Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the club “will try” to sign a central defender this summer.<\/p>\n
Eliaquim Mangala is expected to depart, which would leave City with Vincent Kompany, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi as established centre-backs.<\/p>\n
“We don’t have too much more to spend but we are going to see,” said Guardiola, speaking before Saturday’s friendly against Tottenham (23:00 BST).<\/p>\n
City have spent about \u00a3200m this summer – \u00a3120m of that on three full-backs.<\/p>\n
This month,\u00a0England right-back Kyle Walker moved from Spurs for \u00a345m,\u00a0Brazil international Danilo joined from Real Madrid for \u00a326.5m and France left-back Benjamin Mendy was recruited from Monaco for \u00a352m.<\/p>\n
They join Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva (\u00a343m) and Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes (\u00a335m) in arriving at City this summer.<\/p>\n
City have also been linked with moves for Arsenal’s Chile forward Alexis Sanchez and another Monaco player, \u00a3160m-rated 18-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n
However, Guardiola declined to answer questions on that duo, stating that “they are Arsenal and Monaco players”.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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