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If there are no more signings for the summer and City get Adebayor, the likely order at the end of the season would be Chelsea, Liverpool, ManU, ManC and arsenal (5th).
The key problem for city last season was that they were pursing an European campaign with a thin squad (typical of most mid table teams).
This season, they have the depth they need, and will not be active in europe, so all of their effort would be towards a top 4 finish in the premiership.
Arsenal on the other hand would have weakened their forward line without strengthening their squad with quality players. Also they would still have to compete in europe.
ManU also has a weaker squad as compared to last season, and I doubt they can win the league with this 'transition' team but will have no problem finishing in the top 3
Liverpool and Chelsea are in the best positions to win the league, and between those two, I will put my money on Chelsea.

Its funny how within a month, ManU has gone from the club with the WPOY to someone signing Owens and Obertans
Whats next _ Europa League?

All of youwe dey laugh, until dem finish ahead of you.
The moment city gets a UCL spot, they will be able to attract top quality players since money is not their problem. Arab money no get mate!

Citeh no good, but this is a possible line up soon

----------------------------Schmeichel-----------------------------
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----Zabaleta ------Richards---------Dunne-----------Bridge------
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--------------------------------Barry--------------------------------
----------------SWP--------------------------Ireland-----------------
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---------Tevez?--------------------------------------Robinho------------
-----------------------------Adebayor?----------------------------------

and they would still have subs like elano, kompany, Cruz, bellamy, Ben haim, Onuoha, Garrido, Petrov . . . . . . .
Add a better CB and they have a good chance of finishing in the top 4. They now have good depth which is what they lacked last season.

If they get Tevez and Adebayor, citeh would finish top four next season, and have a run at the title the following year.

Eastbay:
wasn't asking for your opinion,fake-ass real fan.
go and see how you can make your thread relevant to the NL sports section

No need to try taking out your fustration on me. Abi na me say make ur senile manager dey stingy
Dont worry about the madrid thread. Unlike you, we dont make posts salivating on other clubs' players, rather we post on the ones we want and CAN buy.
Anyways, feel free to go watch CRs presentation at Madrid. It would make you feel better

Selling Ade is fine, as long as you bring in a quality striker, but it would really weaken your squad if your board just simply pocketed the money, like manU.

I hope SAF is simply bluffing with his 'no more signings' statement else you could be heading for 2005/06 repeat where you finish bottom of your group.
Without reinforcements, it would be fun to watch if manU can still win the league.

The transfer window is still young. With the kind of money they have, I doubt they would havae problem attracting defenders.

jay bee:
Man City = 2 much money with 0 sense.
How is Ade going to function without any quality playmaker at eastland?

Mark Hughes to be sacked before Jan

That what they said when roman bought chelsea. If city breaks into the top four at the expense of Arsenal or liverpool, either club will be in financial trouble.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=294608.msg4175264#msg4175264 date=1247424070]Look at this troglodyte spewing applesauce in a bid to get attention.
How many idiots fought with you to sign Owen and Ruud when they joined Real Madrid
Tottenham and Fulham wanted Ruud. . . . . .Newcastle and Man City wanted Owen[/quote]memoryless as usual. Inter and Milan wanted Ruud, but he chose us. Owen wanted only Madrid even when he knew he would spend most of his time on the bench. and guess what, we didnt pay 37 milion for either player

How much did you pay for Huntelaar 6 months ago?
Real Madrid are the most useless outfit in Europe.
Lil wonder Barcelona raped y'all 6-2 at the Bernebau.

Real Madrid had to stave off Nottingham Forest to sign Faubert from West Ham.

We paid 20M for hunte, and there are several clubs showing interest in buying him for exactly that. No loss in value. The only stumbling block has been his preference for milan, who have Fabiano as their first choice.
If ManU buy hunte, his performance will send baba go-slow to the reserve team
We are useless, yet we are the biggest club in football. How does it feel for your club to be inferior to a useless club like madrid?

I actually hope that Baba go-slow maintains his starting spot in ManU, as it just gives us 1 less team to worry about in the UCL. Porto will make sure to finish the job this year.

These useless obertans are still here trying to defend their £30.75 million sloth of a sewage tank.
Even a mad man knows that the guy is useless.
Tottenham had the right evaluation of him, buying him for £10.9 million, only for manU to foolishly pay £30.75 million just after two seasons of him being average at best in the EPL.
Its funny that berbatov was so good that the only club manU had to compete with for his signing was money-miss-road Man City.
Not surprisingly, ManU had to stave off hull city and stoke, to sign Owen.

RuuDie:
When Berba was playing at Spurs. . . . . did anybody know Huntelaar

Memoryless! ManU has been trying to sign huntelaar since 2006

RuuDie:
Same Owen wey ur "money-miss-road" people buy!?

We bought owen for £8 million, he scored 16 goals in 43 appearances, and we sold him off for £16 million to newcastle (100% profit). I called that good business.
Since then, less than 15 goals in each of the last four season, with a maximum of 31 appearance in a season. Owen is an has been.
Now he is a manU player.

Everybody should stop wasting their time trying to convince these mediocres.
Look at their forward line: Rooney, Baba go-slow, Owen, Nani, Valencia, Welbeck, Macheda, Obertan . . . . . . .and any other pylon cone you can think of.
It is impossible for a manU fan to recognize a world 'Klaas' Striker like Hunte, even if he put them in a headlock and gave them a pile driver.
They are just a useless bunch of Obertans

going? AI is gone

Ligue 1 - Lyon sign £20m striker Lopez
Lyon have signed Argentina striker Lisandro Lopez from Porto on a five-year deal.
"Lisandro Lopez signed a five-year professional contract with Lyon today, after he passed a medical," a statement said.
The two sides had agreed a fee of 24 millions euros (£20.6 million), Lyon announced earlier this week.
The 26-year-old Argentine international, who scored six goals in 10 Champions League matches last season, helped Porto win the domestic league title from 2006 to 2009.
Lyon sold Karim Benzema to Real Madrid for an initial 35 million euros, rising to 41 million dependent on performances
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http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11072009/58/ligue-1-lyon-sign-20m-striker-lopez.html

Udinese confirm Real interest in D'Agostino
Serie A side Udinese have confirmed that Real Madrid are interested in signing Italian midfielder Gaetano D'Agostino.
The news will provide a boost to Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, who has being trying to fend off the Spanish Primera Liga side's interest in Xabi Alonso.
Madrid admitted last week that Liverpool's asking price for the Spanish midfielder was too high and now appear to have switched their attention to 27-year-old Italian international D'Agostino.
Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo said: "I confirm that they (Real) are interested.
"My son was set to meet them yesterday but he was unable to so we postponed everything until next week.
"The buy-out clause of the player remains the same, €25m, but there's always room to reason. There are players they have that could interest us. It's an open negotiation."
D'Agostino has been a target of Juventus this summer but Udinese's asking price of €17m was not met by the Turin giants.
D'Agostino, who is under contract with the Friuli outfit until June 2014, would love to play at the Bernabeu stadium.
"It's the dream of any player to play at Real Madrid," said D'Agostino to Onda Cero. "They have a spectacular team.
"That is why I'm nervous and excited. I thank Real for their interest, I am happy, but there's nothing official just yet."
https://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/JonMC/June2009/D%27Agostino-275.jpg
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=660262&sec=transfers&cc=5901

Liverpool have dropped their asking price for Xabi Alonso to €35M, but we have turned our attention to D'Agostino who is rumored to be available for €18M.

Full schedule for Real madrid 2009/10

01: 30.08.2009 Real Madrid - Deportivo
02: 13.09.2009 Espanyol - Real Madrid
03: 20.09.2009 Real Madrid - Xerez
04: 23.09.2009 Villarreal - Real Madrid
05: 27.09.2009 Real Madrid - Tenerife
06: 04.10.2009 Sevilla - Real Madrid
07: 18.10.2009 Real Madrid - Valladolid
08: 25.10.2009 Sporting - Real Madrid
09: 01.11.2009 Real Madrid - Getafe
10: 08.11.2009 Atlético Madrid - Real Madrid
11: 22.11.2009 Real Madrid - Racing Santander
12: 29.11.2009 Barcelona - Real Madrid
13: 06.12.2009 Real Madrid - Almería
14: 13.12.2009 Valencia - Real Madrid
15: 20.12.2009 Real Madrid - Zaragoza
16: 03.01.2010 Osasuna - Real Madrid
17: 10.01.2010 Real Madrid - Mallorca
18: 17.01.2010 Ath. Bilbao - Real Madrid
19: 24.01.2010 Real Madrid - Málaga
20: 31.01.2010 Deportivo - Real Madrid
21: 07.02.2010 Real Madrid - Espanyol
22: 14.02.2010 Xerez - Real Madrid
23:21.02.2010 Real Madrid - Villarreal
24: 28.02.2010 Tenerife - Real Madrid
25: 07.03.2010 Real Madrid - Sevilla
26: 14.03.2010 Valladolid - Real Madrid
27: 21.03.2010 Real Madrid - Sporting
28: 24.03.2010 Getafe - Real Madrid
29: 28.03.2010 Real Madrid - Atlético Madrid
30: 04.04.2010 Racing Santander - Real Madrid
31: 11.04.2010 Real Madrid - Barcelona
32: 14.04.2010 Almería - Real Madrid
33: 18.04.2010 Real Madrid - Valencia
34: 25.04.2010 Zaragoza - Real Madrid
35: 02.05.2010 Real Madrid - Osasuna
36: 05.05.2010 Mallorca - Real Madrid
37: 09.05.2010 Real Madrid - Ath. Bilbao
38: 16.05.2010 Málaga - Real Madrid

Arsenal's finances are so delicately balanced that missing the UCL could send the club spiraling into financial crisis.

Why would Huntelaar degrade himself by playing for a country who, since your baba go-slow started playing, has failed to qualify for the world cup (twice) and could only qualify for 1 of 3 euro championship, in which they were knocked out in the first round

Hunte is a better striker than your over priced, overrated, 1 goal in 3+ matches dud! Without Tevez and Ronaldo, his uselessness wil come to the fore. The guy should be no more than a bench warmer at a top club. It is only at United that he would dream of a starting berth.
Imagine, at 28yrs, when he is supposedly at his peak, he can only manage 9 goals in 29 starts and 3 sub league appearances, when huntelaar at 25yr, scores 8 goals in 13 starts and 7 subs. (almost what your dud scored in the entire season ) and thats after a mid-season transfer to la liga from the eredivisie.

You guys would have orgasms if hunte considers joining united for just 1 moment.

Useless bunch of Obertans

Going by recent seasons, you need at lest two stars to win a ring (ask cavs, magic, and pre-gasol lakers). Unfortunately, you need an existing star to attract another.
To get the first, you either get him in the draft, or pick up a hidden gem from a trade, but it is almost impossible to attract 2 superstars to a project team.
I think the bulls need to wait for Rose to mature to a superstar before trying to lure a complimentary star e.g. how miami complemented wade with shaq

no worry, my keyboard no dey use ink

Sneijder for 15M? not even in your dreams

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=294608.msg4168541#msg4168541 date=1247262926]I don't need to wait for him to cop 40+ games before i know he is dud.
How old is Rooney? How many caps has he copped? How old is Huntelaar? How many caps?
That should tell a dunderhead like you he is not rated.[/quote]How many caps you get depends on the quality of the competition in your national team. For a country that features the likes of Hesky, Own and Crouch, it is not surprising that wayne rooney has more caps, as compared to holland where ruud held the top striker position till 2006.

Have u eaten? Rolling on the floor at what age?
Look at this sissy. . . . .

We don't have a top striker. . . . .That was why Ronaldo was drafted to take that position cos he's a liability defensively on the wing.
Pay attention to details. . . . .Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez are roaming forwards.
Don't let Berba's shirt number deceive you.

I understand: the mistake of a tailor becomes an ingenous design. The failure of your strikers has now become your tactical genius.

U must be a goat.
Berbatov has won the best footballer in his country 5 times(tied with Stoichkov) and he is the first Bulgarian to win the EPL title.
It shows how rated this guy is.

In a country like bulgaria? you must be high on groundnut oil! In the land of the blind, a blind man is king. or are you drunk enough to try comparing that idiot to ballon d'or hristo - the perfect combination of arrogance and skill?

Why would his ass ache? He raped Iniesta the previous season and Iniesta got his revenge.
It is still tied.

Boke! Carrick has always been and will always be iniesta's bitch. Your team got raped in both legs and only won cos of a lone goal against the run of play. All manU did was play negative football, with barca dominating possession and aggression in both games

@ Camp Nou:   
Possession: 73%:27% in favor of Barca
Shots (on Goal)  20(6) v 7(1) in favor of Barca
@old trafford
Time of Possession 62%:38% in favor of Barca
Shots (on Goal)  14(3) v 8(2)  in favor of Barca
Thed only thing manU did were commtting fouls and getting carded.
The better team lost.

How many goals did Dennis Bergkamp score in his career?
It is not about goals for some players. . . . . .Some players are happy to provide the assists.

your inanity continues, how dare you compare baba go-slow to a great player like Dennis

Huntelaar is not an upgrade.
A player bought in January for 20 million and is about to be sold for 18 million just 6 months later is a dud striker!!!
It's not rocket science. . . . . .Berbatov is more accomplished.

That is simply because of the quality available at madrid. The guy scored 8 goals in 13 starts and 7 subs in la liga, after a mid-season transfer from the dutch league.
Thats the same amount of goals your useless player scored in the entire season

Are we talking about a club that played in the UCL final TWICE in succession.
The same Man Utd that went 25 UCL games unbeaten(something no club in Europe has ever achieved)?
Biina, you carry a dynamite in your rectum and i pray it explodes this night.

There is more to a team than just the attack. You had a high scoring player in Ronaldo, who is no longer there to cover your arses when tottenham goes up by 2 goals.
Outside of rooney, your strikers are duds. shikena!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=294608.msg4168362#msg4168362 date=1247260303]You are a silly hilly billy. . . . . .
Of course a player who has played fewer games like Huntelaar would have a high goal ratio at first but this would diminish as he racks more goals.
You are so daft i am sure you would put up an argument if Huntelaar had only one cap where he scored 3 goals to justify his prowess.
Let him play more than 40 games before we can take his nonsense record into consideration.
21 games is not enough.[/quote]then wait till hunte has 40+ games before making your silly comment, or wait till baba go-slow retires before comparing him to others.

None of em have the ball control qualities of Dimitar Berbatov.
If you are not stupid, you won't even compare goal poachers to a supporting striker like Berbatov.
Apples and oranges.

ROTFLMFAO got up then back ROTFLMFAO 
So na ball control u dey take compare strikers?  Boke! what next - goal keeping skills 
If Baba go-slow was your support striker, who was your main guy? Van der saar?

He helped his team win the EPL.
Raul, Benzema and Higuain failed to win their domestic league. . . . .including Benzema in Lyon.

and they all won it twice the previous two seasons. They are each at the striker level that baba go-slow will never attain

How was he stripped naked by Iniesta? Didn't Carrick buttfuck the same Iniesta the previous season?

go and ask carrick, as his arse is still aching.

One striker in 5 Dutch league poachers? What a disgrace.
The Ruud you mentioned played for which club? Man Utd.
Man Utd is the only club Ruud coulda scored that many goals in succession. . . .The services of Giggs, Beckham, Ole and Scholes made him look like a superstar. Nobody reckoned with him in the national team.

that is why manU ignored his injury to buy him. There are different type of strikers, yet the common objective is to put the ball in the net. Baba go-slow failed in his primary function.
I am not making a case that all Dutch league strikers would be successful in EPL, but that Hunte is an upgrade on Baba go slow, not just based on his record in the dutch league but also his performance in la liga.

Berbatov didn't fail Man Utd.
He was on the same level with his strike partners.
Tevez was abysmal. . . . . .Rooney was on the same level with Berbatov and Ronaldo shaded it cos he takes the penalty kicks.

That is simply evidence of the abysmal quality and mediocrity of your club's front line

Man City pull plug on Eto'o move
Manchester City have ended their interest in Barcelona's Cameroon international striker Samuel Eto'o.
The two clubs had been in talks over the £25m-rated striker after Barca told the 28-year-old Eto'o they were prepared to let him leave the Nou Camp.
City chief executive Garry Cook said: "The circumstances surrounding him were such that a deal couldn't be completed.
Eto'o is the second marquee player City have missed out on following Kaka's decision not to sign in January.
City reportedly made a bid in the region of £100m for the Brazilian midfielder, but he opted to stay with AC Milan, before joining Real Madrid in a £60m transfer in June.
Reports suggested the Eastlands club told Eto'o he could earn wages of up to £250,000 per week, which would have made him the highest-paid player in the world.
But the transfer became bogged down in a contractual dispute between Eto'o and Barcelona, who has been offered a new two-year contract by the Catalan club.
Eto'o cost Barcelona £16m when he signed from Mallorca in 2004 and the Cameroon forward has scored more than 100 goals in his five seasons with the club.
He helped the Catalan side win a treble trophy haul of the Spanish league title, domestic cup and Champions League in the 2008-2009 campaign.
City's summer spending so far has seen them sign striker Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn for £18m and Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry for £12m.

No money for Barca!!!!

He is a 'meh' player, but who knows, AW pulls off the coup often enough

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=294608.msg4168210#msg4168210 date=1247257311]U are a goat. . . . . .He bagged 23 goals per season throughout his stay in Tottenham
His international goal record is better than any striker in your Real Madrid.
Nuff said.[/quote]Boke! You must be Yardua's first son.
Baba go-slow scored 41 goals in 70 games for Bulgaria i.e. 59%
Huntelaar scored 13 goals in 21 games for netherland  i.e.  62%
So 59% is greater than 62%?   or you cant do simple arithmetic  
or you want to compare him to legends like Raul and Ruud, or to the brightest starlets like higuain and benzema, who if at ManU would condemn Baba go-slow to being a ball boy.
Even if the guy scores twice every game for his country, is that why you bought him? to score for bulgaria?
I beg carry your dud comot jare

Are you sure your grandmother can cope with the pace of the Premiership?
Remember what happened to your Jose Reyes?
La Liga is a league of EPL rejects.

Dont worry about 'mama' all she has to do is turn over in her grave, and you will see fire works in front of goal.

The same Carrick that undressed Inter Milan's midfielders in San Siro?

Yes, the same carrick that was stripped naked by iniesta, and simply got raped from behind time, and time again.  

Kezman, Afonso Alvez  and Dirk Kuyt are examples of Dutch players who have suffered accidents in the EPL.
Huntelaar is a gamble. . . . . . .If he is good, Real Madrid will not be selling him at a LOSS.

but you failed to mention Ruud selective memory eh?
There is always a bit of a gamble when players are bought, particularly from a different league and with language differences, but evidence shows that baba go-slow failed at ManU last season. Hunte would be a huge upgrade over him.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=294608.msg4168093#msg4168093 date=1247255273]Seminal fluids have seeped into your brain cavity.

Berbatov is loads better than Huntelaar.[/quote]Baba what? That your baba go-slow
The manU overrated striker who could only manage 9 goals in 31 league appearances for united.  
Even in her current state, my dead great grandmother could score more than berbatov, and thats without leaving her grave.
But then what do you expect from a guy who scored  just 27 goals in 70 appearances for spurs and 69 goals in 154 appearances for Leverkusen. Even is CSK Sofia, he barely made the 50% goal ratio 
Only manU would be silly enough to buy such a striker for £30.75 million.
I suspect someone is getting some egunje, else how does one explain the outrageous amounts manU payed to Spurs for Carrick and Baba-Slow.
Huntelaar is a like a god when compared to that dud that is putting shame on a No. 9 jersey
Huntelaar deserves a better club than one signing Valencia, and Obertans.

Outside of Rooney, Klaas is a better striker than all the idiots you have upfront in your club, and he is still a better finisher than rooney.