Transfer window Round up

It was a silent deadline day for Manchester City with no business taking place in the final 24 hours of the transfer window. The last added signing to the squad was one of the greatest high profile transfers in the Premier League, with Kevin De Bruyne coming in from Wolfsburg.

The promising Turkish striker Enes Unal was the first player who got signed on the 6^th of July, just in time for the prospect to join the team in pre-season. He is now on loan at Genk.

Raheem Sterling was the first big signing in July and he was promptly followed to Manchester City by Fabian Delph who joined from Aston Villa a couple of days later.

Patrick Roberts was signed to City next from Championship side Fulham before Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi brought in from Valencia on August 20^th.

James Milner and Micah Richards left City for Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively. Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic also left City for Roma and Inter on loan. Marcos Lopes joined Monaco, Jason Denayer was loaned to Galatasaray and Jose Angel Pozo signed for Almeria.

Match Report: Manchester City - Real Madrid

It was set for football feast in the final match of International Champions Cup. An Absolutely amazing number of 99,382 people had gathered to experience the pre-season friendly match between Manchester City and Real Madrid. It wasn't a fantastic experience for Manchester City when Real Madrid in a simple manner won the match with 4-1 as the end result. Benzema, Ronaldo, Pepe and Cheryshev scored for the Spaniards. Yaya Toure scored for City via a penalty.

It was a debut appearance for new signing Fabian Delph against Real Madrid. The back line consisted of a 20 year old, and a 16 year old. Vincent Kompany was not available as the stork is on its way to the family Kompany at any moment.

The first incident of the match came in the eighth minute when Sterling was trying to get a penalty for City. However, the referee did not Sterlings dive after Pepe touched him easily with the arm. However, the referee made a big miss two minutes later after Real's goalkeeper Keylor Navas, completely knocked out Yaya Toure.

In the 19th minute it happened. This was suppose to be Fabian Delphs big day when he got his debut against Real Madrid in front of nearly 100 000 spectators. However, his debut lasted just under 20 minutes after he suddenly just laid on the field and grabbed towards his hamstring.

One minute after the City's nightmare continued when Benzema scored 1-0 to Real. In the 24th minute Ronaldo fired off a shot. Hart was on Ronaldo's fierce strike but he could not prevent the ball from going into the goal. 2-0 to Real.

A couple of minutes later 3-0 goal arrived. Isco struck a perfect corner, and then Denayer and Kolarov completely lost Ramos and Pepe and could the latter in a childishly easy nod another ball behind Hart in the goal.

In the closing seconds of the first half City were rewarded a penalty. Yaya Toure stepped up and converted the penalty into a goal. 3-1 to Real Madrid in the first half.

The second half started as the first one, with Real Madrid dominating. There had been no changes but later on in the second half, Lopes, Zucchini, and Iheanacho came on.

The changes did not give much to affect the results. Moments later Isco showed up City's back line and then he through a sharp pass found Cheryshev who could easily bump in 4-1. Sagnas defensive game was in this case none-existent.















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Who is Plan B?

As the season is creeping closer and closer and the transfer window is starting to get shorter and shorter, It would seem that Manchester City have done half of what they're suppose to do and half of what they promised the supporters that they would do.

What has been done so far is: Filling up the English/Homegrown quote with the best homegrown/english players available. (Roberts, Sterling, Delph). This is very good of course as the club has also brought in a heap of 18 year olds to build for the future not to mention that there are a few youngsters from the EDS steadily approaching the first team.

But when will the finished, top of the line players be added to the squad? The De Bruyne's and Pogba's? It is looking less and less likely that City would get both of them. The one that City is most likely to get is De Bruyne and right now it feels like it's 50/50. But in case City pulls off De Bruyne but not Pogba who would be the Plan B?

Leon Goretzka. Leon Goretzka is one of the most promising box-to-box midfielders in the world and has been for the last 2 years. Unfortunately he has been in the shadow of Pogba and Verratti, respectively. Born in 1995, he made his debut for Bochum in the 2. Bundesliga where he played regularly for the whole 12/13 season and he managed to score 4 goals.

In the summer of 2013 he completed his move to Schalke 04 for what is assumed to be around €4 million. In his first season at Schalke 04 he played 25 games and scored 4 goals in the Bundesliga. He appeared in every Champions League game and smaller cup game as well. In the 14/15 season he was out injured and only managed to make 10 appearance in the League and 1 game in the Champions League. His absence definitely affected Schalke as their results in the league were poor without him at the end of the season.

Goretzka Stats (13/14 Season) :
Successful Tackels: 1, 2
Successful Interceptions: 1, 1
Key Passes: 1, 1
Dribbles: 2, 2
Fouls Committed: 1, 1

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Fabian Delph at City

One of the most remarkable turnarounds in the transfer window took place in the afternoon of the 17th of July when Aston Villa captain Fabian Delph signed a 5 year contract with Manchester City. The same Delph that exactly a week before explained that he intended to stay in Aston Villa.

A week ago the Aston Villa fans cheered and praised their captain who got cold feet and decided to stay in Birmingham and the city's pride Aston Villa. It's most likely Christian Bentekes decision to leave Villa for Liverpool that sparked Fabian to change his mind again and move to the bigger team, Manchester City.

Fabian made his debut in the English national team in September 2014, and he has been capped six times for the national team.

Now Delph choose to continue at Manchester City where he will most likely be a squad player. He must have been promised playing time in line with James Milner over time. Fans are keeping their fingers crossed that it goes better for Fabian compared to Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair.

Fabian Delph will wear the sweater 18 at Manchester City and he is probably not so popular in Birmingham today.









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