Manchester City are yet to receive a formal offer for Jack Grealish, with the club potentially demanding about £50m for the forward who cost a then British record £100m in August 2021.
Grealish was not in the City squad that arrived in Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday to prepare for Wednesday’s Club World Cup game against Wydad, having been excluded by Pep Guardiola.
Grealish has two years remaining on terms that earn him about £300,000 a week. If there are no willing suitors regarding a permanent transfer, City may consider a loan.
A temporary move may prove the most practical option for Kyle Walker, who is 35 and has a year on his terms. City’s former captain joined Milan in January on loan for the second half of last season but the Italian club have no wish to re-sign him. Fenerbahce have emerged as possible suitors for the full-back.
City may move again to strengthen Guardiola’s squad this summer, though the club do not expect to do any business during the Club World Cup. Depending on how the team perform in the US, Guardiola may consider a new right-back, with the club possibly reviving interest in Juventus’s Andrea Cambiaso. Should there be a considerable offer for Ederson, City may accept this for a goalkeeper who is 32 in August and has a year on his deal.
City have invested more than £100m in Tijjani Reijnders, a midfielder, who joined on Wednesday for €55m (£46.6m), the left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri, the goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli and the winger Rayan Cherki. The quartet took part in their first training session on Friday at Boca Raton’s Lynn University. The session was taken, in part, by Kolo Touré, who has been promoted from the under-18s to be one of Guardiola’s assistants for the Club World Cup.
With Kevin De Bruyne having left, City are likely to be captained by Rúben Dias at the tournament
