AG7 wrote:C'mon guys ... why shoot the messenger? That's why I gave a detailed background instead of saying 'heard somewhere' ... and as I said Khaldoon didn't tell me to my face and questioned its believability at the end of the post as well so whether you believe or not is your own choice.
One thing I can tell you (having spent 12 years in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and working for and with the Al Nahyan family), they haven't spent over a £ billion for winning an odd trophy every year here and there and become the next Chelsea ... and knowing their mindset, I personally totally believe that there must be some truth to such ambitious targets.
The idea behind posting this was not to start a debate whether what my friend told me is to be believed or not ... but that will we see City rule the football in England and in Europe over the coming years and if this 5 trophies an year doable or not. I for one want Man City to win the five this year itself, can't imagine anyone really not cheering the team on in whatever game they are playing, be it a Carling Cup game or an FA Cup game thinking the League or else is more important so let this one go? really?
On any forum, if you post stuff like this, you get shit whether it's true or not. If the Sheikh himself came on here, nobody would believe it was him. That's just the way it is. There are so many people on the net claiming to know inside information that most fans are not willing to believe anything like this, because 99.9% of the time, it's just people making stuff up.
Re winning 5 trophies; I think it's possible, but only if we genuinely have 2 absolutely top class players for every position. That means several big signings in this window. If, as stated in the press, Kolo Toure is leaving, we are weaker at CB until a new man comes in. If a new man doesn't come in & Savic is the backup for Vinny or JL, I think we'll struggle to win any trophies at all.