Manchester City

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Attitude towards this game has been embarrassing from City, no desire or even effort to get back once they lose the ball.

[Fivex]

His mates have obviously dressed him up for his stag do or similar

[Venton]

Keeper...

[Chris]

Attitude towards this game has been embarrassing from City, no desire or even effort to get back once they lose the ball.

Yaya just wobbling back on the second, though he does that all the time anyway and it's a massive reason why they are utterly hopeless in the CL. Fernando has looked like he won a competition to play aswell.

[Reece]

Hopefully they keep this up for at least a couple of weeks.

[G]

They were terrible at the start of last season too. Just a question of who gets ahead of them and how far ahead before they kick into gear. Terrible at the back though. Chelsea far better placed this season than City I think.

[Bender]

Eliaquim Mangala: Man City sign Porto defender for £32m
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LFCZA @LFCZA 14m
If Porto's statement is correct, and if my lunch-time maths is correct, City have spent +-£42m on #Mangala.

Andy Brassell @andybrassell 17m
Mangala done, and very expensive. Porto statement says they received €30.5m (£24.3m) just for their 57.67% of him http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/mangal...0d54f10c5.html …

[Rich]

Blimey, that would put this at £42m if that's true and the 3rd party received an equivalent amount.

[Chris]

Thats ****ing insane, when I was on the Benfica forum re Markovic they didnt even think he was particularly good. Biased maybe but they were happy to all praise Rojo who's at a more hated rival.

He did look abysmal in the Europa League last season but he's only young and must have something about him.

[Pablo]

Again Lovren looking relatively cheap.

[Bender]

David Silva has signed a new 5 year contract

@guardian_sport: Javi García set to join Zenit for £13m from #mcfc. By @JamieJackson___ http://t.co/hqKC4FjpAG (Photo: Allstar) http://t.co/vHBAa8pOFS

[Pablo]

Why have you put a picture of Frank Lampard? Are you being all hilarious by getting things wrong again?

[Rich]

Lampard's beard goes very low down his neck, not noticed that before!

[Bender]

Guardian sport @guardian_sport 2m
Yaya Touré will not be offered new deal by Manchester City. By @JamieJackson___ http://gu.com/p/4vnth/tw #mcfc
CakeGate

[Trippendicular]

David Silva has signed a new 5 year contract

@guardian_sport: Javi García set to join Zenit for £13m from #mcfc. By @JamieJackson___ http://t.co/hqKC4FjpAG (Photo: Allstar) http://t.co/vHBAa8pOFS

Not that I care personally but this picture just looks wrong. Imagine Gerrard signing for City next year.