Manchester City have made a £7 million offer for Real Mallorca winger Jonas Gutierrez.

The Independent says City should find out within the next 48 hours whether their £7m bid to sign the Argentina international winger Jonas has succeeded.

Gutierrez is known as El Galgo - "the Greyhound" - and is a colourful character who celebrates scoring for his present club, Real Mallorca, by donning a Spider-Man mask and throwing imaginary nets into the crowd. A complication for any move has been that 50 per cent of his transfer value would go to his former club, Newell's Old Boys, which is why Mallorca are holding out for a high fee.