
The People reports that Manchester City and Newcastle United are battling it out to sign the 26-year-old former AC Milan defender.
The
Magpies were said to have been interested in the player when Sam
Allardyce was in charge, and it appears now that new boss Kevin Keegan
wants to bring the commanding Argentine to the Premiership.
Collocini
is 6′0″ tall and has appeared 105 times in La Liga for Deportivo, as
well as amassing over 25 caps times for Argentina.
The news
comes shortly after confirmation from Tyneside that Emre Bolozoglu has
been sold to Turkish side Fenerbahce in a $5.5m deal.
It also
spells doom for Czech Republic International David Rozehnal, a $2.7m
signing from Paris-Saint-Germain, who was loaned out to Lazio last
season by Magpies boss Kevin Keegan.
The Czech defender is
currently on EURO 2008 duty, but with new blood coming through, it is
expected that he will be sold once the transfer window reopens.