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The Daily Mail reports that Man City boss Mark Hughes has faced up to the fact that Jo is swanning off to the Olympics and just witnessed Benjani get himself crocked, so he’s planning a bid for Craig Bellamy.

Out of all the Premier League football managers that should lose their jobs in the summer, would Sven-Goran Eriksson have been on anyone’s top three list? You could argue that Paul Jewell has done nothing to halt Derby’s depressing run of form (if anything, he’s made it worse), you might even say that Alan Curbishley […]

The answer is probably not, judging from some of his comments on the BBC website. Owning a Premier League club is very much a status symbol for Thaksin Shinawatra, who has done very little to confirm that he’s happy with the efforts of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, despite speculation about the Swede’s future at the club.
Furthermore, […]

Come on, let’s settle this Portsmouth-Benjani-Manchester City circus once and for all! One day it is reported that the Zimbabwean striker never wanted to leave Fratton Park and the other day it is reported that he is happy to have left Pompey.
Today it is reported that Benjani is happy to be at Manchester City. The […]

Come on Benji boy, stop the crap game. You yourself said that you would love to play for Manchester City and now you say that you never wanted to leave Portsmouth. Come on, give us a break, will you!
ESPN Soccernet’s reports that Benjani, now a Man City after a much talked about deadline transfer fiasco, […]

Many people are calling it the bargain of the January transfer window. While it cost around £9 million for Portsmouth to sign Jermain Defoe from Tottenham, Manchester City have acquired Benjani from the Hampshire club for an initial fee of less than £4 million. The Daily Mail report that City’s star performer this season is […]

There’s no doubt that the 2008 January transfer window will be remembered for the Benjani fiasco, with the striker failing to complete his transfer from Portsmouth to Manchester City before the Thursday midnight deadline last week. However, The Times today reveal the reason why it’s taken nearly another week for the deal to be completed, […]

Man City have actually managed to get themselves a bit of a bargain, whittling down the initially agreed £7.7m fee for Portsmouth striker Benjani to a much more palatable £3.87million (increasing after Benjani completes a whopping 75 senior starts).
Manager Sven Goran Eriksson seemed pretty chuffed with the deal, saying:
“I am delighted that we have signed […]

It appears that Benjani will be unveiled as a Manchester City player today, with The Independent reporting a deal has been agreed with Portsmouth. The price tag will comes as a surprise to many, with the striker rumoured to be exchanging hands for roughly £3.8 million, despite Pompey’s valuation being nearer the £8 million mark.
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While uncertainty remains over whether Benjani will remain at Portsmouth or sign for Manchester City, The Guardian report that Pompey have not yet signed Jermain Defoe permanently. The striker, who was yesterday called up by Fabio Capello as a replacement for Gabriel Agbonlahor, was initially signed on loan from Tottenham due to the time constraints […]