City v Barcelona (Pre season 8th Aug)

[Mark (Blue Army)]

City will play Barca in a pre season friendly in Manchester, what a game that will be.

[feedthegreek]

what date ?

[pepsi_dave]

Erm.... Are you serious.... Read the title again.

[mr_nool]

Damn it. Should've been the other way around. I'm in Catalonia then.

[feedthegreek]

Erm.... Are you serious.... Read the title again.

new glasses needed.

[Esky]

The Champions of England vs ...some team that came second.

[Blue Blood]

Awesome.

Warm up for our champions league final encounter no doubt ;D

[feedthegreek]

thats on a wednesday night then.

[pepsi_dave]

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Should have gone to specsavers haha

[lets all have a disco]

So BCN then Chelski four days later it is then.

Happy days.

[Nigels Tackle]

who are we playing and when?

will it be on liveonlinefooty?

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Never mind City just said there are no plans to play Barca, rumours are false. Lock thread :(

[pepsi_dave]

Pffffft

[craigmcfc]

Haha, are you after thread of next season already Mark?

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Haha, are you after thread of next season already Mark?

Thought id get in their early :)

[london blue 2]

Cant wait! do you think we'll be wearing the new Puma kit?

[aaron bond]

Cant wait! do you think we'll be wearing the new Puma kit?

Lahm WILL be lining up wearing the new Puma kit for us. Have no doubt!

[Dronny]

Creaney and Bradbury up front I've heard

[carl_feedthegoat]

One word < SPASTIC >

[john@staustell]

Elmundodeportivo says yes to the City-Barca friendly, quite clearly stated here (unfortunately I have to go out so cant translate it now for you but please use online translator). I should point out that the Valencia friendly was clearly stated in the Valencian press many weeks before City would even confirm it (and indeed denied it), eventually doing so about 2 weeks before:

http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20120531/ ... 41396.html

El Barça jugará un 'bolo' estival de lujo contra el Manchester City, campeón de la Premier inglesa y equipo en el que milita Yaya Touré, ex azulgrana añorado por muchos aficionados del Barça.

El amistoso tendrá lugar en Inglaterra el próximo 8 de agosto, en plena cuenta atrás del arranque de la Liga española, previsto para el fin de semana del 18 y el 19-A.

Con este test de altura el Barcelona cierra su programa de pretemporada. Cabe recordar que el 24 de julio el equipo de Tito Vilanova se enfrentará al Hamburgo en Alemania, el 28-J, a una selección de jugadores marroquíes en Tánger y el 4 de agosto, al PSG en París.

En el mes de agosto, el Barça asimismo afrontará el Gamper, previsto para el día 12, así como la Supercopa de España contra el Madrid, que se jugará a doble partido, en un principio el 22 y el 29-A.

Precisamente la Supercopa y el amistoso contra el City se perfilan como las dos grandes citas de un verano azulgrana sin stage ni gira de por medio. Touré al margen, en el conjunto de Roberto Mancini también destacan el Kun Agüero, buen amigo de Messi, o el ex valencianista David Silva.

Touré ha dejado una puerta abierta a un posible regreso al Barça, donde sería bienvenido por la garra, el empuje y los centímetros que aportaría