WHY CITY DIDN'T SIGN ALVES
Man City bowed out of the chase for Dani Alves after they discovered PSG were offering almost double what they were willing to pay, believed to be a total of £25m in wages (£230k a week) during a two-year deal.
Sky Sports News HQ understands Pep Guardiola was keen to rekindle his relationship with Alves, having worked so successfully with him at Barcelona, but were only willing to pay the defender around £6m a year (£115k a week).
City believed they had a deal agreed and Alves was due to fly to Houston with the rest of the City team on Monday, but over the weekend, PSG contacted Alves’ representatives and gazumped Guardiola’s agreement.
The Brazilian is expected to be paraded at PSG’s latest signing at a media conference in the French capital later today.