Manchester Metropolis are reported to have set their sights on Galatasaray midfielder Gabriel Sara as one in every of their high summer time switch targets.
Metropolis will proceed their squad rebuild this summer time and are anticipated to focus their efforts on midfield. Kevin De Bruyne will depart the membership on a free switch after the membership declined to supply him an extension and there’s vital hypothesis revolving round Portugal worldwide Bernardo Silva.
Supervisor Pep Guardiola has additionally refused to ensure a future on the membership to Ilkay Gundogan after a one-year extension in his present contract was triggered mechanically.
With vital modifications on the horizon for Metropolis, Foot Mercato state Pep Guardiola’s aspect are very focused on 25-year-old Sara.
Metropolis are stated to have made contact with Sara’s representatives and have earmarked the Brazilian as one in every of their high targets for the upcoming switch window. UOL insist there was nothing greater than an enquiry at this stage.
Sara does have expertise in English soccer. He joined Norwich Metropolis in the summertime of 2022 and went on to make 96 appearances for the membership, racking up 21 objectives and 17 assists, earlier than a transfer to Galatasaray final summer time which was reported to be value someplace between £15m and £20m.
He has undoubtedly caught the attention in his debut season in Turkiye. Two objectives and 7 assists have helped hold Galatasaray on the high of the Tremendous Lig standings and seems to have caught the attention of Guardiola and Metropolis.
A flexible midfielder who does his finest work in a box-to-box capability, Sara would deliver the vitality which Guardiola has overtly admitted his ageing aspect have lacked this season.
Whether or not Metropolis will advance their curiosity in Sara is unclear. There is no such thing as a point out of a possible switch price however the Brazilian would undoubtedly come far cheaper than quite a few different targets who’ve been linked with strikes to the Etihad.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz is a dream goal however is prone to price round €150m (£127.7m), whereas Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Larsson may each command vital charges.
