MANCHESTER CITY IN £7M BID FOR FLOP VERON

ABOVE: Roberto Mancini has made a shock £7m move for Manchester United and Chelsea flop Veron 6th January 2010 By Danny Fullbrook

ROBERTO Mancini has made a shock £7m move for Manchester United and Chelsea flop Juan Sebastian Veron.




Manchester City have tried to lure the 34-year-old midfielder back to English football from Argentinian club Estudiantes, where he started his career.




Eastlands boss Mancini managed Veron for two years at Inter Milan, from 2004-06, when the player was on loan from Chelsea, and he wants a player he trusts to help him lead the team.




Veron’s agent Miguel Pires confirmed the offer that has been turned down for now. Pires said: “I was very surprised with this proposition. Mancini has called the player, and me as well, but I said sincerely that ­Veron is very happy and grateful at being back at ­Estudiantes and it is very complicated to leave at this moment.”




Veron joined United in 2001 from Lazio for £28m, but he failed to make a success at Old Trafford. He was then signed by Claudio Ranieri at Chelsea, but again left after a disappointing spell.




That has not deterred Mancini, and a meeting is expected this weekend between the player and the board at Estudiantes.




City, plus United, Arsenal and Chelsea are also being linked with the Borussia Dortmund’s £20m-rated Serbian Neven Subotic, with United lining up the 21-year-old centre-back as a potential replacement for Nemanja Vidic, who has been linked with a move to Spain.




But last night the Serb said: “Everybody in the club knows I have a marvellous understanding with (Alex) Ferguson. ‘I am not unhappy, I am injured.”

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