Futbol Chronicles: Manchester City's Rise Good for Manchester Football

The Manchester City revolution is once again on the upswing with reports that Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor will both sign for the club this week.

According to various British papers, Arsenal and Manchester City have an agreement for Adebayor's transfer to Manchester City for around a fee of 20 million pounds. This would only represent another of Manchester City's most significant transfer coups.

Carlos Tevez has already agreed to sign for City nearly a month earlier, but finally is expected to finalize the deal soon, starting with a medical. 

This truly symbolizes the beginning of a new era at Manchester City, but also is caution for United supporters who have long stuck their noses at their cross-town counterparts.

English football would once again be the winners if the City-United rivalry can pick itself up to a higher level; there's no reason why that shouldn't happen.

As a fan of Manchester football, it only excites me to see that the city of Manchester can finally join the ranks of Milan, Liverpool, Madrid, Paris-Marseilles, and Moscow as being a city with a worthy derby.

Not that it means that Manchester City and Manchester United were not always a true city rivalry match-up, but it hampered the fact that United were the more successful of the two clubs during the last fifteen years. 

That would surely change.

Mark Hughes knows he's in the best situation of any club, perhaps right along with new Madrid coach Pelligrini, but also knows he must steer Manchester City upwards if he wants to keep his job at the Eastlands.

Manchester City are a club that will surely do great things in football, and with the possible signing of John Terry (who coincidentally has a relationship with City's new shirt sponsors Umbro), the revolution at the Eastlands as we know it is in full circle.

A Manchester City-Manchester United matchup would surely be the toast of the evening in English football, simply because United are currently the most successful club, and City are finally finding themselves in the position to push for top honors.

It is a shame that Cristiano Ronaldo wouldn't feature in this new and improved matchup, but nevertheless, Manchester fans (regardless of which club he or she roots for) know that they have a football treat to be beholden with.

Mark Hughes, a former Red Devil, would probably want nothing more than to see his own club achieve the same honors of Manchester United and even achieve more, but to that, Hughes would have to stay up at the club for a long time.

Sir Alex Ferguson would have to feel nothing but mutual contempt for Man City, not because of the club's new wealth, but because he knows his time at the helm is shortening, and that City are only beginning to reap the fruits of their hardened labor.

City also have another thing in common with United: a world class academy. Several of the academy players from City's system are guaranteed to find a role in the senior squad in the next few years, a fact that even Mark Hughes himself is proud to acknowledge.

Manchester football will never be the same again. And for once we can all agree that is a good thing, a very good thing.