New Manchester City boss, Roberto Mancini, has made several odd claims since joining our noisy neighbours. Firstly, he claimed that City would win an incredible five titles in the next ten years! Given that the only experience he’s had of winning titles was when other teams were docked points, it is a fairly brave statement. Secondly, he claimed that after City’s visit to Old Trafford in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final, he will tear down our banner mocking how many years it’s been since they’ve won a trophy. Whilst most City fans treat any meeting with United as their cup final, somebody probably should let Mancini know that even if you do manage to beat United, you don’t actually win a trophy for it. Our banner will stay where it is, thanks. Thirdly, he claimed that everybody wants to sign for City. Is that so…?
Juan Sebastian Veron will probably be remembered as the biggest flop ever at Manchester United. He wasn’t dreadful but for the massive transfer fee a lot more was expected of him. How was he supposed to break in to a midfield that contained the likes of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Nicky Butt (the year that Pele named him England’s best player at the World Cup)? I’ve always felt rather sorry for him.
After two years with us, Chelsea took him off our hands, but they loaned him out after just one season. First he went to Inter Milan, then back to boyhood club Estudiantes, where he has been since 2007.
Now, with the midfielder just about to turn 35-years-old, Mancini has made him an offer to join The Richest Club In The World (TM), a club everyone wants to play for… apart from Mikael Silvestre, Messi, Berbatov, Huntelaar (who said he would be interested in United), John Terry, Yaya Toure, Kaka, Samuel Eto’o, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maicon (who said he would be interested in United but wondered if City link was a joke) etc. Veron can now join that very long list.
“It’s not a fact of money,” said Veron. “First of all is the family, and second, I have made a decision and I want to respect it, that is what I feel and Estudiantes is the place where I feel comfortable. If I would have accepted this offer I wouldn’t have been true with my convictions, with myself and with the people.”
Veron’s agent Miguel Pires went into detail about City’s offer.
“Veron said to me that he received a phone call from Mancini and that he had offered him £7million and the same to Estudiantes for a one-year contract,” he revealed. “In addition, that amount would have been duplicated if he would have continued at Manchester City during 2011.”
Whilst a past it former red has snubbed them, a past it Gooner is ready to bite their hand off! Considering Patrick Vieira can’t get in to the Inter Milan team, he is more than willing to join City, with Mourinho revealing yesterday that Inter have chosen not to renew his contract.
But well played, Veron!
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£14m for a one year contract crazy!!
Mancini – another deluded soul leading a shit football club!
Will they ever learn that United rules!!!!
Always felt that Veron was a bit unlucky as well. Nice to know his principles are more important to him than the money being offered.
They’re a joke of a club as we all know. Mancini will ruin them if we give him enough time. First he’s after Veron and now Vieira? He’s chasing past it players and will turn City into a team of has beens instead of never has beens.
City are making a laughing stock of themselves.First the kaka saga, then the etoo one , then the terry one and finally this.
It just shows that some players look at things in a different way, they want to play the game to win trophies, they want to enjoy football. Everyone is not a greedy money grabbing cunt like some of the lot at the wastelands
Mention this every time,will do again so that city fans realise where they stand.one of my favourite quotes of all time
“If the likes of Real or United knock on the door then you consider the eventual offers. But we are talking about a top player who is fighting for the league title, the Champions League, the best player in his role, what would he be doing at City? “I think it would be unthinkable, let’s not joke about it.”- Antonio Caliendo, agent of Douglas Maicon
it shows that mancini has been out of management for a while..i think he was also in a time warp cause he’s chasing players who were good when he was still in management
While he didn’t exactly sweep us of our feet, Seba was a very good player and a class act. The last reasonable Argie we had…
Noentheless, it’s still a weird transfer policy by City. We got critisized for Michael Owen, but Vieira is a worse case. What happened to all their money?
Stick with Owen, Berbaflop, Nini, Anderson, Scholes, Foster, Neville, o’Shea, Carrick don’t worry about what City are doing.
You fools believe everything you read HAHA!
if you had a name for yourself in football city will sign you if you get in contact
doesnt matter if your Kaka or paul ince send your cv to Address: Manchester City Football Club,
City of Manchester Stadium, Sportcity,
Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF.
Sales Department – Tel: 0161-438 7650.
Website: http://www.mcfc.co.uk
Conference & Events Department –
Tel: 0161-438 7656
or email conference@mcfc.co.uk.
don’t forget berba turned em down as well -no snide remarks plz berba doubters! If u think they got turned down by all those players, and could only sign adebadbuy, our argentinian reject, an over priced lescott, an over rated barry, and toure, think that shows just how big a pull city actually are. Did mancini not know bout the players who turned em down or has he wrapped his scarf so tightly round his neck he ain’t getting enough oxygen to his brain
Bertie Blue I think you have us mixed up with the team you should be supporting Stockport County!!!!
We are United mate, Manchester is red and with the Title collecting dust as it has not moved for three years in the ” best league in the world ” we will quite happily stick with our flops!
How much did you pay for car crash head again? Come back when you have an argument.
This is how it feels to be city, this is how it feels to be small, this is is how it feels when your team wins nothing at all nothing at all nothing at all!!!!!
what exactly should we not believe robinhos thumb? The direct quote from veron?
bertie blue
2nd in the league, in the last 16 of the champions League,SF of the carling cup and all that despite playing for month and a half without any defence. Not bad i guess.
Scholes- One of the greatest players of this generation and none of your city players even come close to being near him.
owen-remember what he did after 95 mins and 28 seconds on 20th september 2009 in the manchester derby?
Well, all the above have got more titles than any of yours apart from tevez who won all his titles at United
No one is worried about what city are doing, we are laughing at what city are doing and some of the bold claims that your manager has made.Your club wants to seek attention not us.
I find it hilarious that they are ragging on Scholes and Neville, I doubt City as a team will ever match the accolades those two combined have earned!
Berbatov? the guy you tried to sign but he told you to fuck off before scoring some crucial goals for us and winning us the league and having the same amount of assists as Gerrard and Lampard?(rubbish players who I am sure you wouldnt have over the mighty De Jong and Barry)
Owen? Lol ask Shay Given
O’Shea? 49 appearences for one of the best defenses in the league last season
I’ll stop wasting my time with you, run along now! we have players who care about the team, you have some tools looking for a paycheck who would rather be at United(Adeybayor whoring himself out to us before he signed for you)
City fans are the last ones who should put Berbatov in their mouths. 2 reasons: 1)They tried to hijack his move to us. Wasn’t he “Berbaflop” then? 2) They bought Flopinho for a higher price on the same day.
And if memory serves me correctly, Flopinho didn’t even want to go to City. He was forced to.
Robinhosthumb
we belive everything we read????? Ya won’t find many united fans with a benzama tattoo on there chest, how is kaka getting on at city anyway
Oh and if by some miracle United released the 9 players that bertie blue mentioned, City would immediately move in for every single one of them. Hell, they tried to buy a player who couldn’t cut it at United 7 years ago!
Costas
Dont forget they also wanted to sign silvestre last season in Jan before he moved to Arsenal
AIG
Really? Wow. And who will ever forget that they got Schmeichel at the peak of his career and the following season they got David Seaman!
Owen, Berbaflop, Nini, Anderson, Scholes, Foster, Neville, o’Shea, Carrick
all apart from Owen has played in a european cup final
all apart owen have premiership medels
carrick has been at united for 3 seasons
what a flop he’s been
“Owen, Berbaflop, Nani, Anderson, Scholes, Foster, Neville, o’Shea, Carrick.”
“City would immediately move in for every single one of them.”
Don’t be so deluded.
Nani is useless.
Neville and Scholes, completely past it.
Foster, over Given and Hart? Do one.
Anderson, has potential but over De Jong, Barry or Ireland, no thanks.
Owen and Berbaflop.. Bellamy and Tevez in a heartbeat, everyday.
yup costas
here it is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/2588965/Arsenal-to-hijack-Mikael-Silvestres-move-from-Manchester-United-to-City.html.
Well played seba, no need to lower yourself.
sorry costas. That link is not opening. Try this one
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/20/arsenal.manchesterunited
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/393693795?-11193
Diouf cud be making his debut.
Thanks AIG. Not even Silvestre, lol.
The rivalry between Citeh and Utd amuses me to no end. Granted, I have no inkling of the history behind Citeh (do they even HAVE any form of history which is ‘successful’ at all?)..
But to see Bitters fans NOW dissing off on players like O’shea, Carrick, Giggs, SCholes; who’ve collectively won more in the past decade than the current city players would ever win in their lifetime..its just borderline delusional! =)
True players of the highest calibre do NOT join ‘apparent’ club revolutions. Thats why City can now only attract has-been players and wanna-be-super-stars.
And true players of the highest calibre need not necessarily be ‘superstar’ players who know they can command a high salary whereever they go. Alot of ABU’s out there in the world are so blinded by the success Utd have had the past 2 decades, they have this grandiose idea that Utd is made up of over-rated, prima-donna players who were bought into the club and that Utd’s success is borne out of these signings.
What they fail to see is that Utd’s success is a result of many underlying factors..not many which stem from being ‘galatico driven’ at all!. Factors like:
1) The strength in squad depth
2) The spirit of togetherness and workrate forged by SAF
3) The pride of playing for a TRULY special football club; a club with a rich history
4) The patience to nurture average-mediocre players to become important team players.
5) The patience to constantly rebuild and grow while maintaining an element of stability.
6) Never say ‘Die’ attitude, on and off the pitch.
All this and more, just shows one thing..Utd is a team/club that is driven by the heart and soul of its manager, players, management and the supporters.
Which is why I’m secure with the fact Mancini will never be able to succed with Citeh. They just dun have the heart for it =)
PS Sorry for the long winded post. Just needed to get something out of my chest..lol
We signed seba at his peak, shity try to sign in his mid 30′s, that shud tell the shity fans something.
Didnt he win South American Player of the year last year and his team won the South American version of the champions league and looking at our midfield at times this season id have him back for us never mind them!
Scott do not forget Huntelaar statement where he said he rejected Man City but if it was the other Manchester team he would not even think about and pack his bags directly to us. Yes Mancini everyone wants to play for Man City just ask Maicons agent what he said about your club.
Well played Veron.
No disrespet to Man City, the richest club in the world. But I will only start to take you seriously if and only if you pip us to the title this season.
He’s Veron, he’s Veron,
Juan Sebastian Veron,
He’s got style but no hair,
He’s an Argie, we don’t care.
Fair play Juan. I actually liked him at United. How many midfielders do they need? Shite ones at that. Reckon Hughsie would have done a better job.
aig – You love that Maicon’s agent quote don’t you! It is rather amusing.
Here in Nigeria we hv a lots of chelsea,pools,arsenal,everton,even pompy fans,but never see a single fake mancunians (citi)fan,even though they have Nigerian origin player.United dominte d Nigerian sporting arena.UP UNITEEED!!!
Don’t you know guys
Patrick Viera is the new Roy Keane
Wait a minute…
King eric
yes .i love that quote.sums up everything about what city are in 1 sentence.no one could have put it any better
Ha, and now they are going to sign Viera. He couldnt make it Inter and Arsenal wouldnt even want him back. Says a lot about the type of players they sign.
mathematically they can still easily win the league
thou mathematically so can portsmouth
“Juan Sebastian Veron will probably be remembered as the biggest flop ever at Manchester United. He wasn’t dreadful but for the massive transfer fee a lot more was expected of him.”
Hmm, who else could that second sentence be applied to?
Bigphill2003 dont go there mate.
Every player wants to sign for city?
lol.
Mr Mancini,if in your tenure as city manager,you don’t win any silverware I’ll be slagging you off no end when you finally leave city.
Bigphill2003
worst players than veron Gary Birtles1.5 million record signing fron forest(i think) played 25 games in his first season and didnt scoreonce and was sold back to forest(?) for 275,000 less 2 years later , Ralph Milne good at Dundee poor at bristol city shite at united, could be Sir Alexs worst signing. Forlan I lovedhim and still do but 10 goals in his first 62 matches.. Colin Gibson-won the league and the european cup with villa united and leister tried to buy him leicester pulled out for no real reason and united signed him. there club doctor seen he had a cruciate injury and united doctors didnt. Nicola Jovanovic uniteds first foreign signing in 1980 and was sold 25 shit games later, Djemba Djemba -ment to be the next Roy Keane they both cost the same amount thts were the comparisons end. Neil Webb-1989 flop+a post man at the same time. Terry Gibson- £630,000 signing in 1986 sold to Wimbledon for £200,000=£430,000 for a goal.
Citeh have all the money in the world but it doesn’t mean jack shit when no-one wants to play for you.
They offered Ricky Kaka £500,000 a week. They offered Seba Veron SEVEN MILLION POUNDS to play for them for ONE SEASON. Neither player was interested in playing for Man City.
Look at the list of players Sheikh Wotsits wanted at the club, then look at what they’ve actually signed: a load of B-list Premier League players.
@GHTT
Dont forget Willam Prunier
giggs11gerrard0
Ted MacDougall- sold to west ham 5 months after signing him
William prunier thats a blast from the past.
alan mclaughlin,frank kopel,john scott and peter osullivan
david platt flopped at united but did well at arsenal villa forest and england after he left
One name – Massimon Taibi
Massimo Taibi should i say!
I hope ando doesn’t end up in that list ghtt, he needs to step up his game, as do a few of our players.
@Willierednut
I was thinking the same! Started to well with us and then just lost his way a little. I hope he comes through as I love watching him after we win a trophy. Nobody enjoys it more!
full name José Kléberson Pereira
short name kleb the pleb
south america doesnt fold well for united if anderson flops , which i hope he doesnt and dont think he will
kleb the pleb veron heinze forlan tevez possebon(it seems)
thank god for the da silvas
hey i liked prunier!
haha william prunier! he was just cantonas mate and fergie fell for it like hoddle fell for “George weahs cousin” hah
I hope viera starts as many games as possible cos he’ll wind up the citynfans more and more, a piss poor mans roy keane.
I heard a rumour that Vieira is actually a few years older than his “official” age. All I know is he was utter shite when he played against us for Inter last season.
Wenger knows when to cash in on a player, look at Toure FFS. He’d been on the decline for the past couple of seasons but that wiley old fox Wenger still found some mugs willing to pay £14m for him.
No wonder why Mancini joined Shitty. He is a moron like them!!!!
This is for Rubinhosthumb.
There was a girl from Stockport,her name was Hazel Grove,she started watching City when she was 10 years old.Although she never missed a game,she feels she’s over due. She’s never seen them win a cup cos she’s only 42. City is a name, city is a name,32 years and won f… all city is a name………
By the way, is it true that when Rubinho was sold by Real Madrid he ended up at Carington cos he thought he was sold to United ? Cos Real told him that he has been sold to MANCHESTER and as it is expected he never knew that there was another club ( sort of ) in MANCHESTER !! You pale blue supporters you have to appreciate that if it was’nt for United MANCHESTER is not as popular as it is today and always !!!!!
GHTT, you could hardly call Heinze and Tevez flops. Sure they turned out to be cunts in the end, but Heinze won the fan’s player of the year in his first season! Before he got that injury he was a brilliant player for us! Tevez too had a great first season and chipped in with some important goals on the way to our double. Fair enough, he bollocksed it last year but it doesn’t mean he was a flop.
Veron was absolute quality, there were glimpses of this but I think we signed him at the wrong time. Like scott says, our midfield at the time was fine, we didnt need to add to it. His passing was as good as beckhams, but remember this was around the time we had the best midfield in the world, giggs, scholes, keane and beckham. We tried to accomodate for them all by playing 4-5-1 but it didnt really work for us.