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Jack Flintham

Wayne Bridge makes admission over Chelsea to Man City transfer

Former Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge has claimed that he thought the Blues paid too much for him when he made the switch from Chelsea in 2009.

Mark Hughes bought Bridge for £12m from the London club after a much publicised fallout with John Terry. Hughes would last just under a year at Eastlands before being sacked by Sheikh Mansour in December 2009, being replaced by Roberto Mancini.

After making the switch to the north west, Bridge told Planet Football that he struggled to see why City paid so much for him. He explained: "Everyone else has got the highlights, scoring for Chelsea and things like that, but most of my things I always think about are the mistakes I’ve made in games.

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