it is a bit of a stretch. but that incident happened over a year ago right ? yet only came into public domain , once city released the player, and the player signed with said agent ? maybe i've got my story wrong there, im not gonna swear by it or nowt 
the players having a sulk when they come off though, thats need to stop . has happened a few times at city lately , but then again, your dealing with some amount of ego's there. i do think mancini's managed the situation well and city are a great team to watch this season. getting rid of tevez, would probably solve alot of their problems, on alot of levels

fudge said:

I love that line "a team like citeh who are looking to buy their way to success"
every team whos won the premierleague has bought their way to success, having a bad apple like tevez in there till at least january shouldnt really prevent them from going about their business especially now he'll never be anywhere even near the bench

Don't agree with that at all. Yes, Chelsea and Blackburn essentially bought the title, but there's a case to be made for Arsenal and United having used a more sustainable model. They've spent money, but both had a strong foundation on which to build on, rather than relying solely on purchases (which are also important, but not the only factor involved). Same goes for Barcelona, they've spent a lot of money on players through the years, but you wouldn't (or at least I wouldn't) say that they've bought the league.

Ger Z said:

Don't agree with that at all. Yes, Chelsea and Blackburn essentially bought the title, but there's a case to be made for Arsenal and United having used a more sustainable model. They've spent money, but both had a strong foundation on which to build on, rather than relying solely on purchases (which are also important, but not the only factor involved). Same goes for Barcelona, they've spent a lot of money on players through the years, but you wouldn't (or at least I wouldn't) say that they've bought the league.

Barcelona have bought FIFA and the referees instead

Still bitter about being utterly schooled in two cup finals mike?!? ;)

Hang on, so as punishment for not wanting to play football for them, Man City ban him from playing football for them.
Fucking well done lads....

ivanvarian said:

Hang on, so as punishment for not wanting to play football for them, Man City ban him from playing football for them.
Fucking well done lads....

they ban him from receiving £250k a week . bit of a difference :)

Ger Z said:

Still bitter about being utterly schooled in two cup finals mike?!? ;)

Err yes Ger :)

Barcelona and Real Madrid can spend the crazy money they do because of the completely unequal way the TV money is Spain is divided up. Nobody else in Europe has that advantage which is why the Financial Fair Play rules will only strengthen them further.