The City came with all its stars
The English expedition landed yesterday in Barcelona after nine at night and this morning will be trained in the Ciutat Esportiva.
Manchester City, the rival FC Barcelona tonight landed yesterday after nine p.m. at the El Prat airport and went to the Juan Carlos I Hotel where the team of Mark Hughes will focus during the next few hours.
It was rumored that the English expedition could lead to significant casualties since the Premier League started last week, however the team owned by the Abu Dhabi United Arab Investors Group, appeared in the city with virtually all their top stars. The only team member who stayed in England was the land Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz, surgery of the knee during the summer.
A bus with tinted windows came to pick up the template of 'citizens' to Terminal 2 Prat. Players and coaches came out for an emergency door to prevent potential outbreaks and clusters at the airport in a month that the influx of passengers is very high.
City's players arrived at their hotel to the concentration of ten in the evening, accompanied by two cars of the Autonomous Police escorted from the airport. Just get to your destination, leaving the issue of view very concentrated, as shown by the fact that one was entering a hotel without making a single statement to the media gathered at the gates of the compound. The coach Mark Hughes was the first out of the bus and greet with a brief gesture. When Welsh was followed by the rest of the expedition, led by former Madrid Robinho, who greeted those present while talking on the phone, followed by Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure's brother, Kolo, who despite being questioned by some physical traveled with the rest of the expedition.
The team has scheduled a training session, today at 10.30 at the Ciutat Esportiva to prepare for the match tonight.
El City, el club que más gasta tras el Madrid - The City, the club spends more after Madrid
The visitor this evening in the Gamper, Manchester City FC, which will participate for the second time in the tournament in Barcelona, aims to be one of the greats of England and Europe. To do so, he has the pulse trembled owner to capitalize and expand the book checks millionaire to hire leading figures in international football. The English team can 'boast' is the second entity has spent more money in the market for signings after the Real Madrid.
If the team that presides Florentino Perez has squandered a whopping 257.4 million in enhancing the table runs Manuel Pellegrini, who chairs the Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the 'chairman' of the City, has spent 111.8 million.
The City's most talked about acquisitions have been the Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal, which paid 29 million euros, and the Argentinian Carlos Tevez (Manchester United ex) by the others who paid 29 million. Also important was the amount that could also buy the striker Roque Santa Cruz. Paraguayan emphasized in the English team from Blackburn Rovers after payment of 21.2 million. By Kolo Habib Toure, brother Yaya Toure of Barcelona, the City paid 18.7 million euros to Arsenal. And by the Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry has disbursed 13.9 million. The Welsh team headed by Mark Hughes and former Barcelona from the dock also has another signing this season, the goal of Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), although this time at zero cost to get the letter of freedom.
In the chapter on sales, revenue has barely exceeded 20 million, including 21.5. Were Gelson Fernandes (Saint Etienne), Chedid Evans (Sheffield United), Kasper Schmeichel (Notts County), Elano (Galatasaray), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea). Also other players left the institution, but without compensation.
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