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In
keeping up with their plans to become the biggest club in the English
Premiership, Manchester city are in the market again and this time it
is Landon Donovan that has caught their fancy.

Roberto Mancini
believes Donovan is a good player, and can make a significant impact in
their goal of reaching the top of the Premier League. Other players
Manchester city have been watching out for include Mario Balotelli of
Inter Milan and James Milner of Aston Villa.

MLS officials
however, hope that Donovan would stay put in US local league. He had
been on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy to Everton for the past year.

Donovan has been
advised by John Harkes, the first American to play in the EPL, to catch
in on his impressive showing at the World Cup and make a move to
England if he gets the chance. Donovan is the highest goal scoring
American in World Cup History. He scored the goal against Algeria that
sent them to the top of their group – the first time America ever
topped their group in the World Cup.

Donovan’s early rise to stardom

In 1997, Donovan
joined the US Youth Soccer’s Olympic Development Program. His youth
career began in 1999, with IMG Soccer Academy. He later moved to Bayer
Leverkusen in Germany. His senior career began in 2001 when he moved to
the club’s senior team, but he was on loan most of the time to San Jose
earthquakes where he played 87 games and scored 32 times. He moved to
Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005, and has since been there except for loans
in Bayern Munich and Everton In 2009 and 2010.

The forward who
could play as an attacking midfielder or a winger, started his national
career in 1999 when he played for USA in the U- 17 world Championship.
He was the winner of the Golden Ball emerging the best player of the
tournament. Since 2000, he has played for the senior national team 127
times and scored 45 times. He has played 187 games for his country and
has scored a total of 89 goals. This makes him the all time leader in
scoring and assists. He also has the most caps of all active players in
the USA.

Wardrobe full of awards

Donovan has a
number of both individual and team awards to his credit. CONCACAF Cup
has been won three times. With both LA Galaxy and San Jose Earth
quakes, he won the MLS Cup once and twice respectively. Individual
awards include being a 3-time winner of US Soccer Male Athlete of the
Year and six time winner of the Honda Player of the year. In his
career, Donovan has played a total 243 games, scoring 191 times.

Manchester City finished fifth last season, narrowly missing a Champions’ League slot.

Should Donovan be signed into the club, he would join the likes of David Silva and Yaya Toure as new recruits for the season.