Tue, Feb 09 2010
Manchester City coach Sven Goran Eriksson has decided to contract Bulgarian star Martin Petrov.
Eriksson was ready to pay Petrov's current team Atletico Madrid six million pounds, UK newspaper the Mirror reported.
"City are close to seeing off Tottenham and agreeing a fee for the left-sided ace who will fill a problem position in their squad," the Mirror said.
According to the News of The World, Petrov himself would prefer to transfer to Manchester City, rather than playing for Tottenham.
Soccer365.com said that Manchester City had "reportedly beaten off competition from Tottenham to sign Atletico Madrid winger Martin Petrov".
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The United Nations has called for the traditional age-old truce during the XXI Winter Olympics which open in Vancouver, Canada, on February 12 2010, urging warring parties to lay down their arms as the Games’ ancient Greek founders did in the eighth century BCE.
Bulgaria is in Group G with England, Wales Switzerland and Montenegro
Petrov has scored five goals for City out of 16 matches this season, and made several vital assists, an important contribution given the fact that the Bulgarian is in and out of the starting lineup
Formula One world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton unveiled their new McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 race car at the Vodafone headquarters in Newbury, southern England on January 29 2010.
The new racing car was unveiled on January 28 2010 at a ceremony in Maranello, Italy.