When the cream of the world’s footballing expertise turns into out there, Man Metropolis will all the time be on the head of the queue given their present standing within the recreation.
Pep Guardiola’s swashbucklers stay as FA Cup holders, Champions League winners, Premier League winners and World Champions on the time of writing.
For any participant, significantly those that should not out of their teenagers, that’s an intoxicating lure.
Why wouldn’t you need to play for a membership who’re on the high of their recreation in all elements and, when you’re ok, supply a real pathway into the first-team.
Man Metropolis face competitors for Franco Mastantuono
The newest teenager to pique the curiosity of these on the Etihad Stadium is River Plate’s thrilling 16-year-old, Franco Mastantuono.
The Argentinian is making waves for River in response to Turkish journalist, Ekrem Konur (h/t Fichajes), and is being adopted by six golf equipment aside from Metropolis; Barcelona, Actual Madrid, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Man United.
The outlet word he’s rated at $45m/£35m regardless of his tender years and the truth that he isn’t a daily starter at current.
The place Metropolis will most likely really feel that they’ve the higher hand is of their shut relationship with their Argentine counterparts.
Each Julian Alvarez and Claudio Echeverri have been acquired by the Premier League outfit from River in recent times, so securing Mastantuono can be a superb hat-trick.
He has a contract in place till December 2026, so any negotiations will not be as easy as Metropolis hope, nonetheless, a transfer to Europe from Argentina is a nicely trodden path, and Mastantuono can be following an extended listing of his countrymen to make the swap so as to higher themselves each professionally and financially.
Time will inform if the Cityzens have sufficient ‘pull’ to get a deal for a participant who isn’t 17 till August over the road.