[Confirmed] Ilkay Gundogan signed by Manchester City

Big news in the transfer market today as Manchester City complete the signing of star midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported to be around 20 Million Euros. This also marks the first signing of City under Pep's reign. Let's get into what this transfer brings us !

The Deal as we know ,

 Gundogan's name has come up in every transfer window for the past few occasions and a lot of clubs were trying to lure him. Clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid were all linked with the player. Most of the fans wanted him to play for their club. But city were closely linked last year too and this year they have made it happen. He had just 1 more year in his contract with Dortmund. So city cashed in and got their first recruit in Pep's office.

His career so far , 

 Manchester City is his third top tier club, previously played for FC Nurnberg and Borussia Dortmund. He is known as a star midfielder. He uses to dominate in the centre and push his team forward. He is a great chance creator and scores at times. But a fine player to take spot kicks. He is a regular starter for his club. Unfortunately he had to sit aside for 15 months during the 2013-14 season owing to a back injury. He made his first international appearance for Germany in 2011 and has 16 caps to his name.

Manchester City and Gundogan - Will it work out ? 

   You may be wondering if he will fit in city's plans! But the answer is - no one knows. It's a new manager for them and we haven't seen them play. So if they made the decision to sign him, then it means they need him and know what they are doing. So how about stop thinking and seeing what happens next !

His role ,

 Manchester City has seriously increased their depth in the midfield to several levels in the past seasons and now are available with a lot of options. The likes of Yaya Toure, Silva, Nasri, Kevin de Bruyne, Fernando, Fernandinho and now Gundogan will all be fighting for the same spot. But as we know Guardiola is the HOD of midfield and he had a similar squad in all his previous clubs. So he will be playing a strong midfield with a single striker and Gundogan will definitely be controlling the midfield.

Premier League Quality ,

 Gundogan who is sidelined from the EUROS 2016 might be out until September. Once he comes back from the injury, he should find his form back. People have seen big names like Di Maria, Falcao, Schweinsteiger fail in the recent times to shine and it wont be an easy job for him to settle so quickly if he is normal. But he is regarded as an "intelligent and complete" midfielder by his former gaffer Klopp. So let's see if he is intelligent after all !

This deal looks to have pleased the Manchester City fans and they are looking forward to see him in their colours. He will also be looking forward to have a injury free season for the best. We will be coming up with the possible line-ups and tactics as the season nears. So keep coming and pour your views ! 

Time for the last four ! [Man.City Vs PSG] [Preview] [UCL Quarter-finals 2nd leg]

At-last it's time for the last four and it's not going to be easy,now in this post we will be giving you a detailed preview of tonight's match and in the end of the post we will be revealing our prediction of who is going to win the match !

Now in order to breakdown we have to overlook the stats of the 1st leg,so here it is.

[If you want a complete review of the 1st leg be sure to check this post/article - CLICK HERE ] 

Now by seeing the stats we can surely say that PSG controlled the match more than Man.city

Now we will look into the individual sides of the teams and the 1st leg playing-style 


MANCHESTER CITY : 

So now let us first discuss about the recent form of Man.City and then go deep.

                                        
                             D L W D W

So as you can see they are not in a very good shape,with only 2 wins in the last 5 matches they seem to be fragile,and surely by their standards this is worst.

FACTOR 1

An important factor is Vincent Kompany's injury ! Yes the manager told the press that the Belgium defender will not be playing in the 2nd leg of the quarter finals,Without Kompany the team is too insecure at the back.This can be a major drawback for tonight's match.

FACTOR 2

Man city has a advantage over the match since they played away and scored 2 goals against the French giants last match,All they have to do is maintain a 0-0 or a 1-1 scoreline in the 2nd leg and BOOM they are into the semi-finals !

"BUT" 

Pellegrini told "I think the most important aspect of this team is always to score. We are working here for three years and I always have the same answer.We are a team that is prepared to score goals. If we prepare to play 0-0 I think we lose. You see the same team you see the last two and a half seasons." 

Thus "Man.City" are not playing safe,which may end in tragedy.


PARIS-SAINTS GERMAN :

Let us have a look into the recent form of the French giants.


                                           W L W D W

So with their recent form we can say that they are playing decent football with 3 wins in 5 matches.And by their standards in their league I should definitely say that its not up-to the mark.


FACTOR 1

In the past 3 seasons PSG have never crossed the quarter-finals and it remains a mystery that why can't they ? 

Thus Blanc told the press "It will be a new era for French football if we go through," And yes as the PSG coach said it would definitely change things for the team.

FACTOR 2 

The French giants have to play without their center-back "David Luiz" and their defensive mid-fielder "Blaise Matuidi" due to suspension,Actually this can be a major factor deciding the match because both these play an important role in the defence system of the French giants


OUR PREDICTION 

[Warning:This may terribly go wrong since we don't 

have time machine's with us]

We guess that the French-Giants are going to make history by winning the match and make it to the last four !  

Anyway Whom do you think will win the match ? 

These are not what we expected !? [UCL Quarter-Finals 1st leg] [Review]

With the 1st leg of quarter-finals finished we have the results of the matches and they are absolutely a shocker ! Yep ! This is not what we expected for sure,of course this year has been full of unexpected warped-bombs,So further to do lets have a look at the results !


Results : 

 BARCELONA           2-1      ATLETICO MADRID 
 BAYERN                 1-0      BENFICA
 WOLFSBURG          2-0      REAL MADRID
 PARIS ST-GERMAN  2-2      MAN. CITY

BARCELONA Vs ATLETICO 

 This match was absolutely awesome,both the sides played very well ,but its football thus we have a winner ! and as we already discussed about this match briefly in this article/post - CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST we move to the next match !

BAYERN Vs BENFICA

Before starting a FACT "This was Pep-Guardiola's 150th game as Bayern Boss and 114th win with them",So now,Bayern all most controlled the whole match I should say because they were always in the head of Benfica's defenders and they had many chances which were all missed or saved by the goal-keeper !

And this match was a shocker because this match was a cat-on-wall state since Bayern only scored one goal which came from Vidal who scored a early header in the 2nd-min,This match went in the unexpected way because we always expect Bayern to score atleast more than 2 goals against teams like Benfica,But OH BOY we are wrong because its football and football is always like having 2 brains at the same time,we never know what happens ! Anyway as far the match is concerned Bayern won the match with a 1-Goal lead which is not at all helpful for them in the 2nd-leg.

WOLFSBURG Vs REAL MADRID 

Okay now maybe this match is the reason for the title of the post/article,So first let us see what the "RMA Boss" Zidane said "That's football - that's how difficult it is. That's what happens when you don't play with intensity from the start. We have to rest and think about the return leg because we still have the chance to change everything."

So yea Real-Madrid lost to Wolfsburg which was totally not expected and we have to admit that RM played poor in the match which costed the result.

Let us have a look what the happy-faced Wolfsburg manager said "I was laughed at when I said that we may have a chance. Real had their opportunities early on and we were a bit lucky,We pulled together, we found the spaces and played very well. Now we will go to Madrid, knowing that we have a chance to advance."

And once again Ronaldo failed to shine in this match too,which is also considered as one of the reasons for the loss by the fans.

PSG Vs MAN CITY

This was the one and only match which kept us at the edge of our seats because both the sides played with all the power they had and when we thought we had a winner the match ended in a draw by the deflected goal by Fernandhino(Man City).

And you have to praise Joe hart for saving 2 consecutive penalties which was offered to PSG,if he didn't save those the match would have ended with a huge score-line.

The goal from Kevin de Bruyne gave Man City the lead after Joe Hart saved Ibrahimovic's penalty,Zlatan took advantage on Fernando's mistake to equalise and Adrien Rabiot scored in the second half to put PSG in front.

So yea these are the results of the 1st leg of the UCL quarter-finals and this is still not finished yet there is another leg to decide who is going in for the semi-finals and after that we will have our winners to face in the semi-finals !!

STAY TUNED LADS ! FEEL FREE TO COMMENT YOUR THOUGHTS !!

Battle for the number "4"

Hello guys ! Yep its true ! We are officially back and for regular followers,you may have noticed that we have changed our website address and for the new guys reading this,Welcome ! Without further delay lets get into the action.

Premier league followers know very well the battle for the 4 th position is even closer and fiercely competed than the title this season due to Leicester City's fairytale and also due to Arsenal the fourth position champions being ahead in the table ! ( we can't believe it too ! ) . Lets see who has a better shot at finishing fourth....

THE TABLE ( as of week 32 )

1) Manchester City 

The Blues of Manchester currently hold the 4 th position in the table but they are closely followed by their rivals United and West Ham. They can retain this spot if they can go on a good run and not implode and flop like they did recently.

Current Form - L L W D L W ( 7 points)

Upcoming Matches :

2) Manchester United 

Closely following City are the 20 times champions United. They are just 1 point below city but they have a 12 goal difference between themselves.They currently occupy 5 th spot. They are on a great run of form , have a good squad now that their players are returning from injuries and trying harder and can to get the 4 th spot if city fail to pick up their form and west ham fail to go on a good run.

Current Form - L W W L W W ( 12 points )

Upcoming Matches : 

3)West Ham United 

The hammers closely follow up behind United and are only below them due to a 2 point difference  compared to the club from Manchester. They have a good run of form and are unbeaten in their last six games and people wonder if they can carry that form forward into the end of the season.

Current Form - D W W W D D ( 12 points )

Upcoming Matches 

4) Arsenal 

Arsenal to the teams  above 

 LOL 

Final Prediction of Football Frost

The teams are lining up to into the final stretch of battles and we predict The Red Devils Manchester United  to finish victorious in the battle of the 4 th place as they have a relatively easy fixtures compared to the other teams. 


Thats it for now . Stay tuned for more posts and info about the ongoing and upcoming matches :)