{"id":424142,"date":"2011-05-15T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/15\/manchester-city-to-make-18m-bid-for-everton-defender-leighton-baines-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T07:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T07:40:00","slug":"manchester-city-to-make-18m-bid-for-everton-defender-leighton-baines-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/15\/manchester-city-to-make-18m-bid-for-everton-defender-leighton-baines-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City to make \u00a318m bid for Everton defender Leighton Baines &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>15 May 2011 08:40:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.6908951798\">\n<div readability=\"16.1090047393\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL - Everton vs Aston Villa,Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/127600\/127674_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL &#8211; Everton vs Aston Villa,Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"22.9803108808\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a> are stepping up their pursuit of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9837\/leighton-baines\">Leighton Baines<\/a>, according to <em>The Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has been linked with a number of clubs after an impressive season on Merseyside, with Bayern Munich and rivals Liverpool also reported to be interested.<\/p>\n<p>But now City, who ended their 35-year trophy drought by beating Stoke City in the FA Cup final on Saturday, are reportedly set to make a formal \u00a318 million move for the England international.<\/p>\n<p>City look set to allow left-back Wayne Bridge to leave in the summer, while Jerome Boateng, Aleksandr Kolarov and Pablo Zabaleta have as yet been unable to cement their place as automatic first-choice in the position.<\/p>\n<p>Should a move for Baines materialise, the former Wigan man would become the second Everton defender to move to Eastlands in two years, with Joleon Lescott making a controversial \u00a324m switch in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/15\/2487131\/manchester-city-to-make-18m-bid-for-everton-defender\" title=\"Manchester City to make \u00a318m bid for Everton defender Leighton Baines - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City to make \u00a318m bid for Everton defender Leighton Baines &#8211; 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