Manchester City seem to be hungriest for fresh talent that is why they are becoming the most active English side this summer and look unstoppable even after bringing players like 18-year-old Turkish striker Enes Unal and then Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling to their den. They just sealed another deal with Aston Villa for 25-year-old midfielder Fabian Delph yesterday making it sure they will not repeat the mistake they did in the last season when their center line failed to do its job. According to preliminary reports coming out from Manchester, 25-year-old has signed a five-year deal at some £8m with English giant which is being taken as the lucrative deal by the City think-tank. It has just been one week when Delph openly said he wants to remain with Villa Park and stated on the club website, “I’m not leaving. I’m staying at the football club and I can’t wait for the start of the season and captaining this great football club,” then no one knows what happened suddenly and he had to change his mind making a switch to Manuel Pellegrini side – may be played its role!
Anyways, City has now spent some 59 million to hire three players making it most outrageous league side and fans doesn’t mind it too until they are playing within FFP laid guidelines. If we look at Pellegrini, he is happy to have one of the best midfielders in his side and raised his voice in his support when said, “Fabian Delph is an excellent player, and I am looking forward to working with him.
“He has made a huge impact in recent seasons at Aston Villa, and is now one of the brightest young midfielders in the Premier League. Fabian has tremendous skill and energy, and the fact that he has become a regular member of the England squad is further evidence of his progress over the past few seasons. At just 25 years old, he still has his best years ahead of him.”
Clarifying his decision about future, Delph added in club statement, “My decision to stay initially was purely based on the emotion and feelings that I hold for the club and the people there that I would be walking away from — rather than looking at the football opportunity that had been placed in front of me.” Now, Villa fans, including former striker Stan Collymore, are after him for varying attitude after he himself had confirmed his stay at Villa Park, Collymore said, “He said twice now that he wants to stay at the club — nobody put a gun to his head. He said twice that he believes Villa is a great club that he wants to stay at… if he signs for Manchester City or any other club in the next few days then he’s an absolute disgrace.”
