Europe’s most in-demand striker could be heading to Eastlands

Financially-troubled Valencia’s vice-president Fernando Gomez has revealed that they met with Manchester City representatives to discuss the possibility of selling David Villa this summer.

City balked at the asking price quoted by the Spanish side and are yet to have made an offer. Valencia reportedly faces debts of £400 million but Gomez is adamant they won’t be short-changed for their top-scorer. He said:

“Yes, it’s true [that the clubs met] but they didn’t make us an any offer. The president Vicente Soriano asked for a significant amount and they didn’t agree.

“I think they are two very important players, with a lot of quality and if we sell them, we are not going to sell them on the cheap.”

After being publicly rejection by Kaka in January, Manchester City were probably trying to go about their business more discreetly so are unlikely to welcome Valencia alerting Real Madrid and Liverpool that Villa is up for grabs.