Manchester City Manager Roberto Mancini maintains his squad
needs to be reinforced this summer for the club to retain their Premier League
title and also challenge for the Champions League trophy. The Italian wants to
build on this season Premier League’s success and win the Champions League next
season.
The Club Chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak feels the squad is already
strong and there’s no need to spend lavishly like the previous summers.
However, Mancini said: "Barcelona and Real Madrid every year buy two or
three players and spend a lot of money. I think for Manchester City it must be
the same. We must spend to compete with them.
Manchester United Manager, Sir Alex Fergusson has earlier
described his ‘noisy’ neighbour’s spending as stupid. Speaking at the club’s
Player of the Year awards dinner, he said: “"We invest in young players.
That is what we are good at – we're not like other clubs who can spend fortunes
on proven goods. We know that City are going to spend fortunes, pay stupid
money, pay silly salaries and all that.
Mancini has plans to sign Arsenal Striker Robin van Persie
and Lille’s Eden Hazard, but the club must sell first in order to comply with
the UEFA’s financial fair play regulations. Manchester City last year recorded
a loss of £197 and could balance their books by offloading the likes of Adam
Johnson, Eden Dzeko, Emmanuel Adebayor and Carlos Tevez.
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