Man City next season...

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Good signings for them

I rate Ferdandinho -Navas probably got confused with Malaga/Manchester -he was homesick before. But it looks like they will be spending around £100m mark as usual -come on Roman get yer cheque book out.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Sky sources saying its a £34m deal. Wow.

[Pizy 18,858]

34m for someone who isn't a superstar and is 28 seems insane. More than Hazard? Wow.

[Term-X 7,891]

Chelsea splashed the cash on youngsters like Oscar, Hazard and even Azpilicueta for the long term. City have splurged a shit load on a 27 year old and a 28 year old, for the 'now' to win trophies short-term.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

34 million for Fernandinho, who is pretty much unproven outside of Ukraine. Not even a regular in the Brazilian NT. He looked good in the CL but 34 million is an abysmal deal on Citys behalf.

[Leif 6,006]

This is the difference between us and City when it comes to cash. We look at long term.

We bought Ashley Cole quite young, Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Luiz (sorta), Azpi etc. and they all play very well.

But they go out and buy Clichy's, Navas's etc. who only have a few years left of top football and at stupidly high prices more often than not. Where is the next 'star' in their team? Nastasic? That's literally it.

Idiots.

They may very well win a trophy or two now, but in 5 years? Where will they be? Not at the top like us I'd be willing to bet.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

De rossi can handle fernandinho and yaya,no need to worry people

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

De rossi can handle fernandinho and yaya,no need to worry people

I can actually see De Rossi kicking the living shit out of Fernandinho hahahahaha

[Madmax 9,219]

Good player but you'd think Shaktar are laughing right now. 34 fucking million.

[Pizy 18,858]

This is the difference between us and City when it comes to cash. We look at long term.

We bought Ashley Cole quite young, Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Luiz (sorta), Azpi etc. and they all play very well.

But they go out and buy Clichy's, Navas's etc. who only have a few years left of top football and at stupidly high prices more often than not. Where is the next 'star' in their team? Nastasic? That's literally it.

Idiots.

They may very well win a trophy or two now, but in 5 years? Where will they be? Not at the top like us I'd be willing to bet.

None of that really matters to them though becasue they have infinite funds. When all of these players fall off they'll just do what they're gonna do this summer and spend another £100m.

I like our way better. I do feel that we do need significant spending this summer in order to feel completely confident about challenging for the title. I agree with some people here that as of this moment, ON PAPER, City have a better and more balanced squad than us. I completely trust Jose to make the right buys.

[Tomo 21,751]

City are one of the most over-rated teams in the history of English football.

Yes their very good and will probably be up there next season, but they haven't had that "it" factor since November 2011 and they are still constantly talked about as the best team in the league (despite finishing miles behind United last term and only 3 ahead of us).

A very good team they are, but they are certainly there to be got at.

[Ankit 3,176]

Fernandinho: Costs £22 million for the player, £34m price being quoted by Sky includes his wages over five years (£12m).

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Fuck it they still payed 20 million for Javi Garcia, when hes worth maybe 5.

[Strike 7,477]

Fernandinho: Costs £22 million for the player, £34m price being quoted by Sky includes his wages over five years (£12m).

Source? Because by all accounts (Yahoo, Sky) it looks like a 34million fee

either way, Shakhtar must be laughing all the way to the bank. Imagine City fans If we get de Rossi for 10-15mil

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

City see that we are rebuilding and United just lost Fergie so this is their best chance at winning another title of even 2 on the trot. Can't blame them for going all out and focusing on short-term. I'd say they are def favourites right now. We'll be up there for sure but their squad is ridiculously good right now, not just first XI but amazing depth too.

Hart

Zaba - Kompany - Nastasic - Clichy

Fernandinho - Toure

Navas - Silva - Nasri

Aguero

That's scary good team right there.