Manchester City Set to Pull Off Sensational £42m Ibrahimovic Signing?

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

A DEAL THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN IBRA IS WORLD CLASS ROBINHO IS GOING TO BE TROUBLE LIKE ETO……..I DOUBT IT

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 12:59 pm

I CAN see this happening, the one good thing about having Robinho is the rest of Europe still rates him very highly so we can trade him for many world class players that are on the edge of leaving their clubs, (i.e. Ibra, Balotelli) I would love this to go through

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm

another lerthargic striker ,i.e,berbaflop,hope this does,nt happen would much prefer dzeko,lets go flatt out and get platt out,robinho to benfica and get luis everyones happy

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Ibrahimovic is a lazy good for nothing, who bottles it and goes missing in important games…took Barca half a season to see that and ditch him.

Shows how short sighted Man City and Mancini are. Yet another poor signing

As for Robinho, Barca have already stated they don’t want him.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 1:28 pm

Ibra is world class maan thats the most stupidest thing i have ever heard….Ibra is just overrated….he is even more overrated than Robinho

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 2:33 pm

ibrahimovic is not for sale insist guardiola

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

get Ibra but get Dzeko as back up just in case Ibra doesn’t feel like playin,Robinho is a lazy bump good 4 nothing get rid of him A.S.A.P.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Never been an Ibrahimovic fan myself and hope we don’t pay silly money for him, there is better out there. Why give Barca Robinho and £15m for Ibra? We just gave them £27m for Y. Toure. Are we suddenly Barca’s sponsors?

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 3:04 pm

I bet they will sell Ibra because Barcelona are having trouble financially..They have to offload one big clown to pull fantastic fab from arse to balance their account..so man city can really afford this guy with a big smile..it’s a possibility

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 3:15 pm

Actually, Ibra is for sale despite what Guardiola may have said or not said previously. A spokesman for the club has already stated recently that Ibra does not figure in the plans of the new chairman, and is available for the right price.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 3:19 pm

robhino is one of the best places in the world mancity can not just use him if they sell robhino they will not see the top 4 place

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 3:28 pm

Barceloan said they would welcome offers for zlatan. WILL happen, they ahave already bidded, 50m for cesc, where do you think the money comes from.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 3:54 pm

See what i mean about city! ibrahimovic is not worth 42million!!!!

If this is true how much are they going to put him on a week ?

450k a week ?

They have no sense, ahah look at Yaya Toure an average player on more then Terry, Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, Ash cole

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Ibra on his day can be the best striker in the world. But because of his attitude he doesn’t really show it. I could actually see this deal happening.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pm

Barcelona are better off without Ibrahimovic, and if Robinho could be the makeweight for that to happen then that won’t be too bad a bargain. Both sides happy so why not

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

Not starting every week will see Ibra throw his dummy out so prefer to keep our current petulant one since given the righ role, Robi can be more valuable to us. Agree about Dzeko – get him in!

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Anon @ 3.54.
I am sure that you could have used better examples than those illustrious English lot.

How you can compare Toure with that lot is beyond me. He has champions league medals, la liga medals, Spanish cup medals and showed just how classy he is in the World Cup.

Now go compare with the useless lot that you have mentioned and your post becomes somewhat, well, for want of a better word. NAFF.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Actually, that illustrious English lot have all got more winners medals than Toure has ever won.

Now he is at City, he can also expect no more in his career.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 5:31 pm

Nowadays, every single player is linked to moving to Manchester city. There is no way Manchester city pays £42m for Ibrahimovic knowing his last season performance. They can get Dzeko , who is youner, with less money. Just take a look at the few previous signing and that should tell you what kind of players Manchester city is after to sign up for this season.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 5:48 pm

anon @ 4.52
5 onto 1 mate, good odds. Out of the 6 players mentioned, whose stock has risen following the World Cup. Answers on a postcards please.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

……not Toure’s.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Don’t what game you are watching mate but if you believe that the famous 5 have come out of the WC smelling of roses, I suggest you take up a different sport.

Remember, that the F5 play for England. That country that is supposed to win everything because we demand it. The F5 are surrounded by world class players and you still believe that they did OK.

Jesus. They are five over-rated crap players who are made to look good because of the Johnny foreigners in their teams. Toure or Gerrard, or Lampard. No contest. If they were any good, do you not think that the better teams on the continent would have been in for them. Try answering without rose tinted specs on.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

don’t think he’ll go to city. though i think he’s a money grabbing kid, i don’t see this happening. but if it does it would require a gigantic wage offer. can’t wait to see the city owners leave the club because they’ve realized it’s a bum club, and leave the club with wages they can’t afford. me like.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

Anon @ 6.18.

Don’t vote for yourself. At least wait a few minutes until a few others have posted. Then you can get away with it.

Anyway. Bum club eh. Well mate, City’s owners are going nowhere. All the investment, not just in players, infrastructure, training pitches, stadia etc proves that they are in it for the long run. Pity poor United, Liverpool and all others who want to see City fail. Give us a break. We have had 34 years of failure. You would all love it if it happened to you and one day it might, and good luck to you.

Jealousy really is one of the deadly sins.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

Toure didn’t have a good WC, nor did F5. But at least F5 made it out of the group stages. Maybe if Toure had, Barca would have gave him a new contract and kept him on.

For just a defensive midfielder, MC have seriously overpaid him. Shows what it takes to get a fairly good player into fairly good team.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

6.29

You completely miss the point. Toure is one of only a couple of world class players that the Ivory Coast possess. He scores a beautifully taken goal, Note the instant control as opposed to the ball flying off shins, ankles etc as was the case with England’s players. The England team is supposed to be loaded down with them. People hopefully have seen the light and now finally realise that these players are, basically crap.

He also had 2 assists, one a lovely cross. Now let me see. England scored how many? How many did the F5 score? How many assists from the F5. I think in total it was the grand total of 1. Gerrard against the USA. Some return eh.

I will stick with Toure, you can keep the rest. Lets see how many of them end up playing for Barcalona, RM oor Inter. Not many I think.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 6:58 pm

man city hav almost signed dzeko

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 7:29 pm

So Toure scoring against a team who wouldn’t win the Ryman Premier, means he is world class? Since when has he been world class? If he was, why would Barca go with Busquets instead?

As a defensive midfielder, I would say Mascherano is world class. Quite frankly, I don’t think Toure is anywhere near as good.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 7:31 pm

what exactly does almost signed Dzeko mean. Guess you read it in a newspaper, and taken that as gospel.

For 50 million, he is a risky proposition. At least with Ibra, you know that you’ll get a lazy player who doesn’t perform in big games.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 8:09 pm

3 words
LAZY, OVERREATED TWAT

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 10:41 pm

7.29.

Busquets is Catalonian. That is why he has displaced Toure.

Mascherano, yes is a good player. But 30m. sorry, give me Toure any time. I defy you to tell me the last time Mascherano actually scored or even made an assist. I think you will struggle. And that includes the world cup and last premier ship season.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

ok city is just getting ridiculous with all this money now. not blaming city, cant blame them really but football is just being ruined. these foreign billionaires should all just f*** off and give the money to charities or something.

anonymous - July 11th, 2010 at 11:47 pm

so, Barcelona pick Busquets purely because he is Catalonian. Hmmm don’t think so, or you would have a team of only Catalonians. Give him his due, he is good enough to get in the Spain WC winning side. He is in Barcelona team on merit alone.

Regarding Mascherano, he scored twice for Liverpool in the 09/10 season. That’s one more than Yaya Toure did for Barcelona. 30 million for Mascherano or 28 for Toure..I know which I’d pick ! Actually give me a list of ten defensive midfielders and I wouldn’t pick Toure. Way overrated.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 12:48 am

City have more money than brains and the way they are doing their transfers sickens me. Eg. 27m for Toure?

They havent earned the right to have all that money and just got a lucky break. I hope their owners leave and the club is left with their massive wage bill. Again 200 000 + a week for Toure.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 1:33 am

Don’t worry, I still can’t see Man City doing any better than 5th this season.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 2:28 am

– — – — – — – — – — S.Given — – — – — – — – –
– — #1 — – — K.Toure — – — – #2 — – — #3 — –
– — – — – — – — – — Y.Toure — – — – — – — – –
– — #4 — – — – — – — – — – — – — – D.Silva — –
– — – — – — – — – — #5 — – — – — – — – — – — -
– — – — — — Tevez — – — – #6 — – — – — – — –

#1 – Sagna, Lahm, Maicon, Ramos… 15-25m
#2 – Lucio, Vidic, David Luiz, Raul Albiol… 15-25m
#3 – Evra, Clichy, Ashley Cole, Gareth Bale…15-25m
#4 – Jesus Navas, Muller, Lennon, Milner… 10-30m
#5 – Mesut Ozil, Kaka, Fabregas… 25-50m
#6 – Balotelli, Dzeko, Ibrahimovic… 25-50m

Alltogether Manchester City need about 150 million to get a brilliant attacking and defending squad for next season, Mancini isnt noticing the defence has problems at Right and Left Back, and the Midfield has Problems down the right, and also that Manchester City dont have a play-maker, some of the Ozil/Kaka type…

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 4:40 am

not worth 40million.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 11:13 am

Robinho to Stockport. Anywhere, please. No more Brazilians, ever.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Toure is the modern day vierra,he’s much more than a def midfielder,more a box to box power house.Weve already got de jong to do the dirty work who imo is twice the player mascherano is.And dont forget city are only playing catch up with the money there spending.all the so called top teams have been spending stupid amounts for the past decade.Mancini is building a team that will see us right for the next 5-6 seasons. CTID

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 11:27 am

Fking dimwits who belive whatever some articles say. Toure is on 110k a week deal for 5 years. omg.. unbelivable.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 11:44 am

Ibra dosent want to play in England, he’s already said that. Dosent like the weather.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

suarez is a better option as far as am concern.barca pls go for SUAREZ.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 12:33 pm

actually, Yaya Toure is on £185,000 per week and this will increase to £221,000 when the government introduce the 50% tax bracket.

After tax, he takes home around £120,000 per week and then gets a one off yearly payment of £1.65 million for image rights. Then bonuses on top of that.

Way, way, way overpaid….and overrated.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Suarez has already stated he will only go to a team in the Champions League and wants to play in PL. The two teams he stated he wants to play for are ManU or Spurs.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

Can’t see De Jong and Toure playing in the same team. Toure used to complain at Barca about not playing in his preferred defensive midfielder position. He is a 100% defensive midfielder.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 3:17 pm

sean story bout toure in news of world last sunday. After saying hes on 185000 goin up 2 220000 after tax . Then at the bottom of the page it had a brake down of the money BASIC salary 4mill after tax (80000 per week) plus big bounces 4 getin in C/L an winning cups and 1.65 mill image rights so his wage 80000 not 185000 or 220000 .And for saying wage will rise coz of tax changes is stupid all that is the club pays more tax 2 government

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 4:25 pm

i could understand it if the player is in the top 10 or 20 players in the world, but I wouldn’t even put Toure in the top 50.

anonymous - July 12th, 2010 at 8:41 pm

leave ibra well alone i think that would be a bad signing
got for dzeko

anonymous - July 17th, 2010 at 10:00 am

i can assure city make others club in epl really uncomfortable now. one after another wc signings. after 3 signing they still after 3 players. kolarov,super mario, edin dzeko. i wonder what happen to adebayor,bellamy,robinho and rockie. looks like mancini want to get rid almost all the player in mark hughes reign. boateng for lescott, kolarov for brigde, dzeko for adebayor, silva for bellamy and super mario for rockie. for robinho? mancini want to keep him but the problem is the player itself. and swap deal wth barca for super ibra also an atrractive figure to be watch. barca need to raise fund to buy cesc. shay given future also in risk, because joe hart will fight hard to secure the position.