Manchester United know something is stirring at City
timesonline.typepad.com 7/22/2009 — Oliver Kay “All talk” was how Sir Alex Ferguson referred to the statements of intent from Manchester City’s new owners last September, going on to say that they would find it extremely difficult when it came to the business of trying to ...

Welcome To Manchester, Carlos!
rumorsandrants.com 7/26/2009 — Man do I love soccer rivalries. Not only do they often make things like Cowboys/Redskins look like a Twitter-fight, sometimes they allow for wonderful, wonderful moments like the above billboard. This would be so much funnier if Manchester City weren’t the richest club in the whole, ...

Tévez not worth £25m - Alex Ferguson
insideworldsoccer.com 7/21/2009 — Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe Carlos Tévez was worth the £25 million his adviser, Kia Joorabchian, wanted to turn his loan period into a permanent deal. The 25-year-old spent the previous two seasons on loan at Manchester United , but a permanent deal failed to be agreed and the striker ...

James Lawton: Sorry, City, but Ferguson's right – Tevez and Adebayor are simply not worth £50m
independent.co.uk 7/25/2009 — In all the spending and the boasting of Manchester City's charge to the new season a rifle shot of a comment has been heard. Predictably, it came from Sir Alex Ferguson when he declared, "Carlos Tevez is not worth

The 2009/10 Preview: The Premier League
twohundredpercent.net 8/10/2009 — It says a lot for the priorities of the major news outlets in this country that, for them at least, the “real” football season hasn’t started. Still, there’s not long for them to wait now. The Premier League season starts this weekend and there is a chance that it may be ...

Carlos Tevez changes his mind about wanting more first team football
thespoiler.co.uk 7/30/2009 — Argentinean no longer worried about warming the bench At the time of his messy divorce with the Red Devils, Carlos Tevez’s agent Kia Joorabchian claimed his client’s move was motivated primarily by a desire for first team football. Now ...

European Transfer News: Carlos Tevez to sign with Man City, Adebayor could be next
the90thminute.com 7/13/2009 — Here’s the latest European Tranfer News including Carlos Tevez reaching an agreement to sign with Manchester City and Emmanuel Adebayor as the next possible transfer to Man City. Carlos Tevez to sign with Man City - Manchester City have confirmed an agreement has been reached to sign ...

City to Unveil Tevez, 2-3-5 Formation
mancity.theoffside.com 7/14/2009 — Lucky readers should know they’ve just barely avoided reading the cliche “worst kept secret in football” in this post about Carlos Tevez’s official arrival as a Manchester City player. (It was the first thing that came to mind, ...

Man City stick it to United with billboards
dirtytackle.net 7/17/2009 — Manchester City apparently have no desire to politely play down the fact that they lured Carlos Tevez away from their shadow-casting neighbors, as they have launched a local marketing campaign using the striker on billboards that are clearly having a laugh at United’s expense. The ...

Football | News | City in Adebayor talks
skysports.com 7/13/2009 — Sky Sports News understands Manchester City have held talks with Arsenal over the possible signing of striker Emmanuel Adebayor. Adebayor has been linked with a move away from Arsenal this summer, with a number of European clubs said to be interested ...

Hughes gives new boy Tevez time to stake claim — ESPNsoccernet 8/9/2009
Carlos Tevez will have a week's intensive training before Mark Hughes decides whether to pitch Manchester City's new cult hero into Premier League battle at Blackburn Rovers.