Navas and Negredo - Different Beginnings
Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas both joined Manchester City in the summer from Sevilla with different reactions from fans. Navas early summer buy was heralded as a real coup, a player who could offer genuine width. During Mancini’s tenure in charge, City had often played with inverted wingers with no real wide option available. The signing of Navas was seen as catalyst for change at City. Later on in the window, City secured the signing of Alvaro Negredo. Not the …
Have Manchester City Improved Their Strikeforce From Last Season?
Since the start of 2013, Manchester City have sold Mario Balotelli, 22, and Carlos Tevez, 29, for roughly £30m and replaced them this summer with Stevan Jovetic, 23, and Alvaro Negredo, 27, for £42m. Spending money is great but, have they actually improved their strike force or have they just gotten different players hoping they will perform better? Based on playing styles and physical builds, you can asses this as two like for like swaps between Jovetic and Tevez and …