Manchester City plans to put all its energy into recruiting Florian Birz and Hugo Larsson for the upcoming season. It seems to be a willingness to push ahead with the recruitment of key resources for next season even if it releases existing key players.
Team Talk reported on the 2nd (Korea time) 'Manchester City are aiming to recruit Florian Birz and Hugo Larsson from the Bundesliga this summer'
The media reportedly plans to release three key players worth a total of 176 million pounds (about 334.6 billion won) to raise funds for Manchester City to recruit them.
As such, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants a major overhaul of his team's power this summer.
Guardiola announced the start of the rebuilding in January by signing Omar Marmushi, Nico González, Vitor Hayes and Abdukodir Husanov.
According to German Sky Sports reporter Florian Flettenberg, Manchester City sees Birtz as the successor to Kevin De Bruyne, and central midfielder Larsson is considered the right person to replace Ilkay Gündogan's role.
Rumors of Birtz's transfer to Manchester City have been gaining momentum recently. Last month, Flettenberg said Birtz would soon make a decision about his future.
Leverkusen wants to sign a new contract with Birz and insert a buyout (release clause). Birtz is currently drawing attention not only from Manchester City but also from Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Originally, Birz's transfer fee was expected to reach up to 125 million pounds (about 237 billion won), but Flettenber insisted that 109 million pounds (about 200 billion won) was a realistic amount.
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Manchester City are also ready to start official negotiations to recruit key midfielder Larsson from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Larsson wants to join Manchester City, and Frankfurt values him at 50 million pounds (about 95 billion won). Manchester City must compete with Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, and other Bundesliga clubs to recruit these players.
As recruitment costs a lot, existing players are likely to be sorted out. Flettenber predicted that Gündogan, Derbroughner and Jack Grealish would be cleared.
Gündogan's decision is likely to be delayed until the end of the season, and it is expected to decide whether to extend the contract in consideration of the playing time.
Currently, Gündogan's contract with Derbroughner is scheduled to expire in June this year.
While Dubrowner wants a one-year contract extension as he accepts conditions to reduce his playing time, Manchester City are said to be taking a cautious stance due to his recent injury history.
This is why Manchester City wants to recruit Birz from Leverkusen.
In the case of Grealish, his contract remains until 2027, but he has been pushed out of Guardiola's plans this season. Man City are already looking for a new left winger to replace Grealish.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
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