City launch transfer offensive

August 25, 2005

PEARCE: Targets

CITY will step up their hunt for new players by launching a series of bids today, it has emerged.

Blues boss Stuart Pearce has confirmed that the club will be stepping up its pursuit of new players in earnest.

Although no targets have been confirmed, the club are still thought to be after Dean Ashton and Stelios Giannakopolous.

The club could also look to renew their interest in Crystal Palace forward Andy Johnson after the Eagles signed Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison.

"We're still busy making offers for players," Stuart Pearce told City's official website.

"We're hoping to get a couple in and we will work right up until the last minute of the deadline.

"We are going to put offers in today, hopefully they will be good enough to bring players to the club.

"If they're not, we'll move on and look for somebody else."

Who would you like to see City sign? Have your say.

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mario nardi, levenshulme (25/08/2005 at 13:04)

i would like pearce to sign ziani karim from lorient frensh league two.A risen star is there the new benarbia

Mark, Hadfield (25/08/2005 at 13:09)

Fabrizio Miccoli.......class forward, currently languishing at Juventus and looking for a move. Would be a legend at City.

steve, london (25/08/2005 at 13:11)

If Distin is going to Liverpool we need a central defender.
I would hope we get a creative midfielder and a pacy forward too. I'm sure SP has his eyes on value-for-money players, so not worth mentioning names. This would give us a strong squad.

adam,reid, perth,aust (25/08/2005 at 13:12)

stil love the idea of barton and malbranque in the mixer!
fulham putting in a bid for petrov from celtic so we might as well try 1 more time 2 lure him to maine road!
sorry eastlands!
andy van der meyde for the right as well and maybe phil jageilka from sheffield (under 21 eng international)! if not malbranque then michael tonge defo!

Marc, Gorton (25/08/2005 at 13:14)

ANDY, ANDY ANDY ANDY JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!

ZANDVOORT BLUE, CTID (25/08/2005 at 13:20)

good call Adam.....I`ve said Van De Meyde for ages..... what about the D`Alessandro and Mvuemba links......Castdelen is injured but we should be negotiating now to get him in the January transfer window...

chris h, stalyvegas (25/08/2005 at 13:21)

Unfortunately it looks like Stelios is heading down the wrong side of the m62, and while AJ would be a decent target, I'm worried palace's board'd want top whack so soon after he's signed a new contract.
Don't fancy Ashton one bit- if there's one thing we've got it's young attacking prospects in BWP, Ishmael Miller and co.
Less than a week left to buy and still no sign of the midfield creativity we so badly need. It's nice to see Reyna and Joey B working well together so far, but without real spark or flair it could only be a matter of time til we get found out.
Despite the decent start, I'm still more than a little uneasy ahead of the derby, especially seeing as the scum seem to have it at least as together as we do.

Harry, Shrewsbury (25/08/2005 at 13:21)

I'm new to this site and maybe I'm repeating the fears of other blues.

None of our signings are actually going to set the world alight. Why buy players past their best. Fowler, Mcmanaman spring to mind. Now Cole and Vassell. The names banded about in the press are not going to improve us. If we lose Distin we will have probs at the back. Unfortuntaley another season of under-achievement I fear.

lee, stockport (25/08/2005 at 13:22)

Freddy Adu - dc united, Van de borre and vincent kompany both from anderlecht, Guti from real madrid, julius aghowa from shaktar, van der meyde from inter, graveson from real madrid..... i could go on... Johnson, ashton and jerome rothen from psg

andrew williams, stockport (25/08/2005 at 13:23)

Neil Clement,Lee Bowyer or Malbranque,Robbie Keane

chris h, stalyvegas (25/08/2005 at 13:24)

adam in perth- good shout on phil jagielka from sheffield united. would warnock sell for less than around 6m though?

david, portsmouth (25/08/2005 at 13:25)

not ashton,not at any price let alone 10mil,he will turn out to be another macken.
unlike my fellow posters i am not giving advice on who to buy,but who not to buy and ashton is certainly one of those.
please sp we need two things some pace up front and a cool but intelligent midfielder.
swp played well for the roubles last night and that was great to see.
thanks

Edski Vega, nottingham (25/08/2005 at 13:31)

Lee, Stockport you ahve been playing too much Football manager 2005 - Adu? what a strange name to throw in - a wonder kid (14yo) in the game... think we will get him?! I doubt it! Hes probably not up to it anyway. I am not really an andy johnson fan as he seems to score most of his goals from the penalty spot and the few he scored from open play were a consequence of him being a one man attack - every ball was delivered to him - at city he wouldnt get anywhere near as good a service as we have a two man attack. One man attacks are good if you want to creat a high scoring striker but they often lead to relegation..... Ashton is a player i mentioned a lot when he was at Crewe and he adjusted well to the premiership as i thought he would. It just seems like a kick in the teeth that instead of paying the B#3m we would now have to pay B#7m for a player who is still a bit of a gamble. Earnshaw would do a job for us if WBA will let him go!

Andy, Reddish (25/08/2005 at 13:32)

I think we should get ian bishop for some creativity, he aint that old plus i heard he's a free agent. what about s.b for b1906?

Blue Tiger, Virginia (25/08/2005 at 13:34)

Andy Johnson, and Stelios.

paul, newcastle, Newcastle (25/08/2005 at 13:35)

How about Gudjonsen on loan from Chelsea, Bentley Arsenal and Malbranque. SP should give Fulham another go. All for 6/7 mill we would be laughing

sanks, Stockport (25/08/2005 at 13:35)

Been told that Stu's made a substantial offer for Brett Emerton from Blackburn! Anyone else heard about it?

THE BLUE TOOL, URMSTON (25/08/2005 at 13:39)

THIS IS MY POST FROM YESTERDAY, SEEMS AFTER THIS LATEST NEWS THE SIGNING ARE IN PROGESS...Just been down to carrington to pick up a mate, security guy said S.P was holding talks with two new lads , neither of them was Ashton?but he would,nt say who they were. Another guy waiting outside reckons one of them was bowyer!!! geordies are at bolton tonight ?? anyone got any more info ? GREAT RESULT LAST NIGHT BOYS, THE PERFORMANCE WAS,NT OUTSTANDING BUT WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE PLAYED BETTER AND LOST, ROLL ON SATURDAY.
THE BLUE TOOL, URMSTON

Stu, Manchester (25/08/2005 at 13:40)

I'd go for Van De Meyde & Bowyer!

Brian, Dublin (25/08/2005 at 13:50)

Harry, Shrewsbury - Welcome to the site. You've passed the negativity test with flying colours. You'll fit in perfectly.
The sky is falling in. We're all doomed etc etc

MG, Burnage (25/08/2005 at 13:50)

Edski - Earnshaw - come on get real. One trick pony speed merchant that doesn't make the starting line up at WBA with Horsfield, Campbell and Kanu as competition. As for Freddy Adu he's 16 now and has already stated he wants to move to Chelsea! I'm sure SP will go for players that will benefit his team ethic, which probably means they won't be any of the names mentioned on this message board. In Psycho we trust - 11 unbeaten says it all. CTID

andy, reddish (25/08/2005 at 13:50)

i wouldnt touch bowyer with a barge pole. I think we need someone in the shape of jamie pollock, but not literally.

Phil, Sheffield (25/08/2005 at 13:55)

My mates in the Blades camp say that Michael Tonge has not developed in the last 2 years. He doesn't dominate games.
Jagileka is a better bet but not for more than B#4M tops. He's a decent box to box midfield player who can play at right back (particularly well) or centre back. He may need to bulk up a bit though.

Mr Wiskas, neneh cherry's crib (25/08/2005 at 13:58)

Stilian Petrov would be a good adition to the squad and i reckon around B#3 - B#4 million would be the most we'd have to pay

Mark, Bali (25/08/2005 at 14:00)

Bowyer and Barton in the middle of the park sounds good. Malbranque is class but has looked shoddy in the first few games for Fulham, maybe his mind is elsewhere? Rather have Owen on loan than Johnson (penalty only) or Dashton (slow). I am sure Owen would rather come to City than go to Tyneside!!!

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