It now looks unlikely that City will be signing Stern John after Nottingham Forest announced they had a £250,000 bid accepted for him by Birmingham City.
Said a Forest spokesman: "We tabled the same offer as Leeds and Coventry and Birmingham accepted it. We have also met Stern's personal terms," said a Forest spokesman. "He has been away on international duty this week and we're expecting the situation to develop when he returns."
John scored in Trinidad & Tobago's 3-1 defeat by Mexico yesterday.