Manchester City failed to land Spain pair in scramble for Miedema cover

Atlético rejected £500,000-plus bid for Fiamma Benítez City also unable to prise Ornella Vignola from Everton Atlético Madrid rejected a bid of more than £500,000 from Manchester City for the Spain midfielder Fiamma Benítez on the Women’s Super League’s transfer deadline day, the Guardian can reveal. The WSL champions are understood to have tried hard to add attacking-midfielder reinforcements before the English summer window closed on Thursday at 11pm BST, largely in light of news that their…