Manchester –
Manchester City one step away from getting a defender RB Leipzig If Guardiol. Gvardiol will be redeemed at a price tag of 77.6 million pounds.
It was reported that City had actually agreed to recruit Gvardiol from Leipzig. However, the German club later denied the news.
At that time, Leipzig rejected a 100 million euro offer from City for Gvardiol, because they felt they did not need any more money from selling players. This was after they released Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool.
Even though Gvardiol has reached an agreement with City regarding a five-year contract and a salary of around 200 thousand pounds per week. This issue had subsided for several weeks before reappearing, Wednesday (2/8/2023) evening WIB.
According to The Athletic, City can finally reach an agreement with Leipzig regarding the transfer of Gvardiol. Even City managed to lower the selling price of Gvardiol to 77.6 million pounds or IDR 1.49 T.
Gvardiola did not break the record for the world’s most expensive defender which was still held by Harry Maguire when he was bought by Manchester United for £80 million.
Gvardiol has been cleared to fly to Manchester to undergo a medical to complete his move this week. There is a chance that Gvardiola will play against Arsenal in the Community Shield this weekend.
If Guardiol becoming Manchester City’s second signing of the summer after compatriot in the Croatian national team Mateo Kovacic. He made 41 appearances last season for Leipzig and scored three goals.
(mrp/ran)
2023-08-02 15:30:00
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