Source: Daily_Mail
Manchester City to splash £45m on Cruz, Given and Toure
Manchester City[LNB]held talks in London yesterday to pave the way for a £45m spending spree that could secure Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure and Shay Given over the next 48 hours.[LNB]Delegates from their Abu Dhabi owners gave the OK for the club to up their bids. City were going back to Blackburn last night to offer around £20million for Cruz. Bids for him have been rebuffed so far.[LNB] Closing in: City poised to sign Roque Santa Cruz[LNB] Given in talks with Manchester City as N'Zogbia insists he'll never again play for Joe Kinnear at Newcastle[LNB]THE INSIDER: Derbyshire off to Greece, Jenas and Bent likely to stay at Spurs, Kovac almost a Hammer and Gomez on City's radar[LNB]ALL THE WEEKEND'S PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS[LNB] They will also resume talks with Arsenal today in an attempt to lever centre half Toure away from the Emirates in a £15m deal before finalising terms with Newcastle over goalkeeper Shay Given.[LNB]Given opened talks with City yesterday while team mate Charles N'Zogbia held negotiations with Wigan over a £6m switch which will see Ryan Taylor travel the opposite way for £2m.[LNB] [LNB]
