A certain excitement has taken hold of Manchester City since the signature of Rayan Cherki. Lyon supporters, but more generally French, and of course Skyblues are already looking forward to seeing what Pep Guardiola prepares with his brand new recruit. We will have to wait until Wednesday and the first match of the English club in the club World Cup against the Wydad Casablanca to have an overview. It will also be without Jack Grenish.
The latter is in a way the victim of the recruitment of his club but also of his performances of the last months and his escapades, often alcoholic and reported in a certain press. Guardiola has always supported him since his arrival 4 years ago for € 117 million, even in more complicated moments, especially in his early days. This time, he made another decision, that of not taking him for this competition. A way for him to show him the exit door.
Manchester City will already accept at a discount
The Cityzens no longer want the 29 -year -old player. It was placed on the transfers list and of interest to the world, at least in appearance. Aston Villa, his former club, Everton and Newcastle look at his situation. On the side of Germany, it is the Bayer Leverkusen of Eric Ten Hag who sees in Grenish a suitable replacement for the future departure of Florian Wirtz. But all these clubs come up against the same problem. How to finance the operation?
City demanded between 50 and 60 million € for his departure but investing such a sum for a player, whose lifestyle is far from impeccable, represents a great risk. It is also necessary to offer a very substantial salary (it currently receives 350,000 euros per week!). All these parameters cool the contenders and already constitute the management of the Skyblues to review their initial plans. After The Telegraphand to prevent this file from dragging, it would already be inclined to accept loan offers.
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