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Everybody Wants Pep Guardiola
Three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies in four seasons, even if he did have the most talented group of players ever assembled, helps you on your resume. Pep Guardiola has been out of a job, by choice, for five months now, and it looks like every big club in the continent (Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Milan, Inter and even Barcelona) are thinking about him.
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Manchester City – Carlos Tevez Saving Roberto Mancini
Out of all the players that might have saved Manchester and Roberto Mancini from another embarrassing result, it was Carlos Tevez to the rescue. A terrible and boring first half paved way for one of the longest second’s in recent memory, courtesy of two injuries, and City, with their claws and some Joe Hart magic at goal, finding their way to another victory.
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Manchester City – Edin Dzeko Wants, Deserves to Start
The best scorer on the Manchester City team that’s four points behind Chelsea in the Premier League title race is Edin Dzeko, someone who has started only once this season while coming six more times off the bench, and in all scoring five goals; most of them equalizers or winners.
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Edin Dzeko – Super Sub Strikes Again
Remember this? For some reason, Edin Dzeko is still a bench player for Manchester City. Once again he saved them from a loss, coming on as a substitute and scoring two goals in the last 10 minutes to give the champions another dramatic win, this time a 2-1 away win against West Bromwich Albion.
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Manchester City – Joe Hart and Roberto Mancini Being Honest
Right now, Manchester City have one point out of their first two matches in the Champions League group of death. The match they drew, against Dortmund, should have ended in a humiliating home defeat if it wasn’t for Joe Hart. The rare thing about the post-match interviews was having Roberto Mancini admit his team was completely outclassed.
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How is Edin Dzeko not a Starter
Manchester City grabbed a deserved win at Craven Cottage against Fulham after trailing 1-0 but evetually earning the 3 points after another important cameo appearence from Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – The Manchester City Shopping List
So far, it’s only been Jack Rodwell. With less than a week left on the transfer window, Manchester City are planning a £50-60 million spending spree, targeting mostly central midfielders – Daniele De Rossi of Roma, Javi Martinez of Athletic Bilbao and Javi Garcia of Benfica, while the Scott Sinclair from Swansea deal is nearly completed.
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Jack Rodwell, a Player Manchester City Don’t Really Need
Look at the list of players Jack Rodwell, Manchester City’s latest expensive signing, has to compete with for a place in the champion’s midfield – James Milner, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong and Yaya Toure. Does anyone see him getting too much playing time?
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Manchester City – Not the Favorites to win the Premier League?
According to Roberto Mancini, the Premier League champions aren’t going to repeat, placing Manchester City as the third or fourth on the list of favorites heading into the 2012-2013 season. Low confidence? Probably not. More like trying to his board into allowing him to spend a bit more money.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Robin van Persie Slipping away from Manchester City
Manchester City might be the richest club in the world, or at least one of them, but that doesn’t mean that Roberto Mancini can still spend as much as he’d like. The Robin van Persie situation demonstrates the power struggles at the club’s highest levels, as football administrator Brian Marwood is denying Mancini the opportunity to get the Arsenal striker.