This is "The Insider" (I know, I know) take on Martinez to City from the Daily Mail. He rates the probability as 2/5. BTW he rates Modric to Real as a 5/5 possibility, looks like there are serious legs on that one which means we could keep Merlin long term.
City are keen to bring the Spaniard to Eastlands and considered themselves favourites to outbid their rivals Bayern Munich and Barcelona. It was clear the player's preference if he left Bilbao was to join his compatriots at Barca and the likes of Pedro have encouraged their club to make the necessary bid of £36m to reach his buy-out clause. However, Sportsmail understands that there have been developments today with Bayern looking to beat their rivals to the punch and agree the fee first. The player has yet to agree but that will leave Barca in a difficult position and put the onus on City also to match the terms.