Genie Predicts Bad Spell For City

ABU DHABI – A Genie that appeared in the outskirts of Abu Dhabi after an impoverished young boy rubbed his lamp has voiced bad news for Manchester City. After revealing that he can see into the future as well as grant wishes to whoever summoned him, the Genie outraged City fans by forecasting a dismal next few years, including away defeats to Moldovan outfit Sheriff Tiraspol and mediocre Ukrainians Vorskla Poltava in the Europa League.

The news comes just weeks after the appointment of Roberto Mancini, and will not go down well with the club owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Before disappearing back into the lamp, the Double Footer managed to get a few words with the Genie. “When you put the roof on before the foundations, your house will fall down. This is what Manchester City will take several years of underachievement to realise” the Genie said. Before vanishing, the Genie also divulged the startling forecast that the ‘big hair’ hair styles of the 1980s would soon come back into fashion amongst England’s youth.

Mike, a City fan from Rochdale was upset by the Genie’s revelations. “I just can’t see it myself. With the money we’ve now got from these Arabs, I can only see silverware personally. If some supernatural power that knows nowt about our game thinks otherwise, well that’s just ridiculous”.

Shirley, a member of a Manchester City fansite said: “Rubbish! It was a bad idea then and is a bad idea now! Big hair will never happen again!”.