Manchester City have ramped up their transfer plans after
missing out on Alexis Sanchez and are now trying to bring in both Aymeric
Laporte and Fred this month, according to reports.
City are alarmed at having missed out on several key
targets, including Laporte, since Guardiola arrived at the club in 2016 and
after seeing Alexis join Manchester United they will try to rectify their
approach in the final days of the current transfer window.
Laporte provoked anger at City by pulling out of a deal to
join the club in 2016, and for that reason he was not considered as a target
throughout last summer, even as the Blues cast their eye over several potential
new centre-backs.
But after missing out on a number of other targets for the
position, including Virgil van Dijk twice, and with the Alexis debacle at the
forefront of their minds, sporting director Txiki Begiristain has contacted
Laporte’s agent about the prospect of joining the club once again.
City had been keeping tabs on Fred , and also reported over
the weekend that they are hopeful of wrapping up a deal with Shakhtar Donetsk
before the end of the month.
But while it was expected that he would be allowed to stay
at Shakhtar and move to England in the summer, in recent days City have been
trying to convince the Ukrainians to let him leave now.
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