The 32-year-old, signed on loan until the end of the season in a surprise transfer deadline day move, has not played since October 29 and has only turned out in seven games for Roma this season.
He also missed the first month of the season with a thigh muscle problem but has been snapped up by his former Inter boss Roberto Mancini.
“I am fit and ready and available for selection by the manager,” said Pizarro, who hopes to secure a £3m permanent deal in the summer. He immediately declared that
his aim is to ensure the Blues stay top – and they can pile the pressure back on United by beating the Cottagers, with the Reds travelling to Chelsea the next day.
“I arrived on Tuesday with City top of the league – we still are and let’s hope we finish in that place,” said the Chilean midfielder.
Pizarro was handed the No 8 shirt once wore by Blues legend Colin Bell, and vacated by Shaun Wright-Phillips when he left in August.
“It is a big honour to have that number, and I look back to when I started at Roma and had a similar situation when I wore the No 7 shirt of Bruno Conti – I hope I can have the same success here,” he said.
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Thought it was a 1 million deal if we signed him, "papers hey" just who do you believe.
Welcome to gods own David lets hope your better and fitter than the X RAG god knows why we have him at the club probably on kid and platts advise.I know he's a pay as you play but could still be a spy buttering up are youth because that's all he plays alongside since he came."GOOD LUCK PIZARRO" Dont play to good or Hanson will single you out and you will serve a three match ban before you know it.CTID.
An Italian Owen Hargreaves?
welcome to the real manchester team
Could be the new Glauber Berti but let's hope for the best - a Vieira role maybe?
I would like to be proved wrong but a thirty two year old from Serie A who has played seven time this season coming to the fast lane of the M1 that is the EPL. Good luck to the fella but the odds are against him being able to make a contribution. I would have liked a bit of pace up front on loan say Andy Johnson maybe. Its pace we need just now not more possession midfielders.
Wow, Colin Bell and SWP eh? Awesome!
We really do seem to have a surfeit of midfielders. Age and games played this season plus nil EPL experience don't bode too well. Would have preferred a proven 4th striker to add to the mix.
Not passing any judgement until he has played a few games.
Could be a beauty, could be a flop.
Who knows? But don't judge him too early.
I hope he is as good as the 32 year old player we signed in 1966.
The fact that he hasn't played a lot this season shouldn't be putting people off. De Jong hadn't played much for Hamburg in the season we signed him and he turned out pretty good. Also he fell out with his manager at Roma and as we know, when you fall out with your manager you're not likely to play often.
I'm not expecting him to play the 90 minutes of every game till the end of the season but he can certainly do a job for us. Too many times now this season we have been kept quiet by team and lacked the cutting edge (unbelievable i know). A deeper player who can pass the ball well and get it forward quicker is what we need.
Am I missing something.. Who outside city knows about the previous bearers of the number 8 shirt? This is a wind up isn't it? something has been lost in translation ...
Can't be as bad as gareth barry..
Will have to wait and see him play. I refuse to judge any player on video clips,although that never put Sven off!
I just hope that Mancini is not like many other Managers who want just their signings in the team, and gradually ship out the previous Managers players.
Had anyone really heard of Ali B when he first came in?? If I recall made a hell of am impact and love by all blues. Give the lad a chance.
Big push needed by everyone involved with the club, including us fans, in fact especially us fans between now and May
Pizarro says Roberto. Bizarro says fans.
Really! Another defensive midfielder on the wrong side of 30 with a history of injury problems and who played only 7 games in half a season.
What seems to have happened here is that Roberto has asked the owners to "show me the money", and the response from the owners has been "we gave the money already, now you show us the results".
let's hope he has a similar effect to Mr Ali Benarbia.
Anyone remember Ali Bernabia (think that's how you spell it)- most skillfull 32 year old I have ever seen
Welcome David,
I strongly suspect, unlike the idiots who have already dismissed your signing as rubbish and pointless, that you infact will be vital asset in resting our players like barry and milner when we embark on the europa league. That point seems to have been missed by most of the glory hunters who now festoon this site and our club.
Good luck and do your best for the club while your here
Welcome to Manchester David!
Disapointing. Our one and only chance to get a proven goalscorer in before the window shut and we buy a midfield player we don't really need. C'mon Mancini wake up the goals have dried up. Dzeko abysmal lately, Balotelli a ticking timebomb, unreliable Tevez awol, Aguero tries hard but not hard enough, capable of getting amonst the goals but sometimes misses easy chances like on Tuesday
Let you all in on a little secret. Salford Red 99 used to support none other than the red scousers a few years ago. They thought they'd keep it secret.....no no no you little scouse ;-)
He's rubbish. Haven't seem him play, don't know anything about him but City have signed him for a small fee so he's got to be. Sorry, only kidding, but you get my drift
David Pizzaro or Nigel Pivaro- confused!
This forum is about as reliable as Tevez !