Nah, if he genuinely wants to play at the World Cup, he'll have to play this coming season
Equally, even if City release him for free, I'd be hugely surprised if we agreed to pay his full salary - City would probably supplement it for the...
The problem with that is, he's on £175k per week at City, he's got a year left on his contract, so he won't be taking a big wage drop to come here. He would just stay at City and get paid for not playing.
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