City's Castillo link cools
17 Dec 2007 - 15:02:58
Shakhtar Donetsk have cooled reports suggesting Mexican star Nery Castillo is on the verge of moving to Manchester City on a year's loan.
The Ukrainian side are demanding £3.5million before agreeing to transfer a player who has struggled to settle following his summer switch from Olympiakos.
Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov told the club's official website: "A one-year loan - five million euros and there will be no options, meaning a right to buy (Castillo).
"We will see in a year whether to bring him back to Shakhtar or if we sell him. The price could be 20, 30, 40 or 50 million euros.
"He was a star at Olympiacos and he came here as a star.
"He thought that because we paid 20 million euros for him his place was assured. He forgot that he had to win it."
