Manchester City transfer news: No interest in Enzo Fernandez but Elliot Anderson remains top | Football news
Manchester City will prioritize the signing of Elliot Anderson this summer and have no intention of pursuing Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez, with the Blues placing a £100m price tag on the midfielder.
Reports claim City are also interested in the Chelsea midfielder – but Sky Sports News you were told it wasn’t.
City’s priority remains the signing of Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.
Sky Sports News He exclusively revealed last month that City are in a good position to sign Anderson, as he is expected to end up at the Etihad this summer.
Fernandez is worth over £100m but Chelsea are not trying to sell the player. He has a contract with Chelsea until 2032.
The Argentine was banned for two games in April after agreeing to stay in Madrid. The player and his agent also apologized for his comments. They were looking for improved names at Chelsea.
Real Madrid will sign a midfielder this summer and Fernandez is one of their top targets. Chelsea signed him from Benfica for €121m (£104m) in January 2023.
Negotiations with City Maresca are ongoing
The city they continue to negotiate Enzo Maresca this week about success Pep Guardiola.
Contrary to reports, all points of the proposed three-year contract have not been fully agreed upon.
However, it is expected that the contract will be finalized in the coming days, as the negotiations are focused on the timing of his appointment, the formation of his backroom staff, and other fine details.
The club announced on Tuesday that two more of Guardiola’s assistants – Pep Ljinders again Kolo Toure – leaves the Etihad, along with Lorenzo Buenaventura, Manel Estiarte and Xabi Mancisidor.
Maresca, who left Chelsea on acrimonious terms in January, had three-and-a-half years left on his contract there – and the club’s lawyers will be keen on his next move, as compensation may be required.
Chelsea were informed by Maresca last autumn that he was a subject of interest for City to eventually replace Guardiola when he decided to leave, having worked under him as an assistant coach in the 2022/23 season.
What else is Man City looking at?
The team is also looking at other positions including front – and Sky Sports News revealed last month two more names on the list of potential recruits: the RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande and the Bournemouth striker Eli Junior Kroupi.
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Check out all the reasons why Yan Diomande is high on the radar of clubs from around the world.
Diomande is one of the hottest moves on the market this summer, and is top of the list for Liverpool and Bayern Munich among many others.
Kroupi is an excellent young striker who has impressed since his move to Bournemouth last summer, scoring 10 goals in 28 Premier League appearances.
City are currently well stocked across the forward line though, with Savinho support Jeremy Doku on the left wing again Omar Marmoush backup center-forward Erling Haaland.
Right-back is another area City are looking at Sky Sports News have already reported that they are tracking the Feyenoord youngster’s progress Givairo Read among others.
