Qualified for the quarter finals of the Champions League with Real Madrid on the menu, Manchester City intends to promote its status as a candidate for its own succession. But if nothing indicates that Pep Guardiola’s men will be able to repeat a season as historic as that of last year, punctuated by a Champions League – Premier League – FA Cup treble, the ambition remains the same among the club’s thinking heads.
In this sense, several reinforcements could be identified during the next winter window. After Jérémy Doku, Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol and Claudio Echeverri, who arrived in recent months for a total budget of 225 million euros, Manchester City could once again break the bank. No Belgian, Portuguese, Croatian, nor Argentinian, but a Brazilian well known in France for his time at OL, and ardently courted by PSG in recent months.
Manchester City reportedly close to signing Bruno Guimarães
Last summer, the English club had already expressed its interest in a former Lyonnais, in this case Lucas Paqueta, to the point of making an offer to West Ham worth 80 million euros. An operation which was ultimately unsuccessful due to the investigation into the sports betting affair involving the Brazilian international. From now on, it is therefore in the Bruno Guimarães file that Manchester City wishes to become active. As reported by the Spanish daily A.S. this Friday, the Newcastle midfielder would be the priority of the Cityzens to come and support Rodri in the midfield, now orphaned by Gundogan.
The publication specifies that the reigning European champion would intend to break Guimarães’ release clause, estimated at 117 million euros, and potentially payable in three installments. If other English big names like Liverpool and Chelsea are still on the file, just like PSG, Pep Guardiola would have found the arguments to convince the 26-year-old player. Invited to speak on this subject this Friday at a press conference, the Catalan technician preferred to leave doubt: “He is an exceptional midfielder, aggressive, capable of dictating the tempo with the ball, very good at set pieces. Now Newcastle wants to grow and I’m sure he’s definitely part of their plan for the next few years…”, he swept away. From Pep Guardiola in the text.
