Man City next season...

[Kojo 4,676]

WHAT A BUNCH OF PUSSIES!

Sorry but you think dear old Roman is going to fear them bunch of twats? IS HE FUCK!

We are Chelsea FC, get Mourinho in and give him the money and we will rebuild and beat City. They had a great team and done fuck all with it, they've spent more than we did when we first started and we still won a lot more.

It's going to be hard no doubt, but we can do it, why fear them when we can simply just beat them? Nothings so simple but with faith in Mourinho and faith into the new side we can definitely put up a great fight.

[The Mak 4,459]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8742186/Manuel-Pellegrini-claims-to-have-verbal-agreement-to-take-over-at-Manchester-City

Manuel Pellegrini claims to have verbal agreement to take over at Manchester City

Pellegrini all but confirmed it seems.

I'm not worried about them to be honest really. They don't really have a winning mentality at the moment and Pellegrini is better than Mancini, but he can't wave a wand in the first day with all their egos. Is his English even any good?

As the only place to be said, we'll have Jose, who will be the best manager in the league. I'm not worried about them or United for that matter. I'm not saying we'll walk the league, but we shouldn't fear anyone.

[Tomo 21,733]

People who are convinced Cavani is going to City, remember the Eden Hazard saga?

[Jase 43,479]

you're assuming Pellgrini will walk in and make them a force.

There's still a lot of ego within that team and it's yet to actually become a 'team'. Pellgrini will face a battle in his first season trying to make them gel together, which isn't going to happen instantly.

Indeed. So many people are overrating Pellegrini and thinking he's just gonna come in and turn City into some unbeatable force YET the same people would well probably not rate him so high and say he's rubbish for hardly winning any trophies etc if he were to actually take over us instead.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Manuel Pellegrini claims to have verbal agreement to take over at Manchester City

"I have a verbal agreement with them and I hope it is carried out," he said in an interview with the Andalusian television station Canal Sur on Wednesday.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11679/8742186/Manuel-Pellegrini-claims-to-have-verbal-agreement-to-take-over-at-Manchester-City

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Indeed. So many people are overrating Pellegrini and thinking he's just gonna come in and turn City into some unbeatable force YET the same people would well probably not rate him so high and say he's rubbish for hardly winning any trophies etc if he were to actually take over us instead.

At the end of the day Pellegrini is still a gamble for Manchester City. Considering his successes have only been in Spain, thus far, he has a lot to prove if he can adapt his style to suit the Premier League. Whereas we're getting a coach that knows exactly how to coach in England.

[Term-X 7,891]

The concern is justified, because we can't seem to beat them (5/5 'competitive' games). Yaya Toure is like kryptonite for us, a 'one man team' quite literally due to how versatile he is, steamrolls our pivot with ease. It's embarrassing..

[DJames 729]

A little too premature to panic seeing that we don't know how much Chelsea's line up and tactical approach is going to be with the arrival of Mourinho

[Zinedine Iniesco 172]

Just how it will take some time for Pellegrini it will probably take sometime for mourinho as well.

Pellegrini has always been known for playing a very good brand of football and he is very classy. Manchester City want to build long term projects and not just dip cash in. Pellegrini might not have many trophies but he is a good coach as he did wonders with villareal, was a favorite to take barcelona until pep arrived and didnt even do all that bad in madrid even though perez never really had faith in him. He didnt really lose the dressing room like some might think, he never really had a chance since mou was always perez' obsession.

For those who think Isco will arrive to city dont be so sure as all the spanish media is saying city and pellegrini will not touch isco.

Hes a good coach who took down madrid this season making madrid look like subpar clowns, while also nearly eliminating dortmund with some great tactical and team, team work.

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2013/04/10/dortmund-3-2-malaga-pellegrinis-side-defend-well-but-are-unable-to-cope-with-late-pressure/

Much more promising than mancini imo.

[Toli 977]

^ winning 6-2 against malaga is making look "madrid like subpar clowns"? ok...

beside this, he is a great coach and surely better than mancini. he could turn City in to a real force while playing good football.

[Toli 977]

According to AS, Jesus Navas will sign for City. the transfer fee should be around 30 million euros.

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/06/02/primera/1370188290_508732.html

if thats true, would be another bs transfer from City. he is nowhere near worth 30 mil..and also really one-dimensional in his game. Isco would be the way better choice for this money. Also Navas is rumoured to be homesick.

marca also reporting. fee to be 25 mio + 5 on objectives

http://www.marca.com/2013/06/03/futbol/equipos/sevilla/1370216061.html

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

[Kezza 1,965]

Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

Messi disagrees

[OneMoSalah 8,783]

Messi disagrees

as does Drogba.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Messi disagrees

[Jase 43,479]

as does Drogba.

And probably Van Persie as well..

[Kezza 1,965]

And probably Van Persie as well..

Bale too..

Oh thats right, we are talking about teams with trophies

[Spike 12,049]

Messi makes Barcelona Barcelona not those two. They are brilliant players no doubt, probably two of the best in the world, but Messi takes Barcelona to the next level, not those two. Barcelona can handle life without Iniesta and Xavi but not without Messi.