The north London giants hope an opening offer
of around # 15m may be enough to tempt the Saints into selling the
player, with Ronald Koeman's side having
already offloaded a
huge number of their best
players in this transfer window so far.
His anticipated departure will be a
huge blow to the Citizens, who are
already struggling to have the required
number of home - grown
players on their books, with Gareth Barry, Micah Richards and Scott Sinclair all having left the Etihad Stadium in recent seasons.