Manchester City : latest summer transfer gossips
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Market mover: Mark Hughes, the Manchester City manager, has the financial backing of his club’s wealthy owners Photo: REUTERS The club has issued Samuel Eto’o with an ultimatum giving him 24 hours to decide on the offer they have made him. (Mirror) Sunderland are hoping to tie up a £4million deal for Richard Dunne this week. (Mail)
Chelsea have rejected a £30 million bid from City for England defender John Terry.
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Paper View: Manchester City set deadline for Samuel Eto’o moveCity are to finally sign Carlos Tevez on Monday and in doing so will take Mark Hughes’ spending, since he became manager, to over £200 million. (Mirror)
Samuel Eto’o has demanded a £12 million signing-on fee to join City, a move which could see him stay at Barcelona for another season (Sun).
Inter Milan right-back Maicon is the latest name to be linked with a move to Eastlands for £10m. (Express)
Joe Hart has been loaned out from City to Birmingham for one season. (The Sun)
Everton and England centre-back Joleon Lescott will be the subject of a £15 million bid from Manchester City. (The Sun)
Roque Santa Cruz has joined from Blackburn for £17 million, with Carlos Tevez set to follow. (Express)
Brazilian flop Jo could be headed to Fulham this summer, for a fee in the region of £8 million. (The Sun)
Peter Crouch will be next on the list for Mark Hughes if he is priced out of a deal for Roque Santa Cruz. (Guardian)
Samuel Eto’o has turned down the chance of a move to Eastlands and is now expected to go to Chelsea, Liverpool or Inter Milan. (The People)
The News of the World however claims Eto’o has asked City for 1 million euros a month after tax to join the club.
City are trying to push through the £20m signing of Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan – and will make a £10m move for Everton’s Joleon Lescott. (Mirror)
City will send a delegation to the Spanish capital to see if they can find a way of landing the former Manchester United cult hero.
Robinho has stunned Man City by revealing he wants to play for Barcelona. (Sun)
Barcelona will make one more attempt to keep Samuel Eto’o at the club after City made a £25 million offer. (Sun)
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Xabi Alonso continues to be linked with an exit from Liverpool, with Manchester City one of his many potential suitors. (Guardian)
Meanwhile, Mark Hughes’ long search for a target man may finally come to an end if he completes a swoop for Aston Villa striker John Carew. (PA)
Ze Roberto, Bayern Munich’s Brazilian full-back, hopes to join City after he was offered just a one-year deal to stay with the German giants. (The Independent)
City are one of the teams, along with Barcelona and Inter Milan, expressing an interest in Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole.
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz is set to finally sign for Manchester City in a move that could result in young forward Daniel Sturridge moving the other way.
Diego Forlan is now said to be heading up Mark Hughes’ list of targets for the summer window – the club are said to have prepared a £20 million offer.
The club have already secured the services of teenage fullback Nils Zander from Schalke.
Source Telegraph.co.uk
