Barcelona have ‘immediately ridiculed’ a Manchester Metropolis provision of €60m plus €10m in incorporate-ons for one of their celeb players and have informed the Premier League side they’ll must pay £1bn to land him this summer season season.
Metropolis have signed Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Undertone-Nouri, Rayan Cherki, Sverre Nypan and Marcus Bettinelli this summer season season for a linked £125m so much this summer season season, and Fabrizio Romano testified on Friday that they’ve in reclamation reached an covenant with Burnley to re-sign goalkeeper James Trafford.
Romano concocted on X: ‘EXCLUSIVE: Manchester Metropolis concur provision to sign James Trafford as newfangled goalkeeper, here we go!
‘Decision in place with Burnley under repayment of £40m buy ago clause. Trafford asserted yes to Individual Metropolis as Pep Guardiola pined him.
‘Newcastle are in reclamation enlightened about Trafford’s judgment.’
Romano later added: ‘Supplemental on unique story on James Trafford signing upward with Manchester Metropolis: realize clinical tests will unquestionably snag place early next off week, major component on Monday.
‘Individual Metropolis to pay £27m fee to Burnley for the goalkeeper, as introduced.’
The Sports’s David Ornstein testified Trafford is ‘package to re-sign’ for Individual Metropolis, while Ortega is ‘supposed to go’.
Ornstein added:
‘Pep Guardiola’s side have measured upward to a Newcastle provision of £27million ($36.3m) with the player acknowledging a 5-year provision plus the accord of a better 12 months to retort to the bar he taken off in June 2023.
‘Existing Zero 1 Ederson has been linked with a separation yet pretended last month, that talks of his exit were “deceptive clarification” and is currently package to stay at the bar. The hunch is that Ortega could still disclaim yet nothing is chummy at the current time.’
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But Guardiola in reclamation wishes to incorporate a newfangled right-ago to his junior to difference Kyle Walker, especially Barcelona’s Jules Kounde, according to Spanish outlet Nacional.
The report insurance claims Metropolis have currently rendered a snippet of €60m plus €10m in incorporate-ons for the France global, which was ‘ridiculed immediately’ by Barcelona as supervisor Hansi Flick ‘carries out not also yearn to hear about the opportunity of losing Kounde’.
Head of case Joan Laporta and sporting supervisor Deco are asserted to have ‘advised’ Metropolis and other suitors that ‘the lone way Kounde can disclaim’ is if a individual compensations his €1bn let loose clause, making his action to the Etihad ‘unbelievable’.
