Source: Daily_Mail
Manchester City to splash £45m on Cruz, Given and Toure
Manchester Cityheld 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.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. Closing in: City poised to sign Roque Santa Cruz Given in talks with Manchester City as N'Zogbia insists he'll never again play for Joe Kinnear at NewcastleTHE INSIDER: Derbyshire off to Greece, Jenas and Bent likely to stay at Spurs, Kovac almost a Hammer and Gomez on City's radarALL THE WEEKEND'S PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS 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.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.