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Manchester City are reportedly eying a £30m bid for want-away Arsenal star Mesut Ozil. The former Real Madrid man was ruled out for about 3 months after a scan revealed the extent of his knee injury. Since joining the Gunners last summer, the £42m man has failed to impress and the Daily Mail have claimed […]
The winter transfer window inches closer, speculations, rumours and gossips concerning players’ transfers and clubs’ acquisitions are underway. A plethora of English Premier League clubs and scores of players would make moves in January when the window opens. Therefore, attention should be paid to news and reports about transfers from now as clubs would be […]
Questions were raised when Man City signed the Frenchman from Porto for €32 million. Most people criticized the rationale behind signing a defender for such an amount, especially one who is seen as being raw and young. Being the highest paid for defender in the premier league brought a certain expectation and already the knives […]
Today’s rumor has it that Pellegrini is preparing to bid for Pepe once again. This is after attempts last season to sign him failed, with Man City settling for Demichelis. The 31 year old Portuguese who signed for the Spanish giants for €30 million from Porto in 2007, has spent 7 years with Real Madrid […]
As we have been doing for some days now, we will be examining the possibility of Ross Barkley being a replacement for Toure at City. During the summer, Everton had placed a €50million price on him. Probably this was to dissuade City from attempting to pry their best talent from the club. And this ploy […]
Paul Pogba is another player who has been touted by the media as Toure’s replacement at Man City. Being a world class player, his replacement must therefore be of world class standard and if possible an upgrade on Toure and who could possibly be an improvement on Toure? This is the Toure who on a […]
The England shot stopper who is also the first choice goalkeeper at Manchester City FC is said to be about to pen a new deal, which sees him extend his contract for another five years. This comes after several of his teammates have also signed contract extensions. Captain Kompany, David Silva, Aguero, Dzeko are some […]
The 21 year old Serbian who was signed by Roberto Mancini to partner Kompany in the heart of Manchester City’s defense is certainly living in interesting times. He is wanted by a host of clubs, like Juventus and Roma who are keen to sign him in the January transfer window. He is held in high […]
Recently, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain, bankrolled by Middle East Investors, appeared to have broken UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and have been bandied around and slated as defaulters as a result of their relentless quest to permanent members of European football’s affluent elite. UEFA, the European football’s governing body, has made its […]
Manchester United’s hope of signing Barcelona’s defender Jordi Alba has substantially dwindled down has the Catalan giants reportedly rejected Manchester City’s £25m bid. In a statement made by FIFA agent Francias Gallardo revealed that Alba was the subject of an offer from Manuel Pelligrini’s side which Barcelona firmly declined. He further stated; ‘City was interested […]
In a move that will surely upset thousands of fans at Old Trafford, Manchester City are already making moves to establish themselves are the favourites in the race to land Barcelona’s Dani Alves according to reports. Alves’s contract is set to expire at the end of this season and has made his intensions clear that […]
Ever since the controversies that trailed Yaya Toure’s summer, which saw him trying to engineer a move away from Man City, and his subsequent press release about wanting to stay at City and help the club win the Champions League, several players have been touted as replacements for him. Given his on field performances, the […]
And so we examine another player today who could be heading to the Etihad as a possible replacement for Toure. With the Ivorian wanting to leave City during the summer and his subsequent performances on the pitch, rumors have been rife about him leaving the Etihad in the January transfer window. And we think that […]
Manchester City forward, Stevan Jovetic may have suffered yet another injury as he was seen limping out of the field during Montenegro’s goalless draw against Liechtenstein in the Euro 2016 qualifier on Thursday night. Jovetic, who barely featured for City last season, has found some form this season in an attack line that has Sergio […]
As the season kicks fully into gear, each club has players both key and fringe who are plagued by an injury or two. We will be focusing on Man City players who are injured and how long they will be out. We will also be examing how their absence will affect the team. Samir Nasri: […]
So much has been said about the future of Real Madrid’s Spanish stopper Iker Casillas. The Spanish legend had his somewhat invincibility demystified by erstwhile Los Blancos boss Jose Mourinho who under the pretext of an injury to him brought in former Valencia goalkeeper Diego Lopez only for him to settle for the new goalkeeper […]
Real Madrid set to Unsettle Manchester United with a bid for their young Spaniard, Juventus deals a major blow to Liverpool plans and Arsenal and Liverpool given the green light over Veteran keeper. REAL MADRID are set to unsettle Louis Van Gaal’s United with a bid for David De Gea. Real Madrid have identified the […]
Yesterday, news filtered in that Khedira has agreed personal terms with Arsenal and is set to join them once the January transfer window opens. Kudos must be given to Wenger for an astute buy; this is because apart from being a player who could tip Arsenal’s chances of winning the league up, he is a […]
When he signed for City from Aston Villa five years ago for €28.5 million, there were people who felt the price paid for him too much. The thinking then and it still persist is that English players are overpriced and do not live up to potentials. However, so far, Milner has proved his critics wrong. […]
The 17 year old Nigerian prodigy was discovered during the under 17 world cup held in the UAE last year. He alongside Nwakali, Taiwo Akinyemi light up the tournament. He was known most especially for his celebration, taking a cue from a WWE superstar. Ihenacho scored six goals and had seven assists to his name […]