*OFFICIAL* Jerome Boateng signs

[Im_Spartacus]

Interesting......

[Manx Blue]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... 8411345454

[Green & Blue]

Finally done and dusted



http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/20 ... -year-deal

[The Man In Blue]

welcome to manchester.

so - petrov is deffo gone then.

[Vhero]

Sneaky Sons Of A Bitches was hoping to see him holding up new kit... Ah well something for another day I suppose.

[craigmcfc]

I quite like the idea of having Hamburg as our feeder club, welcome on board Jerome

[Dameerto]

Official site confirms him:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/20 ... -year-deal

Jerome Boateng has agreed the terms of a five-year contract to join Manchester City from German Bundesliga side Hamburg SV.

The German international defender will formally become a City player from July 1st. As this date could still coincide with his World Cup duty with Germany, Boateng conducted a whistlestop tour of Carrington and City of Manchester Stadium in order to finalise the details of his move ahead of the big kick-off in South Africa.

Boateng is a versatile defender who can play at either centre-half or full-back. The 21-year-old is highly rated in Germany, having played 75 times for Hamburg and three times for the German national side.

City boss Roberto Mancini is an admirer of the 6ft 3ins defender, and was delighted to secure his first signing of the summer.

Mancini said: “This is a very good signing for Manchester City and I am pleased to bring Jerome to the Club. He is a young player who is already of a very high quality, but I think he can continue to improve at City.

He can play a number of positions in defence, which is important. He has proved his ability in Germany and I think he can be a very important player for Manchester City in the Premier League

...Roberto Mancini

“It’s good for Jerome to have agreed terms ahead of the World Cup, so he can now concentrate on playing for Germany. And I will be very interested to see how he gets on in the tournament, before welcoming him back to meet his team-mates in pre-season."

Boateng, who is the younger brother of Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Price, becomes the third City signing from Hamburg in recent years, following the 2008 recruitment of Belgian utility man Vincent Kompany and 2009 signing of Dutch midfielder Nigel De Jong.

Watch out for more tomorrow and on Monday exclusively on www.mcfc.co.uk

[irblinx]

Highly regarded and young, good signing, let's hope this frees up the deal makers to get our other targets in

[trueblue64]

Watch out for more tomorrow and on Monday exclusively on www.mcfc.co.uk

This interest me.

[Dameerto]

Me too

[Manx Blue]

"Watch out for more tomorrow and on Monday exclusively on www.mcfc.co.uk"

Curiouser and Curiouser!!

[Beefymcfc]

Very good signing and has Mancio says, he already got the quality but still can improve. That's the difference between now and then, we used to get players for today, now we get them in for the future as well.

Wonder who's next?

[irblinx]

"Watch out for more tomorrow and on Monday exclusively on http://www.mcfc.co.uk"

Curiouser and Curiouser!!

They just mean more from Jerome, i.e. video of interview on Monday. Move along, nothing more to see here

[Manx Blue]

...although that final remark could be more of an interview with Jerome rather than "more signings" but I could be wrong and just being a general pisser on chips

[Moonchesteri]

Welcome to our club Jerome! Will be nice to see you lifting all the trophies in the future!

[Beefymcfc]

Come on John, get the title sorted out, ***Official Signing*** thread.

I do love those stars ;-)

[Manx Blue]

we're going to have to keep an eye on the City Twitter again chaps...they said he was in Town around half an hour ago.

[dromoreblue]

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/20 ... -year-deal

[Im_Spartacus]

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[Beefymcfc]

we're going to have to keep an eye on the City Twitter again chaps...they said he was in Town around half an hour ago.

Was he holding up a Number 17 shirt though?