{"id":12927,"date":"2022-03-22T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/22\/manchester-city-ready-summer-triple-player-exchange-for-sporting-star\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:08:11","slug":"manchester-city-ready-summer-triple-player-exchange-for-sporting-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/22\/manchester-city-ready-summer-triple-player-exchange-for-sporting-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City ready summer triple player exchange for Sporting star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Manchester City are readying an audacious triple player swap as they look to add Matheus Nunes to their side in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizens are keen to add another midfielder this summer, with Fernandinho out of contract and now 36 years old, leaving Rodri as the only deep-lying midfielder in the squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manchester City are exploring the market to sign a new midfielder in the summer, while Fernandinho will make final decision on his future at the end of the current season. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MCFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guardiola really wants Fernandinho to stay for one more season but it\u2019s only up to the player.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1506118955731234827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And that man could well be Sporting Lisbon midfielder Matheus Nunes, whose eye-catching performances in the Liga NOS have not gone unnoticed by Europe\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n<p>The 23 year old has provided 2 goals and 2 assists in 27 appearances for Sporting this season, and given the ease with which the last two imports from that division have settled (In Luis Diaz and Bruno Fernandes), there would be few worries about whether this form would translate into the English top flight.<\/p>\n<h2>City in pole position<\/h2>\n<p>And, by virtue of their assets, City may well already be in pole position. Reports suggest that they could be ready to offer 40 million euros, plus permanent moves for Pedro Porro, Ante Palaversa and Talles Magno, all of whom are contracted to the Manchester Club but currently away on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Porro is in fact on loan at Sporting, and has been a brilliant performer for the side so far as they sit six points off league leaders Benfica, having appeared 17 times for the Portuguese outfit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manchester City are making an effort to sign Matheus Nunes. Their offer could soon reach \u20ac40 million and the economic rights to Pedro Porro, Ante Palaversa and Talles Magno. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aGpooZLcPj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aGpooZLcPj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Lowy (@ZachLowy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachLowy\/status\/1506212574097981443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whether the addition of three youngsters will be enough to persuade Sporting to part with their most talented player remains to be seen, but it seems as if his future lies away from the club he has been at since 2019 either this summer or in summers to come.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/brazil-vs-chile-betting-tips-conmebol-world-cup-qualifier-preview-predictions-odds\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Brazil vs Chile betting tips: CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/world-cup-2022-qualifying-predicting-who-will-make-it-to-qatar\/\" rel=\"v:url\">World Cup 2022 qualifying: Predicting who will make it to Qatar<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City are readying an audacious triple player swap as they look to add Matheus Nunes to their side in the summer. The Citizens are keen to add another midfielder this summer, with Fernandinho out of contract and now 36 years old, leaving Rodri as the only deep-lying midfielder in the squad. Manchester City are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}