Manchester City, who usually go from win to win, struggle really hard these days, the trigger seems to be the injury to Ballon d’Or winner Rodry, who will not return until next season.
Manchester City, who have won the Premier League for the last four seasons, have had more trouble than anyone could have imagined before the season.
Manchester City have singled out Leverkusen talent Florian Wirtz as a target, but he is worth a solid €130 million according to Transfermarkt and Bayern Munich are already planning a bid of €100 million.
TBR Football writes today that Manchester City are considering using James McAtee or Oscar Bobb in a swap deal to reduce the cash portion. Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso is said to be receptive to this for two reasons. They don’t have to sell their biggest star to a direct competitor in Bayern Munich and both James McAtee and Oscar Bobb are players the Spanish manager admires.
You will find the rumor repeated in several places, including in the BBC’s rumour column.
Pep Guardiola has earlier this autumn praised Oscar Bobb and said that he is looking forward to getting the Norwegian back from injury.
It would be surprising for Manchester City to let go of Oscar Bobb, but Florian Wirtz has come further in his development and is now considered a safe bet.
Bayer Leverkusen won their Champions League match yesterday at BayArena against Inter Milan.
