if true, move to the front of the list

While Man City has been very vocal with its intent on acquisitions, Sir Alex Ferguson of cross-town Manchester United have taken a strong stance that they will not be making material changes to his championship squad.

However if the Daily Express is correct with one situation in particular, this will raise an extraordinary opportunity that Mark Hughes must act on swifty. This past November Manchester United announced a deal to bring FK Partizan’s brilliant playmaker Zoran Tošić and Serbian international was in the works with additional reports suggesting a further move on the clubs seventeen year-old midfield sensation Adem Ljajić was in the offing. The Daily Express is now reporting the deal to bring in young Mr. Tošić in has how died and opened the door for another club to move in.

Although the Daily Express’ report is not confirmed, if it is true, Man City (and any financially secure club) needs to act on this situation fast and not only look to secure the services of both standouts but attempt to establish a strong relationship with FK Partizan. The Belgrade club is a hot-bed of brilliant young talent (i.e. Nenad Adamović, Ivan Obradović, Marko Jovanović, Ljubomir Fejsa, Aleksandar Miljković) that gets little notice in the media but in time will excel on the international stage.

Updates to follow on this very exciting situation.

Sir Alex must be nervous

A mastermind in tactical play on and off the pitch, Man Utd leader Sir Alex Ferguson has definitely launched a shot across the bow heading into Sundays tilt. Clearly it is part of his standard pre-match joust but equally has more than a hint of concern of City's commitment to filling the trophy case:

Said the wily Scot:

“Where are they at the moment — excuse me!

“At this moment in time it is Chelsea and Liverpool who are sitting above us.

“What Sparky Hughes does with the money at City is for the future.”

While City readies to fill Eastlands with top-shelf talent and make a run for the top spot, Man Utd has quietly announced that FK Partizan virtuoso Zoran Tošić has been granted a work permit. Once settled the young Serbian international will have a tremendous impact on the clubs fortune with his tough as nails approach and attacking genius.

a Mario Gómez late show

After a back and forth first half, a late two-goal flurry by Mario Gómez gave die Roten the victory over Belgrade's FK Partizan. As expected the twenty-one year-old Serbian international Zoran Tošić was a dynamo of activity, constantly creating and proving why he is being watched by some of the biggest clubs in Europe. The match started on a razors edge where goals seemed ready to fill either nets but someone they managed to stay free-of till the break. At the re-start, the Serbian club came out pressing for the lead and they would have had it early but Jens Lehmann robbed Lamine Diarra with a top-shelf stop. Slowly VfB started to slice Partizan's defenders apart and with fourteen minutes later Mario Gómez struck the opening goal of the match from twenty meters after intercepting a poor defending clearance. Only four minutes later, he added his second goal from just inside the area after collecting a pass from Cacau and made the final score 2-0 for VfB.