Mancini still hopes to acquire Balotelli and Milner © EuroFootball.com

Team coach Roberto Mancini said he still hopes to acquire James Milner and Mario Balotelli.

The English team has been linked to these two players for a long time, but has been unable to reach an agreement with their clubs due to the transfer fee. Nevertheless, R. Mancini claimed to be confident that both will be playing for his team next year.

"We have 20 days to finalize negotiations, we are negotiating with these players, I believe everything will end well," said R. Mancini.

"Man City" spent 75 million pounds on summer transfers. However, the team currently has more players than will be allowed to register for the new "Premier League" season.

"It will be a tough decision, but the first goal is to leave 25 players in the main squad, and for now there are 31 of them," stated the Italian.