Manchester City will reportedly make an offer for Arsenal defender Kolo Toure after learning of Arsene Wenger’s pending move for Serdar Tasci, and having been rebuffed in their move for Chelsea captain John Terry.
Reports this morning suggest Mark Hughes has been told Terry is not for sale, particularly as Chelsea are likely to lose Ricardo Carvalho in the next few days. As a result the former Blackburn manager will step up his efforts to sign Arsenal defender Kolo Toure, although he has not given up signing Everton’s Jolean Lescott.
Arsene Wenger is closing in on Stuggart’s highly rated 22-year-old defender, who is stalling over a contract extension at the Bundesliga club.
Having signed Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax, Wenger continues to readdress his defence and should Manchester City offer in an excess of £10 million for Kolo Toure, the Ivorian will be allowed to leave the club making way for German international Tasci who can play at either centre-back or right-back.
Tasci recently said: “I have the ambition to move clubs one day, but the time and circumstances have to be right for me.”
“I have to admit I'm flattered that clubs like Arsenal, AC Milan and Juventus have had their eye on me in the past.”
Manchester City are expected to complete deals for Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o and former Manchester United and West Ham striker Carlos Tevez, and Mark Hughes wants to then concentrate on shoring up his defence.
Hughes has been a long-time admirer of Toure and believes the Arsenal star is a more viable option then Everton’s Lescott who would cost significantly more than Toure due to David Moyes’ reluctance to sell.
Source: sport.co.uk
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