Thursday, 4th July, 2013
Manchester City are planning to fill the void left by striker Carlos Tevez’s move to Juventus by eyeing up Roma man Pablo Osvaldo, according to Sky Italia.
Osvaldo has been at Roma since 2011 when he moved from Espanyol, where he would have caught the eye of Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, when the latter was at Malaga.
Pellegrini has since taken up duties at the Etihad Stadium, but one of the first major moves was to see Tevez leave for Juventus, which leaves a massive set of shoes to fill in Manchester.
It is understood that Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has flown to England to speak with Manchester City officials.
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A meeting with the former Premier League champions is expected later today, which will also include Osvaldo’s agent.
Osvaldo is certainly making progress towards reaching the level that Tevez did, having scored 16 goals for Roma in the Serie A this season.
He has also been keeping Italy’s World Cup qualification hopes alive with three goals in four games played so far.
His previous club stints include a loan and a full-time stay with Espanyol, as he totalled 46 games with 21 goals, whilst he has also turned out for Roma’s league rivals in Fiorentina, Bologna and Lecce.
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