Eliaquim Mangala

[Pexbo]

City sign Mangala.. we chase Vermaelen..

City don't have 3 potentially top quality centrebacks aged 22, 24 and 26.

 

[BobbyManc]

Not as good as Nastasic, real waste of money.

You'd think clubs would have learned by now, you only go to the Portugese league if you want to get outrageously ripped off.

Falcao, Ronaldo, Carvalho, James Rodriguez, Matic, Luiz etc. There are plenty of successful players from the Portuguese league.

 

[Mister_Stubbs]

City don't have 3 injury prone centrebacks aged 22, 24 and 26.

Fixed for you.

 

[hobbers]

Falcao, Ronaldo, Carvalho, James Rodriguez, Matic, Luiz etc. There are plenty of successful players from the Portuguese league.

Obviously there are going to be good players coming out of Portugal. Although Luiz is hardly a good example.

£48m for Hulk. £32m for Witsel. £26m+Matic for David Luiz. £32m for Mangala. £30m+ for William Carvalho. £20m for Anderson. £16m for Javi Garcia.

Probably fair to say that the Portuguese League's star players cost over double their worth when compared with, say, Eredivisie's star players, and yet they're equivalent leagues in my book.

 

[Kakeru]

City don't have 3 potentially top quality centrebacks aged 22, 24 and 26.

You see anyone of them becoming the long-awaited general who can soon take the job with the same high standards of leadership Vidic had with us?

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

/thread. Sorry folks.