Rumores, versos y demás

Method Man escribió:No se,a mi me gusta más jugar con un 9,y 1 o 2 segundos puntas por detrás,pero en esa alineación el City no jugaría con un 9 de verdad,porque Robinho y Tévez son más SD no?

Por eso quizás os vendría bien fichar a Roque y ponerlo en 4-3-3 con Tévez y Robinho arriba

Caicedo reconoce ofertas del West Ham y Sporting de Lisboa

El delantero ecuatoriano admitió haber recibido propuestas para mudarse de club en la próxima temporada, aunque luego intentó reforzar su compromiso con el City

Mientras el Manchester City está obsesionado con nuevos refuerzos y con la retención de Robinho y Elano, algunos miembros se dedican a dejarse querer por otros equipos de Europa.

Tal es el caso de Felipe Caicedo, quien logró convertir siete goles en la última temporada y reconoció que existen dos clubes que le han contactado para afrontar un nuevo desafío.

"Ayer recibí un llamado de la gente del Sporting de Lisboa. No es nada concreto, pero ellos me dijeron que ya habían acordado algunos términos con directivos del City".

"De todo modos, ya aparecieron varias ofertas de equipos de Portugal y España. De la Premier, el único club que se ha puesto en contacto fue el West Ham".

"Yo les comuniqué que, casi con seguridad, me quedaré en el City, ya que me quedan tres años de contrato y deseo cumplirlos".

Club Chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak says that signing another four to six players is the target for Mark Hughes in this summer's transfer window.

The Blues have already brought Gareth Barry into the fold since the end of last season, and in an interview with The National, the English-speaking newspaper of the United Arab Emirates, Mr al Mubarak has stated that the Manager will be targeting more good value purchases.

He says, “We will shrink our squad and add four to six players. Key for us is that we trust Mark and any acquisition is based on his view.”

The arrival of Barry two weeks ago sparked intense speculation in the media as to whom else might arrive at City before the end of August, but the Chairman insists that the Club will be taking a realistic view over possible new arrivals.

"There are two things going on,” he adds. “One, a general view of Arab investors and two, a whole hierarchy within football where there is a group of clubs that fall within the hierarchy and the clubs that fall outside don’t have a seat at the table and shouldn’t even demand one.

“I’m frustrated with people assuming we are going to throw crazy money at deals, that we won’t understand true values and we can’t negotiate or get value for a player. We’ve had numbers thrown at us that are a joke.

“There are situations where a £10 million player will be offered to us for a ‘City price’ of £20 million. We just leave because at that point there’s no point arguing – if people are throwing crazy numbers at us, fine, deals won’t be done.”

“Look at (City owner) Sheikh Mansour; he’s a very shrewd businessman who has conducted himself in a professional way. I will defend the value of every deal we have done.

“Look at our Robinho deal. If he went in this transfer window for the same price [£32.5m] it would be a steal. Our deals to date presented fair value to the clubs we brought them from, fair value to us and are typical of the type of deals we are looking to make."

Mr al Mubarak has also reflected on last week's transfer of Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid in light of City's interest in the Brazilian star last January.

“When we looked at Kaká, the numbers being thrown around were crazy, suddenly in the news you see ‘City are crazy’ and ‘City are irresponsible’.

“Why is it when Real Madrid not only talks about but actually closes two deals, like the ones they’ve closed with the numbers they’ve committed to, it’s fine?”

Robinho going nowhere

Manchester City has scotched press reports emanating from Spain regarding Robinho.

One Spanish TV station has claimed that the Brazilian striker is set to join Barcelona on loan.

City’s Chief Executive Garry Cook has told mcfc.co.uk, “The story is completely without foundation. Robinho has always been a highly valued member of our team and that continues to be the case. Reports suggesting he will leave the football club, either on loan or on a permanent deal, are absolutely untrue.”

Club Chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak stated earlier this week that Mark Hughes is looking to add several more players in the current transfer window.

Se queda en el barrio

La prensa británica da por hecho el traspaso de Tevez al Manchester City

Carlos Tévez tendría todo acordado para sumarse al Manchester City, rival del que hasta ahora fue su equipo, el United. La operación se llevaría a cabo por 56 millones de euros y sería por cinco temporadas .

El "Apache" habría llegado a un acuerdo, por medio de la empresa que lo representa, Media Sports Investments, para que a partir de la próxima temporada cambie de camiseta y se coloque la del Manchester City, tal lo anuncian los periódicos británicos.

Según publica el diario español As, el City pagaría 30 millones de euros al MSI, empresa propietaria de los derechos del jugador, y el "Apache" firmaría un contrato de cinco años por más de 5 millones por temporada.