Champs announce new chairman and manager
Manchester City have announced that after hiring a new chairman (Mats Iconic) they will bring in a new manager, after just a solitary season as head coach of City Manuel Pellegrini has been asked to clear his desk by the clubs bosses. Dubbed 'This charming man' by the fans Pellegrini was loved by the supporters as he masterminded their first league cup win in thirty eight years and won them their second BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE title in two years.
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Pellegrini has been shown the door after just twelve months in charge.
And after six years in Manchester Khaldoon Al Mubarak has sighted personal issues upon his leave of Manchester and has now travelled back to the United Arab Emirates to be with his family. This news could not have come at a much worse time for City who are currently battling UEFA and FIFA in an attempt to have their fine and UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE squad cut rescinded. It has been announced that German businessman Mats Iconic has stepped into the chairman role for the champs and it has been announced that the new manager of City will be Jurgen Klopp.
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Al Mubarak quit to be closer to family.
Many had tipped the next boss to be Pep Guardiola but it appears that Iconic has used his German connections to bring Klopp in. As of yet he has not said anything about the move to England and leaving behind Borussia Dortmund, the club where he made his name in football. It is hoped that Klopp's big personality and passion for football and of course his managerial ability will bring the Citizens even more success. Klopp's success in Europe with BvB is the main thing that most people think got him the job, with the hierarchy desperate for City to improve in the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Klopp did manage to get into the final in 2013 and the Quarter final stage last season.
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Guardiola was the hot favourite but West Brom beat City to him and now they have Klopp.
City Transfer List
The players that are set to leave the ETIHAD Stadium are as follows:
.Willy Caballero- Argentine keeper only arrived this summer but looks set to be moving on soon.
Asking Price: £2,500,000
.Martin Demechelis- Experienced centre back brought in during the Pellegrini era, after a tough start in Manchester he became a crowd favourite after upping his game to become a solid centre back partner for captain Vincent Kompany.
Asking Price: £750,000
.Stevan Jovetic- After an injury hit first season the Montenegrin was pushed down the pecking order and managed just three league goals all season, worries of more injuries are the main cause of him being driven away from City.
Asking Price: £16,000,000-£18,000,000 or fee paying loan.
.Edin Dzeko- Bosnian goal poacher who can score many a goal but his lethargic approach to play is why he won't fit in with Klopp's pressing style.
Asking Price: £20,000,000-£22,500,000
Replacements
Mateo Musacchio
City aren't going to be a selling club in this window either and look set to wrap up a deal for Villareal centre back Mateo Musacchio. It is rumored that a £12,000,000 deal is almost complete. Villareal will not want to lose their start defender but with no UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE football to offer and no realistic chance of a title charge the Yellow Submarine have a tough ask to keep hold of him.
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Musacchio should end up in the blue of City soon.
Marco Reus
Of course with his Dortmund connections Klopp could easily sway a move for Reus in the window, and with a release clause of just £21,500,000 Reus to City looks as nailed on a transfer as you could get.
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Will this be one of the last times we see Reus in a Dortmund kit?
Mauro Zarate
A marque signing for West Ham this summer but has been discarded after the Hammers came under new management, a skillful playmaker who can operate on the wings, in the CAM position and as the main striker he has been spotted at Carrington (City training ground) to apparently complete a medical. Watch this space.
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Discarded quicker than Heskey in FUT, Zarate will be hoping the same doesn't happen in Manchester.
Ravel Morrison
In a move that make zero sense given his Manchester United past Ravel Morrison could make a sensational return to Manchester. Only this time it would be the ETIHAD Stadium not Old Trafford, a rumoured fee of £7,000,000 is believed to be enough to prise him away from the East end. Klopp will have his work cut out trying to get Morrison to get his head down, one bad move and Morrison's footballing career could implode.
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Morrison could make one of the craziest U-turns in football history.
Alexandre Lacazette
The French striker scored fifteen Ligue 1 goals last season, a key player for Lyon but would surely jump at a move to City. A livewire who works his socks off but is quick and can finish. Looks set to replace Dzeko in the squad.
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Lacazette could get his big money move this summer.