Mancini closes on double swoop

ROBERTO MANCINI has confirmed Manchester City are still hopeful of luring Mario Balotelli and James Milner to Eastlands, but he plans talks with Robinho before deciding the Brazilian’s future.

Robinho has been on loan with Santos since January and has recently made comments which suggest he would prefer to remain in Brazil.

It seems unlikely to happen given Santos could not muster anything like the club record £32.5million (€40m) fee that brought him to City from Real Madrid two years ago.