Now we're talking.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4204003/Man-City-leap-to-front-in-race-for-33m-Lille-ace-Eden-Hazard.html

Pace - just what's needed for next season.

Presume IF City sign Hazard then no deal for RVP will be sought, although Hazard and Aguero up top is a mouth-watering prospect.

Could we not even use one of our existing forwards (baring Sergio) as part of the deal?

if we sell tevez for £20M and either balotelli (£30M) or Dzeko (£20M) we could afford both Hazard and RVP, though Wenger will not let RVP leave this summer even if it means he leaves for free next year.

"Wenger will not let RVP leave this summer even if it means he leaves for free next year".

I agree mate and i think Roberto know this too, hence he's trying to get to Hazard 1st.

I think this also may send a message out that RM has been told he'll still be here next season........so he's started planning already.

ps. Who in their right mind's gonna pay £30m for numbnuts Balotelli ?

If Mancini stays - so does Balotelli. Guess it will be Dzeko and Tevez to go, but then again, with Hazards pace and crossing, will he be perfect for Dzeko?

Mancini will want 4 top forwards - so I can only see him getting rid of Tevez really and bringing in Hazard if he can.

I just don't see Arsenal wanting to sell RVP or him wanting to join us and move to Manchester.

i don't think we need more forwards at all.

use guidetti as no.4 (though he won't be too happy).

we should have enough firepower with aguero, dzeko and balotelli.

if someone does become available, then shift off one of balo or dzeko and get whoever it is.

This looks like it's on the basis that the jackal is leaving. Which he might not be, if we believe a different red top.

The rags comments are funny, though. "Oh, just look at who SAF is getting and buy them." Because SAF was looking at Dzeko and Balotelli and Nasri and Silva and Aguero and Kolarov and Clichy and both Touré boys and De Jong and Kompany and... you get the point. And yet SAF wades in and steals Dracula from us. Funny how they forget this stuff...

Hazard is Belgique,surely our Vinnie will have some say in this? He could just let him know how good it is at Eastlands next time they join up for the national team

I'm off to Lille in April, I'll "'ave a word" with Joe Cole if I bump into him in a cafe/bar!!! Then I'll pop over the border to Belgium to pick up some nice beer and chocolate!

You make a good point there ceb, surely RM will speak to his captain about Hazard (he probably already has) and get the necessary feedback.

Bewar3, Joe Cole will probably tell him to go to Chelski or Liverpool.

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next season??????????????????????????

going neck & neck for the Prem with United with just 9 games to go & your talking about who your going to buy NEXT SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, he's planning to win it then