Things are looking bright for the blue half of Manchester, they are the wealthiest football club in the world, they sit 3rd in the league with two points adrift of the leaders and they have already progressed into the knockout stages of the Europa Cup. Who can stop them now from dominating world football? Because the makings are there for them to do so. As I look at it, no one could stop them from sweeping every competition that they enter in but them selves. They could buy any football player at any price, the manager is practically given a blank checkbook by Mr Sheikh Mansour who is the owner of Manchester City and is worth an estimated 20 billion Pounds. So you see, money is not an object here. They will entice players with lucrative contract that any football player anywhere on earth will have trouble refusing.
As it's shown in the past, money isn't the answer. Don't get me wrong, an injection of funds into a clubs will help immensely. As a club, you wish to create success rather then buy it. That is the opposite of what Manchester City is doing. For them, buying success is the best option because they want results and titles quick but if you have been a student of the game and have been studying it for a long time, you will know that success doesn't come overnight as the saying goes "Rome wasn't built in a day" and that my friends is true.
But some people don't get it, players need to gel together and create a calm and friendly atmosphere. They need to have a feeling of togetherness and a feeling of mutual respect for each other and also to have a feeling of love for everything connected to the club. Saying all this, Manchester City does not show any of this as they have demonstrated in recent weeks. Lets take and example of Mario Balotelli, a young and talented footballer with promise but with mush anger in his heart. Since he has signed for the club, he has cause nothing but trouble from being sent off in his first league game to having a training ground bust up with a team mate. Balotelli is not the only problem faced by the manager, their captain Carlos Tevez is another trouble maker, everyone knew the reason he left Manchester United to their bitter rivals was for the cash. Even though his performances on the pitch has been good and being handed the armband by his manager, with that type of aggression and attitude in the dressing room, the club can only go so far. This guy has been holding the club ransom for the pass week declaring that he wants out of the club for family reason and stating that his relationship breakdown with certain club executives is also one of the reasons for him to want to leave Manchester City,which i think is bullshit. But here is the funny thing,Manchester City are insisting of holding on to him. They just down get it, if a player wants to leave then just allow him to leave because if they don't, the player will only sulk and won't preform for the club and it will cause dressing room unrest and this will only lead to bad results on the pitch. The two players that I have mentioned are not the only one's with over sized egos, there are a few more in that dressing room, believe me.
I would like to give an advise to Manchester City, please learn from Real Madrid's mistakes when they went through the "Galaticos" era where they struggled to get world class individuals to preform with each other and went on to only win a handful of titles.You guys should follow the path of Barcelona FC and create talent rather then splashing cash for overrated ones. Get rid of players with bad attitudes that could disrupt the squad's harmony. If you insist in buying talent, buy player with good attitude and respect for everyone in and around the club.
When this is done, then you will slowly but surely start to reap the rewards of you success. If not, you will not progress and internal problems will still exist.
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