Manchester City warned Hulk will cost £88m

Posted Monday, December 05, 2011 by Metro.co.uk

Manchester City have Manchester City warned Hulk will cost £88m been warned they will have to pay £88million if they want to replace Carlos Tevez with Porto striker Hulk in the January transfer window.

Tevez looks certain to be sold in the new year - with AC Milan his most likely destination - after flying home to Argentina without permission and refusing to return to the UK.

The loss of Tevez has left City boss Roberto Mancini with limited options up front and although he has said publicly he is happy with his squad, it is thought he wants to bring in a new striker next month.

Among his rumoured targets is Brazil international Hulk, who scored 36 times as Porto won the Europa League and
Portuguese domestic double last season.

However, the 25-year-old's agent, Teodoro Fonseca, has revealed Porto will not consider selling unless they receive an offer in excess of the world transfer record.

'Five clubs have offered £40million and Porto didn't accept it,' he told the Sunday Express.

'Only if someone meets the £88million buyout clause – if it happened, it couldn't be blocked.'

Fonseca did not name the clubs involved, but Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal were all linked with Hulk last summer.