Euro Paper Talk: Man City agree to pay €75m clause for Sociedad winger
Man City have agreed to meet a €75m clause to sign a Spanish star seen as Leroy Sane’s replacement, while a Sevilla attacker is holding out for a move to Manchester United, according to Monday’s European papers.
MAN CITY TO MEET OYARZABAL EXIT FEE
Manchester City have reportedly agreed to pay the €75m exit clause for Mikel Oyarzabal as Leroy Sane’s transfer to Bayern Munich inches closer.
Germany star Sane is expected to join the Bundesliga champions this summer, with City only reluctantly letting him move on once a replacement has been identified.
And according to Spanish daily AS, City boss Pep Guardiola has instructed his side to meet the €75m release clause in the contract of exciting Spain Under-21 left winger Oyarzabal.
The 22-year-old is seen as one of Spanish football’s brightest young talents and it’s claimed Guardiola sees him as a direct replacement for Sane, with the two transfers set to leave City marginally in profit.
Oyarzabal, who recently won the Euro Under-21 Championships with his country, has 38 goals in 151 matches for Sociedad, having seen his influence grow at the Anoeta Stadium.
While Sociedad want to tie their prized asset to a new deal, they except it’s likely his exit clause won’t prove prohibitive to the game’s big hitters – and it seems like it is City who look set to bring the talent to the Eithad this summer.
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Sevilla striker Wissam Ben Yedder has rejected a lucrative move to China as he holds out Manchester United or PSG (AS)
Moise Kean has agreed to join Everton in a reported €40m deal, but the sticking point remains Juventus’ insistence on a buy-back clause (Goal)
Juventus have switched their attentions to Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen, having lost out on Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to Man Utd (Calciomercato)
Monaco are favourites to beat Arsenal and Tottenham in the race to sign Real Madrid striker Mariano Diaz this summer (Marca)
Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti insists he is “not too disappointed” at losing out on the signing of Nicolas Pepe to Arsenal (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Napoli will switch their focus to the signing of Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan after missing out on the signing of Pepe (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Paul Pogba’s brother Mathias claims the Manchester United star wants to play in Spain before too long as he’s a “big fan of LaLiga” (AS)
Wolves will this week complete the signing of Patrick Cutrone, having agreed to pay €18m up front, with a further €4m in add-ons (Milan News)
Romelu Lukaku has ‘begged’ Manchester United to lower his asking price so he can join Inter Milan this summer – that despite reports Juventus are favourites to sign him, having offered Paulo Dybala in return (Tuttosport)
Barcelona are confident they can conclude a deal for Real Betis wing-back Junior Firpo in the coming weeks. Liverpool are also tracking the Spain U21 star (AS)
German Pezzella is unhappy with Fiorentina after it was claimed they are giving his captain’s armband to Federico Chiesa (Calciomercato)
Atletico Madrid are now pessimistic about their chances of completing the signing of James Rodriguez from Real Madrid (Marca)
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is preparing for life after football and plans long-term business ventures rather than going into the game as a coach (Marca)
Tottenham target Giovani Lo Celso will reportedly be reintegrated back into Real Betis training while his future is resolved (Mundo Deportivo)
AC Milan remain confident of a deal for Atletico Madrid forward Angel Correa this week (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Asier Illarramendi believes his new teammate Martin Odegaard will enjoy a successful season and add quality to Real Sociedad (AS)
Manchester United have failed in a bid to sign Ruben Dias from Benfica this summer (O’Jogo)
Paris Saint Germain goalkeeper Kevin Trapp is eyeing a move to Portuguese side FC Porto (L’Equipe)