A spectacular double coup could make Pep Guardiola stay.
Just before the weekend, there were strong signals that it is “very likely” that Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City at the end of the season. – He has a contract until the end of next season, but the expectation is that he will leave one year early.
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BBC senior football correspondent, Sami Mokbel, insisted that Pep will not sign a new deal and there is great uncertainty about whether he will be on the bench in the final year of his contract.
According to a recent update from the i-paper, there is a way Manchester City can “twist Guardiola’s arm” and convince him to stay.
They claimed that Guardiola is “unwilling not to complete a project” and with Manchester City going through a trophyless season last year and Arsenal on course to win the Premier League this year, an exit could now diminish his legacy at The Etihad.
Transfers for Marc Guéhi and Antoine Semenyo were originally planned for the summer. City moved both deals until January, but two more and even bigger signings could be on the way.
TEAMtalk writes: “The club wants Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson to fill the critical central midfield need they have, and believes they can beat Manchester United to his signature.”
“And they are also looking into right-back targets, with Brentford’s Michael Kayode and Feyenoord’s Givairo Read among those of interest.”
Anderson is Manchester United’s No. 1 transfer target in central midfield, and the Red Devils will not hesitate to pay over £100 million for the England international if that’s what it takes.
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Manchester City will have to match their local rivals from a financial standpoint, and any such transfer for Anderson would see the midfielder surpass Jack Grealish (£100m) as Manchester City’s record buy.
When it comes to right-backs, Manchester City have ex-Liverpool star now at Real Madrid Trent Alexander-Arnold in their sights.
Fantastic quadruple could make Pep change his mind
Manchester City are considering a shock coup for the ex-Liverpool player whose career at Real Madrid so far can only be described as a nightmare.
The 27-year-old is frustrated by his lack of options when injury-free, with Dani Carvajal and even Federico Valverde preferred at right-back at times this season.
Naturally, Real Madrid would require a significant g, andgiven that they paid only 10 million euros to sign the defender, the possibility of generating a quick and gigantic profit could be appealing.
More recently, we have been informed that Liverpool would NOT enter the bidding round for Alexander-Arnold if a return to England was on the line.
The Reds are committed to Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley, although seeing Alexander-Arnold back in the Premier League and at one of their biggest rivals would undoubtedly leave a sour taste in Liverpool mouths.
With Alexander-Arnold, Guéhi, Anderson, and Semenyo, City would land four players in quick succession who are all in the prime of their careers right now and ready to win.
Would Guardiola walk away from the prospect of leading a team that has just invested so heavily in influential and Premier League-proven players? City will hope the answer to that is no.
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In other news, The Athletic has confirmed that Liverpool will push to sign a top-class new winger in the summer transfer window, with Bradley Barcola and Yan Diomande among four options being carefully considered.
Elsewhere, Manchester United have contacted Manuel Locatelli’s representatives as they try to set up a summer deal.
