Manchester Metropolis have recognized Newcastle United’s Tino Livramento as one in all 4 right-back switch targets this summer season, in line with a report.
The dethroned champions have been with out a pure right-back since sanctioning Kyle Walker’s mortgage exit to AC Milan throughout the January switch window and Pep Guardiola made little secret of his recruitment precedence. “We are going to want a brand new full-back in the summertime,” the Metropolis boss huffed earlier this yr. “Clearly.”
Matheus Nunes has been awkwardly shoehorned into the right-back position for a lot of the second half of the season – thanks partially to Guardiola’s perception that he’s “not intelligent sufficient” to play in midfield. Rico Lewis and Manuel Akanji have additionally moonlighted in that place, however Livramento supplies a pure, Premier League-proven possibility.
Fabrizio Romano experiences that the jet-heeled right-back is a part of a “four-man shortlist” of potential defensive recruits. Metropolis are mentioned to be focusing on a brand new arrival earlier than this summer season’s Membership World Cup as Walker’s probabilities of completely leaving the Sky Blues this summer season are described as “100%”.
Romano does not identify the opposite members of the shortlist, though Juventus are thought to own a minimum of two of them. Studies of an settlement between Metropolis and Juve’s younger right-back Nicolo Savona have gathered steam in current weeks. The 22-year-old earned his first senior Italy call-up in November after having fun with a run in Juve’s first workforce in positions all throughout the again 4.
Savona’s teammate Andrea Cambiaso is one other long-term goal for Metropolis. The versatile Italian, comfy on each flanks, was considered the topic of a €65m (£54.7m) bid from Guardiola’s aspect throughout the January window which by no means got here to something.
There was even spurious claims that Metropolis might hijack Actual Madrid’s deal to snap up Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free switch this summer season, however the Englishman is anticipated to finish his transfer to Spain within the coming weeks.
Any deal carried out on the Etihad should adhere to a strict price range. Regardless of persevering with their intensive squad overhaul, Metropolis are considered planning to chop their wage invoice.
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