Nigel de Jong

...1230). Manchester City's Nigel de Jong has pulled out of the Dutch squad for their friendly against Australia in Sydney on Saturday after limping out of City's draw with Aston Villa on Monday (Press Association, 1045 BST). Former...

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De Jong out of Holland squad Nigel de Jong has pulled out of the Holland squad for their friendly against Australia. De Jong picked up an injury during Manchester City's 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw at Aston Villa last night and will...

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Manchester City sign Nigel de Jong and bid again for Roque Santa Cruz After losing out on one Brazilian superstar and simply losing another, Manchester City returned to something like normality, spending GBP17 million on Dutch midfielder...

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...will face a selection dilemma as he does not have an obvious like-for-like replacement. Pablo Zabaleta could move into midfield alongside Barry and Nigel de Jong, while Martin Petrov is another alternative in a more orthodox 4-4-2 formation.

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Manchester City bid for Hamburg midfielder Nigel de Jong Manchester City have made an official approach for Hamburg midfielder Nigel de Jong, the Bundesliga club's director of sport Dietmar Beiersdorfer has confirmed. Last Updated: 2:43PM...

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Manchester City could have signed Nigel de Jong for just GBP2.3m Manchester City's prowess in the transfer market has taken another embarrassing knock after it emerged they could have signed Nigel de Jong for just GBP2.3 million at the end of...

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...these days. Those included in the squad to take on the Socceroos include Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, Liverpool pair Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel, Wesley Sneijder from Inter and Klaas Jan Huntelaar from AC Milan. Much is at stake for...

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Manchester City target Nigel de Jong: Scouting report and video The football world's attention may be focussed on Manchester City's attempts to bring Kaka to Eastlands, but Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong has just moved a step closer to...

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DE JONG PLEASED HUGHES HAS STAYED Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong has hailed the club's owners for keeping faith with manager Mark Hughes this summer. The former Wales and Blackburn boss was under scrutiny throughout last season...

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