Manchester City are coming off a magnificent season with a historic treble achieved. But the Skyblues are already experiencing a very eventful off-season.
At Manchester City, we are taking advantage of this long summer break after a historic season. Pep Guardiola’s men notably won the first Champions League in their history. But last season’s team shouldn’t look much like the last few months. Indeed, this exercise was probably the last for a lot of players. Already, Ilkay Gundogan has left the ship for Barça and he could soon be followed by players like Aymeric Laporte or Bernardo Silva. Manchester City will therefore have to find the best possible strategy to compensate for all these departures with footballers of the same quality, or even more.
De Jong, Guardiola really wants it
— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 1, 2023
Manchester City are currently looking for a replacement for Gundogan. The European champions thought they had found the rare pearl with Declan Rice. But finally, the Englishman will engage with Arsenal. The Mancunian leadership has moved forward and according to information from the Sun, Manchester City now wants to recruit … Frenkie De Jong. The Dutchman could soon be the subject of an official offer from the English club. The latter is ready to send a nice check for almost 105 million euros to convince Barça to let go of the former Ajax. This is the amount Manchester City already wanted to send West Ham for Declan Rice. Everything suggests that this offer will not leave the Catalan management unmoved, in need of cash. It remains to know the position of the player, who recently refused offers to leave Barça. But Pep Guardiola’s speech could well change everything for the young Dutchman.
