So again the inevitable finally happens and like the CRon saga, RSC had been a target for over a year. Now Hughes' Citeh side starts to take shape. Certainly you can see the following team in a 4-5-1 formation:Roque Santa Cruz has completed his £17million move to Manchester City.
The Paraguayan passed a medical with the Eastlands outfit on Monday afternoon and has now signed a deal to link up once more with Mark Hughes, his former manager at Blackburn.
Hughes has never made any secret of his desire to have Santa Cruz at City and having assured themselves the knee injury that kept the South American out at the end of last season has fully cleared up, the Blues have completed the signing of the striker.
Santa Cruz becomes Hughes' second major signing of the summer, following the arrival of Gareth Barry from Aston Villa last month.
Given, Zabaleta, two from Kompany/Dunne/Richards/new center back, Bridge, Barry, de Jong, Ireland, SWP, Robinho, RSC
Actually, not a bad lineup. Hughes' task is going to be to get this group to play together week in and week out. That and probably moving players on who don't fit Hughes' plan or who won't accept a bench role - Bellamy, Petrov and Hart particularly.
For fantasy purposes, hopefully RSC's shameful quitting on Rovers will have ruined his value and he can be had next season on the cheap.
He should be a good addition if he keeps fit...
ReplyDeleteWith Tevez on the way in, things begin looking a lot more like a 4-4-2. Given, Zabaleta, Richards, Kompany, Bridge, SWP, Barry, Ireland, Robinho, Tevez, RSC.
ReplyDeleteSo Barry is your holding middie? There goes the last of his fantasy value.
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