What could Manchester City offer to secure the biggest prize on the transfer market? | OneFootball

Casting an eye ahead to next summer’s transfer window it appears that Florian Wirtz is the biggest prize available on the market. It is expected that the Bayer Leverkusen star will depart the Bundesliga champions next summer. Now a new report indicates that it could be a battle between Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to sign the German international. If that proves to be the case what could Manchester City offer Wirtz to win that race?

Christian Falk has reported via his exclusive Daily Briefing column that he believes that Manchester City have every chance of signing Wirtz next summer. Falk believes that Pep Guardiola’s contract extension means that City have a big chance of landing their dream signing. Furthermore, Falk adds that Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are also keen to sign the German international. Lastly, Falk’s report gives the impression that it’s now a battle between three clubs to sign the Bayer Leverkusen star.

What can Manchester City offer Florian Wirtz that Bayern Munich and Real Madrid can’t?

To win a perceived transfer battle for Florian Wirtz Manchester City would have to offer something that Bayern Munich or Real Madrid couldn’t. As per Falk’s report, it appears that those are City’s main rivals in the race for the German superstar. Bayern can offer Wirtz the opportunity to play at Germany’s biggest club. There is always an allure to that proposition for Germany’s finest talent. Real Madrid are Real Madrid. Generally, when they target one of the biggest talents, they usually get their man. But not always. Manchester City have one player who spurned Madrid’s advances to play at the Etihad. That is Erling Haaland. The hope is they can convince Wirtz to do the same.

But how could they do it? As per Falk’s report playing under Pep Guardiola is an attractive proposition for any player. That is a well-established fact. There is an aura attached to playing under Guardiola. The hope is City can leverage that in any potential negotiations with Wirtz. There is also the offer of the German international leading a new era of dominance at Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva and others are coming towards the end of their storied careers at Manchester City. So there is an opening there for a player like Wirtz to take over. He could possibly be the face of City’s new era alongside Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol and others if he did choose to move to the Etihad next summer.

Manchester City do hold their own trump cards in the perceived race for a player who would be their dream signing. If they are faced with a battle against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid for Florian Wirtz they must pull out all of the stops to secure his signature. He is that good and signing him could set up Manchester City’s next era of dominance in England and across Europe.