Balague: Real 'close to agreeing' Diarra deal

The transfer oracle has spoken. I don't know whether this is from his own sources, or just from reading the Spanish gossip papers. He says the fee would be between €15-20m. The sticking point, and City's great trump card, is wages though. Apparently they haven't been agreed yet, due to the generally inflated Premier League salaries. And whatever he's currently on, we can pay much more.