A little rumour finding it's way over to Norfolk is that City have expressed an interest in Andrea Ranocchia from Inter Milan, below is the article translated by good old Google.   It would appear that City are not good enough for the player to interested.

Anything that outlined the future of Andrea Ranocchia, Inter defender bound by a contract expiring in 2015. The defender class '88 is at the center of market rumors that could also take away from Italy in the coming weeks.
In the Premier League, in fact, it monitors the Chelsea, the club that so far he has not gone beyond a poll. Those who were ready to put on the plate of € 10 million was the Norwich City. According to the latest rumors collected in the last days there was contact between an agent and the agent of the player to offer him this opportunity. The Canaries, though, does not represent a tempting opportunity for Ranocchia and negotiation has passed away at birth.