Manchester City demand to see Joleon Lescott's medical records before making new bid
Published 22:52 12/08/09 By By Alan Nixon
Manchester City want to see England centre half Joleon Lescott's medical records - before making a new and even bigger bid for him.
City officials want to clear up concerns about Lescott's historic knee problems and will make the unusual move of asking to check on him ahead of any further offer.
Mark Hughes's club are already willing to pay £18 million and will go to £22 million if they are satisfied that Lescott has no long-standing problems.
The idea of looking at the confidential documents is to avoid the embarassment of making a huge bid and then possibly seeing the player sent back as damaged goods if he 'failed' the actual medical.
However Everton will be reluctant to part with the information, especially as boss David Moyes is determined to hold on to Lescott at any price.
