Manchester City is running to sign RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol – however, the German membership needs at least 100m euros (£85.77m) for the Croatia defender.
City boss Pep Guardiola is a large admirer of the 21-yr-old center-lower back, who starred at the sector Cup final year.
Sport has been told contact has been made between the metropolis and Gvardiol’s camp.
Guardiola has a launch clause of over 110m euros (£94.35m), which may be brought on subsequent summer time.
Method Leipzig is not willing to let him depart three hundred and sixty-five days early for an extensively smaller amount.
Guardiola made 41 appearances for Leipzig last season and scored in opposition to a metropolis in the first leg of their Champions League remaining-sixteen tie, which they went on to lose eight-1 on aggregate.
He has gained 21 caps for Croatia and scored in their 0.33-region play-off victory over Morocco in Qatar.
it is a concept the previous Dinamo Zagreb participant’s ability inside the left crucial defensive role, both in a 3- or four-guy defense, makes him ideal for the job Guardiola needs at a time while he is facing the loss of Spain’s global Aymeric Laporte.
A deal for Gvardiol could see him eclipse Harry Maguire as the sector’s most costly defender after Manchester United paid £80m for him in 2019.
town captain Ilkay Gundogan joined Barcelona on Monday, at the same time as the members have agreed on a deal worth up to £30m with Chelsea to signal Croatia midfielder, Mateo Kovacic.
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