Manchester City were forced to pull out of talks with Porto for Eliaquim Mangala and Fernando yesterday.

The Daily Mail says negotiations continued throughout Friday and City had a private jet on standby to fly both players to Manchester, but were ultimately not prepared to meet Porto's valuation.

City were prepared to pay £35 million for the pair, but Porto were insisting on much more.

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