Leeds striker linked with loan move to City

Liverpool, Newcastle and Totenham are also reported to be chasing the 25-year-old who has suffered an injury ravaged spell at Elland Road since signing from Sunderland in 1999.

The £5m signing is now back to full fitness, and hoping to regain the form that saw him tipped for England, but has had little first team action with the likes of Mark Viduka and Alan Smith in his way.