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City confirm Berbatov bid

01 Sep 2008 - 17:34:49

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Manchester City's prospective new owner has confirmed that the club has lodged bids for Valencia striker David Villa and Stuttgart's Mario Gomez as well as Tottenham's Bulgaria international Dimitar Berbatov.

Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim, who is heading the Abu Dhabi United Group's takeover of City, has had a bid of more than £30million for Berbatov accepted by Spurs.

He said: "I am hopeful about Berbatov, but I need to speak to our colleagues in England to see what the latest is.

"We have bids in for three players. There is Berbatov, but there is also David Villa and Mario Gomez. We have bids in for Villa and Gomez and I am waiting to hear whether we have been successful with those.

"Funds are available, and transfers such as these show we are serious.

"The three players we are trying to bring in are good players, but it has been difficult because we only started takeover negotiations a couple of weeks ago.

"We haven't had a lot of time, but our idea is to bring in more players during the next transfer window.

"I don't want to put a figure on what will be available, like £100million, because more than that might be needed."

However, reports suggest Berbatov is currently locked in talks with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson about a proposed transfer to Old Trafford.