Man City sign Mooy

Man City today have announced the signing of Aaron Mooy, remember him he played in our development squad and never got near the 1st team squad, then he went playing in Australia (after a stint in Scotland, he took a step up to the Australian League).
He is now a regular in the Socceroos side and played against England in the pre Euro's friendly.
In all honesty I can't see him getting anywhere near City's first team so he may end up back here on loan.

Should this not be in the development section perhaps?

karlypants wrote:Should this not be in the development section perhaps?

No- don't make me delete your posts KP   , consider this a warning

how old is he now? Seems strange City signing these types of players,like the one who came to us last season on loan but never played (what was his name?). They will never get near their first team so is it something to do with them owning a club over there and having to show willing?

Norpig wrote:how old is he now? Seems strange City signing these types of players,like the one who came to us last season on loan but never played (what was his name?). They will never get near their first team so is it something to do with them owning a club over there and having to show willing?

that's a good question because on the surface it makes no sense at all, Luke Bratten was the guy we had on loan last year and he hasn't been nor never will be anywhere near the first team.
One thing I wonder is do they have FFP over there because if they do City buying their players for inflated fees would circumnavigate that and give them more spending power.
It must be something to do with financials because there is no way it's a football decision.

He'll be for their Aussie team - Melbourne City? Won't Be anything to do with the Man City side, like that guy we had on loan last season and never played a game.

bwfc1874 wrote:He'll be for their Aussie team - Melbourne City? Won't Be anything to do with the Man City side, like that guy we had on loan last season and never played a game.

That's the whole point, that's where he's been signed from, not who he's for.

They'll loan him back, probably to get round a wage cap or something.

Manchester City sign former Bolton Wanderers youth product Aaron Mooy

MANCHESTER City have signed former Wanderers youth product Aaron Mooy on a three-year contract.

The Australia international quit Bolton aged 16 in 2010 after spending just over three years at the club.

He recovered from a serious knee injury to feature prominently in Allan Cork’s reserve team in 2008/9 but refused a deal offered to him the following summer.

Since then he played for St Mirren in Scotland before returning to his homeland and making a name for himself at Western Sydney Warriors and Melbourne City.
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He has 16 caps for his country and five goals – and was compared to French legend Zinedine Zidane early in his Wanderers career by former youth team coach Peter Farrell.

“He has got something special about him,” he told The Bolton News in 2009. “He can be really frustrating at times because you never know where he might pop up – he’s always going in search of the ball.

“But he has the talent and the attitude to make it a long way in the game. He just needs to listen, learn and keep working hard.”

Luke Brattan, who came to Wanderers on loan in 2015, has also been loaned to Melbourne from City as part of the deal.