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City will struggle to attract Torres - Mancini

ESPNsoccernet staff
May 10, 2010
Roberto Mancini still hopes to bring in new talent ahead of the new season © Getty Images
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Roberto Mancini admits there is little prospect of Manchester City attracting top-class players like Fernando Torres to the club during the summer.

Torres has been linked with a number of sides in recent weeks but Liverpool insist the striker will not be sold and, with Carlo Ancelotti ruling Chelsea out of the race for his signature, it is believed City are the only side to be showing serious interest at this stage.

Mancini has already confirmed that City plan to bid for Torres but, having missed out on the Champions League, he acknowledges that most of the world's best players will not be eager to move to Eastlands.

"Can we attract the top, top players, like Torres? I don't know, but I don't think so," he said in the Sun. "If we finished in the top four, it would be better and easier to attract them.

"In this situation it is different. There are probably some players who want to play in the Champions League and not in the Europa League, but there are a lot of players in Europe who will want to play for Manchester City next year.

"We won't be playing in the Champions League but we must try to win the other competitions and finish in the top four in the Premier League."

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