Futbol Chronicles: Manchester City A Force to Be Reckoned With

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Manchester City are entering into this August as the team to watch for during the new Premiership season.

Many now agree that Manchester have the best forward line in Santa Cruz, Robinho, Tevez, and Adebayor. Three South Americans and a top class African forward who are all capable of scoring at least twenty goals a season is more than enough for opposing defenders to worry about.

At the midfield position players such as Ireland, Wright Phillips, Barry, De Jong, Kompany, and young academy grad Weiss all possess the qualities of good midfield players as well.

Ireland, Barry, and Wright Phillips can form a dangerous midfield attacking line, all three are capable of putting the ball in the back of the net and penetrating defenders with their skills and footwork.

The one area of concern may be the defense, but Mark Hughes insists that his defense is as contacted, and that the club would likely sign only one defensive player, possibly a top class central defender.

John Terry, himself a top class central defender, fits the bill, and Manchester are making repeated attempts to sign him.

Whether City can be successful in signing John Terry, Manchester City are likely to be looked upon as the best team to mount a challenge to Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea.

Arsenal are becoming more of an afterthought, despite their vast wealth of young, up-and-coming talent.

Arsene Wenger is building Arsenal of course for the future, but time will tell if players like Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie would have the patience to wait for Arsenal to finally crack the pot.

Manchester are known to have a core of young players already making major progress in the academy, a fact that even Mark Hughes admits more than helps the club remain competitive for the foreseeable future.

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