Archive for the ‘Team Talk’ Category

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has draft out a list of players to strengthen his squad once the transfer market reopen. With his clubs draw 5 games in a row in the leagues, cause them to drop 10 points, they are now 10 points behind Chelsea with 1 games in hand. 1 area of concern will be the defence, as Man City conceded 14 goals in last 8 matches, if not for Given great form despite draw, they will concede even more goals.

Edin Dzeko
Dzeko has been a targets for Man City during the summer, where they fail to attract the Bosnia striker in joining them. Dzeko has bagged 26 goals last season for Wolfsburg, 2 goals behind topscorer Grafite from Wolfsburg too, to lead Wolfsburg in winning the Bundesliga for the first time in clubs history. Dzeko has bagged 8 goals for Wolfsburg in all competition this season, despite the arrival of Martins, Dzeko still remains as the first choice striker for the team. Man City are ready to offer 22 million euro to obtain the 23 year old striker.

Frank Ribery
The 26 year old frenchman has attracted all the big clubs in the world. With his contract going to expire at the end of this season, Bayern Munich are likely to sell him away when transfer market reopen if he didn’t pen a new contracts by then. Bayern Munich currently at 8th in the leagues, and struggling to qualify in the last 16 of the champion league, its seem unlikely Ribery will pen new contracts anytime soon. Man City are reported to have 65 million pound ready for the playmaker as Ribery can provide the lack of creative of Man City squad. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Chelsea are also monitoring Ribery situation.

Angel Di Maria
A promising youngster which backed by Maradona to become the next Argentina superstar. At the age of 21, he was included in the Argentina senior squad with the like of Messi, Aguero, Aimar, Tevez and Mascherano. At the ages of 19, he becomes a regular member in Benfica starting line-up. He was being tracked by a number of european top side including Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea, FC Seville, Real Madrid, Valencia and Manchester United. Man City will need to outbid the rest of the contestant in order to seal the young starlet signature.

Yaya Toure
With lots of players competitng for the starting lineup, Toure doesn’t have much time on the field to perform. Currently he is rated behind Xavi, Iniesta, Keita and being used in rotation along with Busquets for the 3 midfield spots. With Barcelona constantly link up with Robinho and he appeared to be interested in Barcelona too, Man City will likely wants Yaya Toure to be include as part of the deals. Man City defender Kolo Toure believe his brother Yaya Toure can provide the stability in the midfields for the club.

Milos Krasic
He is a stars which attracted AC Milan and Real Madrid to enquiry for him last season before CSKA Moscow scare the suitor away with a £18m price tag. With his recent great champion league form, lots of club start to monitor on him again. Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd are all preparing to weight up a move for CSKA Moscow winger which valued at £9m.