{"id":428229,"date":"2011-05-22T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/22\/manchester-city-to-pip-arsenal-in-race-to-sign-8m-belgian-defender-jan-vertonghen-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-22T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T19:46:00","slug":"manchester-city-to-pip-arsenal-in-race-to-sign-8m-belgian-defender-jan-vertonghen-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/22\/manchester-city-to-pip-arsenal-in-race-to-sign-8m-belgian-defender-jan-vertonghen-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City to pip Arsenal in race to sign \u00a38m Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>22 May 2011 20:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"57.3796583851\">\n<div readability=\"15.0520833333\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CL, Paok Thessaloniki v Ajax, Jan Vertonghen\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/131100\/131161_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CL, Paok Thessaloniki v Ajax, Jan Vertonghen<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"15.2704663212\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/170\/roberto-mancini\">Roberto Mancini<\/a> will reportedly confirm that Belgian defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/belgium\/16549\/jan-vertonghen\">Jan Vertonghen<\/a> has signed a deal to join the Eastlands this week, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has been coveted by Arsenal and AC Milan but City has landed a contract with the centre half on a \u00a38 million fee.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>News of the World<\/em>, Vertonghen has impressed Mancini for his flexibility on the pitch since he can also be sharp in the left of the defensive line.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was planning to pair up Thomas Vermaelen at the back but City have attempt to spoiled the Gunners&#8217; plans.<\/p>\n<p>City therefore brushes off speculations of spending huge amounts on players this summer as chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak is adamant there will be no astronomical expenditure on players.<\/p>\n<p>Other players on target for City are Leighton Baines and Jack Rodwell from Everton although the Eastlands are unwilling to spend \u00a320 millon on the young midfielder who has yet to impress.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/22\/2498687\/manchester-city-to-pip-arsenal-in-race-to-sign-8m-belgian\" title=\"Manchester City to pip Arsenal in race to sign \u00a38m Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City to pip Arsenal in race to sign \u00a38m Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 May 2011 20:46:00 CL, Paok Thessaloniki v Ajax, Jan Vertonghen Related Links Teams Players Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will reportedly confirm that Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen has signed a deal to join the Eastlands this week, according to reports. The 24-year-old has been coveted by Arsenal and AC Milan but City has landed a contract with the centre half on a \u00a38 million fee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":401021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-428229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City to pip Arsenal in race to sign \u00a38m Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/22\/manchester-city-to-pip-arsenal-in-race-to-sign-8m-belgian-defender-jan-vertonghen-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City to pip Arsenal in race to sign \u00a38m Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"22 May 2011 20:46:00 CL, Paok Thessaloniki v Ajax, Jan Vertonghen Related Links Teams Players Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will reportedly confirm that Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen has signed a deal to join the Eastlands this week, according to reports. 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