Shaun Wright Philips (Manchester City)

Liverpool are winning their battle with Arsenal for Shaun Wright-Phillips.

The England winger has been told he can leave Manchester City for about £7million. But Arsenal are unwilling to pay him more than the £65,000 a week he earns at City.

That has opened the door for Roy Hodgson to beat Arsene Wenger again after the Liverpool boss persuaded Joe Cole to move to Anfield ahead of the Emirates.

Wright-Phillips turned down City’s offer of a £10,000-a-week wage hike at the end of last season.


Roberto Mancini preferred Adam Johnson and Craig Bellamy on the flanks late last season and will add Aston Villa’s James Milner to his squad this week after also signing David Silva from Valencia.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-News-Shaun-Wright-Phillips-has-been-told-he-can-leave-Man-City-opening-the-door-for-Arsenal-and-Liverpool-article546731.html

do it city aen't going to win sh*t all next season

Mancini was in the mirror saying 100m isn't nothing these days

well have fun when your out of a job by xmas you pr**k!

No no no no no no no no no no no no. Winning the battle. Has been a failure at every club he has gone to. We have Jovanovic, Maxi, Kuyt, Pacheco, Amoo. If we need to go further we have Sterling and Silva. We do not need this player. Waste of money when the players we have at our disposal are taken into consideration

This just goes to show the damage the 8 man english rule is doing. Inflating the interest and therefore prices of sh*te players, meaning yet again, the cheaper foreign players look even more of a bargain.

No for me as well. Poor end product, would get right on my nerves.

This just goes to show the damage the 8 man english rule is doing. Inflating the interest and therefore prices of sh*te players, meaning yet again, the cheaper foreign players look even more of a bargain.

No for me as well. Poor end product, would get right on my nerves.

I would rather count some of our under 21s in the squad than bringing in mediocre players because they are Homegrown

I would rather count some of our under 21s in the squad than bringing in mediocre players because they are Homegrown

Bring in Elia from AJAX

Quality in W/C better than Babel and younger! Fast and LM

Bring in Elia from AJAX

Quality in W/C better than Babel and younger! Fast and LM

If it was up to me I would offer Babel and some cash for him

If it was up to me I would offer Babel and some cash for him

take it in a heartbeat.

No matter what anyone thinks, i do it.

Ajax are going to lose alot of there players, Wiel, Sketenberg GK, Suarez, Elia.. if they go they are fooked.

If it was up to me I would offer Babel and some cash for him

I'd back this 100%! Offload Ryan and bring in a genuine talent in Elia who could help set the league alight. I am sure Ryan would be happy returning to Holland anyway.

As for SWP, have to agree he is yet another over-rated player who gains additional pull due to the impending regulations regarding 'home grown' players. Much in the same respect as Aaron Lennon in my opinion, not the best football player but gets by on his pace. It seems that we would have to spend a lot of what is no doubt a limited budget on him when Dirk, Maxi, Joe, Milan and so on would do better.

Shaun Wright-Phillips is a good talent, but I think we have enough similar attacking players. We don't need him. If to boost our attack I think getting another striker is more important than another winger/attacking midfielder.

SWP. no,no,no not needed,not wanted.

Joe Cole kept SWP out of the Chelsea and England teams, so why would he want to come to us?

SWP is older than Joe Cole and has never had a consistent end product/cross.  Chelsea ruined him, like it has a few players.  Maybe he needs to go to a team where he's automatic first choice for a change.

Don't want SWP. More frustrating than Babel.

Who is this Elia from Ajax? I only know Eljero Elia from Hamburg but he never played for Ajax :S

Hell. F***ing. No.

Agree with what everyone says, don't need this player, got better here already & if Roy has a wad burning a hole in his pocket, get looking for a striker.

If SWP is good enough to play for us, then why would Manchester City want to sell him?

If SWP is good enough to play for us, then why would Manchester City want to sell him?

I hate that being said, it's so lazy, there are so many reasons, doesn't get on with the manager, doesn't fit in the system, wants to leave for a new challenge.

Even if that isn't true with him, working under Roy, may improve his confidence and consistency in which case he would be a great buy for us.

Rather than waste money on SWP I would look to utilise what we already have. Maxi would start on the right for me. babel can also play out there ( Roy needs to work with babel as he is talented ) as could Johnson even. We also have Amoo and young players like him have to be brought on. If we have money to spend, spend it on a striker were we are really lacking.

So it is a no for me!

Not bothered, but if I had a choice I'd say no.

He had his chance to come to us but he followed the money to Chelsea and then City

I hate that being said, it's so lazy, there are so many reasons, doesn't get on with the manager, doesn't fit in the system, wants to leave for a new challenge.

Even if that isn't true with him, working under Roy, may improve his confidence and consistency in which case he would be a great buy for us.

fu**ed us off once to go to Chelsea, I wouldn't be arsed now, much prefer us to go after someone as back-up for Nando or another left-back.

Didn't say I wanted him, bar him being consistently good. I just don't like the excuse being, why should we buy a player Man City don't want anymore. Bet that person didn't say the same about Joe Cole, say what you like about money, if Chelsea wanted him they would of kept him.