there's no point acting like a school kid who's been dumped about tevez, he's gone

- scored some VITAL goals for United in 2 very succesful years
- seemed to think he got a raw deal in terms of starts
- he acted the ar$e a bit in the media a bit back end of the season.
- city were prepared to pay what was wanted for him, and presumably a lot more in wages.


all things considered - he did a good job for united but it's time for him to move on.


united did not value his worth as he or city do.

Do you need midfielders though...they may produce the ammo but who is going to fire it.

Tevez is a great signing for city. He's a mercenary, but then again, they all are to a certain extent - that's part of being a professional. What he is above everythig else, is a bloody hard working mercenary. It'll be interesting to see how he works with Adebayor.

Fascinating to see how city go next year. Is it going too far to say that 5th next season would be a failure?

Let's have a look, shall we? That'll be 266 career appearances and 91 goals.

Let`s have a look a little deeper shall we?......Only 1 season in about 8 or 9,did he score above 14 goals-20 I believe-for Corinthians.

Still no Argentina stats I see?

Not a great record @ West Ham either was it?......seeing as how he saved them single-handedly!

Look,we could go around in circles all night!....He just isn`t worth £35m transfer fee,and the same again in wages.

I am not in the least bit upset that he`s gone.I do however,resent the way the fans were played,the shaking of the head and the subsequent bleatings that have appeared in the press.

We are obviously never going to agree,so vive la difference!

Just ignore him.

Tevez is a fantastic player / signing for City. He won't have been bought for his 20+ goals a season, but instead for his other play.

As a player I didn't want to see him leave, as a person I'm not bothered he's gone.

If City keep going as they are with transfers, I see no reason why they can't knock Arsenal out of the top 4.

Is any player? This is the modern day market, and in fact, City have paid £25million.

I agree. Tevez will be a great signing for city.

city fans on northwest tonight seem to have come up with an original chant for Tevez:

'Carlos Tevez is a blue, he hates munichs.'



Anyone find it strange that Ferguson said £32m for 21 year old Benzema is over-priced, despite having £105m to spend and paying £30m for an older player in Berbatov less than a year ago. Don't suppose he can come out and admit we're not allowed to spend the Ronaldo money though.

It was like a cat toying with a mouse.





Completely agree.

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2009/07/manchester_citys_prolonged_pur.htmlGood piece from Phil McNulty on the BBC's site[/url, I thought.

Yeah, somebody like that. Big arm around him, go and do your best son. Bit like when Bobby got Jenas playing well at Newcastle, he made 'JJ' feel like he was the best player in the world. Huddlestone has so much ability, his weight od pass, and his ability to spot a pass are as good as anything in the Premiership, he's played very well in central defence, so has that attribute to his game which you need in midfield, but he can't put it all together seemingly.

He needs to go to a side that play football, then they sort of play around him, not that he's Riquelme or anything, I don't mean that they should build a side around him, more that if you got the right blend in midfield, to compliment him, it'd work, West Ham would be good for him, maybe him Parker & Collison say, or as you say Villa, with Petrov & Reo Coker in a three.

Daft as this soundsm he'd probably look immense at Arsenal.

What do they think Adebayor will do that Santa Cruz doesn't ? (Apart from play)

It's just like for like, granted Santa Cruz is probably a better targetman. Somebody is going to get the Kezman/Crespo treatment, and they ain't going to like it.

One of the best things that Fergie can do is say that the Ronaldo fee has gone on debt reduction. That will mean clubs won't automatically jack up their already inflated prices by another 10m when United come knocking.

It's not strange that Fergie is claiming Benzema is overpriced at 32m, it's probably just a tactic to drive down the price to something like 25m.

Like every manager, just because he says something it doesn't make it true. Fergie has said in the past that there'd be no new signing and then gone out on a shopping spree. Managers all the time say they'll sell 4 and buy 4, and then buy 3 players with none going out. You don't show your cards to everyone, you just bluff about your cards and make everyone guess.

Did he not have half a point ? What has Benzema actually done. Berbatov was at least proven in the Premiership. Plenty have had their fingers burnt signing folk from Ligue 1, Bellion looks decent in that league. Johan Elmander hardly lit up the Premiership last year, neither did Cheyrou and countless others from years gone by.

If you're forking out £3m for Obertan or £31m for Benzema, it's a pretty big outlay if you're not 100% sure how he'll adapt to the Premiership, the pyhsicality of it etc. Even folk who you think would be suited to the Premierhsip struggle, like say, Ryan Babel.

On the Tevez deal...do City now own him or is he still the property of that Joorabchian shyster??

100% city.



Re points above Tevez's goalscoring record: he is not a striker

This would've been a great tactic if he hadn't already signed for Madrid for the figure quoted.



I agree about the possibilty of Fergie just calling the bluff by saying there will be no more signings, but I just can't see us signing anyone.

TBH I'd assumed that Benzema was a Man United target when I wrote the post. Just seen that he's already signed for Real.

If Real have overpaid for him then who really GAF? If Man United weren't interested in him then why would Fergie care what his price is? If Man United were interested in him, then a bidding war between MU and RM is obviously going to dramatically push up the price. Fergie will be right to refuse to refuse to spend silly money, but if he was interested then there's obviously strong potential there.

He doesnt need any practise on his rescue clubs at least thats what John Arne- Riise says anyway

you mean carlos "i wont sign for liverpool because they are uniteds biggest rivals" but i'll take the UAE dihram teves................................

so wouyld you pay £300,000,000 for gerrard? because he's not a striker but scores a regular 20+ goals a season???????????


tevez has proved to be a money grabbing b'stard as united would have given him his best chance of silverware..........sorry forgot to say you could pay 1000,000,000 for torres.............now he is a striker

Are you off your head?

You're addressing that question to Fingerposts Finest?



Hey, FF: as a matter of curiosity. Are you old enough to work? If so, would you consider leaving the company you work for if you were approached by another company and offered a better and/or more interesting deal/challenge?

no just talking in citeh terms..................like the buffoon on granada reports tonight who said and i quote "tevez is the best striker in the premier league"

There was a guy who said the same on ssn i think he had been at the brandy again he sounded smashed


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