Manchester City miss out with loan bid for Arsenal's Bendtner

03 February 2009 21:05
Going nowhere: Bendtner[LNB] Manchester City[LNB]failed in a deadline-day bid to take Arsenal[LNB]'s Nicklas Bendtner on loan. [LNB]City spent most of Monday scouring the market for a tall centre forward after they opted against forking out close to £25million for Blackburn[LNB]'s Roque Santa Cruz. [LNB]Instead, they targeted a loan for 6ft 3in Bendtner but Arsenal could not afford to let him go as they were still unsure about Andrei Arshavin's signing.[LNB]City were also linked with Schalke's Germany striker Kevin Kuranyi, who attracted interest from Everton[LNB], Blackburn and Spurs[LNB]after telling the Bundesliga side on Friday he wanted to leave.[LNB]Everton made tentative inquiries about Portsmouth[LNB]winger Glen Little, and Tottenham and Portsmouth failed with loan bids for Bayern Munich's Germany striker Lukas Podolski.[LNB] Done deal: Premier League sign off Andrei Arshavin's transfer to Arsenal[LNB]All the big names will want to play for Manchester City one day, claims Robinho[LNB]So how was it for you? Sportsmail's guide to how your team did in the transfer window[LNB]THE INSIDER: Deadline day misses - the big transfer deals which didn't come off[LNB]ARSENAL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB]MANCHESTER CITY FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB][LNB] [LNB]  

Source: Daily_Mail