Manchester City set to submit a bid for Brighton defender

Manchester Metropolis are set to submit a gap bid for Brighton left-back Marc Cucurella.

The Pep Guardiola facet is available in the market for a brand new left-back with Benjamin Mendy set to be out for an extended time frame as a result of court docket circumstances that noticed him miss a bit of final season.

The 23-year-old has a contract with Brighton till 2026 and can count on prime greenback for his or her star performer, with experiences suggesting this could possibly be as a lot as £50 million, greater than triple the value he was purchased for a 12 months in the past in accordance with experiences from Fabrizio Romano.

The Spanish Left-back has been one of many Seagulls’ finest gamers this season after he was dropped at the membership from Getafe final summer time for a charge of £15.4million.

Excl: Manchester Metropolis at the moment are set to submit opening proposal to Brighton for Marc Cucurella. First bid able to proceed in superior talks within the subsequent days. ??? #MCFC

Cucurella continues to be Man Metropolis prime goal as left again, Pep Guardiola actually desires him. Work in progress. pic.twitter.com/SyJiwh0pk7

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 16, 2022

Brighton boss Graham Potter is alleged to be reluctant in dropping the participant as they’re set to promote Yves Bissouma to Spurs too and feels that parting methods with a few of his core gamers will shake his facet.

The quantity being talked about nonetheless is likely to be too good to show down for the participant and the membership hierarchy with the crew set to be compelled to look elsewhere for replacements.