Wednesday, 21 April 2010
City want tearaway Villa winger and other red-hot gossip
Manchester City have turned their attention to exciting Aston Villa winger Ashley Young and are prepared to offer £25m for the English star. According to reports, the Blues will sell Craig Bellamy, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Martin Petrov to fund the move and are keen to have Young causing havoc on one wing with his fellow England hopeful Adam Johnson tearing down the other wing. Elsewhere, Arsenal left-back Gael Glichy has no interest in joining Barcelona, claiming he wants to help Arsenal land trophies; Serbian winger Zoran Tosic, who cost Manchester United £10m in 2009, wants to turn his loan spell with German club Cologne into a permanent move; Chelsea are unsure whether to risk Didier Drogba's groin injury by playing him in this weekend's match against Stoke as the title chase nears its climax; and AC Milan will offer Manchester United £20m for misfit striker Dimitar Berbatov.