Post by Bluemoon on Nov 25, 2012 20:01:52 GMT 1
Mancini: "I nearly Took Torres to City"
Italian reveals he was close to buying £50m striker from Liverpool but went for Dzeko instead
Fernando Torres could have been lining up for Manchester City at Stamford Bridge this afternoon instead of Chelsea, Roberto Mancini has revealed.
City's manager said the club considered buying him in the winter transfer window two years ago when it became clear Liverpool would sell, but they ended up taking Edin Dzeko for half the price instead.
"Two years ago we had a chance," Mancini said. "We decided for other players, also because of his cost.
There were four or five strikers, we talked about all of these, and after we decided. We chose Edin because we were missing the qualities he had, [he was] strong in the air and different from Torres."
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