In any sports (NBA, NHL or Football) any sportsman at the tail end of their contract for renewal or extension always pick up their performances and stats to angle for a better contract or transfer fee. Money talks & make them walk the talk.
VK, DS, Nasri, Ak , Dzeko has renewed or extended theirs.
Now for potential players for City .......2c players come to my mind
City serious on Stephen Lichtsteiner this January?
this fella is one of my current favourite flying fullback.
well you're correct
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Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner is this morning being linked with a move to City.
The question is, do the champions really need another right-back with Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna already in situ?
Nonetheless, the Manchester Evening News report: “City are tracking ‘Swiss Express’ Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner.
“The fullback, who is also nicknamed Forrest Gump because of his relentless raiding runs, is out of contract next summer.
“Although he primarily plays at right full back he can play on the left or even in midfield if required.
“Given City’s spending restrictions because of the Financial Fair Play punishment hanging over them, 30-year-old Lichtsteiner could make an attractive short term prospect.
“Club scouts will run the rule over his progress in Serie A to see if he fits the strict criteria required these days to become a Blues first team player.”
The Daily Star suggest City are looking at a target a bit closer to home with Newcastle’s teenage prospect Rolando Aarons allegedly on the radar.
Though the report says Arsenal are perhaps leading the race the Magpies star, they add: “Manchester City and Liverpool have also registered their interest. And Aarons' suitors believe they have been given hope of prising him away from St James' Park.
“The England under-20 wide man has just 18 months left on his current deal.”
Finally, Fernando has told Brazilian journalists that he expects Chelsea’s near-perfect start to the season to hit the rails before long.
The City anchorman’s comments, picked up by Sports Mole, said: ‘We know that the English league is very competitive, with big teams," the Brazilian told members of the media.
‘Of course Chelsea is the team that is best placed and playing better, but we know that all teams within the league fluctuate greatly.
‘We did not start well, we had some difficulties, but we know that at any time Chelsea will also go through these difficulties and then we have to work to stay as close as possible.’"
The Insider: Manchester City roll out red carpet for Messi
The Premier League champions were on a charm offensive last week when the Barcelona star visited their facilities ahead of Argentina's friendly with Portugal at Old Trafford
MANCHESTER CITY ROLL OUT THE RE...BLUE CARPET FOR MESSI
In the week which saw Lionel Messi drop the biggest hint yet that his future may lie away from Barcelona, Manchester City took the opportunity to roll out the red carpet for the Argentina superstar.
Messi was in town for Argentina’s prestige friendly against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal at Old Trafford in midweek which took place after he had sparked a media frenzy by declaring his relationship with Barcelona as “complicated” adding that “I always said that I'd like to stay there forever, but things don't always work out as you want them to”.
Goal understands City have been monitoring Messi’s increasingly fractious rapport with the Catalan giants’ board for the last 18 months with a view to pulling off the most spectacular transfer coup of all time by tempting Messi to the Etihad Stadium.
The Premier League champions took the opportunity to step up their PR charm offensive this week as Messi trained at the club’s Carrington training complex alongside City’s fellow Argentina internationals Sergio Aguero, Martin Demichelis and Pablo Zabaleta.
Messi also visited the soon-to-be-opened Etihad Campus, the £200 million facility complete with 16 pitches and a 7,000 capacity reserve stadium, and was understood to be suitably impressed.
Pointedly, City used footage of Messi embracing Txiki Begiristain, the former Barcelona director of football now employed in the same role at Manchester City, on his arrival as part of an opening montage on the Inside City feature on the club’s online TV channel.
City were fined £50 million by Uefa earlier this year for failing to meet the criteria of Financial Fair play but the club’s money men are confident they still possess the resources required to fund any potential deal.
City believe Messi could be worth as much as £400m in commercial revenue to any club - meaning Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules could easily be met.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side are already looking at ways of reducing their current wage bill in order to accommodate Messi’s world record £300,000-a-week salary and would be prepared to let their current top earner Yaya Toure leave in the summer should Messi decide this season will be his last in Barcelona colours.
Toure, who currently earns £230,000-a-week, has been linked with a move away from the club since the summer and earlier this week refused to close the door on a potential move to Paris Saint-Germain.
Clubs around Europe pricked up their ears when Messi gave his revealing interview to Ole this week, and City look set to be at the front of the queue should the bidding process for one of football's biggest icons ever open.
When I first saw him @ The U20 WC I knew He is the One. To Welcome to Manchester.
His uncanny ability to score goals!!!
His hattrick tonight is reminiscent of what I perceived of him as a Natural Goal Scorer.
He is the Real Magician. Conjuring Goals when you least expect. Tonight City was dead & buried until he 'show his left foot' for the 2nd goal. He could have got a penalty (like against QPR for City winning the PL Title) but 'stay up' to score for the 3rd goal.
SG & Lampard are the 2 Greatest Midfielders of the PL era. City is fortunate to have the Greatest Goal Scoring Midfielder of the PL. Lamps (174 goals tally) will soon overtake Thierry Henry's (175) & perhaps Rooney (178) PL Goals. BTW Thierry Henry scored in the PL while under MLS contract. If there is an award for the PL I would give Frank the Golden Boot & SG the Golden Ball awards for the Best PL Midfielders for the last 2 decades. FL & SG are winnersw of the PFA, FWA, UEFA Footballer of the Year. Scholes was never awarded or 'recognized with AWARDS by associations (PFAS, FWA, FA, UEFA) because he was never rated good enough by his peers. If you are wondering....Even Sven Ericsson saw fit to replace him in England's CM with Gerrard & Lamps. Only Sycophantic Writers (read propagandists) & Plastic Fans (i.e. Glory Hunters) argued otherwise.
Hope Lamps stay until February & win titles/Cups plus a cool £6m bonus. Frank is well liked by all fans.
Mourihno is cognizant now of why clubs like City or Chelsea cannot play on the same level conditions under Financial Fair Play Conditions imposed by the Big Bullies (MU, BM, RM & Barca) Protection Racket.
Mourihno: "When football decided to go for FFP it was to put teams in equal conditions to compete. But it is a big protection to the historical, old, big clubs that have a financial structure, a commercial structure, everything in place based on success for years and years. The clubs with new investment cannot quickly put themselves at the same level. Clubs with new owners cannot immediately attack the control of these big clubs."
Indeed JM see the light on Financial Fair Play. An FFP advocate a year ago, he now understands the real winners! Bodoh.
How many of you remember Negredo the Beast? He is a consequence of the FFP imposed on City. City can only select 21 players in CL squad rather than the normal 25 man squad. That's why Negredo was sacrificed &'loan' out.
So now you can understand why the likes of QPR, playing once a week, can out-hustled City playing 3 matches in a 7 day period.
FFP is a Protection Racket imposed by MU, BM, RM & Barca.
How many of you remember Negredo the Beast? He is a consequence of the FFP imposed on City. City can only select 21 players in CL squad rather than the normal 25 man squad. That's why Negredo was sacrificed &'loan' out.
So now you can understand why the likes of QPR, playing once a week, can out-hustled City playing 3 matches in a 7 day period. FFP is a Protection Racket imposed by MU, BM, RM & Barca.
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