Manchester City ‘closely following’ player, and suggestion January effort will be hyped

There’s no way the Spanish media were going to let Christmas Day come and go without an Isco to Manchester City rumour, and it’s Marca who have obliged.

The Spanish newspaper have a big feature on the player’s current difficult situation at Real Madrid.

Despite being very talented and showing what he can do on repeat occasions, Isco has never really managed to hit the heights many expected of him when he moved to the club.

New manager Santiago Solari has made it clear he isn’t a fan, and Marca say he’s done so with both his actions and his words. Isco hasn’t enjoyed prominence under the Argentine and his lack of minutes has caused much talk in Spain.

Marca claim Manchester City and Chelsea are both ‘closely following’ the player, and they believe the idea of a January effort will be hyped up before the window opens.

Real Madrid are said to be against a sale, wanting Isco and Solari to sort their differences out.