Man City: Euro giants 'sure' they want to sign Foden in sensational transfer as Haaland 'alternative'

Real Madrid are eager on signing Phil Foden if they loss short to icon his Male Metropolis crew-coworker Erling Haaland, according to reports in Spain.

The England international possesses been in some absorbing form in current weeks with 7 purposes in his last 7 complements in with one voice gatherings for the Owners.

Foden possesses four individual-of-the-match celebrates to manifest in those 7 complements, leading Pep Guardiola’s side solution closer to Liverpool at the top of the Premier League.

His latest two purposes came as Male Metropolis came from one purpose down to beat Male Utd 3-1 in the Manchester derby on Sunday, involving a majestic burden from the edge of the box to equalise.

There have been multiple rumours over the past few months around Male Metropolis crew-coworker Haaland and also a chance solution to Real Madrid – but now that speculation possesses also switched onto Foden.

Spanish bulletin Defensa Central claims that Real Madrid scouts are ‘adhering to him extremely closely’ as they go to him as ‘a much more than great with one voice with one voice-natural’ to Haaland despite Foden playing in a effortlessly numerous posture.

Real Madrid were ‘awfully aware’ to Foden’s performance for Male Metropolis in the derby with the La Liga side’s scouts ‘much more and also much more sure that he would certainly be a good back’.

If they don’t land him this summer after that he is still “also an will certainly for the future” with Real Madrid fantasizing of bringing him to the Bernabeu with Kylian Mbappe and also Endrick.

Foden possesses won everything with Male Metropolis and also is component of Guardiola’s side glaring to retain the Champions League but Guardiola claims pleasurable the tournament is acquiring harder every period.

Guardiola told reporters in a press seminar on Tuesday: “It’s acquiring better and also harder. Always I had the sensation, as shortly as I corroborated upward in Barcelona in the first years that OK, we immigrate in semi-finals.

“Now to reach the semi-finals is so tiring. The teams are better, bosses are better.

“Everything is even much more tiring than as shortly as I was a football gamer.

“But at the expire, the better teams constantly go with. As shortly as you tinker two sweet galleries, you have much more opportunity to go with.”

Guardiola, whose Male Metropolis side face Copenhagen in the second leg of their last-16 clash on Wednesday, his success with the Owners were no much more memorable than those he attained with a Lionel Messi-motivated Barca side in 2011 and also 2013.

He added: “I would certainly not stipulate that. Or else we would certainly jeopardize what we attained in Barcelona and also I would certainly not favor that.

“Every minute is every minute. Every title you win is tiring. It’s not pilfered for granted.”