The Qatar World Cup allowed many players to fully unleash their list of qualities and Josco Guardiol was one of its great exponents. The Croatian central defender, who along with Luka Modric is the team’s great banner, shone phenomenally with the national team and, as it usually happens on the eve of the transfer period, clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester United or Chelsea sought his signature. started testing. ,
Looking at the White House, it is true that Florentino Perez already has successful central defenders like Eder Militão, David Alaba or Antonio Rudiger in the team, but to add such a young footballer with such a promising future The prospect piqued the interest of the President. was growing.
Of course, Leipzig, the club where Guardiola currently plays, was very reluctant to facilitate the player’s departure and the 100 million above required to give the green light to the transfer became a definite obstacle for Florentino Perez.
However, after being shut down for four months, this soap opera could experience a very important moment today as Pep Guardiola, who is the hero these days for getting Real Madrid out of the Champions League, has met Manchester City’s Sheikh , asked Mansoor bin. Zayed Al Nahyan, who sits down to negotiate with the German team over the transfer of the 21-year-old Croatian footballer.
Although the Spanish coach already has centre-backs such as Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, John Stones or Aymeric Laporte, Guardiola knows that the Spaniard and the Englishman could leave the team at the end of the season and for this reason he has his great The market did not hesitate to move to indicate priority, knowing the economic power that the unit would have to make such an expensive signing: Josco’s inclusion would be around 80 million.
And it is that Guardiol is a footballer who surprisingly identifies with the defenders who have passed through City’s ranks since Pep took over the reins of the project. Powerful on the cut and powerful in the air, the Croatian defender also possesses an exceptional ball output, something that is always very interesting to attract the attention of top clubs such as Manchester City.
Furthermore, the footballer has two more incentives that have served Guardiola to direct his defensive priority towards him: he is left-handed and can be used as both a center back and a left back.
