Manchester City are determined to boost their scoring power in the January market.
The Sunday Mirror says City have made Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko their No 1 target - and have already received encouraging messages from the Bosnian's advisers who were unhappy that he was priced out of a summer switch to Eastlands when he was valued at £45million.
Wolfsburg will have to readjust their asking price for a deal to be agreed and the transfer also hinges on Mancini finding a buyer for unsettled players like Emmanuel Adebayor, Wayne Bridge, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Roque Santa Cruz, Joleon Lescott and Shay Given.