Nasri on his way to City

[Hibs Class]

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What does "sold its soul" mean? Also what is indefensible about what Man City are doing? They have been bought by wealthy owners who are financing the purchase of many world class players, hardly the crime of the century.

The main difference between Utd & City seems to be that one has an owner who funds the club through his pockey money whilst the other funds the club through landing it with debt. Hard to say which is more precarious.

[steviecarnie]

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Is it not just a 25 man squad, or have they changed it for this season?

If they sign Nasri, I can see their squad being;

1-Micah Richards HG
2-Vincent Kompany
3-Pablo Zabaleta
4-Joleon Lescott HG
5-James Milner HG
6-Edin Dzeko
7-Adam Johnson HG
8-Aleksandar Kolarov
9-Sergio Aguero
10-Gareth Barry HG
11-David Silva
12-Carlos Tevez
13-Gael Clichy HG?? (signed by arsenal before his 18th birthday?)
14-Joe Hart HG
15-Kolo Toure
16-Nigel de Jong
17-Yaya Toure
18-Mario Balotelli
19-Samir Nasri
20-Stefan Savic
21-Costel Pantilimon
22-Stuart Taylor HG?
23-Dedryck Boyata
24-Shaun Wright-Phillips HG
25-Struggling to fill this space as you're now talking about players who aren't really in the picture such as Adebayor, Bridge, Bellamy, Santa Cruz and Onuoha.

That would mean 4 of the above players would miss out, along with Greg Cunningham, Gunnar Nielsen, Alex Nimely and Abdul Rasak.

It might actually be more difficult for Manchester Utd to name their 25 man squad;

1-David de Gea U21?
2-Anders Lindegaard
3-Rio Ferdinand HG
4-Nemanja Vidic
5-Patrice Evra
6-Phil Jones HG
7-Chris Smalling HG
8-Michael Carrick HG
9-Ji-Sung Park
10-Ryan Giggs HG
11-Nani
12-Anderson
13-Danny Welbeck HG
14-Tom Cleverley HG
15-Rafael da Silva HG
16-Fabio da Silva HG
17-Wayne Rooney HG
18-Ashley Young HG
19-Dimitar Berbatov
20-Javier Hernandez
21-Jonny Evans HG
22-Michael Owen HG
23-Darren Fletcher HG
24-Antonio Valencia
25-Tomasz Kuszczak

no need to worry for both teams. plenty players come under home grown rules, A home-grown player will be defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the Season during which he turns 21).‬‪

[jgl07]

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Mate I hate Arsenal and My english team is Liverpool.

That explains the bitterness.

[jacomo]

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What does "sold its soul" mean? Also what is indefensible about what Man City are doing? They have been bought by wealthy owners who are financing the purchase of many world class players, hardly the crime of the century.

It's not a crime, it's perfectly legal. But scooping finite fossil fuels out of the ground and splurging the money on... paying wages like £200k a week to Tevez is grotesque. City haven't merely joined the big spenders, they've raised wage inflation at the top of the game massively.

At a time when fans are being priced out of the game, through high ticket prices and expensive satellite TV, it would be nice if the top clubs showed a little restraint - especially when so many people are struggling to feed and house themselves, let alone watch a little football.

Instead, they are not merely spending like there's no recession, they're actually spending more.

Frankly, the Man City management disgust me.

[flood]

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It's not a crime, it's perfectly legal. But scooping finite fossil fuels out of the ground and splurging the money on... paying wages like £200k a week to Tevez is grotesque. City haven't merely joined the big spenders, they've raised wage inflation at the top of the game massively.

The thing is that no-one in the Middle East actually pays any interest to Man City. I live in Abu Dhabi and they get no great coverage in the sports papers, no great interest on the AD sports channels.

Go to the malls and it is all Man Utd, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid strips for sale. No Man city strips can be seen in them.

The owners will get bored in a year or two and move on.

[Love the Green]

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It's not a crime, it's perfectly legal. But scooping finite fossil fuels out of the ground and splurging the money on... paying wages like £200k a week to Tevez is grotesque. City haven't merely joined the big spenders, they've raised wage inflation at the top of the game massively.

At a time when fans are being priced out of the game, through high ticket prices and expensive satellite TV, it would be nice if the top clubs showed a little restraint - especially when so many people are struggling to feed and house themselves, let alone watch a little football.

Instead, they are not merely spending like there's no recession, they're actually spending more.

Frankly, the Man City management disgust me.

And teams like manure ,liverpool and chelsea haven't disgusted you over the last 20 years when they were buyinmg up all the top players, I assume these players moved for the minimum wages.
Is it ok for these teams to pay inflated wages and if so why?....it is good to see another team challenging the bullies and beating them at their own game.

"keep the faith
blue moon rising

[jacomo]

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And teams like manure ,liverpool and chelsea haven't disgusted you over the last 20 years when they were buyinmg up all the top players, I assume these players moved for the minimum wages.
Is it ok for these teams to pay inflated wages and if so why?....it is good to see another team challenging the bullies and beating them at their own game.

"keep the faith
blue moon rising

By being the biggest bully in the play ground? Does nothing for me.

The whole Premiership is grotesque, with clubs earning huge amounts of money yet still fleecing their fans for every penny in order to line the pockets of a few hundred players and agents.

But as I say, Man City weren't content to merely join this orgy of greed - they had to be the greediest.

[jgl07]

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It's not a crime, it's perfectly legal. But scooping finite fossil fuels out of the ground and splurging the money on... paying wages like £200k a week to Tevez is grotesque. City haven't merely joined the big spenders, they've raised wage inflation at the top of the game massively.

At a time when fans are being priced out of the game, through high ticket prices and expensive satellite TV, it would be nice if the top clubs showed a little restraint - especially when so many people are struggling to feed and house themselves, let alone watch a little football.

Instead, they are not merely spending like there's no recession, they're actually spending more.

Frankly, the Man City management disgust me.

The stench of hypocrisy fills that post. Well let's shut the whole of football down then.

There has been high spending for years in the EPL and other Leagues. Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, and the Dippers have enjoyed a monopoly of the Champions' League places for years. No one whined then. Once the cartel was busted the cries of 'foul' came loud and strong.

Sergio Aguero actually took a pay cut to move to Manchester City. Meanwhile Samuel Eto'o moves to Dagestan on a deal worth 10 million euros per year. Blame it all on Man City.

[PISTOL1875]

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The stench of hypocrisy fills that post. Well let's shut the whole of football down then.

There has been high spending for years in the EPL and other Leagues. Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, and the Dippers have enjoyed a monopoly of the Champions' League places for years. No one whined then. Once the cartel was busted the cries of 'foul' came loud and strong.

Sergio Aguero actually took a pay cut to move to Manchester City. Meanwhile Samuel Eto'o moves to Dagestan on a deal worth 10 million euros per year. Blame it all on Man City.

Don't let it get to you mate.. People are just jealous because City can blow anybody out of the water when it comes to players.. The Spanish waiter Rafa started it when he stalled on signing Gareth Barry and he went to City instead.. Wenger has a had a pop in the past but he should worry about his own house before commenting on others..

[jacomo]

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The stench of hypocrisy fills that post.

You're going to need to explain that comment to me. In what way am I hypocritical?

Your characterisation of Man City "busting the cartel" is a joke - it's Abu Dhabi who've bought their way into football, the fact that their chosen vehicle is sky blue is almost incidental.

[jacomo]

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Don't let it get to you mate.. People are just jealous because City can blow anybody out of the water when it comes to players..

Frankly, this the sort of comment Old Firm plastics and Yams come out with (back when they had money, anyhow).

[CFC]

jacomoseven, you are misappropriating your anger at the recession, footballers wage inflation and high ticket prices at Man City. Man City are not responsible for these problems. Better regulation in these areas from the govt/relevant FAs could solve these issues. Personally I love what City are doing, its great to see an underachieving team with a long suffering fanbase mixing it up with the heavyweights. Football gets boring seeing the AC Milans, Real Madrids and Yams dominate the Champions league year in year out, great to see a diddy team ruffle the feathers of the blue bloods.

[jacomo]

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jacomoseven, you are misappropriating your anger at the recession, footballers wage inflation and high ticket prices at Man City. Man City are not responsible for these problems. Better regulation in these areas from the govt/relevant FAs could solve these issues. Personally I love what City are doing, its great to see an underachieving team with a long suffering fanbase mixing it up with the heavyweights. Football gets boring seeing the AC Milans, Real Madrids and Yams dominate the Champions league year in year out, great to see a diddy team ruffle the feathers of the blue bloods.

Oh yes they are. Man City have pretty much doubled the top whack a footballer can earn in England, all by their own.

As I have said before, I am a neutral when it comes to the Premiership, but for me it was much more interesting to see Spurs get in amongst the top four, by trading carefully and building a team.

City just spend £100m in the transfer window - if the players don't work out, get rid and spend another £100m. Anyone can play that game if you've got deep enough pockets.