Nigel

[Slim]

No Slim but he will be the first [strike]ten[/strike] one hundred million pound player.

Edit: Thought I was getting shot or something anyway, that nob eds gone quiet.

I wish I could be excited about this, but we have seen this false dawn before.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Is there irrefutable evidence that De Jong receives "advice" from Kia?

I've seen a number of allegations across a number of City boards that this association exists but have never seen/read anything concrete.

[MARKMAKAVELI]

Yeah I was only winding you up about the 100mill bit but he is rated as the best they've got from what I hear.

Time will tell as always....

[Goaters 103]

No Slim but he will be the first [strike]ten[/strike] one hundred million pound player.

Edit: Thought I was getting shot or something anyway, that nob eds gone quiet.

I wish I could be excited about this, but we have seen this false dawn before.

The image of Buster Phillips (shudder) should trot across the thread about here.

[Ted Hughes]

There are no guarantees but judging by the clues Mark has dropped, I think this lad's got a bit better chance than Buster Phillips tbf.

[shortagain]

Having started the post, I would now add a comment from the OS that "if fit, Nigel de Jong won’t have quite as far to travel as Holland play host to Switzerland and then travel a short distance to Germany"
Perhaps we were speculating incorrectly as maybe he was injured whilst playing against Villareal

[Slim]

Yeah I was only winding you up about the 100mill bit but he is rated as the best they've got from what I hear.

Time will tell as always....

I should have known, the only way he's worth £100M is if we sell him, and "we're City, we buy who we want."

[Hazy2]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

[Mark Garrett]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

No not for me. I think he will stay and sign a new contract - he would be mad not to.

Also he is one of Mancini's most trusted players and I honestly think a lack of games is mainly due to his injury at start of season - he was out for 5-6 weeks till end of September. To be fair Barry has been excellent this season but De Jong still is the best holding midfielder in the world and for anyone to suggest we don't need him, should remember he is only 25/26, both Yaya and Barry are several years older.

[sheblue]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

no. i think he will sign a new contract as long as he is realistic.

[phips]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

Theyre gonna try really hard to partner him with Alonso but I think he will stay with us at this point...next summer may be different but as of now i think he'll stay.

[bigblue]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

Theyre gonna try really hard to partner him with Alonso but I think he will stay with us at this point...next summer may be different but as of now i think he'll stay.

he isn't going anywhere. Plenty of time left to negotiate the contract. The fans love him and I can never see him putting in a transfer request. If reports are true that hes on 55,000/year, double his wages and be done with it.

having said that, it would be funny to see him playing alongside someone he karate kicked in a WC final.

[dazlebluefrog]

Does anyone else get the feeling Nigel De Jong, is leaving us for Real Madrid, done deal .

me ,i read in "l'equipe" sports paper that "the speical one" had his watchers out at villareal

[Tokyo Blue]

I don't think he'll have seen much in that particular game that will have impressed him.