Swansea angered by Ivory Coast "done deal" for Bony

The 26-year-old, who has scored nine goals in 22 appearances this season, is on international duty at the Ivory Coast training camp in Abu Dhabi ahead of the African Cup of Nations which starts in Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.

The Ivory Coast Football Federation said on Twitter: "Bony has signed with Manchester City this Wednesday, 14 January."

But Swansea quickly responded saying, "The club has not confirmed anything and the Ivory Coast have no right to comment."

The club added that Bony "has NOT yet completed his move" and that when he does, it will be confirmed "via official channels - not the Ivory Coast FA".

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Ibrahim shows Qatar's home grown talent can succeed

For a while, part of the strategy seemed to be to scour the globe for talented foreign-born players prepared to move to Qatar and switch nationalities.

Qatar was hardly the first country to look past its own borders for better players but their timing was poor and a clampdown on eligibility rules from governing body FIFA forced the tiny Gulf nation to focus more on home-grown talent.

More than two thirds of the players in Qatar's squad for this month's Asian Cup in Australia were born in the Arab state. The most notable absentee was Uruguay-born Sebastian Soria, who had scored 29 goals in 101 appearances.

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