Man City scrap transfer plan as they advance on £250m move NOW for Pep Guardiola
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Manchester City are plotting to once again become the Premier League’s dominant force - after deciding to unleash Pep 2.0 ahead of schedule. City boss Pep Guardiola is the driving force behind a spectacular £250million transfer window splurge that could bring as many as six new faces to the Etihad this month after a huge statement of intent which has seen back-to-back Golden Boot winner Erling Haaland sign a nine-and-a-half year contract extension that will see him bank a salary package of £240million.
The champions’ plan to wait for the official appointment of new director of football Hugo Viana in the summer has been scrapped. But Viana has been working alongside current deal-maker Txiki Begeristain as the Blues to close out deals for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush, Lens’ Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov and Brazilian teenage centre-back Vitor Reis of Palmeiras and Juventus ’ Italian international full-back Andrea Cambiaso at a cost of almost £190million.
City already have teenage Argentine playmaker Claudio Echeverri arriving after the South American Under-20 Championships next month. And Guardioila also wants a new defensive lynchpin - even though UEFA rules stipulate only three new arrivals can be registered for the Champions League.
