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JoeFriar · 01-03-08, 02:15 PM

In form players Maxim Choupo Moting and Juan Roman Riquelme sign for City!

Fabio Aurelio joins City from Liverpool for £3.2 million while Nicolas Mazzola joins for 20k.

19 year old Brazilian Kerlon signs from Cruziero for £6.25 million while City's only deadline deal was a £1.7 million deal for Tomasz Kuszczack from rival's Manchester United.

January 2008 Review

January was a very busy month at City as it was at every club in the Premiership. Lots of transfer deals were done in January with the squad ending up looking perfect for the last 5 months of the season. Many pundits reported that manager Joe Friar was unlucky not to win Manager of the Month for January after City went through all their games unbeaten. 3 of the new signings made their debuts in January including 4 goals in 5 games from Maxim Choupo Moting, in the abscence of Obafemi Martins.

*NEWS*

- Recent signing Nicolas Mazzola has begun a loan period at feeder club Oldham until the end of the season.
- Obafemi Martins has left for the African Cup of Nations and scored in Nigeria's 1st two games of the competition.
- Maxim Choupo-Moting recieve praise from German legend Jurgen Klinsman after some blistering form for City in his 1st 5 games for the club.

This month's games:

1st Jan - PRM Aston Villa (H)
Result: W 2-1
Goals: Martins (10) Knight og. (30)
Man of the match: Johnson

6th Jan - FAC3 Huddersfield (A)
Result: W 2-0
Goals: Choupo-Moting (64) Jihai (68)
Man of the match: Choupo-Moting

12th Jan - PRM Fulham (A)
Result: D 1-1
Goals: Choupo-Moting (69)
Man of the match: Viera

19th Jan - PRM Reading (H)
Result: W 3-1
Goals: Choupo-Moting (1) Fernandes (35) Petrov (69)
Man of the match: Petrov

26th Jan - FAC4 - Q.P.R (A)
Result: D 1-1
Goals: Benjani (4)
Man of the match: Riquelme

29th Jan - PRM Everton (H)
Result: W 3-1
Goals: Choupo-Moting (15) Johnson (36) Bojinov (90)
Man of the match: Johnson

Manager's Comments: We've done very well this month without loosing. Our FA Cup run is still alive but we still have to play a replay against a tough Q.P.R side. All the new signings look promising and everyone is really happy with who we've signed this month. We're hoping that if we win the replay then we can go very far in the Cup and possibly win our first trophy in 6 years. The board are fully behind us and support everything we have done in the transfer window. I'm hoping all the fans will love all our new signings as they start to mak appearances in the City team.

Transfer summary at the end of January.

League table! Come on City, 3rd or 4th is looking good now. As me move further away from 5th and 6th place.