Manchester City will be a top team but it will take more than a day or two to see success coming: Shay speaking on Man City’s quest to build a TOP team in the Premiership: “In years to come I think this will be a great club to be involved with, but Rome was not built in a day. People automatically feel we are a top-six team because we are one of the richest clubs in the world. They are comparing us to Chelsea when Roman Abramovich took over but they were already a top four side who just added more quality to make them champions.
“It is going to take us longer. Everybody is impatient and want us to be there yesterday but we have got to put the building blocks in place. It is very important to get that first trophy in the cabinet. Hopefully then we can kick on and have more success.
“After a such a long spell without winning a trophy, the first one is always going to be the hardest to get your hands on. Hamburg are a very good team but you know when you get to this stage of a major European competition it is going to be tough.”
And on leaving Newcastle in January:
“It was a big decision but I definitely feel I have made the right move,” he said. I still have strong feelings for Newcastle, so it was strange to be at a different club. But the longer I have been here the more settled I have felt. City could have signed any keeper in the world so I feel lucky that they wanted to bring me to the club.”
On Alan Shearer’s appointment as Newcastle Manager:
“He should have been brought in earlier to try and get some results. It would be a real tragedy if they got relegated but it is getting very close to the wire. The games are running out and the results are not going so well.”
“Please God Alan can keep them up and they can start to invest more in the team and have a stronger squad.”
Source: Manchester Evening News
