Manchester Metropolis are keen on signing Juventus full-back Andrea Cambiaso.
However Metropolis sources say talks will not be as superior as stories in Italy are suggesting and there’s no assure a switch will likely be accomplished this month.
Nevertheless, Pep Guardiola is eager to usher in an orthodox left-back, one thing Metropolis haven’t had since Benjamin Mendy, who was suspended and subsequently launched after severe sexual allegations have been made towards him. The Frenchman was cleared in 2023.
Cambiaso, 24, joined Juventus from Genoa in 2022, the place he got here up by means of the youth ranks.
The Italy worldwide, who has additionally performed at right-back, spent a season on mortgage at Bologna earlier than turning into a first-team common for Juventus. Final summer time he got here off the bench in three of the nationwide workforce’s 4 matches at Euro 2024.
Cambiaso has made 25 appearances in all competitions for Juventus this time period, scoring twice and offering two assists.
He missed his facet’s 2-0 Champions League win over Metropolis in December with an ankle concern.
Metropolis are having an unusually busy January, with Brazilian teenager Vitor Reis flying in for a medical to finish his transfer from Palmeiras.
The Premier League champions are but to substantiate they’ve signed Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov although they’ve agreed a €40m (£33.6m) payment with Lens for the 20-year-old.
Metropolis additionally stay in discussions with German membership Eintracht Frankfurt over their striker Omar Marmoush.
Nevertheless, Frankfurt officers are adamant there was no settlement over the Egypt ahead, 25, and the Bundesliga facet are planning for him to be concerned in Friday’s sport with Borussia Dortmund.
Metropolis captain Kyle Walker might depart the membership after Guardiola revealed the England right-back, 34, had requested to “discover different choices”.
