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Nicolas Otamendi facing embarrassing backdown with Man Utd and City yet to make bid
NICOLAS OTAMENDI could be forced into an embarrassing backdown with no club yet to make a bid for the defender, according to reports.
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Otamendi has been linked with Manchester United and Manchester City this summer.
According to Super Deporte, the player only returned to pre-season training with Valencia to say farewell to his teammates.
But despite agent Jorge Mendes reportedly holding promising talks with both Manchester clubs in Porto last weekend no bid has been forthcoming.
Valencia are holding out for Otamendi's £35million release clause to be met to allow the player to leave.
Nicolas Otamendi wants to leave Valencia
And it is thought that the 27-year-old is now bracing himself to have to stay with Los Che, after enrolling his children in school in the Spanish city.
Otamendi's agent is reportedly still confident that he will be playing his football elsewhere next term but negotiations have not proceeded as quickly as either he or Otamendi had hoped.
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