just three minutes later through Carvalho, showing that the City optimism was short lived.
Lampard, then Anelka won the game for Chelsea in impressive style.
The only drawback for Chelsea was that John Terry was sent off for a foul on Jo, and will miss the game next week against champions Manchester United.
