It seems pretty clear to me that Santa Cruz feels Blackburn are going nowhere , he just doesn't look that intersted in being there anymore , and he's also said to be 'excited' to hear of Citys alleged interest ..... and Hughes admitted that City WERE interested in him a few months back ... whether they still are or not remains to be seen.
Either way it looks like he has some type of release clause built into his contract , which if activated will cost us £18 million to sign him ..... which some feel is too high a price as Blackburn paid less than £4 million for him in the first place , plus his goal ratio has suffered this season , probably due to David Bentleys transfer as much as anythin' else as he provided a lot of Santa Cruz's service.
As for Diarra ...... he's personally said nothing about wanting to leave Portsmouth from what i've seen , but as things appear to be a bit fragile down there since Harry's departure he's being linked with the likes of City and Spurs ....... they don't look good without him as Sundays result proved , so they may be loathe to let him go .
It would appear that Santa Cruz wouldn't take much talking into coming to City , if at all , and the players apparent willingness to seriously consider City is a big plus , especially as Blackburn appear to have a dislike of City ....... whereas Diarra says little and is probably quite happy to stay down there , unless of course his club decide that they need the money ....... money will probably talk with these two players , should we really be in the hunt for them , but as you say there's nothing definite ... and City being City don't be suprised if either player even gets a look in come January!
The only possible 'pointer' that we've got is that Al-Fayim was said to be disappointed with the quality of players on Hughes wish-list , he wanted higher profile imports coming into the club ....... that COULD and probably DOES suggest that these type of players are indeed in Hughes's mind.
