The Citizens are reportedly eager to acquire the Athletic Bilbao striker and are willing to splash the cash in January to secure his signature.
While there is an abundant amount of strikers at the Etihad Stadium currently, manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937.
Although Tevez seems to have found the error of his ways following a public war of words with the Sky Blues, Balotelli is just beginning to show his temperament at the helm.
The forward is allegedly not even training properly and was recently sent home by the club physio after catching a virus. Not only that but the situation has been massively exacerbated by the player’s decision to launch a tribunal against the reigning champions.
According to media reports, Balotelli is contesting a huge fine with the club over receiving bookings and sending offs last year, with the F.A's rulebook favouring his side.
While the Italian could come off and elude paying the hefty sum, his relationship with the officials has been greatly soured, with many of them encouraging http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 to offload his protégé in the upcoming transfer window.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan boss is Balotelli’s only ally at the club and allegedly is now forsaking that notion by letting the attacker leave.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero beside the troubled two leading the line, but if rumours are to be
believed, Tevez and Balotelli could be leaving soon.
Llorente could start alongside Aguero, with the Argentine playing in a withdrawn role, and the Spaniard charged with the task of finding the back of the net regularly. Mancini would salivate at the prospect of his strike partnership becoming as strong as
Manchester United’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 but Bilbao are likely to be far from budding sellers.
The Spanish outfit are keen to keep their prized asset at the helm and launched a hands-off warning to major European clubs who are reportedly weighing up a move for Llorente in the next few days.
“I've a feeling these decisions will not please everyone, but I think they are the most beneficial for Athletic,” said Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia.
“We've taken our decision and at the moment we're sticking to it. He's an important player, he's shown that, and the team is more competitive with him. We hope that he continues to score important goals from now until the end of the season,” the official
was quoted as saying while speaking to reporters.
While Athletic are not willing to offload their main man, Llorente’s contract expires in the summer and the club will look to cash in on him while they can, leaving the door open for a Premier League switch.
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