Manchester Metropolis will hope to take care of their lead on the high of the Premier League desk by beating Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
The Residents journey to the south coast to face the Cherries with a one-point lead over second-placed Liverpool, who slipped up with a 2-2 draw towards Arsenal final outing.
Pep Guardiola is hoping to information his facet to a report fifth consecutive English high flight title, though he has already been dealt an enormous blow this time period with influential midfielder Rodri set to overlook the rest of the present marketing campaign because of harm.
Now, it seems that Metropolis are planning for all times with out one other key midfielder.
Based on Soccer Insider, Metropolis are accelerating plans to signal a excessive profile substitute for Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.
There 33-year-old is at present within the last 12 months of his contract at The Etihad, and he has been closely linked with a transfer away from Manchester over the previous 12 months or so.
De Bruyne was linked with a transfer to Saudi Arabia and has beforehand refused to rule out the opportunity of a transfer to the Professional League.
He’s additionally one in every of quite a lot of excessive profile gamers to have been linked with a transfer to the newly fashioned MLS facet San Diego FC.
The report claims that Metropolis are placing plans in place to make a marquee signing to minimise the influence of the Belgium worldwide’s eventual departure.
De Bruyne joined Metropolis from German facet Wolfsburg again in 2015, and he has since made 388 appearances for the Residents throughout all competitions.
The previous Chelsea man has scored 103 objectives in that point, in addition to registering 171 assists.
The midfielder has received now fewer than 18 trophies throughout his time in Manchester, together with six Premier League titles and the Champions League.
