The Manchester City duo have not been able to find their place under the starting XI of Roberto Mancini and so have decided to try their luck with another club more specifically in Spain.

Santa Cruz has not played for the first squad team of Manchester City since November but Real Betis made a offer for him to reignite his career with a loan deal for a single season.

Slovakian winger Vladimir Weiss is going to be moving to the Spanish club Espanyol under the same conditions as Santa Cruz with a loan deal reported to last a single season.

The defensive duo are expected to be joining Arsenal in the next few days as the only thing left to do is finalize medical tests and complete personal terms.

‘The Gunners’ already agreed with Werder Bremen to make the move for the German centre back with a transfer fee of €9 million while they will also pay €7 million for Andre Santos of Fenerbahce.

Looks like Arsene Wenger is finally making his move in the transfer market for some fresh legs but time is running out and he still needs to make more signings if he wants to compete against the best of the Premier League.

Out of contract midfielder Owen Hargreaves could be set for a shock move to Manchester City after he was pictured leaving Bridgewater Hospital after a medical. Bridgewater is the hospital where City conduct their player medicals these days. City are officially on the lookout for a midfielder to provide cover for Yaya Toure when he leaves on AFCON duty in January and also had a bid for Mark Van Bommel rejected. Eastlands boss Roberto Mancini now views Hargreaves who last played for City’s great rivals Man Utd, as a possible signing. Continue reading Owen Hargreaves Man City gossip- Medio undergoes medical at Bridgewater Hospital →