You can have Castillo for a year but you need to pay up, Shakhtar tell Sven's City

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Castillo's agent told Mexican television on Friday that an agreement has been struck with Manchester City to loan him out, but club president Rinat Akhmetov said the offer of €1million with an option to buy Castillo was rejected as too low.

Nery Castillo went to Ukraine with a big reputation but failed to live up to expectations

"A one-year loan - €5million and there will be no options, meaning a right to buy (Castillo)," said Akhmetov, the country's richest man.

"If Castillo finds his game... then in a year we'll decide whether to take him back to Shakhtar or sell. And the price could be 20, or 30, or 40, or 50 million euros," he said.

Shakhtar bought the Mexican last summer for £14.27million (€20million) in one of the most expensive buys in post-Soviet club history. But the player did not impress, playing just eight home league matches and failing to score any goals.

"He was a star at Olympiakos, and he came here like a star... Probably, he thought that if we paid €20 million euros for him, his place in the team was certain. But he forgot that this has to be won," Akhmetov added.