Manchester City

[McDermotX]

Ridiculous.

Real standup operation being ran at City.

[tsb]

What's even the point of trying to compete eh?

[Liverpool]

why when they have Pablo?

[john316]

150k a week for a backup right back?

[danperkins]

Love if they sign Sagna.. he has been bang average the last few years. 150 grand a week WTF!!

[Exiled_red]

150k a week

[EwarWoo]

All papers are full of ****, especially the daily mail, unless they say City are doing something ridiculous then it's gospel surely!

[Shaggy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2633361/Yaya-Toures-agent-says-midfielder-wants-quit-Manchester-City-birthday-snub.html

Yaya Toure's agent says midfielder wants to quit Manchester City over birthday snub

• Yaya Toure upset no-one from City wished him happy birthday at title celebration party which coincided with 31st birthday
• Yaya Toure is one year into four-year contract worth £220,000 a week
• Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak says club confident of landing summer transfer targets despite spending cap

Yaya Toure's future at Manchester City has been plunged into doubt after his agent made a bizarre rant against the Premier League champions over a perceived birthday snub.

The Ivory Coast midfielder, who is a year into a four-year deal worth £220,000 a week, is said to have been incensed that no one wished him happy returns last week at a title celebration party that coincided with his 31st birthday.

Toure's agent Dimitri Seluk said: 'There is a big possibility Yaya will leave this summer. He is very upset. What happened at his birthday means the club don't care about him. It was proof.

'They can say whatever they want, "Oh we like him but we forgot". Forgot? About Yaya? The player who helped you to be two-times Premier League champions? The guy who helped you win the FA Cup and League Cup?

'In a normal team, his team-mates and club would at least give him good wishes. But when you win the title and two days later you have a big party to celebrate the title and nobody comes to Yaya to say happy birthday, what more do you want?

'If a player like Yaya went to Liverpool and they won the league for the first time in 24 years, Yaya would be a god in Liverpool,' Seluk said.

'But at City, Yaya is no hero. He's nobody. That's how the club make him feel. He's very upset and he started thinking about leaving the club. And he will leave if things carry on like this.

'We're not doing this for more money. We probably can go for less money to another club. If they think they can buy everything, they are wrong. I think these people don't care. Only stupid people would want Yaya to leave.'

Meanwhile, City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has shrugged off the limitations of a £49million transfer cap by revealing that the club are well on the way to landing their summer targets.

Manuel Pellegrini's side want defender Bacary Sagna on a free transfer from Arsenal and retain a strong interest in £35m-rated Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala and team-mate Fernando, despite UEFA's punishment for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.

As well as having their net spending capped, City's wage bill has been frozen, though £200,000-a-week will be freed up after Khaldoon confirmed that the club will not retain Gareth Barry and Joleon Lescott.

City spent nearly £100m on Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic last summer and Khaldoon said: 'Expect the same - but even earlier. We know exactly what needs to be done.'

[Pablo]

Cool, we'll have him.

[Fredo]

**** me. The Daily Mail.

[Bender]

**** me. The Daily Mail.

Pipe Down

[john316]

Get rid of him and Eden Hazard from City and Chelsea and suddenly things are really looking up for next season!

[Roboklopp]

Apparently there were pics of him being given a birthday cake on Citeh sites a few days back. Agent being a dick.

[Sarb]

His agent doesnt like Tixi and Soriano who sold Yaya at Barca

Toure should probably have a word with him because he is making a tit of himself and Toure

[Bender]

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak says the Premier League champions will act swiftly in the transfer market despite Uefa sanctions.
City have been fined £49m, £32m of which is suspended, and can only name a 21-man Champions League squad after failing financial fair play rules.
Another sanction means City can only spend £49m on players this summer, as well as any transfer fees they receive.
"We know exactly what needs to be done," Al Mubarak said.

But since their title success earlier this month, City have been fined and the squad capped after failing Uefa financial fair play rules.
As part of the sanctions, City's wage bill for 2014-15 must stay the same as this season.

But Al Mubarak, in an interview with City TV, insists the club will back Manuel Pellegrini in the transfer market this summer as the 60-year-old Chilean prepares for his second season in charge.

"We know exactly the players that need to go and the players that need to come in, the areas that need to be strengthened and the players that we intend to bring in to fill these areas," added Al Mubarak.
"I can tell our fans to expect, as last year, an efficient and swift execution plan.
"We will have, after the World Cup, a good pre-season and we will go into the season very ready, as we did last year, to compete for four championships."
BBC