Day Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Manchester City have reached an agreement with Blackburn to sign Roque Santa Cruz for £18million, according to Sky Sports News sources. The Paraguayan striker's future has been the subject of intense speculation for some time and he was linked with a move to City during the January transfer window. Mark Hughes attempted to bring him in but could not agree a fee with Rovers as Sam Allardyce fought to keep one of his top players. Santa Cruz was brought to England by Hughes in 2007 when he was in charge at Ewood Park. The 27-year-old enjoyed a tremendous first season in the Premier League but struggled for form and fitness following Hughes' move from Blackburn to City. He has regularly been quoted as saying that he could leave Blackburn in the summer and it now appears he may be reunited with Hughes. It is understood a fee has been agreed but personal terms will need to be sorted out before a transfer can be finalised. City are looking to strengthen their squad considerably before the start of the 2008/9 campaign to enable them to compete with the top clubs. They already have a formidable set of strikers but Hughes feels Santa Cruz would provide a different kind of threat. [url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5389342,00.html]http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5389342,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Roque Santa Cruz has completed his £17m move to Manchester City. The Paraguayan passed a medical with the Eastlands outfit this afternoon and has now signed a deal to link up once more with Mark Hughes, his former manager at Blackburn. Hughes has never made any secret of his desire to have Santa Cruz at City and having assured themselves the knee injury that kept the South American out at the end of last season has fully cleared up, the Blues have completed the signing of the striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Robinho Santa Cruz Bellamy Jo Benjani Bojinov Caicedo Sturridge Evans Some strike force, don't forget they want Tevez as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Originally posted by David;19697 Robinho Santa Cruz Bellamy Jo Benjani Bojinov Caicedo Sturridge Evans Some strike force, don't forget they want Tevez as well. yeah and they will still be mid-table and nowhere near a champions league place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Originally posted by David;19697 Robinho Santa Cruz Bellamy Jo Benjani Bojinov Caicedo Sturridge Evans Some strike force, don't forget they want Tevez as well. i reacon there will be some major offloading there too jo to everton would be a good move for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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