Zamparini: City tried to sign Pastore on deadline day

Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has revealed Manchester City tried to make an offer for Javier Pastore on deadline day.

Manchester City are just one of the teams linked with a move for the Argentine playmaker, while others include Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid, to name just a few.

“A director at Manchester City called me yesterday,” Zamparini told journalists this afternoon.

“I don’t speak English, so asked him to send me a fax… I never received anything, so maybe he just wanted to ask me something…

“Anyway, if he had made an offer for Pastore, I would’ve said he was not for sale. Yet having said that, nothing is truly unattainable in this world.

“If a sheikh wants to do something crazy, then he can come and make me a crazy offer.”