Manchester City

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Manchester City

Founded	1887
Reputation	7850
Training Facilities	16/20
Youth Facilities	16/20 + Youth Academy
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
Stadium Capacity	48,000
League	English Premier League

Club Information

Manchester City are a team founded originally in 1880 in the city of Manchester but were under a different name they changed their name to Manchester City in 1894. They used to play at Maine Road until recently they moved to The City Of Manchester Stadium. It can hold upto 48,000 fans at a time. The current manager of Manchester City is Mark Hughes. Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited completed a takeover of the club on the first of september 2008. They are a very rich group and claim to have 10 times the amount of money that Roman Abramovich has. On the last day of the transfer window Manchester city completed a 32.5m signing of Robinho from Real Madrid a deal that before the club was taken over would never have been in the frame.

Football Manager Budgets

2009

Top Half Finish - £55M Transfer Budget

Continental qualification through league finish - £73M Transfer Budget

Title challenge - £79M Transfer Budget

Title Winner - £84M Transfer Budget

2010

Ranges from 55M to 85M

Squad

No.	Position	Name
1	GK	Shay Given
12	GK	Stuart Taylor
5	DR	Pablo Zabaleta
3	DL	Wayne Bridge
15	DL	Javier Garrido
16	DL	Sylvinho
2	DRC	Micah Richards
4	DRC	Nedum Onuoha
28	DC	Kolo Toure
19	DC	Joleon Lescott
8	AMR	Shaun Wright-Phillips
17	AML	Martin Petrov
6	MC	Michael Johnson
18	MC	Gareth Barry
7	MC	Stephen Ireland
34	DMC	Nigel De Jong
33	DMC	Vincent Kompany
10	FC	Robinho
25	FC	Emmanuel Adebayor
32	FC	Carlos Tevez
27	FC	Benjani
37	FC	Craig Bellamy
14	FC	Roque Santa Cruz