Football FanCast guest columnist Mitch Hayes is delighted that Hart and Dunne are set to put pen to paper and feels they will prove City's most important signings this summer.

They say a week is a long time in football but a month at Manchester City has proved something of an eternity. Sven gone, ex United man in and it finally looks like we are finally going to see Thaksin's fortunes - Eastlands can never be accused of being a dull place.

Football FanCast guest columnist Marcus West looks at the endless rumours circulating at Manchester City and wonders which striker would be the better prospect.

They say you don't need to be a weatherman to tell you when it's raining and you certainly don't need to be brain of Britain to work out where Manchester City need to improve their squad for next season.

Football FanCast columnist Emily Brobyn looks to define what loyalty is within football and reminisces over the good, the bad and ugly times she has endured with Manchester City.

Picture the scene; it's Saturday 17th October 1998 and a bitterly cold and rainy autumn day. I am stood on the home terrace at Springfield Park shivering and dripping wet, my long blonde hair gone from straight to matted in a matter of minutes. I have lost sensation in all of my toes and my fingers it's so cold and forty minutes into the game it's still goalless. City, then fallen giants, have failed to score against then-lowly Wigan Athletic for 40 whole minutes.

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When you arrive at the City of Manchester stadium, one of the things that are noticeable is the boards littered around the ground emblazoned with the words ‘This Is Our City'. The words take on a dual signification: that Manchester the city itself is represented by City the football club and that Manchester City F.C. belongs to the fans. Well, not literally of course. But the signs insinuate that City are a club that looks after their fans and share an intimate bond with them, and that the feeling is reciprocal.

Football FanCast columnist David Mooney looks at the latest rumblings at his beloved Manchester City and wonders why any fan wouldn't welcome the signing of Ronaldinho.

Manchester City seems likely to play their first UEFA Cup game of the 2008/09 season at Oakwell, home of Barnsley FC. Not because they'll be playing Barnsley, but because Bon Jovi are playing the City of Manchester Stadium.

Football FanCast columnist Rob Facey can not believe Manchester City are serious in their bid to become a top European club within three seasons and says that fans should be worried at their clubs willingness to splash the cash expecting instant success.

Manchester City's new executive chairman, Garry Cook, has outlined the clubs intentions and has indicated that ruthless owner Thaksin Shinawatra will stop at no cost in his bid to transform the Eastlands club from Premier League also-rans into title contenders.

Football FanCast columnist Rob Facey wonders whether Mark Hughes is capable of finishing in the top six, and wonders whether City could have achieved the same goal with Sven?

Mark Hughes was officially unveiled today at Eastlands with Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra wasting no time in setting the former Wales and Blackburn Rovers boss a target of a top six finish for the coming season.

Football FanCast columnist Ged McCall is delighted at the appointment of Mark Hughes and wonders if his arrival will convince those want away stars to stay.

It has been a soap opera of mass proportions and one that has done little but tarnish the reputation of a great football club. The sheer nonsense and calamity that surrounded Eastlands in the past few weeks has failed to endear Thaksin to his City disciples and you kind of hope that this morning's appointment of Mark Hughes will bring some much needed stability back to the football club.