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Sinclair scores for Swansea on opening day of the 2012-13 Premier League season
Scott Sinclair seals Manchester City move from Swansea
Manchester City have signed Swansea's Scott Sinclair on a four-year deal.
The Welsh club rejected an initial bid of £6.2m for the winger but the Premier League champions included add-ons, taking the fee to £8m.
Sinclair, 23, recently played in the Olympics for Great Britain and could now be in Roberto Mancini's squad to face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
"I'm just glad everything is settled and I'm now a City player... I can't wait to get started," Sinclair said.
"There were times when I thought it might not happen so I'm relieved that I'm here.
"Playing alongside some of the best players in the world is exciting for me. When you see two Champions League fixtures against Real Madrid on the horizon, it brings it all home."
Swansea boss Michael Laudrup said: "Scott is going to a huge club with a lot of great players. He has a lot of quality but he will have to fight for his place in the first XI."
Sinclair is a former England Under-21 international and began his career at Bristol Rovers before joining Chelsea.
But he struggled to make many first team appearances at Stamford Bridge, moving on loan to Plymouth, QPR, Charlton, Crystal Palace, Birmingham and Wigan before Swansea paid £500,000 for his services in August 2010.
Sinclair made 82 league appearances for the Swans, scoring 28 goals.
He scored within four minutes of coming on as a substitute during Swansea's 5-0 win at QPR on the opening day of the Premier League season.
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Comment number 126.
st_anzee2nd September 2012 - 10:05
@Konyagi...your point?He's £6.2m and British and young.Why not go and bore S'ton or QPR with your financial fair play lark seeing as those two clubs have spent a phenomenal amount of money despite their far lower aspirations.Neither have the fan base that City have nor generate enough money to earn those players wages,bore off eh? Teams with money seemingly wasn't a problem before City got any.
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Konyagi1st September 2012 - 11:38
well it was nice seeing Sinclair in the Prem even if it was brief
I don't understand the logic of these footballers, does he think city are going to start to play wingers because he's arrived? if Johnson left because he could make the cut, why does Sinclair think he'll get a look in?
lets hope financial fair play is actually enforced, although after City got away with their Sponsors its unlikely
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glenn-quagmire1st September 2012 - 8:48
Sinclair is a neat and tidy footballer but Swansea have got a better replacement in Hernandez. Sinclair will be a squad player but he'll be on more money.
As an aside I bet Chelsea fans wish they'd bought Dembele, Lampard looks sluggish against technical sides. Also Ivanovic is NOT a full back and Falcao has been just about the best centre forward in the world for the last three seasons.
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maze1st September 2012 - 7:52
Sinclair has not even kicked a ball, not even met his fellow team mates and yet between signing for City and the transfer deadline closing, he has dropped further down the pecking order with the arrival of Garcia...what a shambles..
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fraser_19911st September 2012 - 0:49
well done best to your future endeavours
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