It seems Manchester City’s summer business is all but done with just one in and a possible out from the academy to complete a satisfactory dabble in the market.
Pep Guardiola still wants to being in a left-back particularly with Oleksandr Zinchenko having departed for Arsenal. And Marc Cucurella seems likely to be that defender is they can agree a price with Brighton.
Elsewhere there is interest in another academy prospect in Samuel Edozie who could be set for the Bundesliga. Mirror Sport has rounded up all the latest City transfer news, rumours and gossip as Guardiola's side prepare for the Community Shield clash with Liverpool on Saturday.
As City and Brighton haggle, alternative emerges
City’s pursuit of Brighton’s left-back Cucurella is ongoing despite there still being a sizeable difference in the valuation put on the player by the two clubs. According to Barcelona outlet Sport Guardiola definitely wants the Spain international but will happily start the season without him believing he has options to cover the gap.
Nathan Ake remains one and Josh Wilson-Esbrand another but Oleksandr Zinchenko’s departure to Arsenal make it likely that if City cannot get agreement with the Seagulls, they will look elsewhere.
Sports Illustrated claim Stuttgart’s Borna Sosa could is the most likely cheaper option if a deal for Cucurella cannot be done.
Edozie suitors told price tag
The tills continue to ring loudly over at City's lucrative academy with Edozie the latest youngster likely to attract a big offer. The Premier League Champions have reportedly set a £5million asking price for academy prodigy Edozie with Bayer Leverkusen
According to Kicker, the Bundesliga club is willing to satisfy City’s demands for the 19-year-old winger, with Leverkusen pursuing and negotiating for Edozie for the past few weeks.
Edozie is expected to become the fourth highly-rated teenager from City’s U-23s to leave on a permanent transfer this summer, following the signings of Romeo Lavia and Gavin Bazunu to Southampton. Old boy Vincent Kompany has also raided the CFA recruiting three youngsters from the City's academy in recent weeks.
Haaland 'not a game changer'
Jamie Carragher has stoked the fires ahead of the Community Shield on Sunday insisting he does not believe Erling Haaland will be a game changer for City this season.
The Liverpool Echo report that the former Reds defender turned pundit qualified his statement insisting that the Norway international could finally make the difference in Europe this season. But he maintained that he does not see Haaland as adding many more points to City’s likely Premier League points haul.
