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Mancini: City urgently needs new players 

Mancini: City urgently needs new players

27.07.2012

Manager Roberto Mancini said that his Manchester City needs to strengthen the team if the club wants to defend their title in the Premier League.

"Citizens" are surprisingly passive in the market so far, and only made ​​a bid for Arsenal's captain Robin van Persie, but it was rejected. The football director of Manchester Bryan Maruud guided the transfers and Mancini hopes the Englishman to do "good work".

"This year will be more difficult than the previous two, so we need to improve our team," said the Italian coach. "It is important that the players to be purchased quickly, because after what we did last season, we must continue to win."

"We have the right person to take care of it and hope to do a good job. For these questions should talk to him, he commanded the parade, "added Mancini.

"Van Persie? It is footballer of Arsenal, not ours. He is a fantastic player, but we have four strikers and exactly with them we won the title last season, "said Mancini.

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