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Manchester City have lodged bids for Valencia's David
Villa and Stuttgart's Mario Gomez.
The Blues have already seen an offer of over £30million accepted
for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov, but have made approaches
for a further two attacking talents.
With Berbatov also believed to be in discussions with Manchester
United, and Real Madrid thought to have entered the race for the
Bulgarian, City are keen to keep their options open.
Los Che star Villa, who won the Golden Boot at Euro 2008 this
summer, has been the centre of transfer speculation all summer, but
had appeared to have accepted that his future lay in Spain.
Meanwhile, Gomez shot to prominence after scoring 28 goals for
Stuttgart last season, immediately signalling him out as one of
Europe's hottest properties.
Money would not appear to be a problem for City following Abu
Dhabi United Group's takeover of the club on Monday.
Head of that consortium, Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim, confirmed that
the ambitious Premier League outfit continue to chase a number of
potential targets prior to the closure of the transfer window at
midnight on Monday.
"I am hopeful about Berbatov, but I need to speak to our
colleagues in England to see what the latest is," he said.
"We have bids in for three players. There is Berbatov, but there
is also David Villa and Mario Gomez. We have bids in for Villa and
Gomez and I am waiting to hear whether we have been successful with
those.
"Funds are available, and transfers such as these show we are
serious."
