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    City ready to pay up for Espanyol's Zabaleta

    Friday, August 29, 2008

    Espanyol have given Pablo Zabaleta permission to travel to Manchester City for a medical after the Premier League club offered to pay the Argentina international's eight million euro buy-out clause. Espanyol had been hoping to keep hold of the 23-year-old right-sided defender, but after receiving City's offer late yesterday evening they have given Zabaleta the green light to push through a move to England. A statement on the Espanyol website read: 'Espanyol have decided, taking into account th ...

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