Loan deals can be done until August 31st. Do a 6 or 12month loan with the mandatory purchase option in January or June. The roster does not freeze until after the 31st. Just can't do any permanent deals at the moment.
I dont know how refs in a span of about a minute allowed a Wolves goal that was put in with the players hand (and offside) and then missed a clear penalty... Luckily we got the draw, outside of that it wasnt a very good performance regardless
weird game. we played like dogshit and didn’t deserve any result but at the same time we really shoulda won 3-0 or 4-1. just one of those days
What's going on with Leroy Sane? Attitude? Hes too good a player to be left off of Germany and not even make the bench last game for City
I have only seen the “he’s not even in the 18” stuff - is it really so far off the rails that people are thinking he might get sold? Yogi Low would need to wear a dunce cap for Euro 2020 if he fucked that kids head that bad.
I’m prob just overreacting. But still weird with the awesome year he had last year, and no World Cup, that he wasn’t able to get into the team Kroos also kinda called him out recently
Letter from Mansour to fans Spoiler Dear fellow Manchester City fans, It is now ten years since I joined with you in supporting this wonderful club and I wanted to mark that anniversary by writing to you directly, just as I did when the acquisition was completed and we began this journey. We have come a long way since 2008 and it has been quite a ride. The transfer of Robinho, our first signing; the 2011 FA Cup, our first trophy for 35 years; our first Premier League title secured by ‘that goal’, and now two more; three League Cups; seven straight seasons in the Champions League; and last season, an array of records and a style of play that brings joy to anyone that truly loves this great game. Whilst the last ten years has seen many things transformed and evolved in the way that I had hoped, and we planned for, one thing has remained constant - you have continued to be the best fans. I want to take this opportunity to say that I am incredibly proud of the fact that the fundamental character of this Club and its supporters has not changed in the last decade. The qualities of loyalty, warmth, humour and humility which clearly stood it in good stead during its more challenging times, are still very much in evidence today and are essential to our success. Equally important to me and the Board, has been the progress made beyond the senior first team. Our women’s team has won four major domestic trophies and joined the European elite, reaching the Uefa Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive seasons. Our youth system has seen more than 100 young men secure a career in professional football in the UK and overseas, nine of which have appeared in Manchester City’s first team. We have also established ten disability teams in Manchester. These teams, as with all of our other squads - male and female, at both youth and senior levels - train together at the same facilities at the City Football Academy, underpinning their aim for parity in playing the game we all love. Our development has taken your club and its values to multiple cities around the world. Physically we have clubs in New York, Melbourne, Yokohama, Girona and Uruguay and additionally several offices around the world. We are also proud to be in the hearts of new fans in every country around the world. In a physical sense, we are the most global and at the same time local of football organisations. Importantly, all of our sister clubs are linked via City Football Group - a Manchester headquartered global network sharing values, knowledge, and best practice while at the same time having direct and positive impact on our extended family of communities, wherever they are in the world. Off the field every metric indicates that acquiring City was a very good business decision. In 2015, the investment led by China Media Capital saw City Football Group valued at US$3bn, and this year, at Manchester City we have broken through the £500M revenue barrier and made a profit for the fourth consecutive year. The last ten years has seen us become economically scaled and sustainable as we had planned and that economic success is crucially important because it underpins everything else we do on the pitch and in our communities. I want to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Chairman, the Board, the Executive leadership team and every employee for creating such value over the last ten years. I have always said that football has a much bigger role to play than any normal “business”. I believe that through football we can help empower better lives for people. Not many organisations get to do that directly. Whether it be the simple joy of watching our beautiful game; helping combat obesity; improving fitness levels in children; supporting the battle to alleviate depression; combatting anti-social behavior; or sometimes just giving people a new sense of direction after a trauma or when they have lost their way. Football and football clubs not only have the power to do this, they have the responsibility to do so. That is why I am so proud that we have been able to continue and expand on the work of City in the Community whose programmes address all of these challenges and more, because if we are not a positive part of Manchester and the other cities in which we live then we have failed. So what do the next ten years hold? I know you all remain ambitious and so do I. It feels that we are only half way up our Everest. There is much more to do and there is much more to win. That is why you will continue to see us strive to recruit the very best talent into this club and its sister organisations in all functions and at all levels. Khaldoon and I know that we will not get everything right all the time. As we continue on this journey I would ask you to please always bear with us and please be assured that, even when we stumble, we will try to remain true to our values and to make you proud of what we do and how we do it on your behalf. Over the last ten years I have learned a lot more about what it is to be a City fan. I understood quickly why 40 points is important - and why inflatable bananas (and now sharks!) still make an appearance. And whilst I don’t have a Lamborghini, I was very tempted to get one a few years ago. It has been a most enjoyable education for me. That said, what I have always known is that players and management will come and go from our Club, but you the fans are permanent. I will not forget that. I hope you have enjoyed these last ten years and I promise the next ten will be no less exciting. I am truly honoured to be one of you. Yours, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
unless i am completely misreading things, this is the only way to watch on wednesday https://live.bleacherreport.com/soccer/soccer-tournament/events/olympique-lyon-manchester-city/52341 $2.99
Yeah did you miss the outrage about Turners plans in the UCL thread? Each Matchday will have a 12PM match and a 3PM match and everything else is behind a paywall. There’s a per match fee, a monthly fee and an annual fee you can choose from depending on how often you think you’ll watch. I am not actually upset about it but Europa League got shafted. Only match not behind a paywall is the final
Dont pay the money for anything. The City match is on Galavision so check your cable package first to see if you get that channel.
yeah the only non-city matches i would care about should be televised so i will just go a la carte on city ones. just looked at the 2nd match day schedule and it looks like the only two ones in the 12:55 10/2 slate are city/hoffenheim and juventus/bsc so hoping to get that one on tnt sucks for a paywall but i am fine with spending a few bucks for the city matches
I get Univision but not Univision HD. SD soccer kinda sucks so I'm sticking to the stream I guess. Thanks anyhow.