Because he was valued at £35M and despite a poor season his price won't change that much (see Santa Cruz or Tevez). Plus City are desperate for marquee signings and he's on a four year contract, I'd estimate it's north of £30M.
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Pretty much what he and many other Arsenal fans are saying. Great deal for you guys. He looked disinterested at times. City are mad!
I am not sure. City are buying players that are proven in the PL. They seem to be doing ok so far, but they really need a good strong CB and a CM IMO.
The problem they will have this season is keeping the Ego's in check, can sparky do it?
The problem they will have this season is keeping the Ego's in check, can sparky do it?
A resounding no
Yeah, he couldn't even keep one Robinho in check last season
TBH I am not sure anyone can. IF he can get the players to respect him then he should be ok. But some of the people he is buying do have a habit of causing disruption and causing a fuss if they aren't kept happy.
For me personally, I would be sipping champagne as they self destruct. I can see Sparky not making it past next season if he does not finish in the top 5 at least and pay back some of the investment. 10th last season was a disgrace and he was lucky to hang on another year especially with the amount of managers who would love to get their hands in that treasure
If I was looking at this neutrally then I would say that City's owners don't care one bit about recouping the money they spent. I also think they have learnt from Chelsea's mistake of swapping managers every 5 minutes. For me they will probably stick with Hughes for another season or 2, simply because they know these big players will have to settle in at City. I do think they will expect a position somewhere around 5-8th place.
With the players they seem to be buying they are capable of doing well, but it won't be easy to settle so many new players in the squad and still be successful.
I have a feeling though that this season they could crumble if they don't start off well. Even if Hughes job is safe, he will still have a huge amount of pressure on him to succeed.
The thing is, let us face it, right now Hughes has the dream job. It is like playing FM with the unlimited funds which means that so many good managers crave the position he has and I think that would play on the owners minds if they do not come at least 5th next season. They know a world class manager would make it happen, something Sparky just does not come under.
When City were first taken over did n't the owners say they wanted them to qualify for the champions league first? Then expectations got lower and lower with how Hughes was doing. I remember even his own fans saying "You're getting sacked in the morning" at one point.
Next season Sparky is not only going to be under pressure from the fans but the owners.You think Real Madrid are going to give their new coach time to help the players settle? Hughes is brining in world class players and next season there is no excuses if he does not come at least 5th. No excuses whatsoever.
Good point. It is a funny job though, despite having unlimited funds, getting the players is hard and also if you fail in it then your career will take a hit. I am not sure how many managers would want to do the hard slog (ie, the first few years to get them off the ground). I think they may give him til the end of the season at the least. These owners seem like they aren't going to make too many rash decisions, but time will tell. It just really depends what position they do come. IF they came between 8-10 then I wouldn't be too surprise if he went, especially after spending soo much money.
It certainly will. They've been patient thus far, but I'm not so sure that wasn't because of the relatively small outlay they made before this summer. Now they've started to spunk serious cash on big players, I can see them wanting to push on fast. If Hughes can't do that, it'll be onto the next bloke. If City don't get Champions League football-which is far, far from a certainty-they may go for a blue-chip manager, like Mourinho for example.
Great move for him...move from a champions league team, who looked 100% better after January, and looked to be improving, to a team who already have 8 other strikers, and are competing in no european competition.
Lets play squad rotation.
Lets play squad rotation.
at least Adebayor's mum won't be out of work.
tevez on the bench after november.
No chance in hell Hughes lasts into 2010-11 if City aren't in the CL or on the cusp. And should they be struggling come mid-season he might get axed. Plenty of top class managers would take the cash offered to manage that collection of talent.
So, who thinks Terry is on his way to City?
So, who thinks Terry is on his way to City?
chelsea will hold on to terry because it'll send out the wrong signals (well this i their thinking) if they sell him to city. it'll be like acknowledging city have the biggest cock on the block.
however, they'd be insane from a purely footballing point of view to not take 40 million for big man.
I follow your logic and agree that it makes sense. The thing that makes me not doubt it, but simply unsure, is that I'm not sure last year's £35M was a genuine valuation, and not a feck-off price.
Against your logic is the unanimity of the press reports putting it at £20-25m.
For your logic are the prices players are going in the current market. £35M seems like the right price for a player who's in with a shout at least for the golden boot.
they still need another striker...
Good deal, I've come 'round to the idea of us selling him and I don't even feel one bit of angst or disappointment.
Now it's up to Wenger and Gadzis to use the money wisely!
Now it's up to Wenger and Gadzis to use the money wisely!
He was a great player but you have it in your ranks to replace him, acutally he was only a very goood player
No doubt by signing two 16-year old African left-backs.
City's squad looks really unbalanced to me. Hughes doesn't seem to be building a team so much as he is snapping up any decent player that becomes available and bidding for dozens more in the hope that just one club might say yes. It's pretty much how I play FM
He could've been great if he's worked his socks off last season, like he did in his first few seasons. What a shame the money's gotten to his head.
Apparently Wenger worked on the deal while he (Ade) was away on holidays as he was sick and tired of his poor attitude and wreckless spending; which ties back into his poor attitude and being a disruptive/poor influence on the squad, and especially the younger players.
It's a shame because he's got it in him to be a very dangerous player. Though it has to be said he couldn't really keep up with a lot of our movements and slowed our attacks - Something Eduardo shouldn't do.
Sounds more like he's blaming the fans for starting to turn on another player.
Happens to all clubs though, when fans get on players backs sometimes you lose some of your star players... We had the same thing with Kieran Richardson...
They havent finished yet. Defenders are next on the list has it seens they have pity much brought in the players for the midfield and attack. Should be interesting to see which defenders come in and if the names that are mentioned join city shall have a pity decent squad, but is Hughes the man for the job we shall see. The jury is out on Sparky still.
Really weird transfer from all parties. Can't see it working
If that was the case then we'd have sold Eboue by the end of the first day (of this window), or at least sent him to Fiorentina in the Melo deal - as they said they wanted him.Sounds more like he's blaming the fans for starting to turn on another player.
Happens to all clubs though, when fans get on players backs sometimes you lose some of your star players... We had the same thing with Kieran Richardson...
I highly doubt that Wenger would've sold him if he didn't want to, despite how the fans acted towards him. Though most of us were riled up as a result of Adebayor's off season antics.
They're going to look for top-shelf defenders, we can assume this much, no? Who would be there willing to give up European Football for a few seasons in the name of the MASSIVE project that is City?
Can't argue with that.
I dont envy Sparky's need for rotation within the squad. Morale would probably be finely balanced in the blue dressing room at the moment
I'm sure if you were offered £25 million for Eboue you'd have sold him.
I'm not saying Wenger didnt want to sell him for that price. I dont know. We can only guess at what might have happened if the fans were fully behind him like they were before the Barcelona and Milan interest.
But Wenger himself seems to be saying that he didnt get the support he needed suggests its at least a major reason as to why he's been moved on. There will be other reasons like Eduardo coming back to fitness and the fact that £25 million should give Wenger enough to bring in a couple of good players and fill out the squad properly for a real title challenge.
Robinho, Tevez, Ade, Bridge, SWP , Kompany all gave it up so Im sure if the money is right there shall be a few defenders who give it up has well. Lescott is one of the names mentioned and he has more chance of getting to europe with City than Everton.
Is storey still on about getting more than £30m?
You didn't, you got £25m, and you should still be laughing.
You didn't, you got £25m, and you should still be laughing.
I haven't watched much of Everton in the past, so I can't debate that point. I think I read somewhere on here that he was pants defensively though, which confuses me.
Yes. They've got £25m for a player who's only had one great season.
It'll be a cracking bit of business if Arsene plumps for someone they actually need. Like a midfield hard-man for instance....
I thought we can't predict undisclosed transfer fees from what the press report hey Spoony?
I didn't realised it was undisclosed.I thought we can't predict undisclosed transfer fees from what the press report hey Spoony?
But they've clearly got a decent fee for him. I doubt he's gone for £10m.
For all we know Arsenal may have been ripped off and that's why they don't want it to be disclosed or Man city may have been taken to the clears, the latter is the most likely though.
Arsenal never discloses. Which sucks. But it doesn't imply anything about the price.
If the fee was 25m then that's a good deal for Arsenal price-wise.
However, it obviously does weaken their squad unless the cash is used to make new signings. So the question is: how much of the money will be held back in view of their large debt? I wouldn't be surprised if they now splash out on Huntelaar.
However, it obviously does weaken their squad unless the cash is used to make new signings. So the question is: how much of the money will be held back in view of their large debt? I wouldn't be surprised if they now splash out on Huntelaar.
We won't buy Huntelaar, you probably should. I think we will pick up Chamakh.