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So Ashley refused to sell when this Abu Dhabi group were interested but now is willing to sell any of our players and sack Keegan... Something really doesn't add up here

on train on way home, refreshing wap every ten secs but nothing happening just hoping theyre waiting for me to get in

Stuck at work til 7 then gym induction from 8 til 9. My fault for being a fat cunt but wish i'd thought it through before booking last week... come 9pm it's a taxi home then 3 hours of all this...

We've had this the first time Thaksin took over, when Egg went into West Ham, Lerner into Villa, etc... I know they are all different but i wouldn't immediately be dejected because city have (another) pile of cash possibly at their disposal. New owners often means new manager so next time City have a slump we might see another change at the top which will unsettle everyone there. A club has to be managed well to succeed, not just have loads of money chucked at it. I know people will point to Chelsea but they had Mourinho who wasn't exactly a bad manager. Not saying Hughes is, just think he might not be who they want and the merry go round at City could start all over... As long as we're quietly working away in the background, getting some kind of stability, bringing some youth talent in and buying players of the quality we have so far, i'm happy to see City et al go mental

The Middle East really don't need to make money in the short-term, you know. If anything they need to find ways to spend money like hell short-term that could become something that isn't a massive loss-maker and can break even in the long-term. I know they don't need to make money, but the essence of an investment group is to invest money to make money, not to lose money short term and hopefully break even long term. I know that they are ridiculously cash-rich at present but i don't really understand the point in investing for the sake of investing just to hopefully break even long term. It's not like if they didn't invest it someone would come along and take it away from them... What happened to good old fashioned leaving your money in the bank for a rainy day?! I suppose the one thing they may hope for is positive western exposure...

I still never really understand investment groups getting involved in footie. Don't see where they will make money which is what investment groups are supposed to do...

Applies Europewide i'm pretty sure, hence Inter supposedly signing Quaresma today and Calderon saying Madrid would be making no more signings (If they couldn't make any it would seem a bit of an odd thing to say)

Transfer deadline is often the single day that encapsulates being a toon fan... Loads of expectation and excitement make it all worthwhile before the inevitable disappointment as we reach midnight and snap up Gok Wan or whoever it was Man Utd released...

Exactly this. On my own and absolutely swamped but can't stop F5ing and i've only been in half hour

Absolute bollocks. Seems to have been pretty spot on tactically since he came back, operated without any open chequebook and with a pretty ragtag team at the beginning of his reign and throughout his first couple of seasons, relying on managerial skill and uncovering unknowns to get the team in a position to attract the top players and was the person who got us into the position in 96 in the first place. Also, didn't we have a better defensive record than ManYoo that season? Can't recall whether we had Peacock playing then or not?! Your opinion sounds like something that bint from the Guardian would write.

I don't think it's necessarily a case of a lack of faith, but we've missed out on a few targets (allegedly) and there have been various tones in the last week alone, swinging from positive to negative and back again re transfers. I have complete faith in him as a manager but as he has stated once negotiations start he leaves the 3 amigos to it and if they fuck up then the transfer won't go through. He is relying on what they say. Whilst there will be a lot of people left looking silly if we pull off some ace signings there are also a fair few who'll look the same if we can't land our chosen targets. Personally, i'd rather a) wait and see what happens by Monday before making any judgments, b) judge on actions rather than words which is something Keegan has always encouraged and c) to be honest, go into the campaign with what we've got rather than scattergun it like Everton. Don't misinterpret caution as a lack of faith / trust, we all want the same thing, we've all been burnt before (by Keegan as well, this is the guy who walked out on us, no matter how much we all love him) and i think it's fair for people to be nervous without having accusations of a lack of faith in the manager / board / team. I support all 3, but refuse to take anything for granted until it's been confirmed.

i'll be happier when i see those players come in... We heard this all from Roeder a couple of years back... To be honest just another 2 or 3 quality players and i'd be ecstatic... Edit: Not saying it won't happen, just going to be nervous til it does

undisclosed apparently. Although i wouldn't touch Saha with a bargepole it gives me hope we could still pull a surprise or two out the bag as hadn't seen Saha linked with Everton a great deal. Re: Rossi - hasn't he been awesome for Vilareal?

Warren Buffett loves giving his money to charity cases... i reckon we should all send him begmail for a few billion, no worthier cause

so, who's going to go and fix wikipedia, i know some of you guys love doing that!

Surely that had to mean Guitterrez as a playmaker???

Link? To radio Manchester that is... Posted by someone on Bluemoon. An ITK is saying he is having a medical split over today and tomorrow with a view to signing on Friday. City are playing Celtic tonight so he shouldn't be expected to be in the team if what is said is true. What happened with this? Still going ahead? Latest i've seen seems to suggest he's staying: Manchester City boss Mark Hughes admits there is interest in Vedran Corluka, but says the Croatian has had no contact with Tottenham. Spurs are known to have launched a bid for the highly-rated defender, but Hughes insists Corluka has not been given permission to talk to them. And the Croatian featured in City's pre-season draw at Celtic on Wednesday night, Hughes suggested he wanted Corluka to stay put. "There has been interest shown but he played well and I am pleased with him," he told the Manchester Evening News. "There will always be speculation surrounding good players like him. "He has had no contact with Spurs."

So was Aimar...

What's so bad about nufcblog? If "professional" journalists get to make up their own rumours on the back pages of tabloids then why not some random blogger on the internet? If he has decided that a mystery midfielder is on the verge of signing, then fair enough. At least his imagination doesn't hide behind imaginary "unnamed sources" and ulterior motives. The truly woeful part is that his bullshit gets laughed at while the next SWARFEGA TO TOON??? headline in the Sunday Sun will somehow merit a 10 page thread, complete with optional 5 page meltdown about the inadequacy of the board and Dennis Wise if and when he signs a new contract (or for Spurs). ok... i've been lurking around these parts for a good year or so now, posting occasionally for the last 6 months, and i see constant references to this Swarfega character. It's obviously a long running gag but could anyone enlighten me as to how it came about??

don`t know how they got him for such a low price too. 13m euros is a bargain in todays market for a player of his quality Wasn't there something in his contract allowing him to go for 1.5m euros next year, hence them selling him this year?

I bet it was...for Mort who did it. Pretty sure it was actually Ashley, the press picked those quotes up and got them wrong, Niall Quinn said Chairman but meant Ashley... I may be wrong though...

So your point of complaint is just a random complaint not directed at anyone on this thread, more at the forum at large, for no apparent reason? Why exactly?

Who is 'spouting off'?! One person has made a gag about him falling over on a video they were watching and someone else has said they've seen him play 6 times...!

What's your point? We should only sign players we've all seen? One would hope our scouts have seen him play a fair few times, hence the interest. Or maybe we should be trying to sign back Bramble, after all at least we've all seen him play.

Yep, and Kluivert really went on to prove that he was the better striker / worthy of a place ahead of Shearer following his release from SJP, didn't he?