Rumours and gossip

[lickedlollipop]

Sami's coach for next season will be ex-Bayern boss Jupp Heynckes.

[MrsB]

1352 BST: Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery - a reported target of Manchester United and Chelsea - has ruled out a potential move to England because he does not like the climate. (Full story: Setanta)

Haha.

[JohnDoe]

Very good news. Ribery's the only player who could possibly replace Ronaldo, and he'd have been lethal for Chelsea.

[Vermilion]

Tevez could sign for Citeh today, apparently.

Whatever anyone thinks, if they sign Tevez, and more like him, they WILL become a force in the Prem.

[PTP]

1352 BST: Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery - a reported target of Manchester United and Chelsea - has ruled out a potential move to England because he does not like the climate. (Full story: Setanta)

Haha.

always makes me laugh - ****ing hell it's not like germany's climate is like the canary islands

[Dalglish]

I'm just disappointed that no-one has yet opened their transfer warchest in response to a come and get me plea

[Guest]

Tevez could sign for Citeh today, apparently.

Whatever anyone thinks, if they sign Tevez, and more like him, they WILL become a force in the Prem.

But we're signing Barry, so that will equate things a bit.

[Tee]

But we're signing Barry, so that will equate things a bit.

WTF are you on about - Barry has signed for Citeh you dumbass!!

[PTP]

Owen to Villa

[Tee]

Owen to Villa

I heard he was nailed on for Everton.

[PTP]

1110 BST: Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is ready to offer Newcastle striker Michael Owen a two-year deal worth £55,000 a week.
Full story: Birmingham Mail

[Guest]

WTF are you on about - Barry has signed for Citeh you dumbass!!

mmmmm .....

[dww]

Tevez could sign for Citeh today, apparently.

Whatever anyone thinks, if they sign Tevez, and more like him, they WILL become a force in the Prem.

Depends what you mean by more like him. I think their interest in Tevez is purely based on the impact that them signing him would make as a statement of intent, much as Robinho did, but not necessarily addressing the needs they have. They can pile up midget strikers all they want - after a certain point it seems pretty pointless.

The Barry signing I think was more important. I agree with you though that by the end of next season they will almost certainly be a force to be reckoned with. Their form at Eastlands in the past season indicates they aren't as far off as some think but I don't think they had the right framework to build on without taking something away from what they had so it will take a while to settle with the new signings.

[PTP]

Depends what you mean by more like him. I think their interest in Tevez is purely based on the impact that them signing him would make as a statement of intent, much as Robinho did, but not necessarily addressing the needs they have. They can pile up midget strikers all they want - after a certain point it seems pretty pointless.

The Barry signing I think was more important. I agree with you though that by the end of next season they will almost certainly be a force to be reckoned with. Their form at Eastlands in the past season indicates they aren't as far off as some think but I don't think they had the right framework to build on without taking something away from what they had so it will take a while to settle with the new signings.

whilst part of me is concerned that citeh have the potential to become unstoppable, i can't help feeling that it's going to go horribly wrong for them in some way or other.

[Imy]

Depends what you mean by more like him. I think their interest in Tevez is purely based on the impact that them signing him would make as a statement of intent, much as Robinho did, but not necessarily addressing the needs they have. They can pile up midget strikers all they want - after a certain point it seems pretty pointless.

The Barry signing I think was more important. I agree with you though that by the end of next season they will almost certainly be a force to be reckoned with. Their form at Eastlands in the past season indicates they aren't as far off as some think but I don't think they had the right framework to build on without taking something away from what they had so it will take a while to settle with the new signings.

whilst part of me is concerned that citeh have the potential to become unstoppable, i can't help feeling that it's going to go horribly wrong for them in some way or other.

Two things in my opinion about Citeh:

Mark Hughes is a decent manager, perfect for a mid table team, i however doubt he has the acumen and managerial skill to take City all the way to the pinnacle of Premiership Champions. I believe he'll be sacked before next season ends.

Agree with Dww, they can add as many strikers/attackers as they want - what they really need are some world class defenders, possibly in all 4 positions - if they manage this they'll certainly be more of a threat.