Avoiding A Hazard: City Stepped Away For Good Reason

Manchester City has dodged a bullet by pulling out of contract negotiations and letting Eden Hazard move to London and play in the blue of Chelsea next year.

This may sound like sour grapes but the 21-year-old has been playing City, United and Chelsea off against one another without even stepping on a pitch in the Premier League, a league that has proved more difficult to crack for foreign players then fort knox.

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Four of the five Manchester City players selected by Roy Hodgson represented England on Saturday in a 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo.

Joleon Lescott started at centre back alongside his old Everton teammate Phil Jagielka while James Milner started on the right of England's midfield. Gareth Barry and Adam Johnson both made appearances from the subs bench.

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Eden Hazard watch is becoming more and more of a farce as the days go by.

After hearing that the deal was nearly finalized, City fans have been put through the meat grinder by the Belgian star as he continues to flip flop on just where he will be taking his talents this summer.

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There’s no doubt about it, Joleon Lescott deserves his England call-up this summer for Euro 2012.

The Manchester City centre back has formed a solid partnership with the Barclays Player of the year Vincent Kompany and, although there have been some mishaps, City managed to keep the most clean sheets in the Premier League last season thanks to the sterling work of their back-four.

Roberto Mancini though may disagree

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The dust has long since settled on the Premier League season on 2011/12 and the memories of City lifting the trophy are already turning into a distant memory, such is modern football today.

The 2010/11 season was one of expectation and frustration as Mancini’s side grabbed a historic FA Cup victory while never really threatening the Premier League’s title race.

Finally the Mansour regime had some silverware to speak of but 2011/12 still needed more to keep the wealthy owners happy.

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People love the classics.

Movies, TV shows, and sporting event all have a touch of magic about them, especially in a modern world where generally money means success and power more then anything else.

Driving to a football game last week myself and a friend, who also happens to be a sports journalist, were discussing Manchester City’s rise to the top of English football when we stumbled on a series of movies that almost matched the tale of the two cubs in Manchester

The Star Wars movies.

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The almost non-existent Owen Hargreaves is leading the pack out of the door of the Etihad stadium after less than 12 months in the blue of Manchester City.

Hargreaves’ purchase on a free transfer last August was considered one of the steals of the transfer window, but his spell at the club saw him make just one Premier League appearance and just four in total as Mancini found very little use for him in his side.

Hargreaves wont go down in history as one of the biggest flops in Manchester, although his time at United may do that for him, but he will be one of the least remembered players in City’s ranks as they achieved top flight glory for the first time in 44 years.

Owen’s purchase was always a risk and Mancini didn’t seem willing to take such a risk with a player who has spent so long battling with injuries.

If Hargreaves had been able to find full fitness and form he surely would have tested Gareth Barry for a place in the first team, but as it was the Canadian born midfielder found it difficult to break through into the City side, especially as Gareth Barry ended up having arguably his best year at the club since joining in 2009

Joe Hart may have welcomed Owen with open arms on August 30^th 2011, (saying that if Hargreaves could emulate his England performances he would fit in well at City,) but there wont be many people left distraught that the 31 year-old has left the club.

Unfortunately for Owen, his time at City was meaningless and against the likes of Gareth Barry, Yaya Toure and David Silva he was always going to struggle for game time, whether he was fit or not.

Good bye Owen.  It was nice having you, I think.

Sky Sports reporter Aidan Magee has said that Eden Hazard would be ‘daft’ to choose Chelsea over Manchester City.

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Manchester City’s fear may be coming true as the race to capture League 1’s superstar Eden Hazard heats up.

Reports a week ago had Eden lining up a move to the Premier League champions after he hinted that he would be playing in blue next season, but Hazard now may be tempted to move to the champions of Europe Chelsea.

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Eden Hazard has already said that he would like to be playing in blue next season in the Premier League.

Chelsea’s impressive, if not lucky, European campaign could be enough to lure the young Belgian to Stamford Bridge this summer but Manchester City are the out right favorites to pick up Lille’s ‘wonderkid’.

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It’s taken Roman Abramovich nine years to finally achieve his dream.

It was 2003 when the Russian billionaire burst through the doors of Stamford Bridge swinging a wad of cash and demanding near perfection from every element of the club, but three league titles and a handful of domestic trophies later, Roman was still left waiting and wishing for Europe’s ultimate prize.

Chelsea’s tale is a similar story to Manchester City’s, with millions of pounds being laid out on the table in the search for European glory.

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Manchester City’s first Premier League title in 44 years is a massive achievement for the club.

Chelsea though could trump City’s day of glory with a win against Bayern Munich tonight in the UEFA Champions League.

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