The "Great City Sale" ; Robinho, Santa Cruz, Given...
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CITY'S SALE OF CENTURY
WANTED ELSEWHERE: Craig Bellamy could be on the way out of Eastlands£130m in stars off-loaded to meet Prem's new rules
ROBERTO MANCINI needs a frantic five-week fire sale to offload up to £130million worth of stars and comply with Premier League rules.
The Manchester City manager has 37 first-team players but has just over a month to meet the new requirement for a maximum 25-man squad.
It means the likes of Craig Bellamy, who has been linked with Spurs, Nigel De Jong, bought for £16m, and the unsettled Stephen Ireland could all leave for knockdown prices before the squad list is submitted to the Premier League on September 1.
And with Mancini, who has assessed his playing staff during City's pre-season tour of the United States, set to conclude a deal for Aston Villa's James Milner, he is desperate to get the bulk of those players out of the door at Eastlands within 20 days.
He said: "I know that we must sell some players because in 20 days we must have a list with 25 players. I am disappointed because some players must change teams now. It is difficult for them to play for us.
"When you play in four competitions you must have a large squad because if not you have difficulties. For this it's important we have 25 players."
The new rule is that each club must register a squad of 25 players with the Premier League - eight of which must be 'home grown'.
To qualify as 'home grown', players must have played for at least three seasons before reaching 21 with a club affiliated to either the English or Welsh FA.
Once registered, only these 25 players can feature in Premier League games until the next transfer window, although players who are still under 21 do not have to be registered and can still play.
City have bought mainly experienced players as they attempt to gatecrash the Premier League elite. Now they have a list of around a dozen players for whom they would listen to offers.
UNSETTLED: Stephen IrelandBellamy, a £14m buy from West Ham, is rated at only £4m, while Ireland made it clear at the end of last season that he wanted out.
He is valued at between £12-15m and has attracted interest from Aston Villa as well as admiring glances from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
Wayne Bridge's position has also come under threat following this week's £17m signing of left-back Alexsander Kolarov from Lazio. The former Chelsea and England defender was signed for £10m in January 2009 but will not be happy at being second choice.
Brazilian superstar Robinho, bought from Real Madrid for a record £32.5m on the day of the Abu Dhabi Group's takeover in August 2008, is still out on loan at Santos and has no intention of rejoining City before finding a new club. City could be looking at taking a hit of up to £15m if, as expected, they sell him for less than £20m.
The squad is overstocked in the defensive midfield position, which has led to talk that Dutch World Cup hero De Jong may move on. The player was signed from Hamburg in January 2009 but must now compete with new signing Yaya Toure, England international Gareth Barry and even Patrick Vieira for a place in Mancini's starting side.
Pablo Zabaleta and Vincent Kompany were also bought as defensive midfielders when they arrived at Eastlands just weeks before the takeover.
England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, not a regular starter under Mancini, is another tipped for a possible departure after the breakdown of his contract talks. Wright-Phillips is two years through a four-year deal and has turned down an extension worth £70,000 a week after initially demanding £100,000 a week.
Academy graduate Nedum Onuoha and former England prodigy Micah Richards are also likely to leave before the season kicks off at Spurs on August 14.
Onuoha said at the end of last season that he doesn't think Mancini appreciates him, while Richards has not shown the form in the past two years that propelled him into Steve McClaren's England side at just 17.
Sunderland, Spurs, Everton and Aston Villa have shown interest in the pair and City would be happy to receive around £12m for both.
Not all the players on the list will leave and Mancini will try to trim his squad by sending young fringe players such as Vladimir Weiss, Kelvin Etuhu, Greg Cunningham and the talented Michael Johnson out on loan to gain first-team experience.
Brazilian striker Jo, a disastrous £18m signing in the weeks leading up to the Abu Dhabi buyout, is not wanted and City will be lucky to recoup a fraction of their outlay. Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo has also been told to find another club.
The expected losses, which could top £40m, emphasise the club's lack of awareness in the transfer market during the first 18 months of the takeover.
As well as Robinho, it is widely accepted they paid over the odds for Joleon Lescott, at £24m, Roque Santa Cruz, who cost £17.5m, and Kolo Toure, who did not impress in his first season after leaving Arsenal for £16m.
The jury is still out on Emmanuel Adebayor, who also arrived from the Emirates last summer - for £25m - after he scored just 14 goals last term.
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Sell Toure and Adebayor la...
Let them know that leaving arsenal is never a good thing afterall, and this should send some chills down that fucking Fabregas's spine...
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SWP wants 100k?
city should get rid of barry. why did they sign vieira in the first place?
a club with their kind of financial backing has no need for an old player like vieira.
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SWP is only worth 40,000 pounds a week. The cheek of him to demand a 100.
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Of the lot, I think Micah Richards and Stephen Ireland could actually be good buys... SWP, is a no go... too ex plus whoever gets him will also get his father barking to the press if he doesn't gets to play... lol.
You are actually getting 2 Wrights for the price of one... lol.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
SWP is only worth 40,000 pounds a week. The cheek of him to demand a 100.
He is Joe Cole V2... The City version of Joe Cole... lol -
at least joe cole got skill heh heh. this SWP is a monkey dumbass!!
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liverpool should buy barry
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liverppol shld buy a few of them.
quite a bargain liaos
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Originally posted by theyj:
liverpool should buy barry
Yeah quite true, to replace that want away Mascherano and also to pop up their 8 players quota... -
Manchester City to show English trio the door as Roberto Mancini wields axe over several stars
Moneybags Manchester City are planning a massive dressing-room clear-out as manager Roberto Mancini looked like taking his summer spending towards the £100million-mark yesterday.
England internationals Shaun Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge are among the high-profile names Mancini wants out of Eastlands as the Italian started to wield the axe on the most expensively-assembled squad in the Premier League.
City’s summer spree topped £75m last night with the capture of Serbia’s World Cup full-back Alexander Kolarov from Lazio.
Out with the old: Wayne Bridge (left) and Joleon Lescott are among a list of players set to be shown the door
And Mancini, who has already written huge cheques to snare Jerome Boateng, David Silva and Yaya Toure in recent weeks, is not finished there, with Inter Milan’s Italy Under-21 striker Mario Balotelli still on his radar before the season starts in three weeks. The clubs are still in talks over a possible £24m move for the 19-year-old.
It all means that in addition to the England trio, City will also listen to offers for a host of star names, including Craig Bellamy, Stephen Ireland, Roque Santa Cruz, Jo and Felipe Caicedo.
Since the end of last season Martin Petrov nd Valeri Bojinov have already been shown the door by Mancini.
In with the new: Alexander Kolarov (right) and Jerome Boateng have already been bought in at great expense
‘The situation is the same as what happens at other clubs when there are new signings,’ said a club source on Saturday night.
‘There will be those who may not figure in the manager’s plans and will want to move on. Obviously, the club will not want to keep players who don’t want to stay.’
Bridge’s position as City’s first-choice left-back has clearly been undermined by the £19m signing of 24-year-old Kolarov, while there are several midfielders, including Vladimir Weiss, Kelvin Etuhu and Michael Johnson — none of whom made a single Premier League start last season — who are now right out of Mancini’s plans and likely to be moved on.
The manager tried to distance himself from the possibility of a fire sale on Saturday by insisting he wants two players for each position, yet Kolarov’s arrival means City now have a staggering 39 players in their first-team squad.
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Juventus launching bid for Man City striker Adebayor
Juventus are preparing an offer for Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
Juve are turning to the former Arsenal star after Wolfsburg withdrew Edin Dzeko from the market.
Corriere dello Sport says City boss Roberto Mancini is willing to let the player go as he is set to give more playing time to Roque Santa Cruz.
Juve could sign Adebayor on loan but would have to pay for his £4.5m wage entirely by themselves. The Bianconeri apparently need to wait for City to sign a striker first.
The Bianconeri may also agree with the Citizens for a potential deal regarding Momo Sissoko. The former Liverpool midfielder has been hailed by Mancini, who wishes to sign him on a permanent basis.
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everton should make an offer for lescott - 5 million.
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lol city paid 24m for lescott leh, who's willing to around that amount of lescott? i think even 15m also got problem
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Roque Santa Cruz, Craig Bellamy, Jo, Felipe Caicedo, Micah Richards, Michael Johnson, Vincent Kompany, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stephen Ireland, Nigel De Jong, Kelvin Etuhu, Pablo Zabaleta and Nedum Onuoha
These are the players who are going to leave for cheap...
all quite good buy leh..
Bellamy/SWP got a few years left...
Richards good prospect...
Ireland + DeJong are bolth good midfielders
others okay lah... mid-table quality loh -
Those that could make way in the "Great City Sale"
Nedum Onuoha
Micah Richards
Gareth Barry
Nigel De Jong
Stephen Ireland
Joleon Lescott
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Craig Bellamy
Jo
Robinho
New arrivals?
Mario Balotelli James Milner
Sold
Bojinov (Parma, £4.5m), Martin Petrov (Bolton, free), Benjani (released), Sylvinho (released), Robert Mak (Nuremberg, £500,000)
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Mancini that bozo is keeping old fart Vieira ???!!!
that old fart should be the 1st one to go !
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a few good buys that i think liverpool should go in for.
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wa afew alot not bad player there..
so man city nv manage to buy mario boletti?
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still lock in talks i guess.
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worse come to worse, if mascherano leaves liverpool, im willing to spend $22m on swp, ireland and richards. best part of the deal is 2 out 3 is english
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oh ok...even javier also not comfrim yet ar.. tot he move over liao... haha~
transfer market going to close already right..
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end of aug, 31st last day.
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Manchester City Striker Roque Santa Cruz Set For £9m Marseille Move - Report
Marseille are set to end Roque Santa Cruz’s forgettable stay at Manchester City by snapping up the Paraguayan for a cut-price fee, according to The Mirror.
The 28-year-old moved to Eastlands for £18 million from Blackburn Rovers last summer but started just six league games for City. He was bought by Mark Hughes, who had been his manager at Rovers, but Hughes was subsequently sacked as City manager in December 2009.
Every Premier League club will have to name a 25-man squad by the end of the summer transfer window and City's current manager, Roberto Mancini, may omit the former Bayern Munich man from his squad if he lands his transfer targets.
Inter’s Mario Balotelli looks set to join Manchester City after being heavily linked with a move to the club throughout the summer, while Mancini has also expressed an interest in LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan.
Emmanuel Adebayor says he wants to stay at Eastlands, which could spell the end for Santa Cruz, who is now on Marseille’s radar.
The French champions want to sign the Paraguay international for half of the fee that City paid for him last summer. However, his £80,000-a-week wages could prove to be a stumbling block for Didier Deschamps' side. -
OLE e injury prone players finally someone wan to buy
For miNedum Onuoha - hmm play for other team to get 1st team?
Micah Richards - Dun Knw who wan buy
Gareth Barry - Liverpool should buy to replace Mas?
Nigel De Jong - or maybe another choice to replace Mas ?
Stephen Ireland - Since Man U interested, go there also can
Joleon Lescott - dun knw why in the first place paid 24M for him
Shaun Wright-Phillips - Haiz......
Craig Bellamy - go Spurs so that u can play in UCL
Jo - LOAN.. maybe go back Turkish?
Robinho - stay ...
