Manchester City agree deal to buy defender Vitor Reis from Palmeiras
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Manchester City are closing in on the signing of the Palmeiras centre-back Vitor Reis with an agreement in principle understood to have been reached. The 19-year-old Brazilian looks set to join the Premier League champions for about £30m. City are working to bring in another central defender in Lens’s Uzbekistan international Abdukodir Khusanov after a considerable slump in results. They won only once in 13 games as 2024 drew to a close and lie sixth in the league table before Tuesday’s trip to Brentford.
City have had a number of injury problems and their list of players sidelined in recent weeks includes the centre-backs John Stones and Rúben Dias. Pep Guardiola revealed on Monday that he turned down the option of strengthening considerably last summer and is wondering whether this was an error.
Sign up to Football Daily. Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football. after newsletter promotion. The manager said: “In the summertime, the club thought about doing it, and I said: ‘No, I don’t want to make any signings. I rely on the team and I want to stay with them.’ Just Savinho came – and Gündo [Ilkay Gündogan] back [which] I wasn’t expecting.”.
