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Manchester City prepare €70m bid for Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta

December 07, 2010 | Transfer gossip | 32 Comments |
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Andres Iniesta

Manchester City are preparing a €70 million bid for Barcelona midfield maestro Andres Iniesta , according to sources cited by the German 4-4-2 Web site.

Barcelona would be desperate to hold onto the player who has just made the three-man shortlist for the 2010 FIFA World Player of the Year award.

But Manchester City presumably believe that with Barcelona 's financial situation far from being healthy, they can persuade the Nou Camp club to part ways with the 26-year-old with a massive bid.

Iniesta is contracted to Barcelona until 2015.

User Comments
LOL
Barca,December 07, 2010
He wouldnt leave for any amount of money
charles,December 07, 2010
if he leave he will never b the same, he gets so many calls in spain that in the EPL they will just going to tell him to get up..
e,December 07, 2010
He would never leave unless he wasn´t wanted. Barca are ok with finances. Healthier than most UK clubs and owned by the fans. He earns a lot plaing for the best club in the world and is winning everything there is to win. Why move? No chance...
richard,December 07, 2010
Rubbish - Its just made up. Headlines ---- Man City to buy every player in Premiership to guarantee the title. Leave City alone --- you idiots and agents just make up these links.
Paul,December 07, 2010
I'm laughing my head off here!

SHEIKH MANSOUR: Who's that playing. Is that Manchester City? The money has been well spent!
COOK: No, unfortunately, that's Barcelona.
SHEIKH MANSOUR: Barcelona? What is a Barcelona?
COOK: Currently the best football team in the world.
SHEIKH MANSOUR: I thought it was Manchester City
COOK: Sheikh, Manchester City aren't even the best football team in Manchester
SHEIKH MANSOUR: Well then, why don't we buy their best player?
COOK: Messi? Xavi? Iniesta?
SHEIKH MANSOUR: Yes

December 7th 2010 - Manchester City prepare €70m bid for Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta
CITEH,December 07, 2010
Please go and live in never land. This is without doubt the site with the most imbeciles writing for it.Just go away.
Jack,December 07, 2010
Spanish champions Barcelona are seeking a €150 million ($189m) loan to help ease a serious cashflow problem and help pay player and staff wages as doubts emerge about the club’s finances.

The situation is so grave that new club president Sandro Rosell - who only assumed his position last week - used an interview on the club’s website to promise an “austerity policy”, but said that he hopes to resolve the situation in the next few days.

“We found the club in debt and with cashflow tensions but we’re sorting that out,” Rosell said.

“The club isn’t bankrupt. This week we’ll have everything in place to impose a policy of austerity to be able to make savings in unnecessary areas and meet very important commitments such as paying the wages of our players, coaches and employees.

“We have to improve our cash flow to meet our short-term commitments. In the next few days, our vice-president for economic affairs will close a deal for a syndicated credit of €150 million.”

Rosell admitted that the €15million sale of Dmitro Chygrynskiy to Shakhtar Donetsk had been completed in part to help alleviate Barcelona’s financial predicament.

Barcelona’s need for extra financing comes as serious concerns have emerged over its broadcast partner, Mediapro, and its ability to fulfil a seven-year €1billion contract with the club, which runs until 2013.

In June Mediapro announced it was applying for bankruptcy protection after becoming embroiled in a dispute with a pay-tv station. Rosell said that after speaking to the company he had received assurances that Barcelona would receive payment. Worryingly for the Catalan giants, Rosell pointed out that unlike TV deals with other clubs, Barcelona only had a verbal agreement for payment.

Other factors, including Rosell’s refusal to raise the club’s membership subscription – a tenet of his electoral campaign – and Spain’s severe economic recession have been cited as compounding Barcelona’s financial situation.

When campaigning for the Barcelona presidency, Rosell warned of the club’s “stratospheric” debt cloud and urged for greater prudency.

According to Rosell the club possessed debts of €500million, without taking into account last summer’s acquisitions of Chygrynskiy and Zlatan Ibrahimovich, who cost around €80million.

“We must improve the squad each year, but we must also make sure that we are managing the economic resources that the club needs to survive,” he said in May.

At the same time the club were able to complete the €40million signing of David Villa from Valencia in May
Barca 4 Ever,December 07, 2010
Congrats imscouting for reaching new lows...
Barca_4ever,December 07, 2010
The only thing good about Man city is the money.
Luke,December 07, 2010
Stop coming out with rubbish rumours. Iniesta to City? 1 he wouldn't leave, and 2 i don't think even City are stupid enough to even bid for him.

IM Scouting, your source for the biggest bs stories in football
Joe,December 07, 2010
im a city fan and i just lolzerpopped
mcfc,December 07, 2010
WHAT A LAUGH IF THIS IS TRUE ANOTHER MIDFIELDER FOR THE JOKE CLUB HOW MANY IS THAT NOW 100. THIS IS A RUBBISH STORY INIESTA IS A GREAT PLAYER YES EVEN A REAL MADRID FAN CAN SAY THAT INIESTA WILL FINISH HIS CAREER AT BARCELONA END OF STORY.
S.G REAL MADRID,December 07, 2010
More Bollocks.
PBorkio,December 07, 2010
Is the site you keep getting these random stories from the German version of this site? You are more unreliable than a rabid dog when it comes to transfer stories.
CG,December 07, 2010
why the hell would he want to leave barcalona who are probably the best team in the world, beat real amdrid 5-0 and then go to man city who can't even beat west brom
Jamie,December 07, 2010
Barca would sell Messi before Iniesta. Being a Catalan means more too Barcelona. Than being the worlds best player. Also they would get more £100 million for him.
RBshorty,December 08, 2010
barca is owned by the fans and so no financial probs... its better than most english clubs... even if they are in a problem, they would never part with iniesta... iniesta will never be the same when he quits Barca... he is a loyal youth product..
lmessi10,December 08, 2010
NO! iniesta better not leave. or my life is screwed
Shouvik,December 08, 2010
NO! iniesta better not leave. or my life is screwed
Shouvik,December 08, 2010
Hahahahahehehhoh(Laughing in English) Manchester City have started dreaming...
Uchechi David,December 08, 2010
Indeed there is every reason to LOL!!!! Mr Iniesta aint going nowhere not to even consider Man City
Frank,December 08, 2010
Would be the confirmation that only money counts. I hope that he can en will stay! You can not buy a team...you must create it, just like Barca always creats its teams.
Chris Lemmens,December 08, 2010
we should not be surprise that one day man city will just wake up one day and please can we buy the whole barca. any am not sure if this rumor is real, but even then what the hell will make Iniesta to dare. please make proper verification b⁄4 this kinds of rumor is spread.

Fc Barca 4 ever
brain,December 08, 2010
iniesta 4 barca 4ever
barca fan,December 08, 2010
Inesta is their to stay because it will have no meaning from top to down. one can not compare city with Barc the differentiate is so big
Taban,December 09, 2010
all man city aree doing is trying to get more publicity for their club. no way waould he leave what would he acheive nothing. playing in the europa league haha very funny
suman,December 09, 2010
He might not shine @ the new club
David,December 09, 2010
manchester city to big £20m for imscouting article commenter charles and fc barcelona's new prospect the kitman
geoffrey,December 11, 2010
Deluded barca fans claiming that the club is much better and healtheir financially.
125m shirt deal. Couldnt pay player wages. 500M bank loans.
Losses every year even after winning 6 trophies.
Selling players against the wishes of the manager.
Sounds like a club in crisis.
Uj31,December 13, 2010
lol....uve got to be kidding me.... have city even seen iniesta speak... he once said that he would be willing to even play for free in barca ... no way in hell would barca sell him and no way in hell would he leave
barca fan,December 15, 2010
Iniesta need to stay at nou comp cos he is going to get FIFA best play If only he stays at Barcelona.
City have alright but money without happens end anything.
Kobby Jeff,March 31, 2011
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