Source: telegraph
Manchester City begin plans for summer overhaul with £40m bid for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani
City
have also been pursuing the Brazilian Neymar, who is wanted, in particular,
by the club’s director of football Txiki Begiristain but face losing out to
Barcelona.
There will be an attempted overhaul of City’s squad at the end of the season
which could be more radical if Roberto Mancini is replaced as manager.
Cavani is one of the most coveted strikers in Europe, as is Falcao, and Napoli
have already claimed to have rejected a big offer from City for the
25-year-old Uruguayan.
Mancini had first attempted to secure Falcao, even travelling to Madrid to
hold talks with the Atlético Madrid striker’s representatives, but City are
behind in the race.
City want to sell striker Edin Dzeko who is likely to return to the Bundesliga
although there has been some tentative interest from Tottenham Hotspur. City
also want Joleon Lescott to leave and he could, potentially, form part of a
player-plus-cash deal to try and sign Everton’s Marouane Fellaini.
