Man City Transfer News: Stevan Jovetic & Alvaro Negredo £40 Million Combined Bids Coming?

by Joseph Dempsey

The Sun. Manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes to have signed both players by the end of the month as he looks to replace Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli. Tevez's most to Juventus this summer has left City short of attacking options while Balotelli still hasn't been replaced after his switch to AC Milan back in January. That has left the deposed Premier League champions with just Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko, who, despite featuring mainly as an impact sub last season, will not be sold this summer. Even so, City are still looking to bring in two new forwards having watched Manchester United win the title last season with four marksmen. Jovetic is one of the most sought-after forwards in European football at present and scored 13 Serie A goals last season. Negredo meanwhile netted 25 La Liga goals last season, and only Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Radamel Falcao scored more than the 27-year-old Spanish international in 2012/13. Pellegrini lost his first match in charge of the club yesterday. His side fell to a 2-0 defeat against Supersport United in Pretoria.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.