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or maybe even better. Hope we don't loan him out either. It makes a nice refreshing change to see a young player come in under the radar and no hype and play like hes been here for years. Im well excited now.

This is not happening. Can we not just put a big bid in for Verratti instead

Just waiting for this to be announced now. I can't wait, the suspense is unbearable. Deep breaths, deep breaths.

all I can say is poor john stones

dreadful waste of money

Totally agree mate. He oozes class. Im really surprised that we have never heard any interest from us. He has that mourinho run through walls style about him. Verratti alongside Matic and Fabregas further forward would be perfect.

He does not look worth the money we are offering, 30-40m is a very good deal for everton. Take it or leave it, im sure there is as good if not better defenders about for that sort of money there has to be. What on earth would the great italian defenders be worth in todays market.

still would rather have verratti but pogba would have to do if push came to shove.

Good start for city but we'll still win the league

We need our agent man utd to start negotiating with him and stones then we can finalise these deals then.

prime essien all day long

They always seem to write the same thing but other than messi and ronaldo, jose is most probably the most recognisable person in modern day football, hes certainly the most charismatic. I think it now looks very wise of him to have made a small sh*t storm the other week, the club have now reacted and have backed him well. As a club we are looking very healthy. Well done jose

yeah he certainly don't look the player that tore us a new one in the champions league a few years back

gronkjaers against liverpool

yeah i agree mate they will not being doing all this just for a few extra quid will they

differant type of player but i'd rather have verratti

i think only about 1 in a 1000 have ever been to old trafford

That city pasting could turn out to be a blessing. Pedro, baba and maybe stones. These boys most certainly make us stronger

But hes good enough to play week in week out for us. If I was him I would be looking at our back line and being seeing that a starting place is right there for the taking. Its not a lose/ lose situation its a win/ win situation for both the player and our club.

yeah crap ones not jose mourinho

A mourinho bad result or results doesn't feel quite as severe because you know with Jose he always has a plan and he eventually comes out on top. Jose will want a reaction now and I think we will quietly go about our business, get our heads down and play our self into form. Let city be built up as media champions elect and let them have the pressure that comes with it. City have started this season amazingly but once the champions league comes around and teams are expected to start playing two games a week there old squad should start to feel it.

Alves Nesta Burdisso Maldini Pirlo Gazza Gerrard Ronaldinho Aguero Rooney We have bidded and enquired about all these players according to papers

Totally agree with robinho. Didn't he even turn up at his press conference with city and announced he was pleased to have signed with chelsea? Our senior players would have made him fit right in. Its a shame because he has achieved next to nothing in football and has become a drifter really. 31 and hes now playing in china, what a waste of talent.

She is a highly trained medical professional and Jose is an elite manager and possibly the best in the world. She knows science and safety risks but Jose knows the game and has seen probably over a million tackles in his career and he knows when players are trying it on because recent history shows his sides have been some of the biggest culprits of this think Deco, Ronaldo, Drogba, Robben, Etoo, the list is endless. So who’s to say whose right or wrong in this situation but can you imagine that one day she and her assistant never ran on the pitch and attended to an injured player and something bad was to happen, then what would the situation be like for the injured player, the club and more importantly her? The interviewer baited Jose quite well and Jose being Jose fell for it and spoke out. Of all the doctors and physios we have had though I have never known one to run on the pitch as much as her. It’s as if every time a player is not on his feet she and her assistant go sprinting off. Being a football fan I must say this really slows down and interrupts our games and yes there are times when I see her and her assistant sprint off I want to say get ya f**king arses back here, f**ker will get up in a minute. This becomes incredibly frustrating especially when we are chasing a game. If she was at the club in the days of when Drogs and Robben would continuously play possum she would be having seizures the poor girl. Her job is unbelievably hard. She has to be constantly alert for the whole 90 minutes for the safety of the players. Who would fancy her job? Bayern have also had their moments with their medical team and due to game being more safety conscientious I can only see more clubs having these incidents. Having now seen the video of the incident and I must say I couldn't help but laugh. Eva ran on the pitch like Adam Sandler’s waterboy and Jose did his best Basil Fawlty impression. Comedy gold.

Yeah no problem, throw in mikel, cuadrado, falcao, moses, 6 bibs, 3 scuffed balls, a corner flag and last years team photo and that should be enough.