Club remain ‘fearful’ of Manchester City signing as “very encouraging news” tipped for Jack Grealish | OneFootball

Manchester City’s summer transfer window could certainly kick into life over the coming weeks as the USA pre-season tour gets underway over the course of the weekend.

Savinho’s arrival at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the week is likely to be followed by more recruits at both first-team and Academy level, and the latest reports centre around the midfield ranks – both positively, and negatively.

Ederson remains spoken about with regards to exit talk from Manchester City, despite the Brazilian returning to first-team training within Pep Guardiola’s squad, travelling to the United States with the team, and Al-Nassr withdrawing interest.

We also bring you talk of fresh contracts for two significant figures in the Manchester City first team squad, with the agent of Erling Haaland expected at the City Football Academy early next month for showdown talks.

Following days 36 and 37 of the ongoing summer transfer window, here is everything you need to know in order to remain up to date with the latest Manchester City transfer news and gossip from around the world!

Arrivals

Benfica’s Joao Neves is ‘not considering’ offers from Manchester City or Manchester United and only wants to play for Paris Saint-Germain. (A Bola)

Bruno Guimaraes must now start to push harder if he wants to achieve his goal of joining Manchester City before the summer transfer window closes. Guimaraes loves the Newcastle fans and both he and his agents have been especially wary of damaging his standing among them. City are willing to help with offering players on preferential terms/loans or sales. City’s valuation is commensurate with the £85 million they had agreed to pay for Lucas Paqueta. (Tolmie’s Hairdoo, X)

Newcastle have remained fearful of Manchester City luring Bruno Guimaraes away from St James’ Park despite the reigning Premier League champions opting against taking advantage of the opportunity to trigger a release clause earlier in the transfer window. (GIVEMESPORT)

“All the rumours on Man City were fake, City were not working on a deal for Dani Olmo, absolutely. They appreciate the player, but they were not working on a deal…” (Fabrizio Romano)

Departures

Al Ittihad have consulted Ederson about the possibility of joining the club, with the Brazilian not opposed to the idea. The Jeddah side are also interested in Jan Oblak and Alphonse Areola, but the Manchester City man is the priority. (Al-Riyadhiya)

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe would be interested in taking Oscar Bobb on a loan, but Manchester City have not yet decided what to do with him. (Tolmie’s Hairdoo, X)

Ederson has told some of his team-mates he remains happy at Manchester City and has been coy about Saudi Arabian efforts to sign him this summer. (Tolmie’s Hairdoo, X)

Barcelona are hoping to speed up the process of re-signing Joao Cancelo from Manchester City this summer, with Jorge Mendes aiming to broker an agreement. City will remain firm on their terms of a mandatory purchase agreement, to be activated at the end of the 2024/25 season if certain requirements are met. (Sport)

Contract Renewals

“Some very encouraging news about Jack Grealish next few days…” (Tolmie’s Hairdoo, X)

Erling Haaland‘s agent Rafaela Pimenta is travelling to Manchester upon City’s return from the USA, with discussions to extend his current contract beyond 2027. Haaland’s camp are seeking any update on Pep Guardiola’s own future, but it is not the deal maker or breaker for them. (Tolmie’s Hairdoo, X)

Confirmed Deals

Savinho to Manchester City from Troyes (£21M potentially rising to £33.6M through add-ons)

Timeo Whisker to Manchester City Under-18s from Cardiff City Academy (Terms unknown)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis to Southampton (£20M obligation to buy)

Liam Delap to Ipswich Town (£15M potentially rising to £20M through add-ons, 20 per cent sell-on clause, buy-back clause)

Sergio Gomez to Real Sociedad (€10M permanent transfer, 30 per cent sell-on clause)

Lewis Fiorini to Stockport County (£300,000 potentially rising to £1 million)

True Grant to Buxton (Season-long loan)

Stefan Ortega has signed a one-year contract extension at Manchester City until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Scott Carson has signed a one-year contract extension at Manchester City until the end of the 2024/2025 season.