Manchester City hope to raise
over £50 million from summer sales.
The Telegraph says Craig Bellamy, Micah Richards,
Stephen Ireland, Robinho and the
£17 million Paraguayan forward Roque Santa Cruz are all likely to
leave should the club receive suitable offers before the Aug 31
transfer deadline. And City hope they will recoup around half of
the money they are spending on buying players.
Although manager Roberto
Mancini has made it clear that Bellamy and Ireland
can still have a future at the club, the summer acquisitions of
David Silva, Yaya Toure and Jerome Boateng, plus attempts to sign
James Milner and Edin Dzeko, have clouded the prospects for many
Mark Hughes signings.