Actual Madrid have been supplied the possibility to signal one among Manchester Metropolis’s central defenders in the summertime switch window, as per a report from Spain.
Metropolis’s struggles this season has stemmed largely from key absences in midfield and defence, having witnessed every of Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, John Stones and Nathan Ake spend time on the remedy desk since August.
Pep Guardiola’s facet have 9 Premier League video games left of their bid to qualify for subsequent season’s UEFA Champions League, at the moment sitting in fifth place within the desk.
The January arrivals of centre-half pair Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis from RC Lens and Palmeiras respectively have alleviated Metropolis’s defensive troubles, with the previous already one of many first names on Guardiola’s teamsheet.
The upcoming arrival of Metropolis’s to-be sporting director Hugo Viana is predicted to see main upheaval within the first-team squad come the tip of the season.
Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Ederson and Bernardo Silva may all depart in the summertime and Metropolis will money in on the key gross sales they’ve made within the final 24 months to reinvest accordingly.
There’s uncertainty surrounding the respective future(s) of lots of Metropolis’s present centre backs, with the cruel belief being the trio of Ake, Stones and Akanji have been unreliable by way of type and health within the final 18 months.
Dias in 28 in Might, nonetheless has his finest years forward of him and is prone to be an integral member of Guardiola’s newlook Manchester Metropolis facet for the seasons to come back.
Nevertheless, Akanji has been supplied to Actual Madrid of their bid so as to add to their backline because the 30-year-old’s Manchester Metropolis future hangs within the stability, in line with , who state {that a} switch is unlikely to materialise given the defender will quickly hit a depreciating curve as he steps into the twilight of his profession.
If Akanji is given a sign that he’s surplus to necessities, Metropolis will look to promote him this summer time to get a market worth charge for the Swiss worldwide, who has over two years remaining on his present deal on the Etihad Stadium.
