Roberto Mancini's side were snubbed by Inter Milan's Maicon this week when he rejected a proposed move, and they have now moved for his Brazilian international understudy. City are understood to have made the request during negotiations to bring Yaya Toure to the club.
Alves, 27, has been instrumental down Barca's right flank since moving for £28 million from Sevilla in 2008. His contract runs for two more years but no talks have been scheduled yet to extend the deal which has left the door open to the richest team in the world.
The Brazilian is one the best performing players in European football, as shown by his current 14th place in the Castrol Rankings. He sits comfortably ahead of Maicon, who is 86th despite winning the treble with Inter Milan this season.
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