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Swansea chairman: No Man City contact over Bony
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Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins says he has had no enquiries from clubs about Wilfried Bony - but stopped short of ruling out selling the player.
The powerful forward was named in some newspapers on Friday as a target for Manchester City and Chelsea, with reports suggesting Manuel Pellegrini's side were leading the chase.
While the Swansea chairman put the brakes on talk of a move for one of his star assets, he admitted the speculation was 'perfectly natural' and did not rule out a January sale.
“As things stand we have not had any contact from anyone with respect to Wilfried,” Jenkins told the Guardian . “It’s just speculation linked to a player who is the top scorer in 2014 in the Premier League – which is perfectly natural.”
Asked about a hypothetical offer in January, he said: “First and foremost I will consider everything that arises at the time. But as of yet we haven’t got anything to consider.
"Players move around – that’s a fact of life. The one thing I’ve learned over time is never say never in football.
"But officially at the moment we haven’t had any contact from Manchester City or anyone else about Wilfried.”
Bony has been in good form this season for Gary Monk's side, and only five players have scored more than his eight goals in the Premier League.
But any club wishing to move for the player would have to be aware of his impending departure for the African Cup of Nations, which could see the Ivorian striker miss a chunk of domestic action.
Pellegrini also downplayed talk of action in the January window, adding: “I don’t think we are going to be too busy in this window,” he said. “We have restrictions about the amount of money and about the number of players we can put in the Champions League so I don’t think it will be a special transfer window for our team.”
On Bony specifically he added: “I think that is just one of the 20 or 30 names I read from the beginning of the season until today about the players that we are interested in,” he said.
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Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins says he has had no enquiries from clubs about Wilfried Bony - but stopped short of ruling out selling the player.
The powerful forward was named in some newspapers on Friday as a target for Manchester City and Chelsea, with reports suggesting Manuel Pellegrini's side were leading the chase.
While the Swansea chairman put the brakes on talk of a move for one of his star assets, he admitted the speculation was 'perfectly natural' and did not rule out a January sale.
“As things stand we have not had any contact from anyone with respect to Wilfried,” Jenkins told the Guardian . “It’s just speculation linked to a player who is the top scorer in 2014 in the Premier League – which is perfectly natural.”
Asked about a hypothetical offer in January, he said: “First and foremost I will consider everything that arises at the time. But as of yet we haven’t got anything to consider.
"Players move around – that’s a fact of life. The one thing I’ve learned over time is never say never in football.
"But officially at the moment we haven’t had any contact from Manchester City or anyone else about Wilfried.”
Bony has been in good form this season for Gary Monk's side, and only five players have scored more than his eight goals in the Premier League.
But any club wishing to move for the player would have to be aware of his impending departure for the African Cup of Nations, which could see the Ivorian striker miss a chunk of domestic action.
Pellegrini also downplayed talk of action in the January window, adding: “I don’t think we are going to be too busy in this window,” he said. “We have restrictions about the amount of money and about the number of players we can put in the Champions League so I don’t think it will be a special transfer window for our team.”
On Bony specifically he added: “I think that is just one of the 20 or 30 names I read from the beginning of the season until today about the players that we are interested in,” he said.