Manchester City and Chelsea have come to an agreement for left back Wayne Bridge, who has now been given permission by the Blues to speak to Mark Hughes’ side.
City have reportedly offered Chelsea £12m for Bridge, who is currently the second choice left back at Stamford Bridge after Ashley Cole. Bridge joined Chelsea from Southampton for £7m in 2003.
According to this report in the Mirror, Mark Hughes and Man City will have to cough up a minimum of 18 million pounds if they are to bring Paraguyuan international Roque Santa Cruz to Eastlands in January.
Santa Cruz, who excelled at Rovers under Hughes last season, has not quite had the same impact at Ewood Park this season, but is still high up on Hughes’ winter shopping list. He scored his first home goal of the season recently against Liverpool, and that was a bit delayed given the quality we’ve come to expect out of him.
Italian side Juventus have insisted that goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is not for sale, not even if Manchester City are willing to spend a whopping 60 million pounds for the 30 year old.
