The question you have to ask yourself is ‘Are City ran by idiots’
Because you would have to be a proper idiot to think you could offer a player, without his consent or knowledge to another club, a player with a couple of years left on their contract who is in negotiations to extend, a player who has ambitions to be at the very best club and win trophies every year.
This is why I call bullshit, it makes no sense to anyone involved to alienate a player in that way. Plus the fact that we most definitely aren’t run by idiots.