What's going on?

Is it FFP, are they putting all their eggs in the Van Persie basket or do they believe they have enough as it is?

What do you think .. ?

Instead of blowing all their money on these youngsters with silly names, they're investing in advanced cloning techniques in order to field this side next season:

------------------------------Hart

Richards-------Kompany-------Kompany------Clicharov

------------------Toure-----------Toure

------Silva----------------Silva------------Silva

--------------------------Aguevez

No need for them for spend big anymore. All they need is an average backup for CB and DM and they are set, could even have their youngsters fill that role if any fit the bill.

Plus they generally do their business towards the end of the season.

Edited July 25, 201213 yr by Remodez

They need to ship alot of deadwood on high wages.

Santa Cruz, Adebayor, K Toure to name a few.

Adebayor has already gone to Spurs, which is good signing for them, unfortunately :(

Adebayor has already gone to Spurs, which is good signing for them, unfortunately :(

He hasnt actually joined them yet, Just a fee been agreed, Heard he wants City to pay 60k towards his Spurs wages.

They won the league, in their mind they dont have to do a tinkerman and mess it all up.

They have been totally and utterly eclipsed by that London club, European Champions or something.

They are going to pull van Persie out of the bag I can feel it!

There you go. From SkySports:

"We are a young team because we have played together for only two years," Mancini told Sky Sports News HD.

"We won after 50 years. We need to work harder than last year and we need to buy the players that will help the team to improve.

"We don't need big changes. We don't need 10 players like maybe two or three years ago.

"But we need three or four or five players and in these five players will be young guys for the future because it is important to put young players in the squad and make them as good as the players that we have."

There you go. From SkySports:

"We are a young team because we have played together for only two years," Mancini told Sky Sports News HD.

"We won after 50 years. We need to work harder than last year and we need to buy the players that will help the team to improve.

"We don't need big changes. We don't need 10 players like maybe two or three years ago.

"But we need three or four or five players and in these five players will be young guys for the future because it is important to put young players in the squad and make them as good as the players that we have."

They don't need 10 anymore but only 5. Isn't that just brilliant?

There you go. From SkySports:

"We are a young team because we have played together for only two years," Mancini told Sky Sports News HD.

"We won after 50 years. We need to work harder than last year and we need to buy the players that will help the team to improve.

"We don't need big changes. We don't need 10 players like maybe two or three years ago.

"But we need three or four or five players and in these five players will be young guys for the future because it is important to put young players in the squad and make them as good as the players that we have."

Brilliant, just as our squad looks like it could rival theirs, they go and get 5 more players! Crack out the cheque book Roman and get me Neymar, Lucas, Hulk and Messi. That'll show those blue moon bar stewards.

Apparently they have made a £13m bid for Agger. Would be a fantastic signing to be honest.

I have a feeling they'll add to their Spanish contingent with Javi Martinez, or failing that, go after M'Villa.

calm before storm.

Mancini has said some big names within 2 weeks and Higuain linked today

Kompany for a further 6 years is probably the best signing they could make anyway...! Bar Messi/Ronaldo. I agree that's it's the calm before the storm, we're currently mid-storm.

If we must talk about MAN CITY i think that with the possible aquisition of VAN PERSIE (who i wish we had), they have an awesome squad and they can afford to be "quiet"..They proved it last year and should be confident again..

One thing they have that we lack is genuine fire-power. I'm talking guaranteed goals.

And if they add Van Persie ..

And if they add Van Persie ..

They'll get 5 goals before he breaks his big toe in practice and never plays again.