{"id":472247,"date":"2011-08-05T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T13:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/man-city-sign-keeper-pantilimon\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T13:45:41","slug":"man-city-sign-keeper-pantilimon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/man-city-sign-keeper-pantilimon\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City sign keeper Pantilimon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.9974489796\">\n<div readability=\"50.2173913043\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/54435000\/jpg\/_54435935_costelpantilimon.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Manchester City's Costel Pantilimon\" \/> Pantilimon impressed against Manchester City in Europe last season<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon from Romanian side Poli Timisoara for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old, whose deal is subject to a successful work permit application, will act as cover for City and England number one Joe Hart.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side were short on goalkeepers following the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14194921.stm\">departure of Shay Given to Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pantilimon, capped 13 times by Romania, starred against City for Timisoara in last season&#8217;s Europa League play-off.<\/p>\n<p>The keeper, who was also being watched by Inter Milan and West Bromwich Albion, is City&#8217;s fourth signing of the summer following <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13984029.stm\">Gael Clichy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14027433.stm\">Stefan Savic<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14226198.stm\">Sergio Aguero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>City had been strongly linked with a move for Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen but the Potters&#8217; asking price of \u00a34m dampened their interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14421319.stm\" title=\"Man City sign keeper Pantilimon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man City sign keeper Pantilimon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Pantilimon impressed against Manchester City in Europe last season Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon from Romanian side Poli Timisoara for an undisclosed fee. The 24-year-old, whose deal is subject to a successful work permit application, will act as cover for City and England number one Joe Hart. Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side were short on goalkeepers following the departure of Shay Given to Aston Villa . Pantilimon, capped 13 times by Romania, starred against City for Timisoara in last season&#8217;s Europa League play-off. The keeper, who was also being watched by Inter Milan and West Bromwich Albion, is City&#8217;s fourth signing of the summer following Gael Clichy , Stefan Savic and Sergio Aguero City had been strongly linked with a move for Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen but the Potters&#8217; asking price of \u00a34m dampened their interest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man City sign keeper Pantilimon - 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\/08\/05\/man-city-sign-keeper-pantilimon\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Man City sign keeper Pantilimon - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Pantilimon impressed against Manchester City in Europe last season Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon from Romanian side Poli Timisoara for an undisclosed fee. 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