Manchester Metropolis are among the many Premier League groups fascinated about a rising expertise in Portugal, in accordance with a brand new report. The Blues had a really quiet summer time switch window, however they may very well be in retailer for a busy 2025.

Man Metropolis switch information

At the start of the week, Manchester Metropolis and Pep Guardiola have been being linked with a transfer for Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White. He’s a participant that the membership’s scouting division are mentioned to be big admirers of and have accomplished a well-detailed file on him.

However Gibbs-White isn’t the one participant who may very well be making a change to the Etihad within the close to future. Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo may very well be supplied to the Blues in a swap deal that will see Erling Haaland go the alternative method.

Joan Laporta sees the Norway celebrity as his dream signing and the Barca president is keen to supply Araujo plus £40 million to signal the striker, a bid that’s more likely to be rejected. However Araujo is somebody the Blues have a “big curiosity” in, and with Guardiola eager so as to add to his centre-back choices, he could also be somebody that Metropolis look to go for in a separate deal with out their star striker.

Man Metropolis plotting shock switch swoop for an £80m+ expertise

HITC experiences that Manchester Metropolis, together with different Premier League groups, are intently monitoring Sporting Lison participant Geovany Quenda. The report states that, in addition to Metropolis, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur are additionally protecting monitor of the participant’s progress.

Quenda, who solely turned 17 in April, has been with Sporting since an early age however has solely simply damaged by means of into the primary workforce. The 17-year-old has actually impressed in latest weeks, and with the Portuguese facet believing they’ve one other prime expertise coming by means of identical to Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo, they’ve upped his launch clause to 100 million euros, which is greater than £80 million.

Sporting have accomplished this in an try and put groups like Metropolis off, however with him getting a call-up to the Portugal nationwide workforce earlier this month, that may not cease them. Man Metropolis’s Bernando Silva is already a fan of Quenda’s, as he believes he’ll take his spot within the Portugal facet quickly.

Silva mentioned: “Quenda will in all probability steal my place. He’s enjoying able that I can occupy on the pitch. At 17, I wasn’t even enjoying for Benfica’s youth workforce!”

Quenda, who made his Champions League debut on Tuesday night time as Sporting beat Lille 2-0, is contracted to the Portuguese facet till the summer time of 2027.