Manchester United have had an improved second bid for Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas reportedly turned down by the Catalan club. The second bid, believed to be worth £30m plus addons, was firmly rejected by the managerless Spanish champions whose boss Tito Vilanova stepped down after just one season in charge to battle throat cancer. “Fabregas is […]
City go global
Manchester City Football Club has expanded its global online presence by launching ten new international websites. In addition to the Club’s official site in English and its existing Arabic and Mandarin Chinese versions, fans will now be able to view online content in Traditional Chinese, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. Created to cater for the Club’s growing […]
Strikers Stevan Jovetic and Alvaro Negredo join City
Stevan Jovetic and Alvaro Negredo became City’s latest signings today, bringing their senior frontline back up to 4 forwards alongside Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko. Jovetic, who rejoins former Fiorentina team-mate Matija Nastasic at City, is believed to have cost £22m and will take the number 35 shirt while Negredo has been assigned the number 9 […]
City legend Bert Trautmann passes away
Bert Trautmann, one of the greatest Manchester City goalkeepers of all time, has passed away aged 89. The former German paratrooper famously played on for the last 17 minutes with a broken neck in City’s 1956 FA Cup triumph after bravely diving at the feet of Birmingham City forward Peter Murphy after he broke through […]
Negredo to have City medical ahead of £20m move
Alvaro Negredo, 27, is due to undergo a medical ahead of a £20m move to Manchester City from Sevilla. He is expected to join his Sevilla team mate Jesus Navas plus Fernandinho at City if all goes well. With the departure of Carlos Tevez leaving City’s striking options a little threadbare, they are also expected to […]