Garry Cook, 10/07/2009 – “People have come to realise that you don’t go from 0 to 100mph in no time at all. We don’t want to be held to ransom, and have very clear directives.”
Roberto Mancini, 21/07/2010 – “The problem is that when clubs know that it is Manchester City they are dealing with the prices go up. This is not good and it is not right.”
Welcome to the real world Roberto. Basic economics says that if it is common knowledge that you have a bottomless wallet potential vendors will attempt to exploit that fact to the full.
It was exactly the same last year when City relentlessly pursued Joleon Lescott (who they eventually paid stupid money for) and Roque Santa Pengeluaran HK Cruz (ditto) and John Terry (who saw sense and stayed put). And don’t forget the £100m Kaka episode – they did not learn from the Robinho disaster and still don’t realise how close they came to an even bigger one with Kaka.
And they are at it again – another £100m frittered on what appear to be gambles & unneeded players. More money splashed around with more greedy sharks circling the City pleasure boat.
Jerome Boateng is a 21 year old defender who doesn’t know his best position. David Silva is a size zero waif-like winger who is not suited to the rigours of the Premiership. I hope somebody has told Silva he doesn’t get a winter break. Yaya Toure is yet another defensive midfielder in an area of the pitch where Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Vincent Kompany & Patrick Viera already operate. Toure is not needed, not that good, and rumoured to be on around £200k a week.
Reportedly on the blue radar are Aleksandar …
