City turn down Sneijder (again)

[john@staustell]

Although another club has, I understand, been trying to buy this over-rated hero all summer, our Bobby has turned his nose up at yet another desperate offer from Inter to swap him for Tevez. Good move.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html?

Manchester City have rejected a renewed attempt by Inter Milan to swap Wesley Sneijder for Carlos Tévez with Roberto Mancini revealing that the Argentine forward is ready to stay at the club after moving his family from Buenos Aires to Manchester.

Manchester City, who could hand £23 million signing Samir Nasri a debut at Tottenham on Sunday, were approached by Inter officials 10 days ago as the Italians attempted to capitalise on the delay in completing Nasri's move from Arsenal by offering Sneijder in exchange for Tévez.
While neighbours Manchester United have been engaged in a lengthy pursuit of Sneijder, City rejected the chance to sign the £35 million-rated Dutch midfielder.
Inter's offer underlines the widely-held perception that they are keen to cash in on Sneijder, but it is understood that United will not renew their interest ahead of Wednesday's transfer deadline unless the player drastically reduces his salary demands.
Tévez's decision to move his family to Manchester is regarded as significant by City, however, due to his repeated insistence that his attempt to leave the club was in order to be closer to his two daughters.
And Mancini believes the 27 year-old can now look forward to bolstering City's attempt to win the Premier League. "For Carlos, it has always been about family reasons, but his family is here now," Mancini said. "If his family is here, I think he can stay.

"This is a good moment for this club because Carlos is one of the best players that we have. If Carlos stays, we have four strikers and we can use Nasri like a midfielder. We can choose between these players if we have four strikers. It is better."
Mancini believes the acquisitions of Nasri and Sergio Agüero will help convince Tévez to remain for at least one more year. "I think that for a player who sees these good players arriving in this good team, after we won the FA Cup last year, he can think maybe we will win a title this year."
Nasri, meanwhile, insists that the pursuit of glory is his sole motivation for moving. "Money is not a factor," Nasri said. "People can think what they like. It was a choice about football and we will see that at the end of the season when we lift a trophy and talk about my choice again.
"People who talk about money will see that they are wrong. Money does not buy happiness, that's for sure. I am 24 and everyone says I am a good player, but I haven't won anything.
''I loved my time with Arsenal but I have never won anything with them. Sometimes you have to bring in big players to win. Arsenal always relied on experienced players, but since they moved to the Emirates Stadium, their transfer policy has been a little bit different."
Despite being urged by France team-mate Patrice Evra to join United, Nasri insists he made the right choice. "Patrice likes to tease people. He likes to make jokes, it's fine, and we will see about it at the end.
"At City, I want to be part of history and win titles over the next few years. It is a bigger achievement if we can do it (than United) and I prefer to be part of history than just another player."

[feedthegreek]

good article that, how times have changed refusing sneidjer
i mean we couldnt refuse benjani not long ago, amazing.

[saulman]

"At City, I want to be part of history and win titles over the next few years. It is a bigger achievement if we can do it (than United) and I prefer to be part of history than just another player."[/i]

This is the biggest selling point of our club for me. I would imagine that to some players, this has a bigger pull than the money.
That said, I doubt that Nasri would have come to City for half his wages.

[Dameerto]

"At City, I want to be part of history and win titles over the next few years. It is a bigger achievement if we can do it (than United) and I prefer to be part of history than just another player."[/i]

This is the biggest selling point of our club for me. I would imagine that to some players, this has a bigger pull than the money.
That said, I doubt that Nasri would have come to City for half his wages.

I was in the process of highlighting that one sentance on my phone earlier but it was taking too long: "...I prefer to be part of history than just another player." I love it.