Manchester City set for staggering 25 million pounds Adebayor swoop

October 10th, 2009 LONDON - English Premier League big spenders Manchester City will go all out to make a stunning bid for Bayern Munich's star Franck Ribery. The offer for Ribery would be of 65 million pounds, The Sun reports.

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Six Manchester United and eight Chelsea stars top the list of richest football players as determined by the sports-oriented web site FourFourTwo.com. The list is as follows: 1.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City has promised a staggering 9,000 pounds in bonus to every player if they are able to beat defending Premier League champions Manchester United in their match on Sunday. The bonus system means that if the Blues are able to beat United, owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed will have to dish out 99,000 pounds to pay the starting line-up, and another 27,000 pounds if all three substitutes are used.

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - No deal was struck with Manchester City to pay a British record transfer fee of 47 million pounds for Carlos Tevez to MSI, the company fronted by Kia Joorabchian which owned the player before his move to City. A spokesman for Kia Joorabchian last night denied that Manchester City had struck a deal to pay 47 million pounds for Tevez to MSI.

August 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor has claimed that Manchester City will be the top team in Machester this season. "I don't think it will be long before we are the top team in Manchester.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Steven Gerrard believes that Manchester City could be Premier League title challengers this season. The Liverpool captain said: "They have made everyone sit up and take notice.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City's whopping annual wage bill has crossed the 100 million-a-year pound mark. Kolo Toure's arrival at Eastlands means that salaries at Manchester City have doubled in two years.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Emmanuel Adebayor has said that he has no regrets about joining Manchester City, despite claims made to the contrary by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. According to The Sun, Fergie said the ex-Arsenal striker wanted to engineer a move to either United or Chelsea right until he signed at Eastlands for 25 million pounds.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has launched a scathing attack on Manchester City, saying it is a small club with a small mentality. "They are a small club, with a small mentality.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has slammed former teammate Emmanuel Adebayor for leaving the team 'only for the money'. Adebayor had claimed that abusive Arsenal fans forced him into a 25 million pound move to Manchester City.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor has accused Arsenal of being in a hurry to sell him off to Manchester City because they needed the money. Manchester City purchased Adebayor for 25 million pounds, and he now plans to nick the Gunners chances of a Champions League spot.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said he has enough replacement for Togo international Emanuel Adebayor, who signed for Manchester City for a 25 million pound transfer fee. Wenger is now pinning hopes on his younger squad and feels he has quite a few attacking options.

July 18th, 2009 LONDON - Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor flew to Manchester for a medical at Manchester City and is expected to sign a 25 million pounds deal with the Eastlands club. The 25-year-old will join the star-studded attack that has the likes of Carlos Tevez, Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City has completed a 25-million-pound swoop for Barcelona strike ace Samuel Eto'o and by this week, they will confirm the 30-million-pound signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez from Manchester United. Cameroon star Eto'o, 28, is expected to travel to Manchester in the next few days to finalize the deal, while Tevez will sign a four-year deal worth around 140,000-pounds a week on Wednesday, reports News of The World.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City are close to signing Argentine football star Carlos Tevez for 32 million pounds. The Argentine striker's advisor Kia Joorabchian is due to meet with Old Trafford chief executive David Gill to discuss the possibility of United paying a further 25.5 million pounds to turn Tevez's two-year loan into a permanent move.owever, Joorabchian has already thrashed out a possible transfer to Eastlands, Sun Sport reveals.