Manchester
City could turn their attention to
Barcelona's Carles Puyol after new Chelsea boss
Carlo Ancelotti told them to forget about signing
John Terry, according to a report.
The ambitious Eastlands outfit are likely to be given a similar
message from the European champions as they will not accept any
price for their club captain.
Mark Hughes is reported to have had a £30million bid for Terry
dismissed by Chelsea amid claims that the pair coincided at the
same Dubai holiday complex last week.
Chelsea's new manager, Carlo Ancelotti, took the reins at Stamford
Bridge officially this week and one of his first announcements was
that Terry was not going anywhere.
That news may come as a blow to cash rich city, and
The Sun think that
Puyol will be next on the agenda as Hughes looks to bolster what
has been a fragile back-line.
The Lleida-born defender is Barcelona's skipper and at 31 has vowed
to stay at Camp Nou for the rest of his career, so while City will
have to persuade the Catalan club to sell him, their hardest task
may be persuading the player himself to move.
Puyol was linked with a move away from the Blaugrana two seasons
ago when Manchester United and AC Milan were said to be interested,
but after guiding the club to the treble last term any thouhts of
leaving have been banished.