Source: Telegraph
Manchester City interested in Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres
Financial concerns already haunt Liverpool and a failure to make the Champions League next season may have their top players looking for moves. [LNB]Mascherano was close to signing for Barcelona in the summer. [LNB] Related ArticlesStephen Ireland suffers hamstring injuryMancini makes his markReal deny Sheikh Mansour bidAlan Shearer wrong about Mark Hughes's sackingMancini: City are title contendersWolves 0 Manchester City 3Mancini is quoted in the Sun as saying: 'If they put Steven Gerrard, Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres on the market, City will be interested. [LNB]'We at City will do everything possible to prevent Liverpool from finishing fourth.' [LNB]The cost of signing Gerrard and Torres would easily top £100m but Manchester City's Abu Dhabi based owners would have no problem meeting any demand Liverpool might make. [LNB]And before then, Mancini will dip in to the transfer market in January to bolster his defensive options. [LNB]'In defence I have so many out injured that there will be some coming and the same in midfield. In attack we don't have problems,' he said. [LNB]Should City break into the Champions League their ability to attract star names would increase, with Mancini's former players Maicon and Zlatan Ibrahimovic coveted by the Italian. [LNB]'If City finish in the top four we will look for players of the highest level,' he said. 'I would like to have Maicon. With Ibra there's always been a rapport of great loyalty. [LNB]'He's world class. Which manager in the world wouldn't like Ibrahimovic? [LNB]'City is the best club in the world for an ambitious manager. [LNB]'There are very, very good players there but we must improve as it won't be easy to get to the top four.' [LNB]
