liamC
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to Abu Dhabi Group
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Cosmo
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Fully or just a small amount?
They did that on the quiet if true 
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liamC
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Fully apparently. On Sky Sports.
Front man is an Al-Fahim according to them.
They're a big important family here, and have one of the biggest Real Estate companies in Dubai as well
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Cosmo
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Good news for City I suppose as Thaksin was a bit of a knob!
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Robbo
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4078332,00.html
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Marc
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Just been confirmed on SSN.
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Ben J
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Al-Fahim's wealth puts Abramovich's to shame.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
Al-Fahim's wealth puts Abramovich's to shame.
Difference being this looks like a business investment, where as Roman bought Chavski as he got bored of playing FM05.
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Robbo
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7591735.stm
Unfortunate detailign on the shirt  
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Cosmo
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Dr Abu Dhabi has said that they will be willing to bid £135m for Ronaldo in Jan, aswell as Torres, Fabregas, Henry, Villa and the real Ronaldo!
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Marc
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This is just making a mockery of English football. We're going to see another Chelsea before long.
At least Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal have the history/heritage.
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Cosmo
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If he follows through on what he is saying then they'll be worse than Chavski - and thats saying something.
Im not so sure it will happen though, as surely their arent enough top top players out there who are willing to sell out like Robinho has done.
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Marc
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Ronaldo wouldn't go to City. Going to Madrid is one thing but he'd never go to City because of United, he understands the rivalry and does have an ounce of loyalty!
Same as Torres, hes been accepted in to the Liverpool family and theres no way he'd now go to City for more money.
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Carl
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Ronaldo wouldn't go to City. Going to Madrid is one thing but he'd never go to City because of United, he understands the rivalry and does have an ounce of loyalty!
Same as Torres, hes been accepted in to the Liverpool family and theres no way he'd now go to City for more money.
Money talks. Although I agree, id ship to Spain but no way would i stay in the same rainy city.
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If it was a London club it would be possible, but in the same city and at the bigger and better club (no matter who they buy) he wont move. Same goes for Torres really and most the players at both clubs.
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They'll sign the Anelka's of the world, footballing mercenaries that would screw their granny over for an extra 5k a week.
I can't see them challenging for the top 4 for a number of years even if they do manage to buy the best in the world.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
They'll sign the Anelka's of the world, footballing mercenaries that would screw their granny over for an extra 5k a week.
I can't see them challenging for the top 4 for a number of years even if they do manage to buy the best in the world.
I'm not sure,You would expect Mark Hughes to have a bit more about him than that, surely he knows what to expect in regards to player traits.
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It sounded to me as if he knew very little about either Robinho or Berbatov with his comments about him being just as excited as the fans would be.
If they're going to buy guys from the likes of Madrid they're going to have to hope they want to move for money or why else would they leave the richest and most decorated club on the planet?
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Cosmo
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Yeh Hughes had no idea of who they were signing. Infact when he was interviewed this morning on SSN he still hadnt even spoken a word to Robinho yet
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