Rumours flying left and right regarding Manchester City's owners , the wealthy Abu Dhabi United Group , been linked with a bid in the region of £100m for the AC Milan player Kaka with offer of a £500,000 weekly wage.

I won't be surprised if they land ronaldinho and or Dida. Kaka may have ruled himself out with his conditions and demands. I love it if City become a Samba team.

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This post has been edited by niuchin: Aug 26 2009, 11:54 PM

buying doesnt mean good
they need good manager and coach

Unless City can get the first major big signing in the bag aka Kaka,I don't think any big name player want to play at City. Not with Mark Hughes as manager either.

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My mistake...

This post has been edited by solstice818: Jan 15 2009, 05:59 PM

Once City can prove to be a title challenger then maybe they can attract some big name signings. For now, I dont think any of the big names would want to go to City to fight relegation battle. After kena relegated then susah la..

Unless City get Jose Mourinho, if not MC wont be the next Chelsea...

All the big money they are willing to lose just to get Kaka to come to Citeh pretty much sums up how big of a joke the club is. No superstar player in a right state of mind would wanna go there unless it's purely because of money. Emulate Chelsea? Pfft.

Mind you the current squad is not a lousy one and yet they are 15th in the league. They talked about plans to qualify for next season's Champions League etc. but right now, getting a spot in UEFA Cup next season is pretty much equivalent to trying to win the Champions League.

Pre Abramovich Chelsea already had quality players and were already fighting with the other big boys in the league. They weren't coals before Abramovich started pouring cash into the team and diamonds right after that.

Last but not least, a couple of weeks back you can read Robinho's interviews where he pretty much blamed Chelsea for letting him fall into the hands of Citeh. Why would he say that if he really thinks that Citeh can follow the path of Chelsea?

Not a chance.

First, citeh should qualify for europe with their current players. Only then will players such as Kaka and Messi join thew club. If citeh do not qualify this season, I reckon the chances of Robinho leaving are not impossible.

TBF, citeh have a decent squad to do so, just look at their squad for a moment...

1)Joe hart - prolly england no.1 if capello decides to pick him
2)Micah Richards - a quality player, already knocked Neville out from his RB position.
3)Ireland - Best player from them this season, decent player.
4)SWP - Needless to mention of his pace
5)Bridge - yet to play
6)Kompany - FM legend LOL

And their strikers... Robinho, Jo, Vassell, Sturridge, Benjani, Bojinov...Pretty decent players, except maybe for Bojinov who has been injured since he signed for them.

With this squad compared with Hull City - who are doing above expectation, pretty tough to pick eh?

Bojinov is not injured, but was loaned out to Juventus if I'm not mistaken.

Let's be realistic, at the end of the day, money still plays an important role in decided-making for the players. Not everyday you come across someone like Paolo Maldini or Ryan Giggs.

When Mark Hughes asked for more time, I suppose he wants more time to recruit world-class players to fight for the Europe place next season. This season will be spent finding these players instead of being competitive in the league.

In the long run, yes, Manchester City will emulate Chelsea, or even be better than them in terms of spending power. Well, they already are.

ONLY in spending power, yeah. Like what creap and I pointed out, their current squad ain't shyte at all BUT look at their position. Superstar players will also be judging them based on their performance you know? Who'd wanna be paid millions at the expense of not challenging for the Premier League regularly let alone the Champions League? Let's face it, BPL has 4 REGULAR CL teams. Unless their professionalism are clouded by money, no big name would want to risk not playing at European football's highest level.

Seriously, I would be laughing at them say they manage to get Kaka only to get relegated at the end of the session together with Spurs.

Not that I doubt Hughes, but TRYING to spend millions and millions on the likes of WHAT? Bellamy? Parker? Not that they are not good. Is just that he is trying to buy them with crazy money...

His few signings in the earlier season already proved to be failed.

The likes of Jo, Tal ben Haim, etc.

City can be a big force with the money they have but certainly not with Hughes as their manager.

This post has been edited by solstice818: Jan 15 2009, 08:51 PM

Only Mourinho can make City special...Hughes just don't have the x-factor

But I do admire him for his bit of magic with poorer club...Blackburn for instance..

yeah...he has the magic during his Blackburn days, but for 'bigger' club he needs a lot of time to learn

a lot of managers are only good at mid table team or team that once awhile knocking the door at UEFA spot but when ask them to manage team with better finance or bigger name...they get screw up

Football, as the name, goes in a circle.

If you don't have the dough, you wont be able to challenge the top teams. Without the opportunity, only players with lesser stature are willing to join.

The point here is, Chelsea managed to achieve with their money because they were at the very least challenging in the european competition. With citeh, the future looks bleak for them, even with papa-money behind them.

Qualify for Europe, then we'll see the likes of Kaka/messi coming in.

only thing that can be comment is with money,u might be able to shine in a few years time...
without money,no...u r ntg....

We are going around in circles.

To qualify for Europe, you need top players. In order to get top players, you need to qualify for Europe.

It has to start somewhere right?

It took you so long to come to this conclusion?

Thank You Captain Obvious!

Hey smarty pants, tell us your opinion then.