£75 Million !!!...??? Maria & Louise

[Manx Blue]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... =transfers

Manchester City are rumoured to have agreed to smash the British transfer record with a £40 million bid for Benfica winger Angel Di Maria.

Brazilian defender David Luiz is wanted by a raft of Europe's giants
And City are also happy to top up their vast outlay to Benfica by a further £35 million for highly-rated centre half David Luiz. Well-placed insiders have told ESPNsoccernet that they believe a £75 million bid for the Benfica pair will be successful, as it tops all previous offers from rival suitors.

Such spending further increases the suspicion that City have a transfer budget that could even blow Roman Abramovich out of the water. City are being consistently linked with moves for Liverpool pair Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.

A summer outlay that could come close, or even surpass £200 million is not out of the question, particularly if they can beat Spurs on Wednesday to reach the Champions League and thus be more attractive to the pick of the world's best.

A Premier League transfer specialist told Soccernet on Monday evening: "The word is that Manchester City have already agreed £40m for the Argentine winger and £35m for the centre-half both from Benfica. Di Maria played well against Everton and also Liverpool, and while plenty of the biggest clubs want him, you will find City are willing to pay just that little bit more to get the players they want.

"They've got the money, and they are spending it, and of course you wouldn't be surprised if they went for Torres and Gerrard, but a lot will depend if they can reach the Champions League and we shall all know a lot more by the time they play Spurs on Wednesday at Eastlands."

The 22-year-old Argentina international winger put Everton to the sword in the Portuguese giants' 5-0 and 2-0 wins over the Toffees earlier this season. As a result he became one of Europe's hottest properties, wanted by Premier League giants Manchester United and Chelsea without Manchester City.

Luiz's impressive defensive displays have placed him on the summer shopping lists of Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona so City have moved quickly to get in first, with a bid that none of the other clubs would be prepared to match for the 23 year-old. Luiz, who joined Benfica from Brazilian club Vitoria three years ago, has formed a strong pairing with compatriot Luisao at the heart of the defence though his considerable pace allows him to be equally comfortable at left back.

Somebody tell Bryan Swanson to Keep the fuck quiet.

[Moonchesteri]

Peanuts. Why not (as long as we do have unlimited budget).

Silly money but just bollocks anyway

[Manx Blue]

Peanuts. Why not (as long as we do have unlimited budget).

Silly money but just bollocks anyway

With Robinho opening his trap for the first time in 10 or 11 days, surely he could be used as a makeweight?

[avoidconfusion]

Fucking mental if we were to pay 40m for Di Maria... and 35m for Luiz???
I hope a swap with Robinho is on the cards here... I know money does not matter but Di Maria is not worth that much and Luiz certainly isn't either.

[Moonchesteri]

Fucking mental if we were to pay 40m for Di Maria... and 35m for Luiz???
I hope a swap with Robinho is on the cards here... I know money does not matter but Di Maria is not worth that much and Luiz certainly isn't either.

Straight swap, robbie for Di Maria. Forget Luiz (who is he anyway and why they want to link us with ALL Benfica players. Isn't he like 5th?) and go for Chiellini instead. I like his nose.

[Manx Blue]

Fucking mental if we were to pay 40m for Di Maria... and 35m for Luiz???
I hope a swap with Robinho is on the cards here... I know money does not matter but Di Maria is not worth that much and Luiz certainly isn't either.

Straight swap, robbie for Di Maria. Forget Luiz (who is he anyway and why they want to link us with ALL Benfica players. Isn't he like 5th?) and go for Chiellini instead. I like his nose.

How many CB's do we need? Kompany, Lescott, Toure, Richards, Onouha and Boyatta have all had spells there this season.

[Moonchesteri]

With Robinho opening his trap for the first time in 10 or 11 days, surely he could be used as a makeweight?

Haven't bothered to read about his whining lately but he is starting to piss me off now.
I say, send someone from the club to go to the gay village to take the first willing gayboy with him/her and fill Robinho's mouth with his cock

[Beefymcfc]

Mmmmmm, someone mentioed how the press would go into overdrive; I wonder who could this have an impact on?

Another load of bollox, contradicted itself within the first 2 paragraphs.

[Lee_Kinda]

Fucking mental if we were to pay 40m for Di Maria... and 35m for Luiz???
I hope a swap with Robinho is on the cards here... I know money does not matter but Di Maria is not worth that much and Luiz certainly isn't either.

Straight swap, robbie for Di Maria. Forget Luiz (who is he anyway and why they want to link us with ALL Benfica players. Isn't he like 5th?) and go for Chiellini instead. I like his nose.

Luiz is pretty good to be fair.

[avoidconfusion]

Fucking mental if we were to pay 40m for Di Maria... and 35m for Luiz???
I hope a swap with Robinho is on the cards here... I know money does not matter but Di Maria is not worth that much and Luiz certainly isn't either.

Straight swap, robbie for Di Maria. Forget Luiz (who is he anyway and why they want to link us with ALL Benfica players. Isn't he like 5th?) and go for Chiellini instead. I like his nose.

How many CB's do we need? Kompany, Lescott, Toure, Richards, Onouha and Boyatta have all had spells there this season.

Toure can be sold imho, but is it true that Luiz hasn't even been capped for Brazil yet?

[Manx Blue]

With Robinho opening his trap for the first time in 10 or 11 days, surely he could be used as a makeweight?

Haven't bothered to read about his whining lately but he is starting to piss me off now.
I say, send someone from the club to go to the gay village to take the first willing gayboy with him/her and fill Robinho's mouth with his cock

An interesting strategy indeed

[Manx Blue]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... l?ITO=1490

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Let me just go on record that paying 40m for Di Maria would be absolute madness. He is promising player, nothing more, nothing less. Hasn't played regularily against top quality opposition and portuguese league is probably the softest league in Europe. He is maybe worth 15m punt but at that price we should stay well away.

Luiz is fine player as well but not really in World Class bracket. Still, he is finished article and would be bettr than Toure.

[Fidel Castro]

Di Maria is a good prospect, but does a bit too much showboating and always opts for the harder option. Worth 15-20 million tops. I haven't seen Luiz that often, when I have he was pretty average. No better than we already have anyway.

Rather go for Ashley Young/Joe Cole and Neven Subotic in those positions.

[Dameerto]

It goes against every message coming out of the club this season about making sure we get value for money in our transfer dealings, and on that basis I suspect it's bollox.

[edge275]

It goes against every message coming out of the club this season about making sure we get value for money in our transfer dealings, and on that basis I suspect it's bollox.

Do you consider RSC value for money??

[Vhero]

It goes against every message coming out of the club this season about making sure we get value for money in our transfer dealings, and on that basis I suspect it's bollox.

Do you consider RSC value for money??

I think we will follow the policy IF we get 4th mate I think that cock up was MH fault not the clubs and partly why he was fired. Lets not bring it up again yeah?

[Dameerto]

It goes against every message coming out of the club this season about making sure we get value for money in our transfer dealings, and on that basis I suspect it's bollox.

Do you consider RSC value for money??

It doesnt matter what I consider, it's a question of what the club has been saying all season - as I stated.