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Manchester City wanted me this summer claims Malaga keeper Willy Caballero
MALAGA goalkeeper Willy Caballero has claimed that Manchester City were interested in bringing him to the Etihad this summer.
Pellegrini coached the Argentine at Malaga before accepting the head coach role at the Etihad after Roberto Mancini was dispensed with.
City's main shot stopper Joe Hart has come under fire this summer for a number of high profile gaffes though Caballero was unsure whether he would start ahead of Hart were he to join.
"I talked with Manuel Pellegrini before he left Malaga," Caballero told a national paper.
"I knew of his intention to take me with him to Manchester City.
"But I was unsure whether he would stick with the same keepers he had already."
Caballero only penned a new deal with Malaga last week that will keep him at the club until 2017.