Man City will win the Premiership within 5 years...

[Harry Carry]

I predict all nobbers will hate man City if they 'buy' success.

Not until Citeh beat us 1-0 with a flukey deflected goal

Might have to wait a while to play Citeh again.......

[Silver Fox]

I doubt the arabs see them getting relegated this year

[Dirk Gently]

The deal isn't all quite as cut and dried as it seems .....

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=a-sheikh-to-city-s-bid-plan%26method=full%26objectid=20736791%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is changing the goalposts in his move for Manchester City - and wants to pay LESS for a SMALLER slice of Thaksin Shinawatra's club.

In a sensational twist the wealthy Abu Dhabi bidder is looking to take just 75 per cent of City rather than the original 90 per cent proposed by his team.

The Arabs are disturbed by the size of debts Shinawatra has run up - with estimates the Thai has clocked up bills of around £140million - and their search of the books has altered the deal.

Now the Sheikh and his team are proposing to pay Shinawatra a lot less cash in the latest dramatic twist at 'Middle' Eastlands...and they will settle for a majority but not near-overall control.

Shinawatra is in a difficult position. His assets are frozen in Thailand and he has run up costs that would cripple City if the Arabs walked away.

Sheikh Al Nahyan's team only came to the table late on in the search for a buyer.

Other groups came and went be for they emerged in the last days of August - but it would be catastrophic if they turned out to be a footballing mirage.

People Sport can reveal only a fraction of the cost for several transfers at City have been paid - like Robinho, Jo and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

[chandog]

The deal isn't all quite as cut and dried as it seems .....

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=a-sheikh-to-city-s-bid-plan%26method=full%26objectid=20736791%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is changing the goalposts in his move for Manchester City - and wants to pay LESS for a SMALLER slice of Thaksin Shinawatra's club.

In a sensational twist the wealthy Abu Dhabi bidder is looking to take just 75 per cent of City rather than the original 90 per cent proposed by his team.

The Arabs are disturbed by the size of debts Shinawatra has run up - with estimates the Thai has clocked up bills of around £140million - and their search of the books has altered the deal.

Now the Sheikh and his team are proposing to pay Shinawatra a lot less cash in the latest dramatic twist at 'Middle' Eastlands...and they will settle for a majority but not near-overall control.

Shinawatra is in a difficult position. His assets are frozen in Thailand and he has run up costs that would cripple City if the Arabs walked away.

Sheikh Al Nahyan's team only came to the table late on in the search for a buyer.

Other groups came and went be for they emerged in the last days of August - but it would be catastrophic if they turned out to be a footballing mirage.

People Sport can reveal only a fraction of the cost for several transfers at City have been paid - like Robinho, Jo and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

would love it if this deal falls through
all the newly smug city fans would go into hiding
thank god

[papereyes]

Is there anything in that article that could be in any way verifiable.

[Harry Carry]

Just shows all that money spent by Citeh can't buy success.

[Alan Partridge]

Just shows all that money spent by Citeh can't buy success.

that's quite good tbf

[frimmers]

by monday if not tonight...

[TheMaraudingDog]

I doubt the arabs see them getting relegated this year

Oooh I'm not too sure about that

[TheMaraudingDog]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to spend millions, get all the City fans giddy and then get them relegated.

[jocombes]

West Brom 2-1 Manchester City

Mark Hughes will be sacked on christmas day harsh but needs to be done . They could go down at this rate

[The 17 Bus]

Fortunately Schards put a 5 year time on this prediction.

[Row Z Royal]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to spend millions, get all the City fans giddy and then get them relegated.

A TMD ALOL. What a treat at Christmas.

[rg6royal]

Don't see why he went there in the first place tbh. Everyone is expecting so much of City just because they have money. Will be interesting to see what happens there in january.

[FORSTERS_RIGHT_FOOT]

Don't see why he went there in the first place tbh. Everyone is expecting so much of City just because they have money. Will be interesting to see what happens there in january.

But when he went there they didnt have all that money.

[chilipepper91]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to spend millions, get all the City fans giddy and then get them relegated.

A TMD ALOL. What a treat at Christmas.

TMD >>>>>>>>>>> Harry

[papereyes]

Three managers in two years, a disproportionate amount of money spent on shit attackers at the expense of half-decent defensive players and no time to spend any of the money that is supposed to be in the club.

Of course they're struggling ...

[Silver Fox]

I doubt the arabs see them getting relegated this year

Oooh I'm not too sure about that

Yeah, might have to take that predicition on the chin Obviously I could care less about what Citeh get up to so to say I was genuinely shocked when I saw the table on Saturday night and noticed they were bottom 3 is an understatement, in a way it made me more interested in their plight so I enjoyed a good LOL when WBA got the late winner Sunday

[TheMaraudingDog]

I doubt the arabs see them getting relegated this year

Oooh I'm not too sure about that

Yeah, might have to take that predicition on the chin Obviously I could care less about what Citeh get up to so to say I was genuinely shocked when I saw the table on Saturday night and noticed they were bottom 3 is an understatement, in a way it made me more interested in their plight so I enjoyed a good LOL when WBA got the late winner Sunday

Same here, never really noted their plight with too much detail until Sunders.

[TheMaraudingDog]

Hull defender Michael Turner will snub an £8m switch to Manchester City in January.


ALOL