Mar 23 2009
Manchester City Target David Bentley
photo: Mikołaj Kirschke
Manchester City are set to make Tottenham’s David Bentley one of their top targets this summer, and I have to say, that’s more like where City need to be looking for realistic transfers. David Bentley was fantastic, actually brilliant, the last time he was under Mark Hughes’ tutelage at Blackburn. Tottenham has proved to have been a huge career mistake for Bentley, but the lad is still absolutely full of talent and potential. And you’d be hard pressed to find a right foot that can deliver a better cross or take a free kick with more accuracy than Bentley when he’s on his game.
Bentley would be a fantastic move in the most positive direction for Manchester City, and Mark Hughes is just the man to turn Bentley back into that same player that first took David Beckham’s England place with his brilliant play. Bentley deserves another chance, and hopefully City will provide his way to erase that glaring horror that has been the Tottenham era of his career.
Also, Nicolas Anelka could end up sidelined for at least three weeks with a toe injury, picked up in Chelsea’s defeat at the hands of Tottenham 1-0. The French Football Federation reported the injury, as Anelka was being assessed for international fitness ahead of this weeks international fixtures. If Anelka’ s injury is indeed as bad as the French predict, than Anelka is likely to miss Chelsea’s first crack at Liverpool in the Champions League. And I’m not so sure that Chelsea have it in them to beat Liverpool this time around anyway, but without the amazing contributions Anelka has made for the Blues this season, I’m thinking Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea are pretty well facing elimination from the Champions League.
