Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that in-form striker Sergio Aguero will be sidelined for a month after coming off with a hamstring problem in Wednesday night’s 5-1 thrashing of Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Aguero had only just returned from injury and was forced to play the whole FA Cup 4th Round tie […]
Manchester City’s losses halve
Manchester City has slashed its annual operating losses by more than a half from £104.1m to £50.6m on the back of record turnover of £271m. Despite growth in wages and salaries from £201.7m to £233.1m in the year to May 31 last year, the club, bankrolled by Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Mansour, said it was nearing breakeven. […]
City go up a gear and hit pole position
TOTTENHAM 1, MANCHESTER CITY 5 Manchester City handed another 5-1 thrashing out at White Hart Lane and returned to the top of the league in style with their eighth five goal (or greater) performance or greater. Two seasons ago, a 5-1 victory at WHite Hart Lane set the scene for an eventful season which ended […]
Fabio’s Cardiff move confirmed, Zaha to follow?
Cardiff City manager and former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tonight confirmed the signing of United full back Fabio Da Silva following their 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford but could not confirm that a deal had been struck for Wilfried Zaha. On the same night that he announced the capture of Kenwyne Jones in […]
Van’s the man on night Mata makes United debut
MAN UNITED 2, CARDIFF CITY 0 Robin van Persie upstaged new record signing Juan Mata as Manchester United defeated Cardiff City to make legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Old Trafford return a miserable one. Dutchman van Persie, back after a 12-match injury lay off, took less than six minutes to put the Reds on the road […]