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Eurosport - Tue, 30 Jun 09:46:00 2009

With Manchester City rumoured to be on the verge of clinching a mega-deal for Samuel Eto'o, we ask whether there is room for so many top strikers at one club?

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City boss Mark Hughes has already brought in Roque Santa Cruz this summer and is thought to be close to luring Carlos Tevez to Eastlands as well.

The idea of a three-pronged strike force is certainly an interesting - and mouth-watering - one, but is it really feasible?

Tevez was unhappy with sitting on the bench at Manchester United, so we can assume he will not want to do the same at his new club across town.

Eto'o will reportedly become the highest-paid player in the Premier League if he signs for City, so again, he will not expect to sit on the sidelines.

And Hughes rates Santa Cruz very highly, having worked with him at Blackburn.

And we haven't even mentioned Robinho, whose role in the team will very much depend on who plays in front of him.

Who will miss out? Or can they indeed play all four together?

That number of top forwards may well be needed in the squad if City are to launch an assault on the Champions League spots, but how difficult will it be to keep all four egos in check?

And what about the likes of Craig Bellamy, Darius Vassell, Benjani, Valeri Bojinov, Jo, Ched Evans and Felipe Caicedo, all of whom are still currently on City's books?

What do you think?

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  1. buy Essien and Terry no matter the price. the strikers­ are too much

    From gloryadusaforo, on Fri 17 Jul 1:33PM

  2. buy Essien and Terry no matter the price. the strikers­ are too much

    From gloryadusaforo, on Fri 17 Jul 1:33PM

  3. If City put in a late bid for that winger from Wigan,­ you won't be getting him either.

    Thats how United­ have operated for years (buying Andy Cole bought the­ title that year).

    From Andy, on Wed 1 Jul 12:56PM

  4. LOL SWEET LITTLE MUNICH`S FROM SURREY WEARIN THE­ ROCKPORTS HAIRGELL AND THE RED RAGG RECITING THE QUORAN­ MUNCHIN CHEESE PASTIES EVER SO EMBITTERED THAT THEAY­ ARE WEARING THE RED RAGG WITH TEVEZ ON THE BACK AND­ CALLING THE PLAYER AND THE NEW MANCHESTER CITY OMG­ GERRA LIFE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, C.T.I.D.

    From mcpluker, on Wed 1 Jul 8:52AM

  5. y are munichs on here ,800 mil in debt and worried­ about city. tevez is average ,thats why utd offered him­ a 5 year deal. oh and 25 mil fee fact ,get off this­ page you sad cockney to**ers.

    From Lisa, on Tue 30 Jun 10:49PM

  6. jimmirice, we know nothing about football haha coming­ from you, santa cruz was injured most of last season so­ how would he be able to do anything, eto is 28 not 30­ so if we did get him we'd have a good 3-4­ season's out of him, ok i agree teves is good not­ superstar but thats not a done deal neither is eto, i­ agree with the no star defence it let us down last­ season we could have easily got top 6 if we had better,­ but you do know the transfer window doesnt open till­ tomorrow you chump, we may not win anything next year­ but neither will you without ronaldo's goals and­ teves's workrate, i doubt berbaflop will be any­ help, think you may have to put garry neville up front­ you thick munich "£$%

    From johnpercival80, on Tue 30 Jun 5:56PM

  7. comment 34 Jimmyrice man u are champs again

    i am a­ cetty fan and i mostly agree with what you are saying,­ we do have enough young talent with experience and its­ a shame they wont be given the chance to show that we­ dont need the money but time to win things. Now we have­ mega bucks and i will just have to accept it, but even­ i have to ask myself, if cetty win the EPL next season­ will i be really that overjoyed, yes i will be but not­ as overjoyed as i would have been if we had won it with­ talent brought up through the ranks. Its the same as if­ england win the world cup next year, will be overjoyed­ but would be more overjoyed if an english manager was­ at the healm.
    hope ppl understand my point

    From bryanshaw68, on Tue 30 Jun 5:32PM

  8. Andy you div i could cre less how much deluded city­ fans pay but even chelsea run their club as a business­ to try an balance books they fail but they try city­ spendin dough with no way of makin money is shocking, i­ dont think its fair on the fans if city bought ashley­ young, glen johnson, lennon and some good young english­ players i would be comending them but as it is all you­ buying is rubbish mercanaries eto tevez santa cruz they­ wont fit an they certainly wont put up with that twatt­ robiniho, city fans have been robbed of an exciting­ future with good young players and have now got over­ the hil mercanaries

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Tue 30 Jun 1:55PM

  9. Jimmy, you seem to be misinformed on the way City­ intend progressing. The owners aren't interested in­ how many shirts Eto'o or similar can shift. Real­ have to bank on shirt sales in order to balance the­ books at the end of the year...City don't. Sucess­ will be measured on league position and not income.
    The­ question about "how are the fans going to be able­ to afford" to watch these superstars is quite­ simple a club with a tight budget and an overdraft of­ Exxon proportions can only afford to spend within­ budget, they wont be splashing out several hunder mil­ on players. City don't have to stick to such a­ rigid business plan. (Avg) Ticket prices at eastlands­ have gone down since the new owners took over.

    From Andy, on Tue 30 Jun 12:08PM

  10. i am going to laugh me pants off when come next season­ and hughes with his "superstar" team totally­ flop , i reckon at best they will be in the bottom 8.­ its ok getting these players, its keeping em happy with­ trophys and having a decent manager.............put­ your money on city to flop

    From Paul, on Tue 30 Jun 11:05AM

  11. man city fans who agree with these signings obviously­ no nothing of football, santa cruz is average at best­ he did nothing last season, tevez is good but not world­ class although he will be your best player an eto is­ great player but your gonna lose big time on him he is­ like 30 so has no resale value your gonna pay­ ridiculous wages and going to sell a few shirts this is­ bad buisiness people slag real but you can guarantee­ they will have merchandised ronaldo to twice the price­ of buying and his wages before he leaves there, city­ have no class no star defence an ok midfield an sort of­ strike force need a manager who has reputaation so­ players want to join to winn your players except cruz­ have joined for dough an only dough

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Tue 30 Jun 10:53AM

  12. The "the players have to jell or it won't­ work" problem. I would rather HAVE the players in­ the first place, THEN see if i can get them to jell.­ Instead of wishing so-and-so would come. Jell or no­ jell, at least the club has the chance.
    United also­ have loads of money (50mil CL, 50mil league, 60mil Cron­ sale), who on earth is going to sign for them? That­ winger from Wigan. Fantastic.

    From Andy, on Tue 30 Jun 10:45AM

  13. i think money always can't bring success to the­ team,the clear example is Chelsea, cos they­ couldn't win the champion's league. i advice­ Man. city to first bring a world class manager like­ Guss Hidink and then quality player would come­ unwantedly to their team, otherwise big players would­ reject their monster offer like kaka. thanks Hoshang­ Qaderi from Afghanistan.

    From SAM, on Tue 30 Jun 9:28AM

  14. iget tired of listening to all the cr-p being said­ about man city, trying to buy the league.

    From Len D, on Tue 30 Jun 7:49AM

  15. The first thing City has to do is to find a class­ manager, not players. If no good manager is in charged,­ the result will be same as before even you get all the­ best players in the world.

    From heero88, on Tue 30 Jun 2:09AM

  16. The money going round at present, the fee United got­ for Ronaldo, is killing football clubs...Where do these­ clubs find so much money, and where do these players­ think they are worth so much? And how do the clubs­ expects the fans to find the money to watch these so­ call superstars kicking a bag of wind around the pitch?

    From derekabrown, on Mon 29 Jun 11:27PM
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    city have got loads of money, but who would wanna go to­ them!!!!!!!
    i say united should sign valencia, benzema,­ ribery, aguero
    AND SELL BERBATOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From elliotweekes, on Mon 29 Jun 10:02PM

  18. well, its a good development in uero football,if only­ the coach can utilize the talents to his advantage.that­ is gonna be the best squad in the premaership.kudos

    From Otu, on Mon 29 Jun 8:16PM

  19. spend spend doesnt mean the players will gell and play­ as a team DISASTER AHEAD

    From Ken A, on Mon 29 Jun 7:50PM

  20. Well thats a bit wierd because the last time i watched­ Eto'o (iif he comes) and Robhino, one played the­ right wing and the other played the left..Tevez played­ behind Berbatov...and RSC played up front...

    From Andy, on Mon 29 Jun 7:35PM
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