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.
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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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 .
Hmmm, I think "Champions" is off his medication ;)
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
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........
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.
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)
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..
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.
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.
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!!
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!
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!
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
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
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!
A sweeping statement from 'champions' there - ALL you city fans have just appeared? What???? Very intelligent statement i'm sure....
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..
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
COME ON CITY.. C T I D
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
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