Manchester
City's desire to land Radamel Falcao was handed a timely boost after
Alvaro Negredo agreed to join Valencia on Sunday night.
The
Premier League champions have been offered the Monaco forward and want
to add him to their midst before the transfer window shuts on Monday,
with Arsenal also keen but unlikely to win the race.
Manchester
United have also been handed the opportunity to sign the 28-year-old
but aren't interested given the money they have splurged - particularly
on Angel di Maria last week.
City's
pursuit was always dependent on whether they were able to recoup money
for Negredo, who is set to join the La Liga side on loan with a view to a
£20million move back to Spain.
The
clubs are yet to finalise a deal, but Negredo has agreed to the move
after Valencia president, Amadeo Salvo, director of football Francisco
Rufete and Peter Lim's right-hand man at the club, Kim Koh, travelled to
Madrid to meet face-to-face with the player's agents.
Their
aim was to offer personal terms to the Spanish international and figure
out how to get a deal done with Manchester City, with Negredo taking a
pay cut to push through a transfer.
Manuel
Pellegrini watched his City side uncharacteristically struggle going
forward in the defeat against Stoke over the weekend and he would not
rule out a move for Falcao afterwards.
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