Mangala at City

He's arrived for his medical.

€40m is quoted as the fee.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/eliaquim-mangala-set-manchester-city-3847558

Hope this is true. It makes sense.

Rodwell - £10.5m
Richards - £10m
Nasty - £15m

That means Mangala, Willy and Fernando are pretty much paid for (£12m to find)...clearing the way to use the cash left under FFP to make a big bid for Barkley.

We could still go for Benatia and have Kompany, Benatia, Mangala with Dimi and Rekik as backup.

I really hope it's not

Waste of money

Agree TMG! Better ways to spend the money, especially when he looks a mercenary

They're all bloody mercenaries to a certain extent these days.

I'm guessing the paper talk was by his agent to get the best price for him.

Interestingly, Benatia is now Real Madrid's radar...and would have cost less than Mangala, however, Mangala is much younger.

Though on last night's showing, Hummels looked excellent...but can't see him leaving now.

DeM and Zabba were excellent I thought apart
From the goal
30 mill is an awful lot for an untried at PL
level player and from wot I've seen doesn't look great

£30M is too much. For that you can get a seasoned CL pro with a WC winners medal.