Wednesday 17 June 2009

RSC back on?

The last few days have seen a real increase in the Santa Cruz rumours, largely in newspaper articles carrying Khaldoon's comments on transfers. James Ducker in Wednesday's Times wrote that City are 'in advanced talks' with Santa Cruz, James Callow in the Guardian mentioned that talks have started, while Ian Herbert in the Independent wrote this:
City and Blackburn Rovers are moving towards an agreement on Roque Santa Cruz, despite being around £2m apart in valuation. The final deal may see Rovers hold out for around £17m.
And The Sun quotes a 'senior Rovers source' as saying:
"Talks between the clubs are ongoing but we're not a long way apart now. If he's going to go we want it done quickly."
This could well be wrapped up in the next week or so. It certainly betrays the strength of Hughes' love for RSC that even with the upgraded level of targets this summer, in accordance with the upgraded target of sixth, that he still thinks Santa Cruz is the solution. It also has interesting implications for next season's formation. If we do get RSC and Tévez, we may well switch to 4-4-2, which would put Robinho in left midfield and allow only two of Barry, Ireland and de Jong in midfield. Hughes has some big decisions to make.

1 comment:

jackblue said...

That would leave Eto'o on the bench?