Manchester City may be trailing Arsenal in the Premier League by eight points, but the champions have stolen a march on the Gunners in the pursuit of a key Real Madrid player.
Pep Guardiola's left-back options have been limited this season, with Nathan Ake often filling in on that side of defence after the January departure of Joao Cancelo on loan to Bayern Munich. Sergio Gomez has also been used sparingly by Guardiola, the 22-year-old playing just six league games so far this campaign.
