Bellamy: Carlos, can I have your autograph?

• limpper

  22 Jul 09, 15:10

  Bellamy slams Man City snipers

  Craig Bellamy has slammed the snipers attacking Manchester City.

  The Welsh striker said: "Don't forget, the Uniteds and Chelseas have been spending £20, £30m on players for a long time.

  "Now we're doing it, that makes us the bad guys? No, far from it.

  "People are grumbling about us spending all this money but the top four have been doing it for years - paying big fees and top wages.

  "People are saying what City are doing isn't good for football. So, what, we just let the top four get on with it?

  "This is the best thing that's happened to football, a chance for another club to break into that elite.

  "We're gearing ourselves up to become one of the big clubs of Europe.

  "It's going to take a while because the major clubs have been in that position for a long time.

  "That's why we are spending a lot of money quickly - to try to close that gap as quickly as possible."

• marcteng

  22 Jul 09, 15:11

  how much is he paid a week? 80k a week?

• charlize

  22 Jul 09, 15:17

  As with everything, take as much money as you can before the whole system collapses.

• s0nic

  22 Jul 09, 15:22

  is he saying all this to get into the boss's good shoes? so he wont be sold? lol

• limpper

  22 Jul 09, 15:25

  Originally posted by marcteng:

  how much is he paid a week? 80k a week?

  £90,000

• marcteng

  22 Jul 09, 15:26

  Originally posted by limpper:

  £90,000

  Wow,90k a week for sitting in the bench, its good money. can sit there until his contract finishes.

• limpper

  22 Jul 09, 15:29

  that's provided if mark doesnt leave the club earlier than bellamy, lol

• sg_forum

  22 Jul 09, 15:41

  Don't mess with him...he will whack you with his golf stick later...

• citymax

  22 Jul 09, 17:00

  in some sense,its truth..What Man City tryig to do is to get to a higher level next season with all these big signing,however having 10 quality strikers in a club isnt a clever move by MH....

• fudgester

  22 Jul 09, 17:09

  Originally posted by citymax:

  in some sense,its truth..What Man City tryig to do is to get to a higher level next season with all these big signing,however having 10 quality strikers in a club isnt a clever move by MH....

  Other teams play 4-4-2.

  They play 0-0-10.

• limpper

  22 Jul 09, 18:01

  Man City's Bellamy: Carlos, can I have your autograph?

  Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy has revealed he's been following new teammate Carlos Tevez since he burst onto the scene with Boca Juniors.

  He was so impressed he asked his old Newcastle team-mate Nobby Solano to get him an Argentine shirt with "11 Tevez" on it during a visit to South America.

  The shirt is on Bellamy's wall at home - but he now wants the City one off Tevez's back.

  Bellamy said: "I watched Carlos when he was at Boca Juniors as a kid. When he was about 20, Nobby got me his shirt. I also watched him when he was at Corinthians and for an Argentinian to win the Brazilian Player of the Year award tells you everything.

  "With a guy like him in your team you've got 12 men. He's exceptional and just the sort of signing we need. He knows all about the shirt at home. I'm not really into getting him to sign it. Maybe I'll get my little boy to ask him to do it for me!

  "I know I'm always going to be the first name who is going to be shown the door every time we sign someone - but that ain't going to happen. I'm 30 now and this is my last opportunity to be part of a special club.

  "I'm concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I'm not fit, I can't. I've won the odd Scottish Cup with Celtic but this is my big chance to do something special.

  "I want to make sure that if I step off the bench I can make a contribution."

• Melayusentiasa

  22 Jul 09, 19:45

  Paedo