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

Going nowhere: Bendtner Manchester Cityfailed in a deadline-day bid to take Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner on loan. City spent most of Monday scouring the market for a tall centre forward after they opted against forking out close to £25million for Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz. 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.City were also linked with Schalke's Germany striker Kevin Kuranyi, who attracted interest from Everton, Blackburn and Spursafter telling the Bundesliga side on Friday he wanted to leave.Everton made tentative inquiries about Portsmouthwinger Glen Little, and Tottenham and Portsmouth failed with loan bids for Bayern Munich's Germany striker Lukas Podolski. Done deal: Premier League sign off Andrei Arshavin's transfer to ArsenalAll the big names will want to play for Manchester City one day, claims RobinhoSo how was it for you? Sportsmail's guide to how your team did in the transfer windowTHE INSIDER: Deadline day misses - the big transfer deals which didn't come offARSENAL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEBMANCHESTER CITY FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB  

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