Corinthians' Paulinho could sign for Manchester City
SAO PAULO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- English champions Manchester City have sent director of football Txiki Begiristain to negotiate the transfer of Cornthians and Brazil midfielder Paulinho.
It is reported City will offer in the region of 18 million dollars for the deep-lying playmaker, who was instrumental in Corinthians' 2012 Libertadores success and their defeat of Chelsea last weekend in the Club World Cup.
With Yaya Toure set to miss January playing in the African Cup of Nations, the Manchetser club are under pressure to bring in a big name, with the Brazilian considered an ideal fit.
Paulinho is not the only Brazil international currently on the English outfit 1' s radar 2. While in Sao Paulo, it is believed Begiristain will take the opportunity to discuss with Santos a possible bid for 20-year-old sensation Neymar.
Whilst the striker has repeatedly confirmed his happiness at the Brazilian club, and reputedly set to stay with Santos until the 2014 World Cup at the very least, a huge offer from Manchester City' s Abu Dhabi owners may tempt 3 Neymar to move earlier than he had previously 4 planned. A host of clubs are sniffing 5 around the prodigy 6, including Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
As of yet, however, no figures have been discussed concerning possible move for Neymar.
- Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
- His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
- They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
- Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
- Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
- The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
- They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》