City also chasing Villa and Gomez

Manchester City’s prospective new owner has revealed the club have lodged bids for Valencia striker David Villa and Stuttgart forward Mario Gomez as well as Dimitar Berbatov ahead of tonight’s transfer deadline.

Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim, who is heading the Abu Dhabi United Group’s takeover of the Barclays Premier League club, said that he is “hopeful” a deal for Tottenham’s Berbatov can be agreed before midnight after a fee of more than £30m was agreed.