Our series of members articles, assessing the season gone by, continues this evening with a look at Manchester City.
Manuel Pellegrini’s men kicked off the campaign as champions after finishing two points clear of Liverpool in 2013/14 but a poor Easter period, where they lost four times in six matches between Gameweeks 27-32, allowed Chelsea to clinch the crown with three fixtures to spare.
We take time out to delve into their data, assessing the performance of City’s key Fantasy assets in terms of their creative and goal threat output.
8 years, 9 months agoManchester City face an increasingly desperate battle to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, but hope to take a step closer to landing Kevin De Bruyne when his agent meets with Wolfsburg next week. (Daily Mail)
Robin van Persie is being driven out of Manchester United and sold behind his back, according to his former teammate Pierre van Hooijdonk. Turkish side Fenerbahce are keen to sign Van Persie, and Van Hooijdonk claimed United have been working to offload his fellow Dutchman since the turn of the year. (Daily Mirror)
Radamel Falcao has completed the formalities of his move to Chelsea and will link up with his new club on their pre-season tour of North America, according to the Colombian striker’s family. (Guardian)
Chelsea are set to make an improved £8million offer for Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic on Thursday. (Daily Telegraph)
Jose Mourinho has blocked £15million Loic Remy's exit from Chelsea. Crystal Palace, Swansea and West Ham have all expressed an interest in the £80,000-a-week French striker since the end of last season, but the Blues insists he is not for sale. (Daily Mirror)
Stoke, meanwhile, are facing frustration in their bid to sign Xherdan Shaqiri. The Potters have agreed a club record £12million fee with Inter Milan for Shaqiiri, the Switzerland international, but the early signs are that he is not interested in a move to the Premier League and may decide to stick it out with Inter. (Daily Telegraph)
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is set to fly out to Madrid later this week to start negotiations with Atletico over the signing of defender Toby Alderweireld. Atletico will demand at least £10m for the Belgian after his impressive spell on loan at Southampton last season. (London Evening Standard)
West Ham have stepped up their pursuit to bring Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson back on loan following his successful spell last season. (Daily Mail)
But West Ham have suffered a setback in their pursuit of a top-class central defender after being told they will have to bid more than £20 million for Dynamo Kiev’s Aleksandar Dragovic. (Daily Telegraph)
Everton are showing an interest in West Brom right-back Cristian Gamboa as they look for cover for Manchester United target Seamus Coleman. (Daily Mail)
Abou Diaby is considering a move to Major League Soccer after finally being released by Arsenal. The injury-prone French midfielder, signed in 2006, is understood to be in talks with FC Dallas. (Daily Mirror)