Manchester City and Roberto Mancini finally on track
Manchester City have been vilified ever since the takeover by Abu Dhabi’s billionaire Sheikh Mansour materialized. From an average Premier League side, City have moved on to become the richest team in Europe. They adopted the Chelsea policy and signed every
star player that they could. This has not gone down too well with the critics, especially with the fans of arch-rivals Manchester United. The mammoth spending had failed to bring success so far to the Citizens, but the victory over the Red Devils in the FA
Cup semi-final will change the perception.
The team that started against Manchester United featured only one player who was at City before the takeover. It was the veteran goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 a goal in the opening half. However, the winner was
scored by Yaya Toure, who joined City from Barcelona in a deal that took a big chunk of investment from the owners. With Toure’s strike, Manchester City have made it to a final for the first time in three decades, and they look good to finally lift a trophy
next month against Stoke City.
Mancini, who had been feeling the pressure all along, is now relieved to see the fruits of the investments. He took this opportunity to lash out at his critics by pointing the fact that other teams also spent a lot of money to bring success. This was a direct
reference to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, whose model is being followed by Mancini’s City. The Blues brought in new faces after Roman Abramovich took charge and Manchester City followed suit.
Roberto Mancini also claimed that his club did not invest in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629. Rather, they stuck with the young quality players who are now producing results for his team. Mancini also pointed out the fact that the missing
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 was neutralized by the fact that his side was playing without the injured Carlos Tevez.
There is little doubt that success was long overdue, as City had gone trophy less last season in spite of spending big millions in the transfer market. While Chelsea are a right comparison, the Blues won immediate fruit on their investment in terms of Premiership
glory. However, The Citizens’ real comparison is with the old dogs of Premier League; the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, Manchester United and Arsenal. These clubs have not invested a lot in their recent history and only build their squads around young players bought
at an early age.
However, the level that these clubs have achieved over the years made it impossible for the other teams to breach into the top four. A quick remedial investment was required in order to at least reach that level and compete with them. Otherwise, all the
pundits agreed that the top four of Premier League would stay the same every year, which meant that the level of competitiveness was being lowered. Therefore, Manchester City’s investment has brought them on level playing field.
The real problem with City’s investment is that a lot of money has been wasted on worthless transfers. The likes of Robinho and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 cost the club a lot of money but the delivered very little. Examples of such failures are many as City went
ruthless in transfer market, denying other clubs to avail several opportunities. The situation would now change as Mancini will have to stick to his current crop of players.
UEFA is being forced to provide level playing field to all the clubs in Europe, which prompted them to adopt new financial regulations. This will force the clubs like City to stop investing heavily in players when they cannot afford them. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323
will not complain as he has a squad young and capable enough to last him several upcoming seasons.
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