by offsidetrap on November 11th, 2008
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Aston Villa’s John Carew got into hot water for attending a lap dancing bar a fortnight ago, and now it appears that a Manchester City player has been caught out after attending a nightclub, despite being on the injury list. Is this striker fast becoming a waste of money?
by stresster on October 27th, 2008
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As the clocks go back and the nights draw in, it’s that time in the football season when managers start calling for a break in fixtures over the Christmas period. On the one hand, you can understand their point-of-view, especially in an age where player fitness is absolutely crucial to the success of a team. […]
by stresster on October 15th, 2008
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There’s nothing quite like an outlandish statement of intent from a player, even when his team have been beaten in their past two league matches. Against Wigan, they struggled to match the Latics in terms of honest endeavour, while they let a two-goal lead slip at home to Liverpool. At least this striker has the […]
by Dexter on July 23rd, 2008
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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.
by stresster on July 18th, 2008
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A winning start is always nice for a new manager and, although Manchester City were only facing EB Streymur yesterday evening, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful for Eastlands season ticket holders after their team won by a convincing 2-0 scoreline. Mark Hughes identified two particular players who stood out against the minnows […]
by Dexter on July 3rd, 2008
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The Independent reports that new Man City boss Mark Hughes reckons that he can get Ronaldinho’s mind away from bars and women and back to football.
by Le Jake on June 28th, 2008
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Manchester City have officially had a 19 million pound offer accepted for CSKA Moscow’s Brazilian striker Jo.
by Dexter on June 10th, 2008
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With Manchester City slowing things down just a tad in their pursuit of CSKA’s Brazilian Jo, AC Milan and a mysterious unnamed Spanish club are having a sniff around the striker….
“Manchester City’s desire to slow down negotiations for the £18m-rated Brazilian striker Jo to give their new manager, Mark Hughes, a proper sight of him, […]
by Dexter on June 5th, 2008
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In a story normally reserved for the usual tabloid purveyors of transfer tripe and doggerel, The Times is reporting that Thaksin Shinawatra is set to double his efforts in his pursuit of Ronaldinho.
Mark Hughes has given his backing to Manchester City’s ambitious attempts to sign Ronaldinho, the Barcelona and Brazil playmaker, after being […]
by offsidetrap on May 27th, 2008
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With everyone’s favourite manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, currently hanging by a thread at Manchester City, owner Thaksin Shinawatra has decided that the only way to get a bunch of rightly-brassed-off supporters off his back is to pacify the masses. That means breaking the transfer record by purchasing a shifty Brazilian, while also adding a highly-touted Mexican […]