Manchester City are ready to test the resolve of Palermo for striker Edinson Cavani.

The Daily Star says City must cough up £22m and around £2.5m a year in wages to lure Edinson Cavani.

The Uruguay and Palermo striker is a target for City boss Roberto Mancini.

City must table a bid of £22m to activate Cavani's release clause. He earns £25,000 a week but he would want double that under the UK's 50 per cent tax band.