City looking for better showing with positive changes

August 22, 2008

Manchester City, a club often overshadowed by their illustrious neighbors Manchester United, is looking for improvement in their performance in the premiership following this weekend’s shameful 2-4 defeat at the hands of Aston Villa.

The club has seen more negative things in the recent past than positive. This includes the reports of owner Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, leaving the club following corruption reports. The new manager Mark Hughes has also been rumored constantly of having left the club, even though he’s still there.

Much to Hughes’ frustration, former City ‘hit man’ Roque Santa Cruz, who is currently with Blackburn Rovers, has been labeled as a ‘not-for-sale‘ commodity by Rovers.

According to Hughes, there are still possibilities to put behind all this, as his squad is still improving. Even though they suffered a defeat at Villa Park, they showed intensifying performance at key areas in the field.

The news for the club at the moment is the return of striker Jo, who had been away to Beijing, to represent Brazil.

His return, according to a ‘thankful‘ Hughes, has been important for the club, especially in wake of City trailing 0-1 to FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Cup with the home leg remaining.

Another prolific addition to the squad is Israeli defender Tal Ben Haim from Chelsea, the second transfer of the club in three weeks. He has embarked on a four year contract at City for an undisclosed deal between the two clubs.

Ben Haim will be able to give the club more options in central defense along with Captain Richard Dunne and England star Micah Richards, which is something that lacked last season.

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