Man City will make January signings

Man City will make January signings
Manager Roberto Mancini says international call-ups and a rather long injury list could see Manchester City become active in the January transfer market. When asked by journalists if players might be brought in during the January transfer window, the City manager said: "Probably. We might have a problem. We lose three to the African Nations Cup and I don't think Micah Richards will play until the end of February. Jack Rodwell - we don't know. Maybe Aleksandar Kolarov can recover in two weeks. We will see." In January 2010 Man City brought in former Arsenal defensive midfielder Patrick Vieira on a free transfer from Inter Milan and spent £7m on winger Adam Johnson from Middlesborough. In January 2011 Mancini bought Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko is from Wolfsburg for £27m. In 2012 Man City were totally quiet in the January transfer window, with no buys at all. The Italian ruled out any outgoing transfers. "We can't sell players. We don't have enough players to play if we sell players," Mancini said. Assistant manager David Platt stated last week that he would be "surprised" if the club did any business in the upcoming transfer window. As well as being without right-back Richards, midfielder Rodwell and left-back Kolarov, right-back Maicon has been receiving treatment in Italy for a knee injury, while striker Mario Balotelli is not expected to return from a virus until next weekend. The list of absentees was increased by the Africa Cup of Nations call-ups for Ivory Coast trio Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure and Abdul Razak. All three could be missing for up to five weeks starting next weekend. Bet365 have Manchester City at 7/2 to defend the Premier League title this season.
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