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Hello and Welcome to the daily Manchester City transfer corner.
As we enter into the third week of the January transfer window, a lot has been happening in and around the Etihad.
The current Premier Champions are fighting on all four fronts and could welcome new faces in the squad in a bid to win the quadruple at the end of the season.
Hence without much ado, let's look what's today's edition of transfer round up has in store for us.
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#4 Manchester City midfielder receiving interest from across Europe
According to the City Watch, many European clubs are interested in signing the talented midfielder, Yangel Herrera on loan from Manchester City. The Uruguayan spend two years on loan with New York City FC and currently training with the first team squad.
The 21-year-old joined Manchester City from Atlético Venezuela at a fee of £1.7 million. There are talks about keeping him at the club and help in his development, but Guardiola prefers to loan players out to get more game time under their belt.
A return to New York City cannot be ruled out, but the defending Champions would prefer the youngster to get more playing time around Europe than in America.
#3 Pep Guardiola gives his opinion about Man City's January transfer scenario
Manchester City is one of the few clubs who does everything under the hood without many hues and cries like their neighbors. The Citizens have spent quite a lot in rebuilding the squad in recent times which made them an unstoppable force in English football.
Moreover, as like any other transfer market, Pep Guardiola's side linked to numerous players in this January transfer window.
According to Sport360, the club is not looking to make any temporary additions to the squad as all the long term targets would not be available until the summer. Guardiola said -
Sometimes we have done it but normally when you want to buy a player it's for five or six years and that doesn't normally happen in this window. For loan players maybe it can happen but the big clubs don't buy for six months and they are not selling in that period
The defending Champions already has a strong bench which somewhat justifies Guardiola's reluctance to buy any new player midway through the season.
#2 Rabbi Matondo rejects new contract offer
According to the Sun, Manchester City's Rabbi Matondo has rejected a new contract offer with German clubs like Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, and RB Leipzig reportedly interested in the highly rated youngster.
The Citizens already have a tough time keeping young talents in the squad with Brahim Diaz moving to Real Madrid, and by the look of things, they are set to lose another one to top European clubs.
Guardiola has involved Matondo in first-team training and would not want him to follow the path of Jadon Sancho or Brahim Diaz.
#1 City emerge as favorites to sign Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona
Dembele signed for Barcelona from Dortmund in 2017. The departure of Neymar and an absence of a proper right winger prompted the Catalans to go for the speed and skill of the Frenchman.
However, since his arrival to Camp Nou, Dembele has been in the news more for the injuries and disciplinary issues rather than his performances. His unstable situation at Barcelona has drawn interest from all corners of Europe with Manchester City being favorites to sign the Frenchman in January.
According to the Manchester Evening News, though Pep Guardiola has given his opinion about a relatively quiet transfer window, a player like Dembele would undoubtedly add more firepower to an already deadly attack.
