In a preview of Manchester City’s upcoming Champions League game with Borussia Dortmund, Jack Gaughan of the Daily Mail offers some interesting titbits.
He regales us with memories of the failed ‘Project Kane’ in summer 2021, which is a story always worth revisiting.
Erling Haaland was their first-choice striker target then, but Dortmund would not play ball. So the Kane option was explored but the £150m valuation was too steep.
By October, the focus was entirely on procuring Haaland, who agreed personal terms with Manchester City in March ahead of an agreement between all parties in mid-April.
Real Madrid had entered the fray long before then but Manchester City won that battle after telling Haaland ‘their possession-based system would lighten his physical load’.
Pep Guardiola and his team are so enamoured with the Norwegian, in fact, that it sounds like they would quite like to do business with Dortmund again.
Gaughan adds that Etihad sources are ‘not ruling out significant investment in the next priority area’ of central midfield. ‘It is not a leap,’ therefore, ‘to suggest they may pay attention to Jude Bellingham’s performance for Dortmund on Wednesday.’
Jude Bellingham is a hot topic in the football world this summer, especially considering the level of teams that are looking for his signature.
Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal all want to English midfielders services next summer, but which team are willing to pay the big price tag a player of his services warrants.
Florian Plettenberg claims Jude Bellingham will cost around €80-100million this summer to any of the suitors that want to get their hands on the player.
Bellingham wants to go back to England, so personal terms are unlikely to be a problem with any of the clubs.
Liverpool and Manchester United are currently both favourites, but if City make their interest official, that could change.
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