British newspaper The Guardian claims that Manchester City will try to sign Barcelona right wing attacker and Argentinian international Lionel Messi (21) and Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27) when the next transfer window opens in January.The new Arab Manchester City's owners would be determined to try to land a "world superstar" in January and have drawn up a list of targets, headed by Kaka and Lionel Messi. The other names that have been discussed are Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Samuel Eto'o.
The Abu Dhabi United Group would be prepared to pay a record transfer fee of more than 80 million euro° for a top-name signing. The owners of the English Premier League club would sense they can make a bigger impact by signing a big name rather than acquiring lots of players.
A source who has been involved in the discussions is quoted as saying: "They are going for a big player. If they really want to be a big club and move to a new level they need to get a big player in and that would mean one of Kaka, Messi, Ronaldo or Tevez, because of his availability. Unless a player like that can be signed then it will be a struggle and the sooner it is done the better, which means trying to do so in January. Then others will follow."
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