Source: Liverpool_Echo
Manchester City deny any interest in signing Everton FC's Johnny Heitinga
Johnny Heitinga 300[LNB]MANCHESTER CITY have no interest in signing Johnny Heitinga.[LNB]In response to comments attributed to the Everton player that appeared as a come and get me plea to City manager Roberto Mancini, the Eastlands club are said to be 'bemused by Heitinga's claims they are tracking him.'[LNB]The ECHO reported yesterday how in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Heitinga said: 'City are a club with big ambitions' and that he has 'the door open for a big club.'[LNB]City, however, have distanced themselves from any move for Heitinga and instead continue to pursue other targets including Aston Villa midfielder James Milner, Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko and Hamburg centre-back Jerome Boateng.[LNB]Heitinga was signed by David Moyes from Atletico Madrid for an initial fee of £6million last August following Joleon Lescott's drawn out departure to Eastlands.[LNB]The Everton manager was angered by City's conduct throughout the Lescott affair and will now want answers from Heitinga regarding the Dutchman's comments.[LNB]Heitinga was named in Holland's 23-man World Cup squad last week, where he is joined by City's Nigel de Jong.
