Man City Keen On Defensive Star? World Record Price Tag 'Revealed'
14 June, 2023
Manchester City are believed to be interested in a Bundesliga star, but it will reportedly cost the champions of Europe a world-record fee for a defender in order to lure him to the Etihad Stadium.
According to transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, Pep Guardiola is a massive admirer of RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol.
The 21-year-old helped Croatia get to the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final and after that he played a big role in inspiring his club side to finish third in the Bundesliga, and a DFB Pokal triumph.
The Zagreb native has garnered a tremendous amount of attention from Europe’s biggest teams and now it is being suggested
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that it is the 2022/23 treble winners who are going to push the hardest to sign him. The caveat is that it would cost the Citizen’s a record transfer fee for a defender to get him out of the Red Bull Arena.Speaking to CaughtOffside, Romano said: "More than €80m (R1.6 billion), the most expensive centre-back in the history of the game, this is the idea of RB Leipzig. I’m not sure €80m or €85m (R1.7 billion) will be enough. Sources close to Leipzig believe it could be around €100m (R2 billion) to sign Gvardiol this summer.
"Leipzig know that they are probably going to lose many other players Nkunku is going to Chelsea, let’s see what happens with Szobozlai; for them, it is really important to make sure that Gvardiol only leaves for a big amount of money, otherwise, they are prepared to keep the player for one more season and sell him for a record fee in the summer of 2024.
"Man City will try, they will try for sure because they like the player, Guardiola likes the player so let’s see what kind of conversation they have."
Currently the most expensive defender in football history is Harry Maguire after Manchester United paid Leicester City €87 million (R1.7 billion) for his services in 2019.
Source: www.snl24.com