Mancini plans to spend big this summer

  

After the apparent debacle that was Manchester City’s summer shopping last pre-season, it would appear Roberto Mancini has learnt his lesson and is putting his orders in early this time.

The Mirror reports that he has identified Shakhtar Donetsk

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Maicon specials - a few of his best (Video)

When Manchester City signed Maicon on deadline day during the summer transfer window for £3.5 million it showed that City simply had money to burn and just bought the right back for the sake of it.

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Preview: Southampton vs Manchester City

This evening sees an ever improving Southampton side take on the current Premier League champions Manchester City.

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Assessing Manchester City's summer transfers

Remarkably for a club that won the Premier League last season and who have such strength in depth, Manchester City were one of the busiest teams in the transfer market this summer and even more incredibly, saw their business drag out to the very last day with four signings confirmed in the window’s last 24 hours.

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The Five Worst Signings of the Transfer Window

The transfer window is finally closed but for every Robin Van Persie or Sergio Aguero, there is a Park Chu Young or an Andy Carroll. So which summer signings are perhaps ones which owners and managers should have thought twice about sanctioning?

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Maicon risks reputation with deadline day City move (Video)

Douglas Maicon has been a superb player for a number of years now. The Brazilian has made a habit of combining defensive excellence and consistency with marauding forward runs that often led to goals for both club and country since the mid 2000s. Of course, who can forget the right back’s “annus mirabilis” in

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Can Chelsea challenge?

When you look at the Premier League next season, it is hard to see who are clear title challengers. There are , you could argue, 7 or 8 top teams, but of these only about 3 will genuinely challenge for the prize that they all want.

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Chelsea shouldn’t be going for Maicon

It has emerged today that Chelsea are looking to pursue their interest in Maicon.

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