*** January Transfer Window ***

[bigblue]

Plus, shelling out £40M or whatever will also send a message out to other potentials that there's life in the old dog

Having 'lost' £260M off their share price, it may bankrupt them too. They over stretched to buy RVP and are now in trouble. If they don't qualify for the Champions League their revenue stream will suffer massively, seriously disrupting summer business. That is why the will panic and try to buy Mata. He's not a player they really want, but they can't get the ones they do.

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[Clowncrete]

Re the possible Mata transfer:

Here's a video of ratboy and carrager talking about what the rags getting mata means. I think carrager is right - that if they buy Mata for 35+ mil, he has to play. And to play him, the rags have to either 1) change their system and go without true wingers or 2) sell shrek/rapist in the summer.

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Either way, I'm not too worried if he did go there. The rags need a defensive and midfield overhaul. Adding an (overpriced imho) attacking center mid will use up a large part of their transfer budget on a non-key area.

Their wingers are shit anyway, so they might just drop them. Shrek will probably off next summer.

[bigblue]

how great would it be though for Mourinho to tempt the rags with Mata, only to pull the deal at the last hour, as a "fuck you" for not selling shrek over the summer... leaving the rags with just a bunch of meaningless "bids" and no time to get an actual class player

[Bianchi on Ice]

Wonder who the third party is? Don't they think Woodward & Smeagol will be taken seriously?

Its a tupperware party

[zuricity]

It doesn't matter if they buy Mata. If the lose tonight , the best they can hope for is CL quali and that is looking more remote by the day.

Europa league revenues are not enough

Also, despite others , i do not think Mata would bring much to their midfield.

[bigblue]

Wonder who the third party is? Don't they think Woodward & Smeagol will be taken seriously?

Its a tupperware party

probably the same "representatives" who tried to sign Ander Herrera from Bilbao for them...

[dick dastardley]

Rag fans getting really excited about mata!!
City buying the league, even though 40 mil for a player is ok. Hope they get knocked out tonight and it all falls through

[Wonderwall]

It doesn't matter if they buy Mata. If the lose tonight , the best they can hope for is CL quali and that is looking more remote by the day.

Europa league revenues are not enough

Also, despite others , i do not think Mata would bring much to their midfield.

Mata is better than anything they have and is what they are desperately missing, I think its a good buy if they get him. £40m is a lot of the budget for a team without European footy next year

[Hutch's Shoulder]

'Title rivals sell good player to mid-table team'. I'm relaxed.

[City64]

Third party have placed a bid ??? WTF ????

Another rag PR stunt just before there most important match in there recent history . The rags are now has beens status ........

has beens dont sign £40 million players and any cunt who is half decent wouldnt sign for a club in serious decline with little hope of winning anything soon .


Ps Mata would be quality for us , we should be in for him !

[mr_nool]

I thought third party ownership wasn't allowed. Wasn't that what the whole Tevez / Hammers affair was about?

[Wonderwall]

I thought third party ownership wasn't allowed. Wasn't that what the whole Tevez / Hammers affair was about?

its not ownership but brokering

[mr_nool]

its not ownership but brokering

Thanks! Still I don't really get why you would need a third party to do your deals for you... surely a club if their stature must have people on their books qualified to handle transfers like this.

[patrickblue]

its not ownership but brokering

Thanks! Still I don't really get why you would need a third party to do your deals for you... surely a club if their stature must have people on their books qualified to handle transfers like this.

As I said earlier, they don't think Woodward and Gollum will be be taken seriously.

[Hutch's Shoulder]

As I said earlier, they don't think Woodward and Gollum will be be taken seriously.

No but it's a great name for a comedy duo. Or a firm of funeral directors.

[nottsblue]

its not ownership but brokering

Wonder if Bacons son is involved? This has backhander written all over it

[I Just Blue Myself]

Mata is better than anything they have and is what they are desperately missing

He's a defender & centre mid?

They need to replace Ferdinand/Vidic/Evra. Their midfield consists of Carrick, Fellaini, Cleverley & part-timer Fletcher.

On top of that their wingers Young, Valencia & Nani are erratic, but their answer is to spend 40m on a position where they have Rooney, Kagawa & Januzaj? Desperately missing my arse.

[Saul Goodman]

Has there been anything new about Mangala?

[Wonderwall]

Mata is better than anything they have and is what they are desperately missing

He's a defender & centre mid?

They need to replace Ferdinand/Vidic/Evra. Their midfield consists of Carrick, Fellaini, Cleverley & part-timer Fletcher.

On top of that their wingers Young, Valencia & Nani are erratic, but their answer is to spend 40m on a position where they have Rooney, Kagawa & Januzaj? Desperately missing my arse.

They dont have a decent playmaker, a David Silva type, Mata is that and they need creativity.

I agree though they need quality all over the place, they are an ageing team and being found out now.

[nottsblue]

Has there been anything new about Mangala?

Reckon the first we'll hear about a transfer is when the fella is paraded in a City shirt with all the hacks scratching their heads muttering amongst themselves, 'where the fuck did that come from'.