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I am not keen on the thought of Mangala. He cost City £40m but has not worked out. However on the plus side we would get an undoubted talented player, who under Pulis, might get the chance to save his flagging career. Moving to WBA has helped one or two people lately to boost their career options. Johnny Evans and Darren Fletcher certainly benefited as did, most notably, Roy Hodgson.
With Mangala as further cover this removes the need to go for Wimmer or Sakho for the time being and enables Pulis to bide his time for the big prize - Ryan Shawcross. He will come into play most likely in the summer as his contract comes close to an end. If he and Pulis can overcome their recent spat, he would be a fabulous addition to our squad if we could get him. He is still only 30 and has over 400 PL appearances behind him. A Gmac mark 2 if ever I saw one.