Top-flight title holders keen to bring Cavani to the Ethiad.
Premier League champions Manchester City will step up their attempts to sign Napoli’s in-demand forward Edinson Cavani at the end of the season, reports the Daily Mail.
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City head coach Roberto Mancini has been tracking the prolific Uruguay international for some time now and was considering making a move for the player in the recent January transfer window, only to be scared off by the £52 million release clause in his contract.
However, the club now realise that they cannot afford to make the same mistake as they did last summer in allowing their number-one transfer target, Robin van Persie, to escape their clutches when the Dutchman joined arch-rivals Manchester United instead of City.
As a result, City are prepared to meet Napoli’s massive asking price for the 25-year-old front man, who is currently the top scorer in Serie A with 18 goals, although Mancini knows that the club will have to fight off competition from the likes of European heavyweights Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain if they are to secure the coveted forward’s signature.
And, in order to fund the purchase, City are prepared to offload Bosnia forward Edin Dzeko for £25m come the end of the season.
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