Manchester City manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini confirms interest in Napoli star Ezeqiuel Lavezzi
Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, has revealed that the Blues are interested in talks to sign Napoli midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979, he is now stepping up his interest in the former San Lorenzo star. Manchester City are reportedly willing to pay more than 25-million-pounds
for the attacker but Napoli are reluctant to sell their prized star.
The Azzurri president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, has made it clear that he will not let his prized asset leave the club for anything less than 100-million-Euros. Lavezzi played a huge role in guiding Napoli to finish third on the
league table and qualify for the UEFA Champions League after 21-years. Lavezzi, Marek Hamsik and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 a threatening force in the Italian football last season.
The player has admitted several times that he wants to leave Napoli in the summer transfer window. City’s top goal-scorer last season, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Tevez, wants to leave the City of Manchester Stadium this summer and Mancini sees Lavezzi
as an ideal replacement for the former Manchester United star.
However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan manager added that the club were always interested in signing Lavezzi, regardless of the Tevez situation. Reports in the Italian media suggested that City are preparing a player plus cash swoop to
bring the former Genoa star to Eastlands, with midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 going the other way.
Talking to the reporters Mancini said, "City have been negotiating for the past few months with Napoli, regardless of Tevez's situation. City has spoken to Napoli about Lavezzi. However, to find a player who is ready like Pocho
is, it's not easy.
"Manchester City could include a player in the deal, but I don't know what player could interest Napoli. The only one could be Barry."
Lavezzi joined Napoli from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Lorenzo-c40436 in 2007 and since then, he has established himself as one of the best players in the country. The 26-year-old has scored 37 goals in 146 appearances for Azzurri thus far.
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