$16 million bought Brazilian Copa America standout Elano who will fill the hole and more left behind by convicted felon Joey Barton. This guy in the Premiership scares me - look for him to be all over the place. He's also a physical Brazilian, not something you see every day. He will adapt and perform well...
$16 million (merely reported, not confirmed) has allowed the welcoming of highly rated Croatian defender Vedran Corluka from Dinamo Zagreb. A work permit struggle awaits, but the 21-year old is confident it will go through.
$15 million secured the services of Viktor Krum look-a-like (yes, that was a Harry Potter reference) Valeri Bojinov. His speed and youth up front should help keep the veterans Rolando Bianchi, Bernardo Corradi, Giorgios Samaras, and Emile Mpenza firing on all cylinders with competitive bliss. I'd be surprised if Darius Vassell wasn't immediately shown the door.
$3 million confirmed Real Sociedad's Javi Garrido's transfer as the Swede and his Thai sugar daddy show they are committing to Man City's future and as they key in on the improvement of the defense, that Citeh's future is richer with Micah Richards firmly entrenched there.
$9 million was all that was needed to shore up the veteran presence at the City of Manchester Stadium. Bulgarian Martin Petrov from Atletico Madrid is the guy Eriksson chose to be the glue of this whole new roster the Swede seems to be bringing in.
Geovanni and Gelson Fernandes have also arrived. Geovanni on a free transfer, a firm grab if he's got a history with Barcelona (albeit a shaky one). Gelson is a face for the future coming in from Sion in Switzerland (a possible destination for US starlet Danny Szetela). Won't see him feature that much this year.
Total rounded up with Gelson and Geovanni's transfer fees included:
$60 million in about a week.
Best thing is: more faces are expected.
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Hahaha, after reading a long, well-thought-out, informative post this is what caught my eye: "Sion in Switzerland (a possible destination for US starlet Danny Szetela)"
Is that true? Damn, who isn't that kid linked with??
But f'reals, ManCity is the new Chelski, except under the watchful gaze of The Swede and not The Special One. I thought Eriksson was hot about Wilhelmsson, but I guess Bolton liked him better.
Yea - it'll be interesting to see if they can turn this into on-field success.
Here's the source of Szetela to Sion - small reference, nothing really of consequence, just thought I'd throw it in there...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6918734.stm
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