Manchester City are prepared to use both Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland as bait, in an £80 million package to take Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres to Eastlands.
According to the News of the World, despite not qualifying for the Champions League next season, City hope to acquire the Liverpool pair in their bid to crack the top-four and launch an outside title challenge.
Adebayor has been reported to be unhappy at City, while Ireland has failed to make an impact this season despite collecting the 'Player of the Year' award at the club the previous campaign.
City's top-brass value Adebayor at around £30m, while Ireland could fetch up to £10m, meaning the mega-rich club would be prepared to pay an additional £40m to secure their top transfer targets.
With Liverpool's highlighted financial problems, such an injection of funds could prove too tempting to turn down.
Having been touted as a possible Chelsea target this summer, it remains to be seen whether Torres will stay at Anfield with the disappointment of not participating in Europe's premium club competition.
With City's other target Cesc Fabregas likely to favour a move to Barcelona if he were to leave Arsenal, the Citizens are set to tempt Liverpool in parting with their two stars from Merseyside.
According to the News of the World, despite not qualifying for the Champions League next season, City hope to acquire the Liverpool pair in their bid to crack the top-four and launch an outside title challenge.
Adebayor has been reported to be unhappy at City, while Ireland has failed to make an impact this season despite collecting the 'Player of the Year' award at the club the previous campaign.
City's top-brass value Adebayor at around £30m, while Ireland could fetch up to £10m, meaning the mega-rich club would be prepared to pay an additional £40m to secure their top transfer targets.
With Liverpool's highlighted financial problems, such an injection of funds could prove too tempting to turn down.
Having been touted as a possible Chelsea target this summer, it remains to be seen whether Torres will stay at Anfield with the disappointment of not participating in Europe's premium club competition.
With City's other target Cesc Fabregas likely to favour a move to Barcelona if he were to leave Arsenal, the Citizens are set to tempt Liverpool in parting with their two stars from Merseyside.
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