2008-09 Manchester City Home Shirt ELANO #11 - 7/10 - (S)

Official Manchester City home shirt from the 2008-09 season, printed with the name and number of Elano, the technically gifted and elegantly creative Brazilian midfielder whose silky passing, intelligent movement and eye for the spectacular had made him one of the most popular and celebrated players at the City of Manchester Stadium during the final years of the pre-takeover era, a player whose quality and flair had always seemed destined for a bigger stage but whose time at City earned him a genuine and lasting affection from a fanbase that appreciated his technical gifts and the moments of Brazilian magic he brought to the grey skies of east Manchester. This shirt covers one of the most historically significant seasons in the club's modern history, the 2008-09 campaign representing the first full season following the extraordinary Abu Dhabi takeover that would transform Manchester City from perennial underachievers into the most dominant force in English football, with Elano's performances bridging the gap between the modest pre-takeover squad and the era of limitless ambition and world class recruitment that was about to begin and change the club's story irrevocably and permanently. A named and numbered Elano Manchester City home shirt in the small size from this historic transitional season is a wonderfully characterful and collectible piece of Etihad memorabilia bearing the name of one of the most technically gifted and fondly remembered players from the final chapter of City's pre-takeover story. A one of one original — when it's gone, it's gone forever.

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Product Size: S

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