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Manchester City has encountered a problem in the center of the field, after the departure of Ilkay Gündogan, who has set a course for FC Barcelona.
Despite Pep Guardiola ‘s insistence on retaining the footballer, the Turkish midfielder has decided not to renew his contract to experience new challenges in the Comtal city.
The one from Santpedor has thus seen how one of its fundamental pieces for its core has left and who needs to be replaced urgently to be able to continue competing throughout the next season.
And the Catalan coach is ready to take revenge on Barça for having robbed his captain and having prevented his renewal with the skyblue team.
Despite the arrival of Mateo Kovacic, from Chelsea, Guardiola is not content with the Croatian and has set his sights on a cool footballer, one of the indispensable pieces for Xavi Hernández, who over time has been gaining ground.
In fact, the English team has already contacted Joan Laporta to ask about the player’s situation.
Guardiola wants De Jong
As we said, Guardiola wants to return to Barça the ‘bad pass’ he has done with Gündogan and has seen Frenkie de Jong , the perfect replacement for the German midfielder.
The Dutchman was one of the footballers who was about to leave Camp Nou, but his eagerness to succeed in the Comtal city was worth it for him to follow Xavi’s orders
Now, Gorcum’s is back in the center of the target, due to Guardiola’s interest in acquiring his services, after Gündo’s farewell, and not having been able to complete the signing of Declan Rice, who will be a new Arsenal player next season.
City run out of options
According to The Sun , despite the fact that Frenkie’s intention is to continue playing for Barça, City is preparing a juicy offer to convince Joan Laporta to accept a sale.
Specifically, they are willing to offer 100 million for the Dutch midfielder , which would represent a large injection of money to make the necessary signings to complete the squad, as well as a substantial saving in terms of wages.
The midfield market has become unexpectedly complicated for City who have won it all this year. The intention to retain Gündogan has gone down the drain, as well as the recruitment of Jude Bellingham, who has opted for the Real Madrid project, if de Jong does not accept , City will run out of options.
Source: El National
