Premier League - City seal Kolarov deal

Eurosport - Sat, 24 Jul 15:24:00 2010

Manchester City have completed the signing of Aleksandar Kolarov after the Lazio left-back passed his medical.

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The 24-year-old Serbia international had already been granted a work permit and underwent a physical examination in Manchester.

Kolarov will not, however, be joining the club's pre-season tour of America.

According to Italian media reports, the Premier League club agreed the transfer after several hours of negotiations involving City's Italian manager Roberto Mancini and officials of both clubs.

Lazio's Italian rivals Juventus were also keen on the player, but it seems that they could not match City's spending power, bolstered by the millions of their billionaire Abu Dhabi owner Sheikh Mansour.

"He has the ability to play in numerous positions and is very good in midfield," Mancini told the club's official website.

"This is an additional benefit to the team. He has a fantastic international career ahead of him. I first saw Kolarov in his Lazio debut back in 2007. I was impressed by the speed and strength of someone so young.

"I have watched him a lot since then and so have the Manchester City scouts. His attacking capability is very good. He is fast and can shoot with power and accuracy.

"He was composed on the ball, had an excellent delivery with his left foot and was technically very able."

Kolarov can play at left-back and left midfield. He has made over 80 appearances for Lazio in three seasons.

The 24-year-old was part of the Serbia side that lost 4-1 to the Netherlands in the U21 European Championship final in 2007 before helping his country qualify for this year's World Cup finals in South Africa.

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  1. city have always had the very best loyal support up and­ down , its our turn now to blow our trumpet or one of­ them other things . we really are on the crest of a­ wave , so lifejacket on lets go .­ wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee .

    From Anthony, on Sat 31 Jul 6:27
  2. Hmmm, I think "Champions" is off his­ medication ;)

    From vanislesoul, on Sun 25 Jul 11:30
  3. Its funny watching all these (fans) of other teams ­ always commenting on a city page, yes we have loads of­ money yes we are spending it, no we might not win the­ league or get into champions league, But if it all goes­ tits up and we lose the money (unlikely) or even worse­ get relegated, we will still be there as we always ­ have been , how many of you fans of other (big) clubs­ can say that, 32000 capacity at maine raod and still­ got 28000+ in the 2nd division(3rd tier). Try using up­ your obvious enthusiasm on your (own) clubs page, or­ are you all closet blues?. Bring on the new season. ­ C.T.I.D

    From , on Sun 25 Jul 9:17
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    trueblue, ur a complete clown, coming on here muttering­ about utd and not ur own team, bitter bitter jealous­ little boy. U will never match us, forever in our­ shadow, 34 yrs and counting........

    From jamesl, on Sun 25 Jul 6:58
  5. aziz, ManCity has sooo many players that line ups are­ impossible to predict. You could line up a perfect 11,­ and everyone will scream til' your ears bleed that­ you got it so wrong.
    Judging by the amount of­ players bought, Mancini either wants all his players to­ rest 2 weeks in between games (rotation policy is­ strictly enforced) or intends on purging the signings­ of Mark Hughes. Either way, players that play or­ don't play (looking at you Barry, Bridge, Lescott)­ still get a paycheck at the end of the week.
    Hope­ it's option two, for the good of England.

    From Isidro, on Sun 25 Jul 3:15
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    what Do You think about Best City Line Up for the 1st­ Game & ever ???
    Thumps up or Dawn after thinking­ :

    ----------------Hart--------------------(tell Given­ Back)

    Boating---Ritchards--Kolo Ture---Kolarov(change­ Boating with Mika if you want)

    -------------De­ JonG-----------------
    -----YaYa Ture------Garith­ Barry-----(you have Viera and Kompany as­ Sups)

    ------Silva------------------Bellamy(you Have­ Adam J and SWP as­ Sups)
    ----------------Tevez---------------(you have Adi­ or what Ever)

    From Aziz M, on Sun 25 Jul 1:41
  7. liverpool.rtu39 u count it by ur self our big stadium­ profit,cup income,tv station,sponser and the player­ that we bought then minus with the player that we­ already sold to in past 6 season or 20 season of cuz­ from academy and some big name...im sure u would find­ out how biggers our profit compare to others..about­ City i dont know..cuz no prove to said that they ar big­ club..big money spending yes..

    From Gajah_ MicH_giLeR, on Sun 25 Jul 0:54
  8. Man City have got a good squad now, they look to have­ at least 2 players per position but they could actually­ do with another striker before the end of the window.­ It's definitley better than Arsenal's now.

    From Patricia V, on Sun 25 Jul 0:44
  9. to liverpool and philip,thank you for bringing some­ educated comments to this site.to all those coming on­ here slagging city i have one word HYPOCRITES.if you­ were in our position you would be as excited as we­ are.and if it all goes pear shaped we would still be­ supporting city because the club is bigger than all the­ players and managers we've ever had.

    From Andy V, on Sun 25 Jul 0:43
  10. More non British players being signed up it's going­ raving mad soon if you want to see English/British­ players you will only see them in the lower divisions­ or your local village green, Hey thats a good idea some­ good ole English football on the village green send­ Capello out there!!! I've watched better games at­ mine!!

    From SALROG, on Sun 25 Jul 0:16
  11. im glad i have used facts to prove all of your silly­ opinions wrong btw! its been fun as always. im not­ gonna stick around to hear you repeat yourself again­ and try same some form of abuse thinking that proves­ you right. facts speak for themself double winners!­ thanks and bye!

    From Champions Of Europe, on Sat 24 Jul 23:27
  12. malcolm you really are dumb if you think you or spurs­ could win the league. arsenal have a chance but thats­ it. they still dont really have the squad but are­ spending millions so are building 1.

    you obviously­ have yet to realise, all the players you signed wanted­ to play for us but we seen them as not good enough.­ which they arent!

    From Champions Of Europe, on Sat 24 Jul 23:25
  13. liverpool.rtu39, oh dear i feel i need to reply to you­ personally as you are so dumb its hurting me! surelky­ if we were lucky to get bought then every club that­ gets bought is lucky? that point means nothoing to­ anyone. also mourinho was just about unkown until he­ ran down the touchline against man u. he also wasnt­ available! we went for him and got him. city also arent­ doing anything near what we done. we got a manager and­ then built a squad of winners but not big names for the­ sake of it and we won straight away and are fastly­ becoming 1 of the top clubs.

    you claim city to be a­ top club now??? tey havent won a single trophy and­ arent even in the CL. how does that make them a big­ club exactly? yes they are a well supported club.w ell­ done. happy for you. doesnt make you a big club. you­ try to claim we arent a big club when all top players­ talk about wanting to play for us, we are favourites­ for league every year and we are in top 3 favourirtes­ in CL every year. so how can we not be a big club but­ city are????

    and it went to last day couple seasons­ ago even with us changing manager mid season! we tried­ 1 manager didnt work so we got this 1, our other­ managers were temp ad were always ment to be.

    im not­ sure what else i need to prove you wrong about or how­ else you are goig to make a fool of yourself. typical­ arrogant liverpool fan i guess

    From Champions Of Europe, on Sat 24 Jul 23:23
  14. liverpool.rtu39, eh wrong! im not even sure how long­ yahoo has been doing comments on pages but always­ chelsea fans on here. was usually only chelse utd n­ liverpool. arsenal fans came on for a couple of months­ n then went and now city fans are on it non stop!

    how­ is it bitter? i said he was a good siging did i not????­ and our team is too old and weak DOUBLE WINNERS!!!!!­ you came 5th! and won nothing. plus our squad is­ younger than it was last season already and we havent­ made our signings yet! you really are dumb aint you­ malcolm

    philip, if you knew anything at all you would­ know it is impossible for us to expand the stadium. we­ have tried looking into adding height and everything­ but nothing is possible. we also thought about moving­ but noone wants that. of course the owner wants a­ bigger stadium to bring in more fans and money but as­ it stands just now it inst possible. how you can­ somehow use architecture to abuse us is beyond me.­ shows how little you know doesnt it

    From Champions Of Europe, on Sat 24 Jul 23:17
  15. 64: Where were these City fans two Seasons ago?­ Actually watching football at Eastlands, probably! This­ from a supporter who with all their money and success­ couldn't raise a 40,000 crowd for a Champions­ League second leg semi-final against Liverpool! And­ don't say its because your Stadium isn't big­ enough. Surely, as soon as you get billions in, if your­ Stadium is too small to meet demand, then the first­ thing you do is expand capacity. But oh, no, you wanted­ a "village" with champagne bars and a luxury­ hotel.
    You "City-haters", can criticise the­ players coming in, or the manager(s) or owner as much­ as you like, but with the possible exception of the­ Toon Army, no set have fans in Britain have been as­ loyal as City's through the bad times, so you know­ where you can stick your "Small Club" jibes!

    From Philip, on Sat 24 Jul 22:55
  16. A sweeping statement from 'champions' there -­ ALL you city fans have just appeared? What???? Very­ intelligent statement i'm sure....

    From Darlo, on Sat 24 Jul 22:47
  17. Money allows City to splash out - granted. But we have­ always had a great academy and many premiership sides­ have benefited from the fact they have been able to­ steal our best players due to the fact we've been­ in dept in the past therefore unable to afford to keep­ them. So here's to a new era when we can buy­ players AND afford to keep the players we put through­ the academy. I think that is fair - and in reality, how­ it should be for more teams..

    From Darlo, on Sat 24 Jul 22:40
  18. Will all the talkabout players only join City for the­ money cease when the trophys start rolling in. It all­ sounds like sour grapes to me . Ive been around­ long enough to have watched football in world war II­ and seen nany geat players and famous teams half of­ which are languishing in the lowe leagues now. So­ big-mouths boasters etc BEWARE

    From Brian, on Sat 24 Jul 20:30
  19. COME ON CITY.. C T I D

    From Steve, on Sat 24 Jul 20:15
  20. Some of these comments just make me laugh and are made­ by bitter supporters of other teams.If it were their­ team i'm sure it would be a different tale­ altogether.Mancini is preparing for the future and is­ looking at all positions on the field.Good luck to­ him............and yes i am a true blue of 40+­ yrs...CTID

    From davidramsden60, on Sat 24 Jul 19:08
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